老GRE填空练习2

　　Section 2

　　1. Although the minuet appeared simple, its______ steps had to be studied very carefullybefore　they could be gracefully ______ in public.

　　(A) progressive.. revealed

　　(B) intricate.. executed

　　(C) rudimentary.. allowed

　　(D) minute.. discussed

　　(E) entertaining.. stylized

　　2. The results of the experiments performed byElizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown were ______　not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the　______ methodology into question.

　　(A) provocative.. prevailing

　　(B) predictable.. contemporary

　　(C) inconclusive.. traditional

　　(D) intriguing.. projected

　　(E) specious.. original

　　3. Despite the ______ of many of their colleagues, some scholars have begun toemphasize "pop　culture" as a key for ______ the myths, hopes, and fears of contemporarysociety.

　　(A) antipathy.. entangling

　　(B) discernment.. evaluating

　　(C) pedantry.. reinstating

　　(D) skepticism.. deciphering

　　(E) enthusiasm.. symbolizing

　　4. In the seventeenth century, direct flouting of a generally accepted system of valueswas　regarded as ______, even as a sign of madness.

　　(A) adventurous

　　(B) frivolous

　　(C) willful

　　(D) impermissible

　　(E) irrational

　　5. Queen Elizabeth I has quite correctly been called a ______ of the arts, because manyyoung　artists received her patronage.

　　(A) connoisseur

　　(B) critic

　　(C) friend

　　(D) scourge

　　(E) judge

　　6. Because outlaws were denied ______ under medieval law, anyone could raise a handagainst　them with legal _____.

　　(A) propriety.. authority

　　(B) protection.. impunity

　　(C) collusion.. consent

　　(D) rights.. collaboration

　　(E) provisions.. validity

　　7. Rather than enhancing a country's security, the successful development of nuclearweapons　could serve at first to increase that country’s ______.

　　(A) boldness

　　(B) influence

　　(C) responsibility

　　(D) moderation

　　(E) vulnerability