2017年GRE填空模拟题(42)

Since the deficit predicament is fundamentally a long-term problem, the legislature’s _____short-term approaches has actually compounded the difficulty in each succeeding year, eroding the state’s credit rating in the process.

A：vexation regarding

B：addiction to

C：aversion to

D：wariness of

E：demonization of

答案：B

Characteristic of the diplomat’s new book is the _____relationship between the evidence adduced and the inferences drawn, the footnotes and citations teeming with ambiguity and complexity, while the summary statements are more dogmatic simplicities.

A：healthy

B：shifting

C：tenuous

D：compelling

E：plausible

答案：C

Though she had some exposure to great art and high culture, it must be said the ultra athletic Marion Carstairs remained throughout her life primarily (i) _____mental and artistic pursuits. She was by nature (ii) _____.

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A：a product of D：neither bookish nor cerebral

B：indifferent to E：a model of delicacy and refinement

C：obsessed with F：both didactic and argumentative

答案：BD

Trying to fix problems that affect vast numbers of people has an intuitive appeal that politicians and policy makers find (i)_____ , but several warehouses of research studies show that intuition is often a poor guide to fixing (ii)_____ problems.

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A：logical D：localized

B：irresistible E：systemic

C：off-putting F：theoretical

答案：BE

Now that photographic prints have become a popular field for collecting, auctions are becoming more (i)_____ . It is not just the entry of new collectors into the field that is causing this intensification. Established collectors’ interests are also becoming more (ii) _____. Those who once concentrated on the work of either the nineteenth-century pioneers or the twentieth-century modernists are now keen to have (iii) _____collections.

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A：competitive D：fickle G：comprehensive

B：tedious E：wide-ranging H：legitimate

C：exclusive F：antiquarian I：impressive

答案：AEG