GRE单空题解题策略

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在GRE填空题中，按照空格和选项的设置，分为单空题、双空题、三空题和六选二题目。掌握这些GRE填空题目的解题技巧对考生答题是十分有利的。下面小编就和大家分享，来欣赏一下吧。

专家指导GRE单空题解题策略

GRE填空单空题限定题干只有一个空格，答案为五个选项中选择一个符合空格的正确选项。这种题型不仅测试的是考生对词汇的精确理解和辨析能力，更重要的是要考察考生对句子结构的把握和对逻辑关系的推断。所以在做题时，要求考生有清晰的思路以及逻辑能力，两者缺一都不可.

GRE填空题单空题例题分析

例题1：Far from viewing Jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960’s portrayed him as ______ thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like.

A. an adventurous

B. a doctrinaire

C. an eclectic

D. a judicious

E. a cynical

【解析】简化句子，句子的主干是historians of the 1960’s portrayed him as ______ thinker，然后找出句子的逻辑关系。此题可以从两个方面的逻辑入手，一是从Far from体现的转折关系入手，空格应该体现和skeptical but enlightened的含义相反的意思，故a doctrinaire符合要求;一是从eager to…入手，这是对主干内容的补充说明，空格应该体现“渴望给年轻人灌输政治正统思想”的意思，答案仍然是“教条主义者”。

例题2：Before 1500 North America was inhabited by more than 300 cultural groups, each with different customs, social structures, world views, and languages; such diversity _______the existence of a single Native American culture.

(A) complements

(B) implies

(D) argues against

(E) explains away

【解析】这是一个由冒号连接的并列句，冒号是表示同义重复：冒号前面都是在强调 different， such diversity 也是对应前面的different。而空格后面却出现了a single Native American culture，前后是不一致的，所以此时的冒号作用就没有了，所以D只有能联系前面的such diversity 和后面的a single

GRE填空单空题解题方法

相对于其他的填空题目，GRE填空单空题相对比较容易。但是解答GRE填空单空题也要经过四大步骤：

第一步：读题干。读题干时，考生应先抓住题目的主干结构，而后找出主干以外的修饰成分，譬如定语短语，定语从句，分词短语，状语从句及插入语等等。阅读句子的时候考生可以采用跳跃式的读法，即仍掉那些主干以外的部分。

第二步：分析逻辑关系。这是解GRE考试题的依据所在，也是决定解题正确与否的关键环节。逻辑关系大体上分为同义重复和反义重复。同义重复中包含的逻辑关系有并列、因果、递进等等，反义重复中包含的逻辑关系有转折、对比等。

第三步：找出答案。在简化句子，确定好逻辑关系之后，就是根据逻辑关系找出与中心词相对应的答案。如果是转折关系就找出中心词的反义词，如果是同义关系就找出中心词的同义词。

最后一步：检查。通常检查题目的一个优先策略就是看将选项中的词汇代入空格中，看句子从意义上是否通顺，连贯以上就是小编为大家介绍的GRE填空单空题的解题策略，考生在平时的复习中也要多多练习，争取在考试中能够拿下全部的单空题。

GRE考试《填空》模拟题及答案解析

【练习】

1. Exposure to low-intensity gamma radiation slows the rate of growth of the spoilage microorganisms in food in much the same way that the low heat used in pasteurization ___ the spoilage action of the microorganisms in milk.

(A) precludes

(B) initiates

(D) isolates

(E) purifies

2. The labor union and the company’s management, despite their long history of unfailingly acerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have nevertheless reached an unexpectedly ___ , albeit still tentative, agreement on next year’s contract.

(A) swift

(B) onerous

(D) reluctant

(E) conclusive

3. Roman historians who study the period 30 B.C. to A.D. 180 can ___ the “Augustan Peace” only by failing to recognize that this peace in many respects resembled that of death.

(A) decry

(B) applaud

(D) demand

(E) disprove

4. She writes across generational lines, making the past so ___ that our belief that the present is the true locus of experience is undermined.

(A) complex

(B) distant

(D) mysterious

(E) mundane

5. Because they had expected the spacecraft Voyager 2 to be able to gather data only about the planets Jupiter and Saturn, scientists were ___ the wealth of information it sent back from Neptune 12 years after leaving Earth.

(A) anxious for

(B) confident in

(D) keen on

(E) elated by

(F) eager for

6. Only by ignoring decades of mismanagement and inefficiency could investors conclude that a fresh infusion of cash would provide anything more than a ___ solution to the company’s financial woes.

(A) complete

(B) fleeting

(D) premature

(E) trivial

(F) total

7. The English novelist William Thackeray considered the cult of the criminal so dangerous that he criticized Dickens’ Oliver Twist for making the characters in the thieves’ kitchen so ___ .

(A) threatening

(B) riveting

(D) conniving

(E) fearsome

(F) irritating

8. Nature’s energy efficiency often ___ human technology: despite the intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency ___ the firefly’s system.

Blank (i)

Blank (ii)

A outstrips

D stimulates

B inhibits

E rivals

C determines

F reproduce

9. Hampshire’s assertions, far from showing that we can ___ the ancient puzzles about objectivity, reveal the issue to be even more ___ than we had thought.

Blank (i)

Blank (ii)

A admire

D elusive

B dismiss

E relevant

C adapt

F unconventional

【答案与解析】

(A) precludes

(B) initiates

(D) isolates

(E) purifies

翻译：用伽马射线照射腐败食物和巴氏消毒法处理牛奶(的作用方式)相当类似，前者降低了导致腐败的微生物的成长速度，后者减缓了牛奶中微生物引起的变质反应。

选C

in the same way 提示我们前后两个动作是同类型的。

preclude 预防，排除;

initiate 开始，入门指导，接纳…为会员;

inhibit 禁止，限制;

isolate 使孤立、隔绝，分离、离析;

purify 净化，(宗教)洗刷…的罪恶。

词汇题。

巴氏杀菌法 [pasteurization]

医学, 生物与生物学

对物质的局部灭菌法，尤其指用加热来消灭微生物而不破坏物质的化学成分的方法，在牛奶或其他饮料杀菌时常用到这种方法。首创者是巴斯德，并以其姓氏命名。牛奶的巴氏杀菌法要求温度达到63℃(145℉)，杀菌时间在30分钟以上，或在更高温下加热，时间稍短。这一方法可以杀死任何致病微生物(主要是结核分枝杆菌)，以及能导致食物腐败的微生物。参阅食品保藏(food preservation)。

(大英袖珍百科)

2. The labor union and the company’s management, despite their long history of unfailinglyacerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have nevertheless reached an unexpectedly ___ , albeit still tentative, agreement on next year’s contract.

(A) swift

(B) onerous

(D) reluctant

(E) conclusive

翻译：虽然工会和公司管理层素来在任何议题上都针锋相对，仍就下一年的合同达成了共识，尽管还在彼此试探，却出人意料地快。

选A

despite / nevertheless / albeit 都是最典型的让步关系指示词，句中出现了两层让步，分别是：

1) despite 一直争斗 nevertheless 达成了共识;

2) 快 albeit 试探性的。

acerbic 严厉的，尖刻的;

swift 快;

onerous 艰巨的，繁重的，(法律)承担过重义务的;

hesitant 迟疑的，踌躇的;

conclusive 决定性的，令人信服的，确凿的，终结的，结论的。

3. Roman historians who study the period 30 B.C. to A.D. 180 can ___ the “Augustan Peace” only by failing to recognize that this peace in many respects resembled that of death.

(A) decry

(B) applaud

(D) demand

(E) disprove

翻译：公元前30年到公元180年的罗马，(尽管)史称“罗马和平时期”， (但)这种所谓的和平很多时候更像是“死的寂静”，只有忽略这一点的史家才会为之称道。

选B

注意 only 提示的感情色彩，本句中的 only 意味着——任谁也不该、也不会。

by 表示方式手段。

in respect of sth. 就某方面而言，in many respect 很大程度上;

decry 公开谴责…以贬损其价值;

disprove 驳斥。

……这元首制由起初实施的二百年，被传统认为罗马和平时期。在此期间,整个帝国的凝聚力在城市生活、经济链、共同的文化、法治和宗教规范下变得越来越强大。在城市的暴动不常发生;即使发生了，它们都会被“无情而迅速地”平定;在不列巅尼亚和高卢的叛乱就是其中的例子。犹太罗马战争在公元后“一世纪”爆发，持续了六十年，最后在 “第二世纪”的上半段平息;这场是罗马惟一一场用了很长的时间和极其暴力的手段平定的一场叛乱。

……

(维基百科“罗马帝国”)

尽管史称“罗马和平”时期，其实是靠铁腕镇压换来的虚假和平。

4. She writes across generational lines, making the past so ___ that our belief that the present is the true locus of experience is undermined.

(A) complex

(B) distant

(D) mysterious

(E) mundane

翻译：她的笔触跨越世代，能把往事写得如此栩栩如生，甚至让读者不禁怀疑当下才是真实。

选C

过于纯良的一道题，或者是摆错的四级题。做错的话值得懊恼一下。

(A) anxious for

(B) confident in

(D) keen on

(E) elated by

(F) eager for

翻译：

科学家们原来预期，旅行者2号航天器只能收集木星和土星的数据，所以当它离开地球十二年后发回大量海王星数据，科学家们都欣喜非常。

选CE

wealth of 大量，丰富;

confident 确定的，自信的，大胆狂妄的;

thrill 使人兴奋或激动;

be keen on 喜爱(人/事物)，热衷于，对…充满热情;

elate 使…高兴或骄傲。

旅行者号 [Voyager]

太空科技

美国于1977年发射的2枚无人星际探测器，其发射目的是观察太阳系的外行星。“旅行者”1号于1979年飞越木星，1980年到达土星，“旅行者”2号速度较慢，飞越木星、土星、天王星，1989年到达海王星。2枚探测器发回了各种数据及照片，揭示了这些巨大行星及其卫星与光环的细节。“旅行者”号航天器将继续飞向深空间并飞越太阳系边缘。“旅行者”2号估计可持续使用至2020年，定期发回太阳风层顶的资料。

(大英袖珍百科)

6. Only by ignoring decades of mismanagement and inefficiency could investors conclude that a fresh infusion of cash would provide anything more than a ___ solution to the company’s financial woes.

(A) complete

(B) fleeting

(D) premature

(E) trivial

(F) total

翻译：只有那些忽略了公司十年以上疏于管理运转低效的情况的投资者，才会认为新的注资不仅仅是一时之计。

选BC

nothing more than 仅仅，只不过;

anything more than 可以认为是 not (...) anything more than，相当于“不仅是，不仅限于…”

7. The English novelist William Thackeray considered the cult of the criminal so dangerousthat he criticized Dickens’ Oliver Twist for making the characters in the thieves’ kitchen so___ .

(A) threatening

(B) riveting

(D) conniving

(E) fearsome

(F) irritating

翻译：英国小说家WT，批评D在他的作品OT中把贼窝里的角色描写得太吸引人，因为他认为崇拜罪犯是危险的。

选BC

so ... that ... 因果关系。

cult 狂热崇拜;

thieves' kitchen 贼窝(缺乏信源);

8. Nature’s energy efficiency often ___ human technology: despite the intensity of the lightfireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency ___ the firefly’s system.

Blank (i)

Blank (ii)

A outstrips

D stimulates

B inhibits

E rivals

C determines

F reproduce

翻译：自然界(生物行为)的能效往往高于人类科技：萤火虫发光强度尽管(不强)，热耗却几乎可以忽略不计;直到最近，人类才研发出可以比得上萤火虫发光能效的化学照明系统。

选AE

先确定第二空，再看第一空。

9. Hampshire’s assertions, far from showing that we can ___ the ancient puzzles aboutobjectivity, reveal the issue to be even more ___ than we had thought.

Blank (i)

Blank (ii)

A admire

D elusive

B dismiss

E relevant

C adapt

F unconventional

翻译：H宣称，那些关于客观性的上古谜题比我们原来想象的更为重要，远非可以忽略的。

选BE

far from 引导了一种对比关系，两个空的选项，有一种相反或相对的意味。

GRE考试《填空》模拟题及答案解析

【练习】

1. There is some ___ the fact that the author of a book as sensitive and informed as Indian Artisans did not develop her interest in Native American art until adulthood, for she grew up in a region rich in American Indian culture.

(A) irony in

(B) satisfaction in

(D) concern about

(E) presumptuousness in

2. Rumors, embroidered with detail, live on for years, neither denied nor confirmed, until they become accepted as fact even among people not known for their ___ .

(A) insight

(B) obstinacy

(D) tolerance

(E) credulity

3. Sponsors of the bill were ___ because there was no opposition to it within the legislature until after the measure had been signed into law.

(A) unreliable

(B) well-intentioned

(D) relieved

(E) detained

4. A common argument claims that in folk art, the artist’s subordination of technical mastery to intense feeling ___ the direct communication of emotion to the viewer.

(A) facilitates

(B) averts

(D) implies

(E) represses

5. Always circumspect, she was reluctant to make judgments, but once arriving at a conclusion , she was ___ in its defense.

(A) uncompromising

(B) nonplussed

(D) intransigent

(E) deferential

(F) negligent

6. Congress is having great difficulty developing a consensus on energy policy, primarily because the policy objective of various members of Congress rest on such ___ assumptions.

(A) commonplace

(B) disparate

(D) fundamental

(E) trite

(F) trivial

7. Regardless of what ___ theories of politics may propound , there is nothing that requires daily politics to be clear, thorough, and consistent - nothing, that is, that requires reality to conform to theory.

(A) systematic

(B) vague

(D) casual

(E) vicious

(F) tidy

8. Without the psychiatrists promise of confidentiality, trust is ___ and the patients communication limited; even though confidentiality can thus be seen to be precious in therapy, moral responsibility sometimes requires a willingness to ___ it.

Blank (i)

Blank (ii)

A regarded

D sacrifice

B assumed

E examine

C impaired

F uphold

9. Although the feeding activities of whales and walruses give the seafloor of the Bering Shelf a devastated appearance, these activities seem to be actually ___ to the area ， ___ its productivity.

Blank (i)

Blank (ii)

A beneficial

D encumbering

B detrimental

E redirecting

C superfluous

F enhancing

【解析】

1. There is some ___ the fact that the author of a book as sensitive and informed as IndianArtisans did not develop her interest in Native American art until adulthood, for she grew up in a region rich in American Indian culture.

(A) irony in

(B) satisfaction in

(D) concern about

(E) presumptuousness in

翻译：在《印第安工匠》一书中，作者表现出对美洲土著艺术的敏锐和博学，具有讽刺意味的是，尽管她生活在印第安文化发达的地区，但直到成年后才对其产生兴趣。

选A

for 因果关系。

concern 担心、焦虑(的原因)，重要或使某人感兴趣的事，公司、商行;

presumptuousness 胆大妄为，专横，冒失;

Native American / American Indian 美洲印第安人。

2. Rumors, embroidered with detail, live on for years, neither denied nor confirmed, until theybecome accepted as fact even among people not known for their ___ .

(A) insight

(B) obstinacy

(D) tolerance

(E) credulity

翻译：流传多年的谣言逐渐长出丰富的细节，不被否认也不被证实，直到最不轻信的人也把它们当作事实。

选E

insight 洞察(力)，猛然领悟;

obstinacy 顽固、倔犟(的人或事);

introspection 内省。

3. Sponsors of the bill were ___ because there was no opposition to it within the legislatureuntil after the measure had been signed into law.

(A) unreliable

(B) well-intentioned

(D) relieved

(E) detained

翻译：发起者们很庆幸，直到该法案在签署生效之前，都未受到来自立法机构内部的阻力。

选D

unreliable 不可靠的，不能信任的;

well-intentioned 善意的;

persistent 坚持不懈的，持久的;

detain 阻止，拘留。

4. A common argument claims that in folk art, the artist’s subordination of technical mastery to intense feeling ___ the direct communication of emotion to the viewer.

(A) facilitates

(B) averts

(D) implies

(E) represses

翻译：人们普遍认为，民间艺术表演想要更直接地与观众交流，应该注重情感表达而非炫技。

选A

facilitate 使(某事物)容易或减少困难;

avert 移开(目光、注意力等)，避免;

neutralize 使中性化，使无效化，中和;

imply 暗示，包含;

repress 抑制，约束，平息。

5. Always circumspect, she was reluctant to make judgments, but once arriving at a conclusion , she was ___ in its defense.

(A) uncompromising

(B) nonplussed

(D) intransigent

(E) deferential

(F) negligent

翻译：她行事审慎，不轻下判断，然而一旦认定，则坚持己见。

选AD

nonplus 使迷惑;

obsequious 巴结的，卑躬屈膝的;

intransigent 固执己见的(贬);

deferential 顺从的，恭顺的;

negligent 疏忽的，漫不经心的。

6. Congress is having great difficulty developing a consensus on energy policy, primarilybecause the policy objective of various members of Congress rest on such ___ assumptions.

(A) commonplace

(B) disparate

(D) fundamental

(E) trite

(F) trivial

翻译：国会很难就能源政策达成共识，主要是因为议员们所抱有的政策目标有着如此迥异的预设。

选BC

disparate 迥异的;

divergent 分歧的;

fundamental 基要的;

trite 老套的，平淡无奇的;

trivial 琐碎的，普通的。

(A) systematic

(B) vague

(D) casual

(E) vicious

(F) tidy

翻译：不管政治理论如何系统精致，也不能保证日常政治清明无瑕，全面彻底并保持连贯——也就是说，保证现实与理论相一致。

选AF

propound 提出，以供讨论或考虑;

systematic 系统的，井然有序的;

vague 模糊的;

assertive 坚定而自信的;

casual 偶然的，临时的，非正式的;

vicious 邪恶的，凶残的;

tidy 排列整齐的，相当大的，可观的。

8. Without the psychiatrists promise of confidentiality, trust is ___ and the patientscommunication limited; even though confidentiality can thus be seen to be precious in therapy, moral responsibility sometimes requires a willingness to ___ it.

Blank (i)

Blank (ii)

A regarded

D sacrifice

B assumed

E examine

C impaired

F uphold

翻译：精神治疗中如果没有保密承诺，患者将不再信任医生，沟通也会减少;因此保密承诺在治疗过程中是宝贵的，然而即便如此，有时候也要牺牲(保密这种)道德责任。

选CD

9. Although the feeding activities of whales and walruses give the seafloor of the Bering Shelf a devastated appearance, these activities seem to be actually ___ to the area ， ___ its productivity.

Blank (i)

Blank (ii)

A beneficial

D encumbering

B detrimental

E redirecting

C superfluous

F enhancing

翻译：尽管鲸鱼和海象的摄食行为使白令近海海床看起来一片荒芜，但实际上促进了该区域的生物生产率，似乎又是有益的。

选AF

detrimental 有害的;

superfluous 多余的;