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1、GRE之OG2阅读真题整理 今天为大家准备了GRE之OG2阅读真题,希望大家可以从中有所收获,就和大家分享,来欣赏一下吧。GRE阅读真题之OG2OG-2Passage 11Nineteenth-century architect Eugne-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc contended that Pariss Notre-Dame cathedral, built primarily in the late twelfth century, was supported from the very beginning by a system of flying buttre
2、sses a series of exterior arches (flyers) and their supports (buttresses) which permitted the construction of taller vaulted buildings with slimmer walls and interior supports than had been possible previously. Other commentators insist, however, that Notre-Dame did not have flying buttresses until
3、the thirteenth or fourteenth century, when they were added to update the building aesthetically and correct its structural flaws. Although post-twelfth-century modifications and renovations complicate efforts to resolve this controversy all pre-fifteenth-century flyers have been replaced, and the bu
4、ttresses have been rebuilt and/or resurfaced it is nevertheless possible to tell that both the nave and the choir, the churchs two major parts, have always had flying buttresses. It is clear, now that nineteenth-century paint and plaster have been removed, that the naves lower buttresses date from t
5、he twelfth century. Moreover, the choirs lower flyers have chevron (zigzag) decoration. Chevron decoration, which was characteristic of the second half of the twelfth century and was out of favor by the fourteenth century, is entirely absent from modifications to the building that can be dated with
6、confidence to the thirteenth century.1. The passage is primarily concerned withA. tracing the development of a controversyB. discussing obstacles to resolving a controversyC. arguing in support of one side in a controversyD. analyzing the assumptions underlying the claims made in a controversyE. exp
7、laining why evidence relevant to a controversy has been overlooked2. The claim of the “other commentators” (line 6) suggests that they believe which of the following about Notre-Dame?A. It was the inspiration for many vaulted cathedrals built in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.B. Its design
8、flaws were not apparent until flying buttresses were added in the thirteenth or fourteenth century.C. Its flying buttresses are embellished with decoration characteristic of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.D. It had been modified in some respects before flying buttresses were added in the th
9、irteenth or fourteenth century.E. It was originally constructed in an architectural style that was considered outmoded by the thirteenth or fourteenth century.3. The authors argument concerning Notre-Dames flying buttresses depends on which of the following assumptions about the choirs lower flyers?
10、A. They accurately reproduce the decoration on the choirs original lower flyers.B. They have a type of decoration used exclusively for exterior surfaces.C. They were the models for the choirs original upper flyers.D. They were the models for the naves original lower flyers.E. They were constructed a
11、fter the naves flyers were constructed.GRE阅读真题之OG2OG-2Passage 15According to the conventional view, serfdom in nineteenth-century Russia inhibited economic growth. In this view Russian peasants status as serfs kept them poor through burdensome taxes in cash, in labor, and in kind; through restrictio
12、ns on mobility; and through various forms of coercion. Melton, however, argues that serfdom was perfectly compatible with economic growth, because many Russian serfs were able to get around landlords rules and regulations. If serfs could pay for passports, they were usually granted permission to lea
13、ve the estate. If they could pay the fine, they could establish a separate household; and if they had the resources, they could hire laborers to cultivate the communal lands, while they themselves engaged in trade or worked as migrant laborers in cities.1. It can be inferred from the passage that th
14、e “rules and regulations” (lines 9-10) affecting serfdom in Russia involvedA. responsibility for the work needed to accomplish certain defined tasksB. restrictions on freedom of movementC. limitations on the ability to set up an independent household2. The sentence “If serfs estate” (lines 10-11) ha
15、s which of the following functions in the passage?A. It provides support for an argument presented in the preceding sentence.B. It provides evidence that helps undermine a view introduced in the first sentence.C. It raises a question that the succeeding sentence will resolve.GRE阅读真题之OG2OG-2Passage 1
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