2017年GRE填空模拟题(20)

Leo Tolstoy wrote many works of nonfiction and professed (i)____ these explorations of ethics and religion compared with his novels and short stories. The fiction writer in him, however, was hard to(ii)____ . Handi Murdd is a short with the breadth and power of an epic, with vivid characterization and intense storytelling that sweep the reader away.While the reader senses the moral concerns of the tale’s creator, the novel is a far cry from the (iii)____ of Tolstoy’s nonfiction.

Blank (I)Blank (II)Blank (III)

A：a preference for D：suppress G：didacticism

B：an aversion to E：identity H：fluidity

C：an indifference toward F：incite I：creativity

答案：ADG

Individuals interested in longevity have sought to fine-tune their bodies with all kinds of _____ diets: only raw foods; only plant; only the flesh, fruit, and nuts that prehistoric humans would have hunted and foraged.

A：eccentric

B：meager

C：salutary

D：proscriptive

E：trendy

F：exacting

答案：DF

The students seeking undergraduate representation on the board of trustees viewed the impasse in their negotiations with the administration as (i)_____, since it promised to (ii)_____ the administration’s belief that students should take no part in running the university.

Blank (I)Blank (II)

A：fortunate D：undermine

B：inevitable E：fuel

C：unprecedented F：distort

答案：BD

It may not seem like a big deal for produce distributors to mix together soybeans from differentfarms, but a growing number of buyers are willing to pay a premium for soybeansthe _____ of which is know: they like to know exactly where their food came from.

A：purity

B：output

C：heterogeneity

D：origin

E：yield

F：provenance

答案：DF

Although there is an incredible diversity of microbes across the body of each individual, the fact that specific body sites tend to host a few specific bacteria indicates that the body’s microflora are not _____distributed.

A：haphazardly

B：uniformly

C：effectively

D：heterogeneously

E：functionally

F：randomly

答案：AF