
GRE填空題涉及到的知識點很多,考生需要具備充足的詞彙量和過硬的語法基礎,並且還需要一定的邏輯推理能力,才能保證做好這個型別的題目。
但有時候,看似困難的填空題,卻可以透過一些小技巧來輕鬆解決。今天為大家介紹GRE填空巧解難題的技巧:時間對比。


通俗的的來講就是:“我們曾共有過去,如今卻各有未來”,同一件事在不同的時間點的狀態是相反的。
它常以三種表現形式:
1️⃣、現在否定過去;
2️⃣、將來否定現在;
3️⃣、更遠的將來否定較近的將來。
這樣講可能比較抽象,那麼今天就結合一些常考的題目,具體來為大家分析如何在GRE填空中去正確運用時間對比的解題技巧!
Many people today blame science and technology for contributing to environmental degradation and to global warming. Indeed, one of the noteworthy features of our time is that the relentless (i) ___ of the power of science is paralleled by growing sense of (ii) ___ about science. Anyone old enough to recall the public’s enthusiasm for so many of scientific breakthroughs in the 1950s an 1960s will be struck by the more(iii) ___ , even fearful, attitude toward scientific developments at present.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
---|---|---|
A. stagnation | D. distrust | G. pragmatic |
B. expansion | E. promise | H. fervid |
C. diminution | F. complacency | I. grudging |
解析思路
首先考點詞indeed遞進取同,第一句的核心是當代人認為科學技術給環境帶來負面影響,對science是負面態度。
其次,indeed 前後取同,應該體現不看好科技,所以二空首先選擇D,一空選擇B,即科學力量的不斷擴大與對科學的不信任感日益增強相匹配。
三空後有個even遞進,所以空格和fearful取同,選擇一個負面詞,所以選擇I,或者透過at present得知對現在科學的態度是負面的,也可續選出答案。
Until 2007, Japanese artist Kazuo Shiraga was ___ collectors in the United States, his current resurgence is helped by the vogue for so-called process-based abstraction and a revival of interest in performance art.
A. vastly overrated by
B. widely studied among
C. closely affiliated with
D. virtually unknown to
E. deliberately exoticized by
解析思路
首先迅速找到考點詞current,和untill,現在和之前的時間對比邏輯,那麼兩者的狀態肯定是相反的。
他最近的狀態是resurgence,這是核心的部分,那麼之前就是負面的,至於後面的is helped by the vogue for so-called process-based abstraction and a revival of interest in performance art這句話不是重點,它是解釋為啥復興了,結合語意理解所以選擇D。
(注意:until在GRE裡等於before,在…之前的意思)。
Recent years have seen a disheartening string of revelations in which everyday items once considered (i) ___ are found to contain (ii) __ chemicals.
Blank (i) | Blank (i) |
---|---|
A. ubiquitous | D. benign |
B. innocuous | E. complex |
C. insalubrious | F. baneful |
解析思路
首先這道題的考點詞是Once,recent時間對比,狀態取反這個時候我們發現BF和CD都是一組反義,該怎麼區分呢?
我們繼續去前文找線索,前面說的recent years呈現的是disheartening,第二空最好是負評價來體現disheartening,所以二空選擇F,一空之前的狀態就為正,選擇B。
To many newspapers readers now, this book published in 1953 is (i) ___ . It is filled with references to some people whose ideas seemed (ii) ___ at that time, but are rarely viewed as (iii) ___ persons now.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
---|---|---|
A. refreshingly inspired | D. unfashionable | G. ignoble |
B. somewhat dated | E. dutiable | H. prolific |
C. excessively angry | F. important | I. seminal |
解析思路
首先考點詞1953(過去) 和now,時間對比是這個題的關鍵,對當代讀者而言,1953年出版的作品肯定是負面的,也就是現在否定過去結合語意思,選擇B。
二空中出現at that time(過去),當代人覺得不好的東西,在之前看來肯定是正向的,所以選擇F。
三空中,所以根據but得知前後整體取反關係,但是第三空前有rarely否定,所以第二空和第三空是取同關係,選擇I。
參考翻譯:對於很多現在的報紙讀者來說,這本書在1953年出版的書是有一些過時的。它充滿了一些人的引用內容,這些人的想法在當時有著重要意義,但是這些人在現在很少被認為是有重要意義的。

時間對比中同一件事情在兩個時間點被談到,則這兩個狀態一定是相反的;總是後者否定前者——時間相反的二者,往往是後者否定前者。

接下來,留一道類似的思考題,大家可以把自己的思考過程和答案詳細的寫在評論區:
Now that photographic prints have become a popular field for collecting, auctions are becoming more (i) ___ . It is not just the entry of new collectors into the field that is causing this intensification. Established collectors’ interests are also becoming more (ii) ___ . Those who once concentrated on the work of either the nineteenth-century pioneers or the twentieth-century modernists are now keen to have (iii) ___ collections.
Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
---|---|---|
A. competitive | D. fickle | G. comprehensive |
B. tedious | E. wide-ranging | H. legitimate |
C. exclusive | F. antiquarian | I. impressive |
