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GRE补充填空题1. “The show must go on” is the oldest ________ of show business; every true performer lives by that creed. (A) euphemism(B) allegory(C) precursor(D) tenet(E) corroboration2. ________ James Baldwin, who wrote of black Americans as being in a perpetual state of rage, Mr. Cose remarks that few human beings could ________ the psychic toll of uninterrupted anger. (A) Corroborating...endure(B) Refuting...enhance(C) Dismissing...refine(D) Challenging...survive(E) Upholding...weather3. ________ by life’s ________ , the last emperor of China worked as a lowly gardener in the palace over which he had once ruled. (A) Fortified...generosity(B) Deluded...coincidences(C) Humbled...vicissitudes(D) Venerated...survivors(E) Recognized...impostors4. ________ his broker had told him that the stock was a___ investment, he insisted on buying 100 shares. (A) Because...speculative(B) Although...precarious(C) Since...negligible(D) Although...formidable(E) Because...dwindling5. A ________ glance pays ________ attention to details. (A) furtive...meticulous(B) cursory...little(C) cryptic...close(D) keen...scanty(E) fleeting...vigilant6. A ________ person is one who will ________ something on the slightest of evidence. (A) restive...forget(B) garrulous...criticize(C) maudlin...censure(D) phlegmatic...condemn(E) credulous...believe7. A New World lizard, the basilisk, occasionally does something that seems to ________ physics: it runs across the surface of water for distances of up to thirty feet. (A) defy(B) quantify(C) assess(D) exemplify(E) corroborate8. A born teller of tales, Olsen used her impressive ________ skills to advantage in her story “I Stand Here Ironing. “(A) domestic(B) metaphysical(C) narrative(D) diagnostic(E) argumentative9. A code of ethics governing the behavior of physicians during epidemics did not exist until 1846 when it was ________ by the American Medical Association. (A) rescinded(B) promulgated(C) presupposed(D) depreciated(E) implied10. A diligent scholar, she devoted herself ________ to the completion of the book. (A) assiduously(B) ingenuously(C) theoretically(D) voluminously(E) sporadically11. A hypothesis must not only account for what we already know, but it must also be ________ by continued observation. (A) refuted(B) interrupted(C) verified(D) discredited(E) outmoded12. A journalist rather than a scholar, Mr. Cose seems nevertheless to be ________ most of the serious studies relevant to his topic. (A) overawed by(B) ignorant of(C) associated with(D) wearied by(E) familiar with13. A leading philosopher of our time, Ludwig Wittgenstein, laid down a ________ to which good historians ________ : “Of that of which nothing is known nothing can be said. “(A) burden...protest(B) law...amend(C) rule...adhere(D) maxim...succumb(E) weapon...surrender14. A major outbreak of food poisoning in 1993 underlined the serious ________ in the then-current system of food inspection. (A) expectations(B) innovations(C) objectivity(D) deficiencies(E) uniformity15. A man incapable of ________ action, he never had an opinion about something that he had not worked up beforehand, fashioning it with lengthy care. (A) premeditated(B) coherent(C) spontaneous(D) calculated(E) self-conscious16. A sense of fairness ________ that the punishment should fit the crime; yet, in actual practice, judicial decisions ________ greatly for the same type of criminal offense. (A) assumes...coincide(B) relegates...deviate(C) accumulates...simplify(D) promise(E) dictates...vary17. A subway modernization program intended to ________ a host of problems ranging from dangerous tracks to overcrowded stairwells has failed to meet its schedule for repairs. (A) augment(B) initiate(C) deplore(D) disclose(E) eliminate18. Abandoning the moral principles of his youth, the aging emperor Tiberius led a ________ , wanton life. (A) celibate(B) rudimentary(C) debauched(D) circumspect(E) peripatetic19. According to Lionel Trilling, the paradox of liberalism was that in its quest for freedom it must move toward greater organization, stricter legislation, and increasing ________ . (A) anarchy(B) self-realization(C) stagnation(D) control(E) levity20. According to a noted art critic, one would have to be completely immune to the sensuous pleasures of painting to be ________ Lucien Freud’s mesmerizing art. (A) drawn to (B) overcome by(C) enamored of(D) unaffected by(E) consistent about21. According to poet John Berryman, there were so many ways to ________ a poem that it was quite amazing good ones ever gotwritten. (A) dedicate(B) begin(C) ruin(D) recite(E) categorize22. According to the Senator, it was not ________ for a politician in se。