1. Paintings created in India during the Mughal dynasty were _____ inambition but ornamental in presentation: in one direction they have an affinitywith newspaper photographs, while in the other they have the intricacy ofjewels.
A. metaphorical
B. documentary
C. aesthetic
D. sectarian
E. Baroque
答案:B
gre考试逻辑关系提示词:but,取反
填空对应:ornamental
词汇:metaphorical 比喻性的
Documentary 纪实的
Aesthetic 美学的
Sectarian 宗派的
Baroque 复杂的
2. It remains a mystery how Theobroma cacao, which scholars believeoriginated in lowland Amazonia, was introduced to tropical Mesoamerica. It musthave been a (i)_____ process: cacao trees do not easily sprout from seed, needyears to mature, and grow only in humid lowland forest. Moreover, in a tropicalclimate, cacao pods spoil quickly, rendering their transport from lowlandAmazonia tropical Mesoamerica in a single journey by foot or canoe(ii)_____.