ＧＲＥ全真考试题七

ＧＲＥ全真考试题七

　　The Chinese, who began systematic astronomical and weather　observations shortly after the ancient Egyptians, were　assiduous record-keepers, and because of this, can claim　humanity s longest continuous -------- of natural events.

　　defiance

　　documentation

　　maintenance

　　theory

　　domination

　　答案：(B)

　　astronomical: a.1.天文(学)的,天体的 2.巨大的

　　assiduous: a.刻苦勤奋的 2.经常的,坚持不懈的

　　claim: v.1.对(名声,财产)提出要求,认领,索取 2.声称有,拥有

　　defiance: n.违抗,蔑(藐)视,挑战

　　documentation: n.1.文件证据的记述编制 2.文献资料 3.详尽引证

　　maintenance: n.1.维持,保持 2.维修,养护,保养 3.坚持,主张 4.生计,生活资料　5.扶养

　　domination: n.1.支配,统治,主宰,优势 2.宗主权,宗主地位

　　中国人继古埃及人之后旋即展开了有系统的天文与气候观察,可谓是勤勉不辍的文献记录者.基于这一原因,中国人可声称拥有人类历史上对自然事件最漫长悠久,持之以恒的文献记载.

　　Because many of the minerals found on the ocean floor are　still ------- on land, where mining is relatively inexpensive,　mining the ocean floor has yet to become a ------- enterprise.

　　scarce. . common

　　accessible.. marginal

　　unidentified.. subsidized

　　conserved . . public

　　plentiful.. profitable

　　答案：(E)

　　mine: v.1.开采,从...提取天然成分 2.在

　　have yet to: v.尚有待于

　　enterprise: n.艰巨复杂(或带冒险性)的计划,雄心勃勃的事业

　　accessible: a.1.易于接近的,可进入的 2.可使用的,易获得的　3.(人)易相处的 4.易懂的

　　marginal: a.1.边比的,边沿地区的 2.边际的,勉强够格的,最低限度的　3.微量的,不重要的

　　subsidize: v.1.补贴,资助 2.用贿赂换得...的资助

　　conserve: v.1.保护,保存 2.使永恒不灭

　　由于海底发现的许多矿物在陆地上仍然大量存在,且陆地上开采又相对廉价,因此,对海底开采还有待于变成一种有利可图的事业.

　　The valedictory address, as it has developed in American　colleges and universities over the years, has become a very　strict form, a literary ------- that permits very little-------.

　　text.. clarity

　　work.. tradition

　　genre.. deviation

　　oration.. grandiloquence

　　achieve