ＧＲＥ全真考试题七
The Chinese, who began systematic astronomical and weather observations shortly after the ancient Egyptians, were assiduous record-keepers, and because of this, can claim humanity s longest continuous -------- of natural events.
defiance
documentation
maintenance
theory
domination
答案：(B)
astronomical: a.1.天文(学)的,天体的 2.巨大的
assiduous: a.刻苦勤奋的 2.经常的,坚持不懈的
claim: v.1.对(名声,财产)提出要求,认领,索取 2.声称有,拥有
defiance: n.违抗,蔑(藐)视,挑战
documentation: n.1.文件证据的记述编制 2.文献资料 3.详尽引证
maintenance: n.1.维持,保持 2.维修,养护,保养 3.坚持,主张 4.生计,生活资料 5.扶养
domination: n.1.支配,统治,主宰,优势 2.宗主权,宗主地位
中国人继古埃及人之后旋即展开了有系统的天文与气候观察,可谓是勤勉不辍的文献记录者.基于这一原因,中国人可声称拥有人类历史上对自然事件最漫长悠久,持之以恒的文献记载.
Because many of the minerals found on the ocean floor are still ------- on land, where mining is relatively inexpensive, mining the ocean floor has yet to become a ------- enterprise.
scarce. . common
accessible.. marginal
unidentified.. subsidized
conserved . . public
plentiful.. profitable
答案：(E)
mine: v.1.开采,从...提取天然成分 2.在地下挖坑道,暗中破坏
have yet to: v.尚有待于
enterprise: n.艰巨复杂(或带冒险性)的计划,雄心勃勃的事业
accessible: a.1.易于接近的,可进入的 2.可使用的,易获得的 3.(人)易相处的 4.易懂的
marginal: a.1.边比的,边沿地区的 2.边际的,勉强够格的,最低限度的 3.微量的,不重要的
subsidize: v.1.补贴,资助 2.用贿赂换得...的资助
conserve: v.1.保护,保存 2.使永恒不灭
由于海底发现的许多矿物在陆地上仍然大量存在,且陆地上开采又相对廉价,因此,对海底开采还有待于变成一种有利可图的事业.
The valedictory address, as it has developed in American colleges and universities over the years, has become a very strict form, a literary ------- that permits very little-------.
text.. clarity
work.. tradition
genre.. deviation
oration.. grandiloquence
achieve