Tham khảo tài liệu 'acing the gre_04', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | ------------------------------- THE GRE VERBAL SECTION --------------------------------------- Here is an example of a question from the pretest that does not divide neatly into a complete unit and an incomplete unit. This one has blanks in two of its four units The renowned daredevil was in fact temperamentally quite as evidenced by the fact that he declined to until nearly two years of age. In the first unit The renowned daredevil was in fact the phrase in fact tells us that something unexpected is going on. If in fact were to be removed from the sentence there would be no way you could know what kind of words go in the blanks. In fact is a clue phrase one that points you toward the meaning of the sentence. In fact is the phrase that tells you something unexpected is going on in the next unit of the sentence temperamentally quite. Thus we know that the renowned daredevil had an unexpected kind of temperament. What kind of temperament would you expect a famous daredevil to have Adventurous bold or daring Right. So the word that goes in the first blank will be one that has a contrasting relationship to the expected temperament. What kinds of words contrast with adventurous bold and daring Careful cautious and conservative are the kinds of words you are looking for in the first spot of the answer choices. The second unit of the sentence as evidenced by the fact that he declined to until nearly two years of age uses a phrase of comparison as evidenced by to let us know that the word that goes in the second blank should illustrate the daredevil s nonbold temperament. Now think of the synonym you came up with for not bold such as cautious. Put it in the first blank. Then read the sentence using your word in the first blank. Think of something that if not done before age two would indicate that kind of temperament. Then look at the answer choices for words that are similar to the ones you chose. The answer to this question is circumspect. perambulate. Even if you didn t
