新 GRE 填空官方指南例题解析 8例 8. (PowerPrep II Section 4 Q6)(AEH) To the untutored eye the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i) ______, (ii) ______ place through which to advance a modern army; even with todays more numerous and better roads and bridges, the woods and the river Meuse form a significant (iii) ______. BLANK (i) BLANK (ii) BLANK (iii) (A) impenetrable (D) a makeshift (G) resource (B) inconsiderable (E) an unpropitious (H) impediment (C) uncultivated (F) an unremarkable (I) passage (一) 选取第一、二个空格所在局部: the tightly forested Ardennes hills around Sedan look quite (i) ______, (ii) ______ place through which to advance a modern army 在第一句话中没有表示反义的关联元素,也没有否认词,故相关词语之间应当表达同一个含义。 Blank1 中应当填入一个形容词,是对于 Ardennes hills around Sedan 的一项属性的描述,而 Ardennes hills around Sedan 的特点是 tightly forested,而后面说的是关于让军队通过的问题,故茂密的森林对于军队通过是一项不利的影响,由于林木阻挡了通路。 前半句说树木茂密,后面应当是树木茂密的结果,即军队难以通过。 Blank2 中应当填入一个形容词,描述阿登森里对于通过现代化军队的难易程度。 选择与自主判读全都的词汇填空: [1]. impenetrable:(不行穿越的)incapable of being penetrated or pierced [2]. inconsiderable:(琐碎的)not considerable : TRIVIAL [3]. uncultivated:(荒芜的)not to prepare or not prepare and use for the raising of crops [4]. makeshift:(临时的)a usually crude and temporary expedient : SUBSTITUTE [5]. unpropitious:(不便利的)not favorably disposed : BENEVOLENT [6]. unremarkable:(平凡的)not worthy of being or likely to be noticed especially as being uncommon or extraordinary (二) 完成整个题目: To the untutored eye the tightly forested Ardennes hillsaround Sedan look quite (i) impenetrable, (ii) unpropitious place thr...