GRE考试词汇选项题及答案

in contrast to : 相比较

1. In contrast to the substantial muscular activity required for inhalation, exhalation is usually a ______ process.

(A) conscious

(B) passive

(C) relax

(D) complex

(E) slow

2. The boy’s ______ natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents.

(A) artless

(B) blithe

(C) phlegmatic

(D) introverted

(E) mercurial

反义转折之时间对比

时间对比是反义对立的`子集;间相反, 产生对立，即否定过去，来否定现在

时间对比特征词:

before, once, previous，urrent, now, until ，nitially, recently, early，ormerly, pristine, first

after, yesterday, begin，tart, origin, often，sually, heretofore, hitherto，o longer, as long as

before : 之前，与recent，later对立

3. Often the difficulties of growing up in the public eye cause child prodigies to ________ the world of achievement before reaching adulthood: happily, they sometimes later return to competition and succeed brilliantly.

(A) demur

(B) conquer

(C) retire from

(D) antagonize

(E) ridicule

4. Before adapting to changes in new concept, many prefer to ______, to ______ the universally agreed-on principles that have been upheld for centuries.

(A) revert re

(B) resist nd

(C) ponder ert

(D) vacillate icize

(E) invert ect

Revert、invert

例：1011 0110

0110 1101 revert

0100 1001 invert

recent : 现在，与before, often, early, previous, pristine对立

5. A number of critics who once greatly _________ the literary critic have recently recanted, substituting _________ for their former criticism.

(A) ation

(B) ysis

(C) valence

(D) obation

(E) ure

批评家类题目的特征：1、表扬对批评;2、支持对反对