GRE出国考试填空题真题详细解答：96年10月4

却是僵化无灵气的。

　　【解题分析】

　　能大致构成转折的只有a 和b，如果知道contrive的词义的话，没有人会做错。而contrive与

　　spontaneous这两个词居然就是93年4月section3 3rd 的主考词。

　　【重点词条】

　　spontaneous 1: proceeding³ from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint⁴ 2: arising from a momentary⁵ impulse 3: controlled and directed internally: self-acting⁶ <~ movement characteristic of living things> 4: produced without being planted or without human labor⁷: indigenous⁸ 5: developing without apparent external influence, force, cause, or treatment 6: not apparently⁹ contrived¹⁰ or manipulated: natural —— spon.ta.ne.ous.ly adv —— spon.ta.ne.ous.ness n

　　syn spontaneous, impulsive¹¹, instinctive¹², automatic, mechanical mean acting or activated¹³ without deliberation. spontaneous implies lack of prompting and connotes naturalness . impulsive implies acting under stress of emotion or spirit of the moment . instinctive stresses spontaneous action involving neither judgment¹⁴ nor will . automatic implies action engaging neither the mind nor the emotions and connotes a predictable response . mechanical stresses the lifeless, often perfunctory character of the response .

　　contrive² 1 a: devise, plan <~ ways of handling the situation> b: to form or create in an artistic¹⁵ or ingenious manner 2: to bring about by stratagem¹⁶ or with difficulty: manage ~ vi: to make schemes —— con¹.triv.er n

　　decline 1 archaic¹⁷: to turn from a straight course: stray 2 a: to slope downward: descend¹⁸ b: to bend down: droop¹⁹ c: to stoop to what is unworthy 3 a of a celestial²⁰ body: to sink toward setting b: to draw toward a close: wane²¹ 4: to tend toward an inferior state or weaker condition 5: to withhold²² consent 6: to become less in amount ~ vt 1: to give in prescribed order the grammatical forms of (a noun, pronoun, or adjective) 2 obs a: avert²³ b: avoid 3: to cause to bend or bow downward 4 a: to refuse to undertake, undergo, engage in, or comply with b: to refuse esp. courteously²⁵ <~ an invitation> —— de.clin.able adj —— de.clin.er n

　　syn decline, refuse, reject, repudiate²⁶, spurn²⁷ mean to turn away by not accepting, receiving, or considering. decline often implies courteous²⁴ refusal esp. of offers or invitations . refuse suggests more positiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something asked for . reject implies a peremptory²⁸ refusal by sending away or discarding . repudiate implies a casting off or disowning as untrue, unauthorized, or unworthy of acceptance . spurn stresses contempt or disdain²⁹ in rejection³⁰ or repudiation³¹ . 2decline n (14c) 1: the process of declining: a: a gradual physical or mental sinking and wasting away b: a change to a lower state or level 2: the period during which something is deteriorating³² or approaching its end 3: a downward slope: declivity³³ 4: a wasting disease; esp: pulmonary tuberculosis³⁴ syn see deterioration³⁵

　　5. 【中文释义】

　　她被律师同行们批评，并不是因为她不勤奋，而是因为她如此详尽的准备案例以至于她不能将

　　大家期待的数量的案例提交法庭审理。

　　【解题分析】

　　最有效的推理总是最直接的那个推理，此句中的so……that结构中包含了一个空格，所以这一个

　　逻辑关系最直接，可由此逻辑直接推理得minutely. d正确。

　　【重点词条】

　　minutely 1: into very small pieces 2: in a minute manner or degree 2min.ute.ly adj

　　versed³⁶ :to familiarize by close association, study, or experience

　　knowledgeable³⁷ :having or exhibiting knowledge or intelligence: keen —— knowl.edge.abil.i.ty n ——

　　knowl.edge.able.ness n —— knowl.edge.ably adv

　　congenial 1: having the same nature, disposition³⁹, or tastes: kindred 2 a: existing or associated

　　together harmoniously⁴⁰ b: pleasant; esp: agreeably suited to one's nature, tastes, or outlook c: sociable⁴¹,

　　genial³⁸ —— con.ge.nial.i.ty n —— con.ge.nial.ly adv

　　astute⁴² : having or showing shrewdness and perspicacity⁴³ <~ remarks>; also: crafty⁴⁴,

　　wily syn see shrewd —— as.tute.ly adv —— as.tute.ness n