(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q6, Medium)
Ever a demanding reader of the fiction of others, the novelist Chase was likewise often the object of ______ analyses by his contemporaries.
(A) exacting
(B) copious
(C) respectful
(D) acerbic
(E) scathing
(F) meticulous
KEY: AF
关键词:likewise表示同义空格中应该填人一个形容词,表示Chase作品所受到的来自于其同时代人们给予的研究是什么样子的。Likewise表示“正如……一样”,因而,前后两句话是同义关系,没有否定词,因而对应词语之间是同义词关系,Chase对于别人作品的态度即是别人对待他作品的态度。词语解释:
[1].(A) exacting:(苛求的)tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
[2]. (B) copious:(丰富的)yielding something abundantly
[3]. (C) respectful:(令人尊敬的)marked by or showing respect or deference
[4]. (D) acerbic:(酸腐的)acid in temper, mood, or tone
[5]. (E) scathing:(严厉的)bitterly severe
[6].(F) meticulous:(严苛的)marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q7, Medium)
Her ______ should not be confused with miserliness; as long as I have known her, she has always been willing to assist those who are in need.
(A) stinginess
(B) diffidence
(C) frugality
(D) illiberality
(E) intolerance
(F) thrift
KEY: CF
关键词:be confused with表示否定,分号表示复指空格中应该填入一个名词,表示“她”所具有的一种特质。而这种特质往往会被confused with miserliness,这里be confused with与not两个表示否定的结构同时存在,因而对应词语应该是同义关系。而本题中miserliness表示“不大方、吝啬之意”,选项中有两组都可以表示“不大方”的同义词,因此应该选什么,要看后半句说了什么。后半句与前半句通过分号连接,因而是复指关系,后半句说“她”实际上并不是一个吝啬之人,而是非常热心帮助别人的人,在后半句中对于这个“她”是一个正评价,因此在前半句中对于“她”的描述也应该通过复指关系前后一致的特点,选取一组相对正的评价填进去。词语解释:
[1]. (A) stinginess:(吝啬)not generous or liberal : sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending(贬义词)
[2]. (B) diffidence:(没自信)the quality or state of being hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
[3].(C) frugality:(节俭)characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources
[4]. (D) illiberality:(吝啬)not generous : STINGY(贬义词)
[5]. (E) intolerance:(缺乏容忍)the quality or state of being intolerant
[6].(F) thrift:(节约)careful management especially of money
(OG Verbal Practice Set 3 Q8, Medium)
A misconception frequently held by novice writers is that sentence structure mirrors thought: the more convoluted the structure, the more _______ the ideas.
(A) complicated
(B) engaged
(C) essential
(D) fanciful
(E) inconsequential
(F) involved
KEY: AF
关键字:冒号解释说明前半句说句子结构mirrors思想,这里mirror不仅表示“反映”之意,还表示更深层次的“相同”的感觉。因而后半句用冒号对前文进行解释说明时也应该反映出这种“一致”的感觉。因而用来修饰结构的词语就可以直接迁移至修饰ideas即可。词语解释:
[1].(A) complicated:复杂的(consisting of parts intricately combined)
[2]. (B) engaged:忙碌的(involved in activity)
[3]. (C) essential:必要的(of, relating to, or constituting essence)
[4]. (D) fanciful:奇怪的(marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience)
[5]. (E) inconsequential:不重要的(of no significance)
[6].(F) involved:复杂的(marked by extreme and often needless or excessive complexity)
新gre填空更加注重实际运用语言能力的考察,减少了对单词纯意义的考察,所以备考新gre填空考试的考生可以根据以上gre官方指南对三空题型的解析进行备考。