GRE (Graduate Record Examination) là một bài kiểm tra, đánh giá nhằm giúp cho các trường đại học, các tổ chức tài trợ học bổng đánh giá một cách đúng đắn năng lực của các thí sinh khi xin học sau đại học tại Mỹ. GRE kiểm tra thí sinh về 3 năng lực cơ bản là ngôn ngữ (Verbal), toán học (Math) và viết luận (Analytical Writing). GRE thực sự là một kì thi khó vì nó đòi hỏi các bạn phải có một lượng từ vựng khổng lồ khoảng 5000 từ và các kỹ năng làm bài thành thạo | 22 A Diagnostic Test 12 EPHEMERAL PERMANENCE ẬỊŨ A erratic predictability B immaculate cleanliness C commendable reputation D spurious emulation E mandatory obedience 13 M CHAFF WHEAT A mote dust B gold lead C dregs wine D loaf bread E yolk egg 14. OGLE OBSERVE H A haggle outbid B clamor dispute C discern perceive D flaunt display E glare glower 15 ABSTEMIOUS ABSTINENCE Hl A irascible militancy B gregarious reticence C truculent dogmatism D comatose sobriety E pusillanimous cravenness 16. INELUCTABLE AVOID H A ineffable utter B impalpable desire C impermeable endure D irascible provoke E irreconcilable estrange Directions Each passage in this group is followed by questions based on its content. After reading a passage choose the best answer to each question. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage. During the decade of 1880-1890 it was becoming increasingly evident that the factors which had brought about the existence of two separate suffrage institutions were steadily diminishing in 5 importance. The National Woman Suffrage Association had been launched by the intellectually irrepressible Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the ever catholic Susan B. Anthony. Both were ready to work with any- 10 one whatever their views on other matters as long as they wholeheartedly espoused woman suffrage. Consequently in its earlier years the National was both aggressive and unorthodox. It damned both Republicans and Democrats who brushed the suf- 15 frage question aside. It was willing to take up the cudgels for distressed women whatever their circumstances be they fallen women divorce cases or underpaid seamstresses. The American Woman Suffrage Association by 20 contrast took its tone and outlook from a New England which had turned its back on those fiery days when abolitionists men and women alike had stood up to angry mobs. Its advocacy of worthy causes was highly selective. Lucy Stone was not 25 interested in trade .
