1. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural ________ doing so. W1 l8 g, X2 t+ q6 u
(A) aptitude for
& y) J% W8 @$ ~0 q' Q (B) repugnance to 3 d9 k0 P- H6 D" v. j
(C) interest in ' ~7 f% n( R* G; ]
(D) ignorance of
" l5 J" L6 r- ~/ D (E) reaction after
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# |7 o/ @7 f& t2. The primary criterion for ________ a school is its recent performance: critics are ________ to extend credit for earlier victories.
" J# c4 T! V1 j+ _2 j E (A) evaluating ... prone
" C6 W7 H: o1 Y (B) investigating ... hesitant
( T6 H) M& G C% e8 F& ` X+ `: m (C) judging ... reluctant
( g; ]# }7 q- Y1 S7 _* j) D4 r (D) improving ... eager
]; i O t9 T" d& G2 `) E (E) administering ... persuaded ) d* ?& R, i3 q
: S! `4 q& i/ O" ?. d( I9 [/ D+ n3. William James lacked the usual ________ death; writing to his dying father, he spoke without ________ about the old man’s impending death.
3 B/ k# u P9 c: L, P (A) longing for ... regret
7 [. B- u7 N* b (B) awe of ... inhibition # Z& `4 O+ \, Y% B# m
(C) curiosity about ... rancor : [$ k( T7 y+ H" ~
(D) apprehension of ... eloquence C9 q) @2 ]- ]& b) Y8 G4 \1 |
(E) anticipation of ... commiseration 5 ?+ R5 e7 ?' ]: c3 ~2 q
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4. Physicists rejected the innovative experimental technique because, although it ________ some problems, it also produced new ________. 3 Q3 K" l" C- w6 n9 |3 R7 `3 Q0 a
(A) clarified ... data
( ?# B8 b4 n* ~6 s, h+ r- k" H (B) eased ... interpretations
2 e' K0 g& U) M (C) resolved ... complications / H' @; Y1 r, F/ M/ ]" P" `
(D) caused ... hypotheses
( A6 o& G% f& U7 A9 V (E) revealed ... inconsistencies
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5. Without the psychiatrist’s promise of confidentiality, trust is ________ and the patient’s communication limited; even though confidentiality can thus be seen to be precious in therapy, moral responsibility sometimes requires a willingness to ________ it.
+ X% U9 R% Z9 e1 x" U& @; h: A (A) implicit ... extend
$ p2 l; B+ P8 N7 D/ p; U (B) ambiguous ... apply
! f4 C4 n K/ l: d (C) prevented ... uphold ' Q0 M% m$ R7 G+ O3 h% j9 J
(D) assumed ... examine % t7 Q8 C$ x4 d, i' Y
(E) impaired ... sacrifice : R2 q5 t8 G" ]1 B& b9 C
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6. This final essay, its prevailing kindliness ________ by occasional flashes of savage irony, bespeaks the ________ character of the author.
% \4 ]4 R3 Y n6 p# R (A) illuminated ... imperturbable - g. h! I% y7 a$ [4 z
(B) marred ... dichotomous
6 s) `+ |; }! R2 L0 O (C) untainted ... vindictive
/ m; v: U* \6 Z" d# ~9 { (D) exemplified ... chivalrous / \: r7 R0 V, X3 v0 O% `
(E) diluted ... ruthless
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% v: `, Q& M9 f% E B6 U, s7. just as such apparently basic things as rocks, clouds, and clams are, in fact, intricately structured entities, so the self, too, is not an "elementary particle," but is ________ construction.
/ y& I" U, h& s# Z T' h7 R' S (A) a complicated
/ i( s: Q8 A7 q+ X! d( [ (B) a convoluted 2 a* J0 ?$ }6 U t$ ?/ p2 H
(C) a distorted 9 {% ?" M. o1 p% h0 t) Y# G! A
(D) an amorphous
1 D+ i+ a b/ { (E) an illusory |