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Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1.Demographers and anthropologists have corrected the notion that European explorers in North America entered a ------- territory by showing that the land in some areas was already as densely ------- as parts of Europe.
A. fertile . . settled
B. colossal . . wooded
C. desolate . . populated
D. valuable . . exploited
E. hostile . . concentrated
2.The new administrator was -------; he considered new ideas worthy of consideration but ultimately ------- the old ways.
Answer Choices
(A) an iconoclast . . undermined by
(B) an opportunist . . reminiscent of
(C) a sentimentalist . . preferable to
(D) a traditionalist . . inferior to
(E) an idealist . . instructive about
3.Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ------- seemed impossible; the project's inauspicious start made its final success all the more ------- .
Answer Choices
(A) concentration . . incidental
(B) disagreement . . incongruous
(C) collaboration . . predictable
(D) hostility . . dazzling
(E) cooperation . . remarkable
4.Although the conference speakers disliked one another and might have been expected to ------- , it turned out that on several substantive issues they were in complete ------- and were able to avoid petty squabbling.
A. argue . . disagreement
B. bristle . . apathy
C. debate . . dissonance
D. concur . . denial
E. bicker . . accord
Explanation
5.Laboratories have been warned that provisions for animal protection that in the past were merely ------- will now be mandatory;------- of this policy will lose their federal research grants.
A. comprehensive . . adversaries
B. nominal . . advocates
C. disregarded . . proponents
D. recommended . . violators
E. compulsory . . resisters
6.Tantra paintings from India are not only beautiful but also -------: in addition to their aesthetic value, they are used to facilitate meditation.
Answer Choices
(A) garish
(B) valuable
(C) numerous
(D) ornate
(E) functional
7.Ramona had never visited Niagara Falls, but she could appreciate their splendor ------- through the descriptions of others.
Answer Choices
(A) vicariously
(B) heedlessly
(C) innocuously
(D) mystically
(E) voluminously
Explanation
1.The correct answer is C
Only “desolate...populated” presents the contrast required by the sentence. The words “corrected the notion” signal that the first word in the correct answer must contrast with the second word because that second word corrects the mistaken notion.
2.The correct answer is D
A “traditionalist” is someone who adheres to a time-honored set of practices or beliefs. “Inferior to” describes something that is of lesser quality or value than something else. An administrator certainly could be a traditionalist, or adhere to time-honored practices. If the new administrator prefers older, established ways of doing things, it makes sense to say that he might consider newer ideas but ultimately, or in the end, decide that they are inferior to, or lesser in value than, older ideas.
3.The correct answer is E
Choice (E) is the only pair of words that logically completes this sentence. The "adversarial" attitude of the team members would suggest that working together would be quite difficult, or that "cooperation" would be "impossible"; given the project's bad start, its ultimate success would be "remarkable" because nobody would have expected it.
4.The correct answer is E
Choice (E) is correct. Bickering is the kind of petulant or peevish arguing to which personal dislike might have lead the speakers, but their “accord,” or agreement, on substantive issues kept them from squabbling.
5.The correct answer is D#p#分页标题#e#
The word “merely” indicates that the past provisions were not as strict as the “mandatory” provisions and “recommended” is the only first term that conveys a lesser degree of strictness. Only “violators” could logically be penalized by losing their federal research grants.
6.The correct answer is E
Choice (E) is correct. Facilitating meditation is a function—something valuable about tantra paintings in addition to their beauty.
7.The correct answer is A
Ramona hadn’t visited Niagara Falls but "could appreciate their splendor," so the word that fills the blank must be an adverb whose definition has to do with appreciating something indirectly, "through the descriptions of others" (based on their experiences). Choice (A) is correct because to experience something "vicariously" is to experience it through imaginative participation in the actual experience of someone else.
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