GRE填空學會查找重復關系

　　1.根據(jù)關鍵詞匯來判斷語言上的基本邏輯關系

　　因果、(because, in that, for, therefore, thus, accordingly, consequently, given, hence, so…that, so...as to, if…then, when...then, as long as……)轉(zhuǎn)折、(albeit, although, though, but, despite, even though, however, in spite of, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, while, whatever, regardless, even if, even though, yet, and yet……)遞進、(even, indeed………)對比、(in contrast, on the contrary, far from, on the other hand, rather than, instead of, not…but, paradoxically, ironically, surprisingly, unexpectedly, curiously……)等等。

　　2.尋找句子中的重復關系

　　作為研究生院入學的參考考試，也許是為了體現(xiàn)內(nèi)容有深度，很多句子涉及到了各個學科的背景知識。同時基于對所有學科學生都要公平的原則，所有的題目在解題點上都不涉及背景知識。為了做到這一點，很多時候ETS都是把答案放到句子中，然后用語言上的線索提示你去把它找出來。以下是提供重復線索的幾種常見形式：

　　(1) 簡單的直接重復

　　The eradication of pollution is not merely a matter of ___, though the majestic beauty of nature is indeed an important consideration.

　　A. economics B. legislation C. cleanliness D. aesthetics E. restoration

　　盡管大自然的美確實很重要，但污染的消除不僅是什么問題，當然不僅是美的問題。

　　Comparatively few rock musicians are willing to laugh at themselves, although a hint of----can boost sales of video clips very nicely.

　　A. self-deprecation B. congeniality C. cynicism D. embarrassment E. self-doubt

　　搖滾樂手很少自嘲，盡管什么東西能促進錄像短片的銷售，當然就填自嘲。

　　Melodramas, which presented stark oppositions between innocence and criminality, virtue and corruption, good and evil, were popular precisely because they offered the audience a world ___of___.

　　A. bereft.. theatricality B. composed.. adversity C. full.. circumstantiality D. deprived.. polarity

　　E. devoid.. neutrality

　　Melodramas這個詞不認識也沒關系，既然它表現(xiàn)的是無辜與罪行、道德與墮落、善與惡之間的刻板對立，那么它提供給觀眾什么樣的世界呢?當然是刻板對立的世界，只有E選項符合要求。

　　(2) 解釋型重復

　　The Muses are___deities: they avenge themselves without mercy on those who weary of their charms.

　　A. rueful B. ingenuous C. solicitous D. vindictive E. dispassionate

　　冒號后面的內(nèi)容就是正確選項D這個詞的釋義，所以不知道繆斯是什么東西也能輕松選對。

　　Unenlightened authoritarian managers rarely recognize a crucial reason for the low levels of serious conflict among members of democratically run work groups: a modicum of tolerance for dissent often prevents___.

　　A. demur B. schism C. cooperation D. compliance E. shortsightedness

　　冒號后面的內(nèi)容解釋了民主方式運作的工作團體中為何少有嚴重的沖突，所以即使看不懂a(chǎn) modicum of

　　tolerance for dissent是什么東西，也應該知道這個東西避免了嚴重沖突，故選B。

　　(3) 根據(jù)語法結構推斷重復：

　　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 ___.

　　A. text.. clarity B. work.. tradition C. genre.. deviation

　　D. oration.. grandiloquence E. achievement.. rigidity

　　a literary ___ that permits very little ___. 是前面的a very strict form的同位語，所以第一空格填form的同義或近義詞，that permits very little___. 這個從句完成后應為strict的同義或近義詞。

　　Many more eighteenth-century novels were written by women than by men, but this dominance has, until very

　　recently, been regarded merely as ___ fact, a bit of arcane knowledge noted only by bibliographers.

　　A. a controversial B. a statistical C. an analytical D. an explicit E. an unimpeachable

　　這道題同樣，a bit of arcane knowledge noted only by bibliographers.是前面的___ fact的同義重復，所以空格應填入文獻學家關注的事實，已知的五個選項里顯然只有B選項的statistical(統(tǒng)計的)是文獻學家的份內(nèi)工作。

　　(4) 憑借具有指示作用的形容詞或代詞來尋找重復

　　Longdale and Stern discovered that mitochondria and chloroplasts ___ a long, identifiable sequence of DNA; such a coincidence could be ___ only by the transfer of DNA between the two systems.

　　A. manufacture.. accomplished B. reveal.. repeated C. exhibit.. determined

　　D. share.. explained E. maintain.. contradicted

　　下半句的such a coincidence說明第一空格的動詞填入后應體現(xiàn)為是一種巧合，兩個看不懂是什么的、只知道是不一樣的東西(非相關專業(yè)的絕大部分學生是不太可能認識mitochondria和chloroplasts這兩個詞的)怎樣了一個長的、可以認為是一模一樣的DNA序列就是一個巧合呢?當然只有D的share表示了這個意思。

　　Laws do not ensure social order since laws can always be ___ , which makes them ___ unless the authorities have the will and the power to detect and punish wrongdoing.

　　A. contested.. provisional B. circumvented.. antiquated C. repealed.. vulnerable

　　D. violated.. ineffective E. modified.. unstable

　　Which指代逗號前面的那句話，也就是“法律不保障社會秩序”，這就使得法律怎樣呢?當然只有D選項的ineffective符合句意。