GRE阅读题目解析:英国文学传记

GRE考试考什么?GRE阅读是重点。学习啦为大家带来GRE阅读题目解析:英国文学传记，希望对大家GRE备考有所帮助。

GRE阅读题目解析:英国文学传记

P45

The editors of the essay collection Romantic biography tell us repeatedly that biography is an invention of the Romantic period in British literature (late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries), yet we are never shown that process of invention motion. Hazlitt, the most prominent example of the Romantic biographer, is almost invisible. The Romantic period was not just the period in which biography was invented---or, rather, the period in which some of its informing principles were invented, since biography could just as easily be said to have originated in the scandalous memoirs that formed part of the pre-Romantic culture of the novel. It was also the period in which biography, through its sheer ubiquity, became an object of major ideological significance within British culture.

1. The passage mentions the "scandalous memoirs ” that were written prior to the Romantic period primarily in order to

A. indicate an alternative account of the origins of biography

B. compare these memoirs to Romantic biography

C. explain how biography became ubiquitous in British culture

D question the ideological significance accorded to biography

E. suggest that biographies were not as popular as memoirs

2. According to the passage, biography attained great significance within British culture during the Romantic period because biographies

A. were associated with scandal

B. were easy to read and comprehend

C. were so widespread in Britain at the time

D. challenged conventional British ideologies

E. contributed to the development of the novel

GRE阅读词汇精选之颜色

chromatic　adj.彩色的，五彩的

prismy　adj　色彩缤纷的

drab　adj.枯黄色的，无聊的

emerald　n.祖母绿,翡翠　　adj.翠绿色的

livid　adj.青灰色的(撞伤)，· (脸色)苍白的

magenta　n.adj.紫红色(的染料)

pallid　adj.苍白的，· 没血色的

florid　adj.华丽的，· (脸)红润的

rubicund　adj.(脸色)红润的

ruddy　adj.(脸色)红润的，· 红色

sable　n.黑貂，· 　　adj.黑色的

sallow　n.柳树，· adj.病黄色的

sapphire　n.青玉，· 蓝宝石，· adj.天蓝色的.

azure　adj.　天蓝色的　　n.碧空

buff　n　浅黄色(软皮革)，· 水牛

lavender　n.　薰衣草　adj.　淡紫色的

mulberry　n.　桑树，· 深紫红色

cardinal　n.枢机主教,鲜红色　a.　主要的,深红色的

saffron　a.　番红花色的,橘黄色

patina　n.绿锈，· 光亮的外表

turquoise　n.绿松石，· adj.碧绿的

verdant　adj.青葱的，· 翠绿的

verdigris　n.铜锈，· 铜绿

hue　n.色彩，· 色泽

pastel　n.彩色粉笔画，· 柔和的色彩

pigment　n.天然色素，· 干粉颜料

tint　n.色彩,浅色　v.　染色于

palette　n.调色板

alabaster　a.雪白的

GRE阅读词汇精选之哄,欺骗

blandishments　n.甘言劝诱

coax　v.哄诱，巧言诱哄

jolly　v.敦促，哄

beguile　v.欺骗，诱骗

beguiling　adj.欺骗的，迷人的

cajole　v.(以甜言蜜语)哄骗

charlatan　n.江湖郎中，骗子

chicanery　n.欺诈，欺骗

deceit　n.欺骗，欺诈

delude　v.欺骗，哄骗

delusion　n.欺骗，幻想

dupe　n.受骗的人，上当者

duplicity　n.欺骗，· 口是心非

enticement　n.诱骗,诱人

fallacious　adj.欺骗的，· 谬误的

fraud　n.欺诈，· 欺骗，· 骗子

fraudulent　adj.欺骗的，· 不诚实的

greenhorn　n.初学者，· 容易受骗的人

gull　n海鸥，· v.欺骗

gullible　adj.易受骗的

hoax　n.v.骗局，· 欺骗

hoodwink　v.蒙混，· 欺骗

impostor　n.冒充者，· 骗子

imposture　n.冒名· 顶替，· 欺骗

inveigle　v.诱骗，· 诱使

mountebank　n.江湖郎中，· 骗子

quack　n.冒充内行之人，· 庸医

rig　v.欺骗，· 舞弊，· 伪造

trickery　n.欺骗，· 诡计

wheedle　v.(用花言巧语)哄骗

finagle　v　欺骗，· 诈取

bamboozle　v　欺骗，· 隐瞒

bullyrag　v　恐吓，· 欺骗

cog　v/n　诈骗，· 欺骗　n.齿轮的齿，· 轮牙

cozen　v　欺骗，· 瞒，· 骗取

con　v　哄骗，· 诈骗

gudgeon　n　诱饵，· 易受骗的人

racketeer　n　诈骗者，· 敲诈

shammer　n　骗子，· 假冒者

double-cross　v　欺骗，· 出卖

decoy　v　欺骗，· 引诱

bilk　v.　赖,蒙骗

jockey　n.　赛马的骑师　v.骗,瞒

bilk　v.　赖,白吃,受挫折　n.赖帐,诈骗,骗子

gerrymander　v\n　为自党利益改划选举区分,不· 公正操纵,欺骗

lull　n.　暂停,间歇　v.　使平静,哄骗

GRE阅读词汇精选之燃烧,烤

barbecue　n.烤肉架,烤肉

baste　v.倒脂油于(烤肉上,以防烤干)

gridiron　n.烤架，橄榄球场

grill　v.烤，· 烤问，· n.烤架

parch　v.烘烤，· 干热

scorch　v.烤焦，· 烧焦

skewer　n.(烤肉用的)串肉杆　v.用杆串好

broil　n/v　烤，· 烧，· 争吵，· 怒骂

torrefy　v　焙，· 烤

scathe　n.v.损害，· 烧焦

scorch　v.烤焦，· 烧焦

scorching　adj.酷热的

sear　v.(以烈火)烧灼

searing　adj.灼热的

singe　v.(轻微地)烧焦，· 烫焦

smolder　v.无火焰地闷烧，· 压抑

cauterize　vt　烧灼,使麻木不· 仁

scald　v.烫，· 用沸水消毒　n.烫伤

scalding　adj.滚烫的

combustible　adj.易燃的，· 易激动的

combustion　n.燃烧

flammable　adj.易燃的

ignite　v.发光，· 燃烧

inflame　v使燃烧，· 激怒(某人)

inflammable　adj.可燃的，· 易激怒的

kindle　v.着火、点燃

rekindle　v.重新点燃

enkindle　v.煽动,点燃(感情,怒气等)

nonflammable　adj.不· 易燃的

stoke　v.添加燃料，· 司炉，· 吞食

furnace　n.火炉,熔炉,磨练　v.　在炉中烧

flask　n.烧瓶，· 细颈瓶

beaker　n.大酒杯，· 有倒口的烧杯

GRE阅读题目解析:英国文学传记相关文章：