GRE閱讀題目解析:英國文學傳記
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GRE閱讀題目解析:英國文學傳記
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閱讀詞彙精選之顏色
chromatic adj.彩色的，五彩的
prismy adj 色彩繽紛的
drab adj.枯黃色的，無聊的
emerald n.祖母綠,翡翠 adj.翠綠色的
livid adj.青灰色的(撞傷)，· (臉色)蒼白的
magenta .紫紅色(的染料)
pallid adj.蒼白的，· 沒血色的
florid adj.華麗的，· (臉)紅潤的
rubicund adj.(臉色)紅潤的
ruddy adj.(臉色)紅潤的，· 紅色
sable n.黑貂，· adj.黑色的
sallow n.柳樹，· adj.病黃色的
sapphire n.青玉，· 藍寶石，· adj.天藍色的.
azure adj. 天藍色的 n.碧空
buff n 淺黃色(軟皮革)，· 水牛
lavender n. 薰衣草 adj. 淡紫色的
mulberry n. 桑樹，· 深紫紅色
cardinal n.樞機主教,鮮紅色 a. 主要的,深紅色的
saffron a. 番紅花色的,橘黃色
patina n.綠鏽，· 光亮的外表
turquoise n.綠松石，· adj.碧綠的
verdant adj.青蔥的，· 翠綠的
verdigris n.銅鏽，· 銅綠
hue n.色彩，· 色澤
pastel n.彩色粉筆畫，· 柔和的色彩
pigment n.天然色素，· 乾粉顏料
tint n.色彩,淺色 v. 染色於
palette n.調色板
alabaster a.雪白的
GRE閱讀詞彙精選之哄,欺騙
blandishments n.甘言勸誘
coax v.哄誘，巧言誘哄
jolly v.敦促，哄
beguile v.欺騙，誘騙
beguiling adj.欺騙的，迷人的
cajole v.(以甜言蜜語)哄騙
charlatan n.江湖郎中，騙子
chicanery n.欺詐，欺騙
deceit n.欺騙，欺詐
delude v.欺騙，哄騙
delusion n.欺騙，幻想
dupe n.受騙的人，上當者
duplicity n.欺騙，· 口是心非
enticement n.誘騙,誘人
fallacious adj.欺騙的，· 謬誤的
fraud n.欺詐，· 欺騙，· 騙子
fraudulent adj.欺騙的，· 不誠實的
greenhorn n.初學者，· 容易受騙的人
gull n海鷗，· v.欺騙
gullible adj.易受騙的
hoax n.v.騙局，· 欺騙
hoodwink v.矇混，· 欺騙
impostor n.冒充者，· 騙子
imposture n.冒名· 頂替，· 欺騙
inveigle v.誘騙，· 誘使
mountebank n.江湖郎中，· 騙子
quack n.冒充內行之人，· 庸醫
rig v.欺騙，· 舞弊，· 僞造
trickery n.欺騙，· 詭計
wheedle v.(用花言巧語)哄騙
finagle v 欺騙，· 詐取
bamboozle v 欺騙，· 隱瞞
bullyrag v 恐嚇，· 欺騙
cog v/n 詐騙，· 欺騙 n.齒輪的齒，· 輪牙
cozen v 欺騙，· 瞞，· 騙取
con v 哄騙，· 詐騙
gudgeon n 誘餌，· 易受騙的人
racketeer n 詐騙者，· 敲詐
shammer n 騙子，· 假冒者
double-cross v 欺騙，· 出賣
decoy v 欺騙，· 引誘
bilk v. 賴,矇騙
jockey n. 賽馬的騎師 v.騙,瞞
bilk v. 賴,白吃,受挫折 n.賴帳,詐騙,騙子
gerrymander vn 爲自黨利益改劃選舉區分,不· 公正操縱,欺騙
lull n. 暫停,間歇 v. 使平靜,哄騙
GRE閱讀詞彙精選之燃燒,烤
barbecue n.烤肉架,烤肉
baste v.倒脂油於(烤肉上,以防烤乾)
gridiron n.烤架，橄欖球場
grill v.烤，· 烤問，· n.烤架
parch v.烘烤，· 乾熱
scorch v.烤焦，· 燒焦
skewer n.(烤肉用的)串肉杆 v.用杆串好
broil n/v 烤，· 燒，· 爭吵，· 怒罵
torrefy v 焙，· 烤
scathe n.v.損害，· 燒焦
scorch v.烤焦，· 燒焦
scorching adj.酷熱的
sear v.(以烈火)燒灼
searing adj.灼熱的
singe v.(輕微地)燒焦，· 燙焦
smolder v.無火焰地悶燒，· 壓抑
cauterize vt 燒灼,使麻木不· 仁
scald v.燙，· 用沸水消毒 n.燙傷
scalding adj.滾燙的
combustible adj.易燃的，· 易激動的
combustion n.燃燒
flammable adj.易燃的
ignite v.發光，· 燃燒
inflame v使燃燒，· 激怒(某人)
inflammable adj.可燃的，· 易激怒的
kindle v.着火、點燃
rekindle v.重新點燃
enkindle v.煽動,點燃(感情,怒氣等)
nonflammable adj.不· 易燃的
stoke v.添加燃料，· 司爐，· 吞食
furnace n.火爐,熔爐,磨練 v. 在爐中燒
flask n.燒瓶，· 細頸瓶
beaker n.大酒杯，· 有倒口的燒杯
