GRE填空中不可忽视的 “ 时间对比 ”
GRE填空题涉及到的知识点很多，考生需要具备充足的词汇量和过硬的语法基础，并且还需要一定的逻辑推理能力，才能保证做好这个类型的题目。
但有时候，看似困难的填空题，却可以通过一些小技巧来轻松解决。今天为大家介绍GRE填空巧解难题的技巧：时间对比。
通俗的的来讲就是：“我们曾共有过去，如今却各有未来”，同一件事在不同的时间点的状态是相反的。
它常以三种表现形式：
1️⃣、现在否定过去；
2️⃣、将来否定现在；
3️⃣、更远的将来否定较近的将来。
这样讲可能比较抽象，那么今天就结合一些常考的题目，具体来为大家分析如何在GRE填空中去正确运用时间对比的解题技巧！
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
首先考点词indeed递进取同，第一句的核心是当代人认为科学技术给环境带来负面影响,对science是负面态度。
其次，indeed 前后取同，应该体现不看好科技，所以二空首先选择D，一空选择B，即科学力量的不断扩大与对科学的不信任感日益增强相匹配。
三空后有个even递进，所以空格和fearful取同，选择一个负面词，所以选择I，或者通过at present得知对现在科学的态度是负面的，也可续选出答案。
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
首先迅速找到考点词current,和untill，现在和之前的时间对比逻辑，那么两者的状态肯定是相反的。
他最近的状态是resurgence，这是核心的部分，那么之前就是负面的，至于后面的is helped by the vogue for so-called process-based abstraction and a revival of interest in performance art这句话不是重点，它是解释为啥复兴了，结合语意理解所以选择D。
(注意：until在GRE里等于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
首先这道题的考点词是Once，recent时间对比，状态取反这个时候我们发现BF和CD都是一组反义，该怎么区分呢？
我们继续去前文找线索，前面说的recent years呈现的是disheartening，第二空最好是负评价来体现disheartening，所以二空选择F，一空之前的状态就为正，选择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
首先考点词1953（过去） 和now,时间对比是这个题的关键，对当代读者而言，1953年出版的作品肯定是负面的，也就是现在否定过去结合语意思，选择B。
二空中出现at that time（过去），当代人觉得不好的东西，在之前看来肯定是正向的，所以选择F。
三空中,所以根据but得知前后整体取反关系，但是第三空前有rarely否定，所以第二空和第三空是取同关系，选择I。
参考翻译：对于很多现在的报纸读者来说，这本书在1953年出版的书是有一些过时的。它充满了一些人的引用内容，这些人的想法在当时有着重要意义，但是这些人在现在很少被认为是有重要意义的。
时间对比中同一件事情在两个时间点被谈到，则这两个状态一定是相反的；总是后者否定前者——时间相反的二者，往往是后者否定前者。
接下来，留一道类似的思考题，大家可以把自己的思考过程和答案详细的写在评论区：
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 |
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