(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q7, Easy)
The judge’s standing in the legal community, though shaken by phony allegations of wrongdoing, emerged, at long last, _______.
(A) unqualified
(B) undiminished
(C) undecided
(D) undamaged
(E) unresolved
(F) unprincipled
KEY: BD
关键字:though,转折关系,反义空格中应该填入一个形容词,用来形容法官判决的效力问题;though引导的插入语可以提出来,表示与句子实际要表示相反的意思,而在though引导的句中,表现的意思是法官的观点被“shaken”了,发生了动摇,因而在空格中应该填入一个“不动摇”意思的词语。词语解释:
[1]. (A) unqualified:(没有资格的)not having requisite qualifications
[2].(B) undiminished:(没有减少的)not made one half step less than perfect or minor
[3]. (C) undecided:(未决定的)not free from doubt or wavering
[4].(D) undamaged:(不受损的)not suffer from loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation
[5]. (E) unresolved:(未解决的)not deal with successfully
[6]. (F) unprincipled:(无原则的)not exhibiting, based on, or characterized by principle
(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q8, Easy)
Modern agricultural practices have been extremely successful in increasing the productivity of major food crops, yet despite heavy use of pesticides, ______ losses to diseases and pests are sustained each year.
(A) incongruous
(B) reasonable
(C) significant
(D) considerable
(E) equitable
(F) fortuitous
KEY: CD
关键字:yet、despite,表转折,反义前半句说杀虫剂功效显著,而后半句由yet与despite引导,表示与前半句相反的意思,那么应该是说杀虫剂的功效其实并不显著,尽管用了很多杀虫剂,最后的损失依旧“不小”,故选取(C)(D)选项。词语解释:
[1]. (A) incongruous:(不连续的、不一致的)lacking congruity
[2]. (B) reasonable:(合理的)being in accordance with reason
[3].(C) significant:(可观的)of a noticeably or measurably large amount
[4].(D) considerable:(可观的)large in extent or degree
[5]. (E) equitable:(平等的)having or exhibiting equity
[6]. (F) fortuitous:(偶然的)occurring by chance
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。