tailieunhanh - GRE REAL TEST 08-2

Tham khảo tài liệu 'gre real test 08-2', ngoại ngữ, anh văn giao tiếp phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | GRE Real 19 Test 8 SECTION 2 Time 30 minutes 38 Questions Directions Each sentence below has one or two blanks each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 1. We first became aware that her support for the new program was less than-------when she declined to make a speech in its favor. A qualified B haphazard c fleeting D unwarranted E wholehearted 2. When a person suddenly loses consciousness a bystander is not expected to-----the problem but to attempt to-----its effects by starting vital functions if they are absent. A cure. .precipitate B minimize. .predict C determine. .detect D diagnose. .counter E magnify. .evaluate 3. The remark was only slightly------- inviting a chuckle perhaps but certainly not a----. A audible. .reward B hostile. .shrug C amusing. .rebuke D coherent. .reaction E humorous. .guffaw 4. Doors were closing on our past and soon the values we had lived by would become so obsolete that we would seem to people of the new age as -----as travelers from an ancient land. A elegant B ambitious C interesting D comfortable E quaint 5. Ability to------is the test of the perceptive historian a history after all consists not only of what the historian has included but also in some sense of what has been left out. A defer B select c confer D devise E reflect 6. Some artists immodestly idealize or exaggerate the significance of their work yet others --to exalt the role of the artist reject a transcendent view of art. A appearing B disdaining C seeking D failing E tending 7. Estimating the risks of radiation escaping from a nuclear power plant is------question but one whose answer then becomes part of a value-laden emotionally charged policy debate about whether to construct such a plant. A an incomprehensible B an undefined C an irresponsible D a divisive E a technical GO ON TO THE .