GRE佛脚词汇表填空2014分册-Section 28
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逻辑连接词为even,表递进,even前后语义相同。
even前说:many otherwise educated people remain indifferent to or contemptuous of such achievement(许多人多这样的成就持冷漠或者蔑视的态度)。such achievement,scientific achievement(科学成就)与basic physics(基础物理)同义对应,因此even之后空格their ignorance of basic physics(空格他们对于基础物理的无知)体现对科学成就的无知即可。
their ignorance of basic physics(他们对于基础物理的无知)已经体现了对科学成就的负面态度,因此空格填入加强此态度的词,因此选D. boast of(以……为傲)。
【翻译】
尽管我们生活在科技发达的时代,然而许多人依然对科技持漠然或者蔑视的态度,甚至将他们对基本物理学的无知引以为傲。
【题源】
Though we live in an era of stunning scientific understanding, all too often the average educated person will have none of it. People who would sneer at the vulgarian who has never read Virginia Woolf will insouciantly boast of their ignorance of basic physics. Most of our intellectual magazines discuss science only when it bears on their political concerns or when they can portray science as just another political arena. As the nation's math departments and biotech labs fill up with foreign students, the brightest young Americans learn better ways to sue one another or to capitalize on currency fluctuations.
——摘自The NewYork Times
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逻辑连接词为like,表类比,like前后取同。like后像伟大的艺术品在仓库里molder (腐烂),明显是对艺术作品的负面态度,因此like前面也应体现对艺术作品的负面态度。
第一空格所在句子:众多科学知识向广大非科学人士的disseminating是第一空格,此处scientific knowledge of our time (我们时代的科学知识)与outstanding piece of art work (伟大的艺术作品)为同义对应,要体现对艺术作品的负面态度,空格填入负评价词汇,因此选B. failure (失败)。
再看第二空格,伟大成就的第二空格,要体现对艺术作品的负面态度, 因此选D. indifference to (漠然)。
【翻译】
众多科学知识向广大非科学人士的传播失败表明他们对伟大成就的漠然,就像是伟大的艺术品在仓库里腐烂掉一样。
【题源】
It is an astonishing fact about our species that we understand so much about the history of the universe, the forces that make it tick, the stuff it's made of, the origin of living things and the machinery of life. A failure to nurture this knowledge shows a philistine indifference to the magnificent achievements humanity is capable of, like allowing a great work of art to molder in a warehouse.“
— —摘自The NewYork Times
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空格关系题,两空格联动。
前句说读者最开始被book明显的第一空格irk了,后句转折说一旦沉浸在作者的散文里,他们开始将book的第二空格视为asset了。这里体现了态度对比,即对book的属性开始irk,后来认为asset。
两空格表达book的同一属性,应该填一组同义词,而且对于prose的特征。选项中只有一组同一词,即B aimlessness与discursions 散漫的符合。
【翻译】
读者最开始被作品明显的散漫而困扰,然而一旦沉浸于作者的散文中,他们又开始将作品的这种散漫视为优点。
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这句话说,通俗历史的主要空格是在对于某个问题的理解上它betray(显示出)no interests也就是说major __= betrays no interests in making contributions。注意,这里betray考察熟词僻意,是显露的意思,相当于show。
that后面是负评价,所以空格要填通俗历史的负评价属性,因此选B shortcoming与D fault 缺点。
注意,选项中dilemma和quandary是指a situation in which you are confused about what to do,后文并没体现confused含义,所以排除这两个选项。
【翻译】
通俗历史的主要缺点是在于它对我们理解某个话题并无贡献。
【题源】
The major failing of much popular history is that it betrays no interest in making intellectual contributions to our understanding of an issue. The Barnes & Noble historian seems to treat history as a pageant of larger-than-life events and people to be marveled at, rather than a set of social, political, and cultural problems to engage.
— —That Barnes & Noble Dream, Slate, 2005-05-18
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前面说study是elegant,incisive的,明显是正评价。
因此study对于后面提到的那些人的动作也必然是正向的动作,排除AB,E不符合题意,而F并无同义词,所以选C gratify和D please使满意。
【翻译】
Doris Kearns Goodwin对林肯优雅而全面的研究使对林肯的认识来自高中历史和流行传说的那些人以及专家都很满意。
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