GRE填空 01: 冒号题 01

在GRE填空中, 最简单的形式是单格填空或句子等价:

1. For some time now, ______ has been presumed not to exist:

    the cynical conviction that everybody has an angle is considered wisdom.

(A) rationality

(B) flexibility

(C) diffidence

(D) disinterestedness

(E) insincerity

出处: OG, p. 96, #1, Hard

翻译:

　　一段时间以来, ________被认为不存在: 认为人各有观点的愤世嫉俗想法受到普遍认同

(A)  理性

(B)  弹性

(C)  缺乏自信

(D)  公正

(E)  不诚恳

官方解说:

The colon indicates that the second part of the sentence will explain the first part.

The missing word will describe the opposite of the cynical conviction that "everybody has an angle," that is, that each person is concerned primarily with his or her own interests.

Since "disinterestedness" means lack of self-interest, Choice D is correct. None of the

other answer choices means something that is contrasted with or opposed to being primarily concerned with one's own interests.

Thus the correct answer is disinterestedness (Choice D)