2017年5月4日GRE阅读真题

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GRE阅读考生回忆1：

The revival ofmural painting that has occurred in San Francisco since the 1970s, especiallyamong the Chicano population of the city's Mission District, has markeddifferences from its social realist forerunner in Mexico and the United Statessome 40 years earlier. Rather than being government sponsored and limited tomurals on government buildings, the contemporary mural movement sprang from thepeople themselves, with murals appearing on community buildings and throughoutcollege campuses. Perhaps the biggest difference, however, is the process. Inearlier twentieth-century Mexico, murals resulted from the vision of individualartists. But today's murals are characteristically the products of artistsworking with local residents on design and creation.

Such communityengagement is characteristic of the Chicano art movement as a whole, whichevolved from the same foundations as the Chicano civil rights movement of themid-1960s. Both were a direct response to the needs of Chicanos in the UnitedStates, who were fighting for the right to adequate education, political empowerment,and decent working conditions. Artists joined other cultural workers in makingpolitical statements and played a key role in taking these statements to thepublic. They developed collectives and established cultural centers that functionedas the public-relations arm of the Chicano sociopolitical movement.

1. The primarypurpose of the passage is to

A. argue for the superiority of a style of art

B. consider the impact of an art movement

C. describe the political content of a certain works of art

D. detail the characteristic style of an art movement

E. place an art movement in its historical context

2. According to thepassage, which of the following statements about the“cultural centers”is true?

A. They were the venue where many later leaders of the Chicano civil rightsmovement first became politically active.

B. Though later widespread, they originated in San Francisco area.

C. Springing up in a number of communities, they initially had largely a politicalgoals centered on art instruction.

D. They constituted the nucleus from which the Chicano civil rights movementoriginated.

E. Founded by artists, they provided support for the Chicano civil rightsmovement.

3. Which of thefollowing best describes the relationship between the first paragraph and thesecond paragraph of the passage?

A. The first focuses on the mural artists as individuals; the second, on theiractions as a group.

B. The first compares the mural revival with an earlier artistic movement;the second describes the context contemporary to the revival

C. The first defines the revival by distinguishing it from an earlier artisticmovement; the second addresses the political goals of both the revival and itsforerunner

D. The first presents an apparently plausible account of the relationshipbetween the revival and is forerunner, the second calls that account intoquestion

E. The first is concerned with the artistic aims and ambitions behind theSan Francisco murals; the second considers their political significance

GRE阅读考生回忆2：

One reasonresearchers have long believed that Mars never enjoyed an extensive period ofwarm and wet climate is that much of the surface not covered by wind-borne dustappear to be composed of unweathered material. If water flowed for an extended period,researchers reasoned, it should have altered and weathered the volcanic minerals,creating clays or other oxidized, hydrated phases (minerals that incorporatewater molecules in their crystal structure) .

It turns out,though, that the scientists were not looking closely enough. Newhigh-resolution mapping data and close-up surface studies have revealed claysand other hydrated minerals in many regions. The clay deposits are scatteredall over, in ancient volcanic surfaces and heavily cratered highland regions,some of which have apparently been exposed by erosion only recently.

1. According to thepassage, scientists are able to discover weathered material on the Martiansurface because they have benefited from which of the following?

A. a new method to analyze volcanic craterscreated on the Martian surface.

B. an improved ability to detect hydratedmaterials on the Martian surface

C. a more sophisticated understanding ofthe effect of wind-borne dust on the Martian surface

D. a decision to look for water primarilyin heavily cratered highland regions.

E. a better understanding of how erosionmight affect clay deposits.

Considereach of the choices separately and select all that apply.

2. It can beinferred from the passage that the author would agree with which of thefollowing statements regarding the reasoning discussed in the highlightedsentence?

A. It provides the basis for an explanationof why water on Mars has been difficult to find until recently.

B. It correctly identifies a consequence ofwater flowing on the Martian surface.

C. It depends on a false assumption abouthow water and volcanic materials interact on Mars.

GRE阅读考生回忆3：

Princess fish are aspecies of coral-reef fish that are captured alive by divers who first stun theindividual fish by squirting a certain poison at them. Since the divers limittheir catch to a few individuals and take care not to overfish, the divers’continuing activities will clearly not result in serious harm to populations ofprincess fish.

1. Which of thefollowing, if true, most seriously weaken the argument given?

A. Princess fish cannot be captured aliveby traditional methods of fishing.

B. The poison used to stun the princess fishhas no effect on humans who eat them.

C. Demand for princess fish has remainedsteady during the last decade.

D. Traces of the poison that remain in theseawater damage the Corals that create and maintain the reefs on which princessfish depend.

E. Fish that have been stunned but haveselected for capture by the divers soon recover from the temporary effect ofthe poison.

学生回忆4：

Normally, seeds ofEmmenathe Penduliflora stay dormant for years and germinate only when a fireburns through their habitat. Nitrogen dioxide in the smoke induces the seeds togerminate. Fires clear the brush, allowing germinating seeds to receive thesunlight they need to grow. The plants mature quickly, produce seeds, and thendie. In areas with heavy automobile traffic, however, the seed germinates inthe absence of fire, with automobile exhaust supplying the required nitrogendioxide.

1. The informationgiven, if accurate, most strongly supports which of the following hypotheses?

A. Fires in the habitat of E. Penduliflorado not entirely destroy the plant’s seeds even in the places where the firesburn most intensely.

B. The nitrogen dioxide in automobileexhaust cannot harm plants of E. Penduliflora after germination.

C. If human intervention decreases thenumber of fires in the habitat of E. Penduliflora, automobile exhaust canreplicate the conditions the plant requires in order to thrive.

D. Within the habitat of E. Penduliflora,natural fires are significantly more frequent in areas with heavy automobiletraffic than they are in other areas.

E. Unless E. Penduliflora seeds that have germinatedcan survive in the shade, automobile exhaust threatens the long-term survivalof the plant in areas with heavy automobile traffic.

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