2012新GRE考试 填空例题解答一
Vainand prone to violence,Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (i) ______ as an artistincreased, the more (ii) ______ hislife became.
| BLANK (i) | BLANK (ii) |
| (A) temperance | (D) tumultuous |
| (B) notoriety | (E) providential |
| (C) eminence | (F) dispassionate |
1.关键字：冒号
2.确定blank1中应该填入一个名词，表示C作为一名艺术家在某一方面的成绩，blank2中应该填入一个形容词，表示C的生活的变化形式；
3.发现句子中有冒号，可以推断句子前后两部分是一种解释说明的关系，即句子前后两部分意思一致，前半句说C对于成功的把握很差，而且倾向于暴力；则后半句也应该是同样的意思；
4.在后半句中，as an artist increased应该对应的是“成功”的意思，从blank1中选出“eminence”，而his life became，对应的是其倾向于暴力的部分，从blank2中选出“tumultuous”。
5.词语解释：
[1].(A) temperance：（抑制、温和）moderation in action, thought, orfeeling : RESTRAINT
[2].(B) notoriety：（臭名昭著）the quality or state of being widelyand unfavorably known
[3].(C) eminence：（声名显赫）onethat is eminent, prominent, or lofty
[4].(D) tumultuous：（暴力的）markedby violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval
[5].(E) providential：（神意的）of, relating to, or determined by Godconceived as the power sustaining and guiding human destiny
[6].(F) dispassionate：（冷静的）not influenced by strong feeling
(OGText Completion Sample Questions 3)
Inparts of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so ______ that you can walk off the coast and not know you are over the hiddensea.
(A) permanently
(B) imperceptibly
(C) irregularly中华考试网
(D) precariously
(E) relentlessly
KEY:B
1.关键字：“So … that …”
2.“So … that …” 结构，that后面的部分对于so后面的词进行解释说明，其表示的是arcitic附近的某些冰层向海中伸出的程度，如果仅仅说是能够让人行走的话，选项中没有合适的词语进行对应，因而，形容的是给人们的一种感觉，对应部分如颜色标注。
3.词语解释：
[1].(A) permanently：（永久地）continuing or enduringwithout fundamental or marked change : STABLE
[2].(B) imperceptibly：（不被察觉地）not perceptible by a sense or by the mind
[3].(C) irregularly：（不规则地）lacking continuity orregularity especially of occurrence or activity中华考试网(www．Examw。com)
[4].(D) precariously：（不安全地、随意地）dependent on chancecircumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
[5].(E) relentlessly：（无情地、残酷地）showing or promising noabatement of severity, intensity, strength, or pace