2017年GRE培训写作专项模拟试题二

1. Though extremely__C____about his own plans, the man allowed his associates no such privacy and was constantly__D____information about what they intended to do next.

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A outstrips D stimulates

B inhibits E rivals

C determines F reproduce

2. Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater ___B___their efforts to build a progressive party than the__F____of the progressives already elected to the legislature.

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A sustained D reasons

B restricted E substitutes

C hampered F justifications

3. No longer__A____by the belief that the world around us was expressly designed for humanity, many people try to find intellectual____ E__for that lost certainty in astrology and in mysticism.

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A an accepted D anachronism to

B an underground E concern about

C an unknown F defiance against

4. Just as astrology was for centuries____B__faith, countering the strength of established churches, so today believing in astrology is an act of___F___ the professional sciences.

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A benefit from D success

B obstacle to E reputation

C praise for F resistance

5. Many of the earliest colonial houses that are still standing have been so modified and enlarged that the___B___design is no longer____D__.

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A embellished D discernible

B initial E applicable

C appropriate F attractive