GRE填词中，巧用冒号，就可以迅速破题。不信，你看下面这道（单空6选2）题：

In his heyday, Sonny Bono’s role in public was _____: he was an accomplished lyricist, a mayoral success story, delegate from Palm Springs, and the husband of an internationally acclaimed vocalist.

A. protean

B. versatile

C. pedestrian

D. prominent

E. circumscribed

F. illustrious 

我们用同样的方法做下面这道（单空5选1）题：

Although New York exhilarated him, even at first Leger’s reaction to it was not _____: he was initially bothered by its stunning verticality.

A. unspontaneous

B. unintentional

C. unqualified

D. unhopeful

E. uninterested 

理解冒号的功能后，是不是解题更高效了？试试下面这道（双空）题：

While in their consideration of the unique way athletics and academics are combined in United States universities, Markovits and Rensmann do not (i)_____ Gumbrecht’s idealizing vision of the compatibility of college athletics with the intellectual missions of institutions of higher learning, neither do they regard college athletics as (ii)_____: they believe that big-time sports have a rightful place in university life. 

我们把冒号后的部分抽取出来：

they believe that big-time sports have a rightful place in university life

大家试试看吧，答案会在评论区公布。