2013ETS官方指南新增的gre题型解读(2)
5 Certain music lovers yearn for (i)____, but when it is achieved, there is something missing; perhaps they feel uncomfortable in a world where nothing discernible is (ii)____. Blank (i)Blank (ii)
A. novelty新生事物D. wrong错误的
B. beauty美丽E. visionary虚构的
C. flawlessness完美无缺F. changed改变了的
分类:解释性重复
解析:分号提示前后两句为同义重复。前句提示一些音乐爱好者渴望某种状态实现,然而一旦实现又觉得不快。后句解释了此种状态。something missing对应着feel uncomfortable,则第一空所填内容正是“nothing discernible is......”,即“没有什么是第二空”=“第一空”。两空填一对反义词。C选项和D选项是唯一可能的答案组合。
翻译:一些音乐爱好者热切地盼望着音乐的完美无缺,然而一旦达成目的,他们又觉得若有所失;也许他们在一个无法辨识出任何错误的世界中会感到焦躁不安。
6 Putting a cash value on the ecological services provided by nature—such as the water filtration “service” provided by a forested watershed—has, historically, been a (i)______ process. Early attempts at such valuation resulted in impressive but (ii)______ figures that were seized on by environmental advocates and then, when these figures were later (iii)______, they were used by opponents to tar the whole idea.
Blank (i)Blank (ii)Blank (iii)
A. dispassionate
平心静气的D. redundant
过剩的G. ignored
被忽略
B. problematic
成问题的E. unsound
不成立的H. discredited
被驳斥
C. straightforward
直截了当的F. understated
轻描淡写的I. confirmed
被确证
分类:转折,手段-目的
解析:第一空没有直接线索,但可以根据but提示的转折判断第二空填负面评价的词,则E选项是唯一正确的答案。第一句话可看做陈述观点,第二句话是对第一句的解释,故第一空也填与unsound类似的词,选B项。第三空表示一个不合理的数据被反对者作为论据,那么这个数据必然对反对者有利而对观点的支持者不利,则H选项是正确答案。G选项虽然感情色彩正确,但被忽略、遗忘的数据是不可能用来作论据的,故不选。
翻译:用货币价值衡量自然提供的生态功用——例如森林覆盖的分水岭提供的过滤“服务”—— 就历史的角度来看,总是成疑问的。早先的此类尝试得出了环境保护主义者认可的、动人但完全不成立的数据,后来当这些数据遭到驳斥后,它们又被反对者用来抵制这种观点本身。
7 Only with the discovery of an ozone hole over Antarctica in 1985 did chemical companies finally relinquish their opposition to a ban on chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs), which destroy ozone. The discovery suggested that strong political action to halt production of CFCs might be (i)______, and fortunately, the chemical industry no longer felt compelled to oppose such action: although companies had recently (ii)______ their research into CFC substitutes, studies they had initiated years earlier had produced (iii)______ results.
Blank (i)Blank (ii)Blank (iii)
A. imminent
迫在眉睫,势在必行A. corroborated
证实G. encouraging
喜人的
B. imprudent
冲动,不谨慎B. publicized
公开H. inconclusive
试探性的
C. premature
幼稚,不成熟C. curtailed
减少I. unsurprising
意料中的
分类:解释性重复,转折
解析:本题的前半段与Practice Book 2011版Section 4的第1题几乎完全一样。第二句话是对第一句的解释,即发现臭氧空洞导致化工企业放弃对禁令的反对、不再生产氟利昂。故第一空所填词应当表明生产氟利昂必须被禁止,A选项是正确答案。后两空所在的句子根据冒号提示,解释了“化工企业无需反对禁令”,即意味着化工企业已经找到了氟利昂的替代品,所以第三空必然填入一个正面积极的词,只有G选项最为合适。第二空根据although提示的转折,F选项表示带有消极色彩的含义,为正确答案。
翻译:只有当1985年南极洲上空发现了臭氧空洞后化工企业才最终放弃了它们对生产氟利昂的禁令的反对意见,这种物质能够破坏臭氧层。这一发现意味着用强力的政治手段阻止氟利昂的生产已经势在必行,而且幸运的是化工企业已经不再需要反对这些举措:尽管它们最近减少了对氟利昂替代品的研究,但始于多年前的研究已经得出了喜人的结果。
8 The incipient (i)______ regarding taxes could affect trade between the two countries much more than the (ii)______ banana imports, which has been going on for years. Unfortunately, the trade regulators seem to be ignoring both disagreements.
Blank (i)Blank (ii)
A. row争端D. profitable dealing in有利可图的交易
B. accord协定E. predicament regarding关于……的困局
C. investigation调查F. festering dispute over对……的激烈争端
分类:直接重复
解析:both disagreements是上文中出现过的概念,即前一句话中必然出现了两种争端或不合。more than表示两个事物的对比,则第一句话中提到了两个概念,这两个概念就必须是下文中的“两种争端”。故第一空和第二空均需填入和争端有关的词,A和F正确。
翻译:新出现的关于税的争端将会比持续多年的有关香蕉进口的激烈争论对两国间的贸易产生更大影响。不幸的是,主管者看起来同时忽略了上述两方面的争议。