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Section 39
1. It seems foolish to refuse the offer of an expedient that is both so ________ success and so difficult to create them absent.
A. reminiscent
B. lacking in
C. distinct from
D. indispensable to
E. inimical to
2. Many readers today consider the moral sentiments expressed in the ancient writers’ work to be quite vapid, and in the seventeenth century they were similarly regarded as ________.
A. jejune
B. didactic
C. dogmatic
D. tendentious
E. arcane
3. Although the vast weight of evidence supports the contention that the products of agricultural biotechnology are environmentally (i)________, many people still find them (ii)________ unsettling.
Blank (i)
A. destructive
B. sound
C. intriguing
Blank (ii)
D. retroactivity
E. innocuously
F. intrinsically
4. The school system’s modest plan for curriculum improvement has (i)________ local educators: some call it (ii)________ effort, while others say it is a pragmatic approach given the complexity of the task.
Blank (i)
A. surprised
B. impressed
C. divided
Blank (ii)
D. genuine
E. halfhearted
F. practical
5. The author of this political history tax shows considerable bias against the political party when assigning credit or blame for its actions: he deems (i)________ what he favors and avoidable what he (ii)________
Blank (i)
A. pertinent
B. inevitable
C. divided
Blank (ii)
D. condemn
E. condone
F. ignore
6. Behavior economists found that the more (i)________ options listed on the insurance make people all the more offish to endorse, partly because they hope to (ii)________ some (iii)________ in order to get a measure of peace of mind.
Blank (i)
A. lucrative
B. monotonous
C. complicated
Blank (ii)
D. forgo
E. dampen
F. jockey
Blank (iii)
G. convolution
H. detriment
I. benefit
7. Scientists should hope the faults in their theories will be ________ their peers since the refutation of one hypothesis can free its originator to develop a better one.
A. discerned by
B. disregarded by
C. discovered by
D. ignored by
E. opaque to
F. inspiring to
8. Although the essayist's arguments did not ________ her most perceptive readers, the extreme subtlety of the paints she made explains why she was misinterpreted by most critics of her day.
A. convince
B. confound
C. entertain
D. persuade
E. perplex
F. enlighten
9. Citing the corruption and intrigue that pervaded politics in the city, my colleague ________ the newspaper’s trove of journalism prizes, declaring that finding great stories in the city must be effortless.
A. slighted
B. ignored
C. lauded
D. disparaged
E. confounded
F. commended
10. An apparent paradox led the scientist to pursue their present line of research. They were struck by the fact that a single mathematic formula can be used to describe physical phenomena that appear to be so ________.
A. rudimentary
B. interdependent
C. interrelated
D. complex
E. heterogeneous
F. dissimilar