Tham khảo tài liệu 'gre real 19_ test 02-1', ngoại ngữ, anh văn giao tiếp phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | GRE Real 19 Test 2 SECTION 1 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. According to the newspaper critic the performances at the talent contest last night --------from acceptable to excellent. A varied B receded C swept D averaged E declined 2. For more than a century geologists have felt comfortable with the idea that geological processes although very------- are also -----and so are capable of shaping the Earth given enough time. A minute. .sporadic B slow. .steady C complex. .discernible D unpredictable. .constant E ponderous. .intermittent 3. While not------with the colorfully obvious forms of life that are found in a tropical rain forest the desert is----to a surprisingly large number of species. A brimming. .foreign B endowed. .detrimental C imbued. .hostile D teeming. .host E confronted. .home 4. Speakers and listeners are often at odds language that is easy for the receiver to understand is often difficult to---- and that which is easily formulated can be hard to------. A estimate. .confirm B transmit. .defend C produce. .comprehend D suppress. .ignore E remember. .forget 5. The current demand for quality in the schools seems to ask not for the development of information and active citizens but for disciplined and productive workers with abilities that contribute to civic life only--. if at all. A indirectly B politically C intellectually D sensibly E sequentially 6. Because of its lack of theaters the city came ironically to be viewed as an------theater town and that reputation led entrepreneurs to believe that it would be------to build new theaters there. A unprofitable. .risky B untapped. .pointless C unappreciated. .difficult D unlikely. .appropriate E unimpressed. .shrewd 7. He felt it would .
