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Section 27
1. To criticize a disaster film for being ______ is a bit silly, since ``` not go to disaster movies to see an honest portrayed of reality.
A. expensive
B. harrowing
C. derivative
D. convoluted
E. implausible
2. Though many avant-garde writers ______ traditional distinctions among literary categories, combining elements of biography and fiction, prose and poetry, this fusion of forms has been slow to catch on with publishers.
A. flout
B. presuppose
C. exploit
D. imitate
E. illuminate
3. Despite the abundance and importance of maize, its biological origin has been a long-running mystery. The bright-yellow, mouth-watering treat does not grow in the wild anywhere on the planet, so its (i)______ is not at all (ii)______.
Blank (i)
A. utility
B. popularity
C. ancestry
Blank (ii)
D. helpful
E. important
F. obvious
4. If newspaper consumers are concerned about more than (i)________ and prefer to read news that is consistent with their beliefs, then (ii)________ is not a journalistic flaw, but, rather, a cultivated feature. In a competitive news market, producers can use slant to differentiate their products and stave off price competition.
Blank (i)
A. politics
B. accuracy
C. expense
Blank (ii)
D. bias
E. sensationalism
F. inconsistency
5. China’s rapidly growing population is the main threat facing large carnivores in the People’s Republic. Increasingly policies aimed at limiting population growth have been (i)________, nevertheless, the country’s vast size and the isolation of many of its regions mean that human populations in areas where large carnivores still occur (ii)________. This human pressure has iii)________ the south China tiger.
Blank (i)
A. modified
B. deemphasized
C. implemented
Blank (ii)
D. could start to decline
E. can grow unchecked
F. have stabilized
Blank (iii)
G. celebrated
H. doomed
I. bypassed
6. The slow pace of job creation was precedent for the period of recovery from a recession, but the conditions that conspired to cause the recession were also (i)________. The stock market declined sharply, and rampant business investment slumped. Then an ensuing spate of scandals (ii)________ public trust in the way companies were run. And yet, despite these powerful (iii)________ to growth, the recession proved surprisingly mild.
Blank (i)
A. heartening
B. atypical
C. ambiguous
Blank (ii)
D. weakened
E. illuminated
F. consolidated
Blank (iii)
G. counterforces
H. stimulants
I. concomitants
7. Although legislators on both sides of the issues have repeatedly ________ a desire to find a middle ground, until now no acceptable compromise has been achieved.
A. discussed
B. proclaimed
C. professed
D. rejected
E. disowned
F. betrayed
8. Even before she went to art school, Veronica found the standard design categories ________: she didn’t understand why designing buildings and designing tables should require different sensibilities.
A. provocative
B. limiting
C. stimulating
D. confusing
E. confining
F. exhilarating
9. The author engages this issue from diverse perspectives, supports his arguments with many examples, and manages to avoid antagonizing others in dealing with a very ________ subject.
A. contentious
B. pedestrian
C. controversial
D. perplexing
E. mundane
F. intriguing
10. To call Kermode the finest English critic of his generation be a ________ compliment, since not many of its population are professionally engaged in literary criticism
A. sincere
B. backhanded
C. paltry
D. heartfelt
E. meager
F. plausible