GRE之OG2阅读真题整理

1、第 PAGE16 页 共 NUMPAGES16 页GRE之OG2阅读真题整理GRE阅读真题之OG2OG-2Passage 11Nieenth-century architect Eugne-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc contended that Pariss Notre-Dame cathedral, built primarily in the late twelfth century, was supported from the very beginning by a system of flying buttresses a series of exterior

2、arches (flyers) and their supports (buttresses) which permitted the construction of taller vaulted buildings with slimmer walls and interior supports than had been possible previously. Other mentators insist, however, that Notre-Dame did not have flying buttresses until the thirteenth or fourteenth

3、century, when they were added to update the building aesthetically and correct its structural flaws. Although post-twelfth-century modifications and renovations plicate efforts to resolve this controversy all pre-fifteenth-century flyers have been replaced, and the buttresses have been rebuilt and/o

4、r resurfaced it is nevertheless possible to tell that both the nave and the choir, the churchs two major parts, have always had flying buttresses. It is clear, now that nieenth-century paint and plaster have been removed, that the naves lower buttresses date from the twelfth century. Moreover, the c

5、hoirs lower flyers have chevron (zigzag) decoration. Chevron decoration, which was characteristic of the second half of the twelfth century and was out of favor by the fourteenth century, is entirely absent from modifications to the building that can be dated with confidence to the thirteenth centur

6、y.1. The passage is primarily concerned withA. tracing the development of a controversyB. discussing obstacles to resolving a controversyC. arguing in support of one side in a controversyD. analyzing the assumptions underlying the claims made in a controversyE. explaining why evidence relevant to a

7、controversy has been overlooked2. The claim of the “other mentators” (line 6) suggests that they believe which of the following about Notre-Dame?A. It was the inspiration for many vaulted cathedrals built in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.B. Its design flaws were not apparent until flying b

8、uttresses were added in the thirteenth or fourteenth century.C. Its flying buttresses are embellished with decoration characteristic of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.D. It had been modified in some respects before flying buttresses were added in the thirteenth or fourteenth century.E. It w

9、as originally constructed in an architectural style that was considered outmoded by the thirteenth or fourteenth century.3. The authors argument concerning Notre-Dames flying buttresses depends on which of the following assumptions about the choirs lower flyers?A. They accurately reproduce the decor

10、ation on the choirs original lower flyers.B. They have a type of decoration used exclusively for exterior surfaces.C. They were the models for the choirs original upper flyers.D. They were the models for the naves original lower flyers.E. They were constructed after the naves flyers were constructed

11、.GRE阅读真题之OG2OG-2Passage 15According to the conventional view, serfdom in nieenth-century Russia inhibited economic growth. In this view Russian peasants status as serfs kept them poor through burdensome taxes in cash, in labor, and in kind; through restrictions on mobility; and through various forms

12、 of coercion. Melton, however, argues that serfdom was perfectly patible with economic growth, because many Russian serfs were able to get around landlords rules and regulations. If serfs could pay for passports, they were usually granted permission to leave the estate. If they could pay the fine, t

13、hey could establish a separate household; and if they had the resources, they could hire laborers to cultivate the munal lands, while they themselves engaged in trade or worked as migrant laborers in cities.1. It can be inferred from the passage that the “rules and regulations” (lines 9-10) affectin

14、g serfdom in Russia involvedA. responsibility for the work needed to acplish certain defined tasksB. restrictions on freedom of movementC. limitations on the ability to set up an independent household2. The sentence “If serfs estate” (lines 10-11) has which of the following functions in the passage?

15、A. It provides support for an argument presented in the preceding sentence.B. It provides evidence that helps undermine a view introduced in the first sentence.C. It raises a question that the succeeding sentence will resolve.GRE阅读真题之OG2OG-2Passage 12The average temperature of the lobster-rich water

16、s off the coast of Foerkland has been increasing for some years. In warmer water, lobsters grow faster. In particular, lobster larvae take less time to reach the size at which they are no longer vulnerable to predation by young cod, the chief threat to their survival. Consequently, the survival rate

17、 of lobster larvae must be going up, and the lobster population in Foerklands coastal waters is bound to increase.1. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?A. There are indications that in recent years the fishing fleet operating off the coast of Foerkland has been taki

18、ng cod at an unsustainably high rate.B. The increase in water temperatures off Foerkland has not been as pronounced as the increase in average soil temperatures in Foerkland.C. Because of their speeded-up growth, lobsters now get large enough to be legal catch before they reach reproductive maturity

19、.D. Even though lobsters grow faster in warmer waters, warmer waters have no effect on the maximum size to which a lobster can eventually grow.E. Cod are a cold-water species, and the increasing water temperatures have caused a northward shift in Foerklands cod population.GRE阅读真题之OG2OG-2Passage 13Re

20、viving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical position, an approach that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, poser Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music without imitating it. Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians

21、 David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies sound is distinctively his. Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glasss classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music. Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a poser of popular

22、 music. His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.1. The passage addresses which of the following issues related to Glasss use of popular elements in his classical positions?A. How it is

23、regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classicsB. How it has affected the mercial success of Glasss musicC. Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other posers in using popular elements in their positionsD. Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glasss reputation as a po

24、ser of classical musicE. Whether it has caused certain of Glasss works to be derivative in quality2. The passage suggests that Glasss work displays which of the following qualities?A. A return to the use of popular music in classical positionsB. An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status

25、 more closely approximating that of classical musicC. A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical stylesGRE阅读真题之OG2OG-2Passage 14In Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry does not reject integration or the economic and moral promise of the American dream; ra

26、ther, she remains loyal to this dream while looking, realistically, at its inplete realization. Once we recognize this dual vision, we can accept the plays ironic nuances as deliberate social mentaries by Hansberry rather than as the “unintentional” irony that Bigsby attributes to the work. Indeed,

27、a curiously persistent refusal to credit Hansberry with a capacity for intentional irony has led some critics to interpret the plays thematic conflicts as mere confusion, contradiction, or eclecticism. Isaacs, for exle, cannot easily reconcile Hansberrys intense concern for her race with her ideal o

28、f human reconciliation. But the plays plex view of Black self-esteem and human solidarity as patible is no more “contradictory” than Du Bois famous, well-considered ideal of ethnic self-awareness coexisting with human unity, or Fanons emphasis on an ideal internationalism that also acmodates nationa

29、l identities and roles.1. The author of the passage would probably consider which of the following judgments to be most similar to the reasoning of the critics mentioned in line 11?A. The world is certainly flat; therefore, the person proposing to sail around it is unquestionably foolhardy.B. Radioactivity cannot be directly perceived; therefore