2017年GRE填空模拟题(28)

Viewing people as ‘’social atoms’’ that obey rather simple rule (which are not unlike the laws of physics), one may discover certain (i)_____. Take, for example, the way channels emerge when people move in crowds. In the midst of initially (ii)_____ movements, one person begins to follow another—in an effort to avoid collisions—and streams of movement emerge. As more people join in, there is greater pull on others to join the flow, and the particular channels become (iii)_____.

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A：apparent contradictions D：inflexible G：self-defeating

B：unproductive tendencies E：straightforward H：self-aggrandizing

C： lawlike regularities F：chaotic I：self-perpetuating

答案：CFI

Given children’s active fantasy lives, one might think of truthfulness as (i)_____ virtue in young children, but it turns out that lying is the more (ii)_____ skill. A child who is going to lie must recognize the truth, intellectually conceive of an alternate reality, and be able to convincingly sell that new reality to someone else. Therefore, lying (iii)_____ cognitive development and social skills in a way that honesty simply does not.

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A：an instinctive D：advanced G：undermines

B：an acquired E：practical H：forgoes

C：a conscious F：mundane I：demands

答案：BDI

After rising continuously over the summer, commodity prices fell, leaving analyst wondering whether the downward trend is a turning point or merely a _____ before demand picks up in the winter months.

A：spike

B：upsurge

C：harbinger

D：portent

E：lull

F：respite

答案：EF

The juxtaposition of fertile alluvial soils originating in the Andes with the infertile inland soils of central Amazon Basin is one example of _____ of the soil conditions that can be found in the tropics.

A：intractability

B：heterogeneity

C：incompatibility

D：disparateness

E：instability

F：fragility

答案：BD

His new role gives the normally clownish actor achance to impress audiences with his (i)_____. He is among the most uninhibited comic performers around, but here he buttons his lip and stares straight ahead.Perhaps without quite knowing it, the audience waits for a wink, a hint that some of the (ii)_____ spirit that animated his previous movies might be lurking inside the (iii)_____ manner he presents in this film.

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A：raillery D：madcap G：facetious

B：effusiveness E：lugubrious H：reserved

C：forbearance F：edifying I：beguiling

答案：CDH