(OG Text Completion Sample Questions 2) Vain and prone to violence, Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (i) _ as an artist increased, the more (ii) _ his life became.BLANK (i) (A) temperance (B) notoriety (C) eminence KEY: CD 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.BLANK (ii) (D) tumultuous (E) providential (F) dispassionate关键字：冒号 确定 blank1 中应该填入一个名词， 表示 C 作为一名艺术家在 某一方面的成绩， blank2 中应该填入一个形容词，表示 C 的生活的变化形式； 发现句子中有冒号，可以推断句子前后两 部分是一种解释说明的关系，即句子前后两部分意思一致，前 半句说 C 对于 成功的把握很差，而且倾向于暴力；则后半句也应该是同样的意思； 在后半句 中，as an artist increased 应该对应的是成功的意思，从 blank1 中选 出eminence，而 his life became，对应的是其倾向于暴力的部分，从 blank2 中选出tumultuous。 词语解释： (A) temperance：（抑制、温和） moderation in action, thought, or feeling : RESTRAINT (B) notoriety：（臭名昭著）the quality or state of being widely and unfavorably known (C) eminence：（声名显赫）one that is eminent, prominent, or lofty (D) tumultuous：（暴力的）marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval (E) providential：（神意的）of, relating to, or determined by God conceived as the power sustaining and (F) dispassionate：（冷静的）not influenced by strong feelingguiding human destiny(OG Text Completion Sample Questions 3) In parts of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so _ that you can walk off the coast and not know you are over the hidden sea. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) permanently imperceptibly irregularly precariously relentlesslyKEY: B 1. 2. 关键字：“So that ” 结构 So that 结构， that 后面的部分对于 so 后面的词进行解释说明，其表示的是 arcitic 附近 的某些冰层向海中伸出的程度，如果仅仅说是能够让人行走的话，选项中没有合适的词 语进行对应，因而，形容的是给人 们的一种感觉，对应部分如颜色标注。 3. 1. 词语解释： (A) permanently：（永久地）continuing or enduring without fundamental or marked change : STABLE2. 3. 4. 5.(B) (C) (D) (E)imperceptibly：（不被察觉地）not perceptible by a sense or by the mind irregularly：（不规则地）lacking continuity or regularity especially of occurrence or activity precariously：（不安全地、随意地） dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or relentlessly： （无情地、 残酷地） showing or promising no abatement of severity, intensity, strength,uncertain developments or pace(OG Sentence Equivalence Sample Question 1) Although it does contain some pioneering ideas, one would hardly characterize the work as _. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) orthodox eccentric original trifling conventional innovativeKEY: CF 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 关键字：“Although A , A”结构、hardly 表反义 空格中应该填入一个形容词，作为 the work 的一种描述，由于存在 although，前后两个半句意思相反， 由于后半句 中存在 hardly，因此在选取词语的时候，还是要选取与创新同义的词语进 行填空。 词语解释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) orthodox：（正统的、传统 的）conforming to established doctrine especially in religion eccentric：（举止怪异的）deviating from a circular path original：（原创的）independent and creative in thought or action trifling：（无关紧要的）lacking in significance or solid worth conventional：（依循传统的）according with, sanctioned by, or based on convention innovative：（创新的）characterized by, tending to, or introducing innovations因而前面说作品是有 pioneering ideas 的，也就是创新的，则后半句应该说 其不是创新的。(OG Sentence Equivalence Sample Question 2) It was her view that the countrys problems had been _ by foreign technocrats, so that to ask for such assistance would be counterproductive. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) ameliorated ascertained diagnosed exacerbated overlooked worsenedKEY: DF1. 2.关键字：“so that”结构 空格中应该填入一个动词过去分词表示 foreign technocrats 对于这个国家问题所做的动作，而因为有 sothat 存在，前后两个半句意思一致。而后半句中such assistance与前半 句的foreign technocrats实际上是指的 同一种东西，因而对于such assistance的描述与前半句中对于foreign technocrats的描述应当一致， 故在空格 中填入与counterproductive同义的词语。 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 词语解释 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) ameliorated：（改善） make better or more tolerable ascertained：（确定）to make certain, exact, or precise diagnosed：（诊断）to recognize (as a disease) by signs and symptoms exacerbated：（加剧恶化）to make more violent, bitter, or severe overlooked：（忽视）to look past : MISS worsened：（恶化）to make worse(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q1, Easy) Dominant interests often benefit most from _ of governmental interference in business, since they areable to take care of themselves if left alone. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) intensification authorization centralization improvisation eliminationKEY: E 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.关键字：“since”表示因果同义 空中应该填入一个名词，是对于政府管制的 一种描述；后半句有 since 表示因果关系，因而找寻前后半句中的同义对应词语； 前半句中说的是大公司在一种对于政府干预的情况中可 以获利，后半句说这些大公司如果对他们放任自流的话效果会好，因此，前半句中所要表述的是不要政府的干涉。 词语解 释： (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) intensification：（加强）to make intense or more intensive : STRENGTHEN authorization：（授权）the act of authorizing centralization：（集中）to concentrate by placing power and authority in a center or central improvisation：（即席创作）the act or art of improvising elimination：（消除）the act, process, or an instance of eliminating or dischargingorganization(OG Verbal Practice Set 1 Q2, Easy) Kagan maintains that an infants reactions to its first stressful experiences are part of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or _ signs of adolescent anxiety. (A) (B) prophetic normal(C) (D) (E)mo