Tham khảo tài liệu 'gre real test 15-2', ngoại ngữ, anh văn giao tiếp phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 3 esoterica Pi 1 Test 15 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. In the nineteenth century novelists and unsympathetic travelers portrayed the American West as a land of-------adversity whereas promoters and idealists created------image of a land of infinite promise. A lurid. .a mundane B incredible. .an underplayed C dispiriting. .an identical D intriguing. .a luxuriant E unremitting. .a compelling 2. Honeybees tend to be more--------than earth bees the former unlike the latter search for food together and signal their individual findings to one another. A insular B aggressive C differentiated D mobile E social 3. Joe spoke of superfluous and--------matters with exactly the same degree of intensity as though for him serious issues mattered neither more nor less than did-------. A vital. .trivialities B redundant. .superficialities C important. .necessities D impractical. .outcomes E humdrum. .essentials 4. The value of Davis sociological research is compromised by his unscrupulous tendency to use materials------in order to substantiate his own claims while-------information that points to other possible conclusions. A haphazardly. .deploying B selectively. .disregarding C cleverly. .weighing D modestly. .refuting E arbitrarily. .emphasizing 5. Once Renaissance painters discovered how to -----volume and depth they were able to replace the medieval convention of symbolic two-dimensional space with the more-------- illusion of actual space. A reverse. .conventional B portray. .abstract C deny. .concrete D adumbrate. .fragmented E render. .realistic 6. He had expected gratitude for his disclosure but instead he encountered-------bordering on hostility. A patience B discretion C openness D .
