最近各个卫视都火热地推出各种真人秀，例如大家都熟悉的：“奔跑，吧兄弟”(可能部分童鞋还是喜欢"正版的"韩国的running man?)，还有某卫视的"我们相爱吧"，还有志玲女神的《花样姐姐》。当然，美国也有一些真人秀，例如《荒野求爱》等等...不过，今天我们谈的就是"奔跑"在GRE真题的详细考法(被标题伤害的默默转走即可，哈哈)。

run  奔跑吧,兄弟^^

【常考1】v. 参加选举;竞选：if someone runs for office in an election, they take part as a candidate

【例】It was only last February that he announced he would run for president.去年2月，他才宣布自己将参加总统竞选。

【常考2】v. 管理;经营;控制：if you run something such as a business or an activity, you are in charge of it or you organize it

【近】administer,administrate, direct, govern, head, manage, superintend, supervise

【例】His stepfather ran a prosperous paint business. 他的继父经营着一家生意红火的涂料公司。

【常考3】n. 竞选：a run for office is an attempt to beelected to office

【例】He was already preparing his run for the presidency. 他已经开始为参选总统做准备了。

【常考4】v. (报纸、杂志等)刊登，发表：when newspapers or magazines run aparticular item or story or if it runs, it is published or printed

【例】an editorial that ran thisweekend entitled 'Mr. Cuomo Backs Out.' 本周末刊登的题为《科莫先生退出了》的社论

【注】考生要注意填空题目中除了run for经常出现外，还有run against；例如：It is no easy job to run against John Glenn, Ohio's Democratic senator.和俄亥俄州的民主党参议员约翰·格伦竞选绝非易事。

【官方真题1】

Given she previously expressed interest and the ambitious tone of her recent speeches, the senator’s attempt to convince the

public that she is not interested in running for a second term is ____.

(A) laudable
(B) likely
(C) authentic
(D) futile
(E) sincere

参考翻译：考虑到她之前在他的演讲中表现出来的兴趣和野心，那个参议员尝试去说服大众-说她对竞选下一届的议员是木有兴趣的-是没用的。

【官方真题2】

The senator's attempt to convince the public that she is not interested in running for a second term is as ____ as her opponent's attempt to disguise his intention to run against her.

(A) biased
(B) unsuccessful
(C) inadvertent
(D) indecisive
(E) remote

参考翻译：那个参议员尝试去说服大众-说她对竞选下一届的议员是木有兴趣的-就像她的对手想去试图掩饰和她竞争(竞选)-都是不成功的。