Higher energy prices would have many (i) ______ effects on society as a whole. Besides encouraging consumers to be more (ii) ______ in their use of gasoline, they would encourage the development of renewable alternative energy sources that are not (iii) ______ at current prices.
BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) BLANK (iii)
(A) pernicious (D) aggressive (G) unstable
(B) counterintuitive (E) predictable (H) adaptable
(C) salubrious (F) sparing (I) viable
(一) 选取第二空所在部分:
Higher energy prices ... Besides encouraging consumers to be more (ii) ______ in their use of gasoline …
Besides表示对于上文的顺承,因而两句话之间是同义关系。
高油价对于人们的最直接的作用是使人们节约用油,故blank(ii)填入“节约”之意。
选择与自主判读一致的词汇填空:
[1]. aggressive: tending toward or exhibiting aggression(激进的)
[2]. predictable: able to make a prediction(可以预见的)
[3]. sparing: to use or dispense frugally(节约)
(二) 选取第一空所在部分:
Higher energy prices would have many (i) ______ effectson society as a whole. Besides encouraging consumers to be more (ii) ______ in their use of gasoline, they would encourage the development of renewable alternative energy sources ….
Besides表示对于上文的顺承,因而两句话之间是同义关系。
后一句话中,无论是让人节约用油,还是促进新能源的开发,都是好事儿,因而高油价也是能够有“正面”作用的。
选择与自主判读一致的词汇填空:
[1]. pernicious: highly injurious or destructive : DEADLY(有害的)
[2]. counterintuitive: contrary to what one would intuitively expect(出乎意料之外的)
[3]. salubrious: favorable to or promoting health or well-being(有益健康的、好的,褒义词)
(三) 完成整个句子:
… they would encourage the development of renewable alternative energy sources that are not (iii) ______ at current prices.
高油价促进新能源的发展,是因为现在我们不能用像油价一样的价格来购买新能源,因而随着油价的不断上涨,我们应该去找寻一种廉价的新能源来满足我们需求。
选择与自主判读一致的词汇填空:
[1]. unstable: not stable : not firm or fixed : not constant(不稳定的)
[2]. adaptable: capable of being adapted : SUITABLE(可改变的)
[3]. viable: capable of existence and development as an independent unit(有效)
(四) 理解句意,看是否逻辑与语义契合:
高油价对于整个社会而言会有许多比较有益的作用。除了能够鼓励消费者在使用汽油的过程中更加节省以外,高油价还能刺激现阶段价格高企的可再生替代能源的发展。
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。