1. Because its average annual rainfall is only four inches, one of the major tasks faced by the country has been to find _____ sources of water.
(A) discontinuous
(B) natural
(C) supplementary
(D) pervasive
(E) initial
2. Given her 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
3. Since most if not all learning occurs through _____, relating one observation to another, it would be strange indeed if the study of other cultures did not also illuminate the study of our own.
(A) assumptions
(B) experiments
(C) comparisons
(D) repetitions
(E) impressions
4. The disjunction between educational objectives that stress independence and individuality and those that emphasize obedience to rules and cooperation with others reflects a _____ that arises from the values on which these objectives are based.
(A) conflict
(B) redundancy
(C) gain
(D) predictability
(E) wisdom
5. Although the mental process that creates a fresh and original poem or drama is doubtless _____ that which originates and elaborates scientific discoveries, there is clearly a discernible difference between the creators.
(A) peripheral to
(B) contiguous with
(C) opposed to
(D) analogous to
(E) inconsistent with
6. The brittle fronds of the Boston fern break easily and become brown，so that the overall appearance of the plant is _____ unless the broken fronds are cut off.
(A)admired
(B)overrated
(C)disparaged
(D)blunted
(E) ruined
7. The essence of belief is the establishment of _____; different beliefs are distinguishable by the different modes of action to which they give rise.
(A) love
(B) practice
(C) trust
(D) commitments
(E) allegiances
8. There is no necessary intrinsic connection between a word and the thing it refers to, the relationship is purely ______.
(A) conventional
(B) consistent
(C) strategic
(D) illustrative
(E) problematical
9. Although the meanings of words may necessarily be liable to change, it does not follow that the lexicographer is therefore unable to render spelling, in a great measure, .
(A) arbitrary
(B) superfluous
(C) interesting
(D) flexible
(E) constant
10. The National Archives contain information so _____ that researchers have been known never to publish because they cannot bear to bring their studies to an end.
(A) divisive
(B) seductive
(C) selective
(D) repetitive
(E) resourceful