1. When people are happy, they tend to give ________ interpretations of events they witness: the eye of the beholder is ________ by the emotions of the beholder. ( P; W( q3 p& m- K$ Y A" ?& E- i
(A) charitable ... colored
9 H! j+ o* w1 x, Q5 F (B) elaborate ... disquieted
) w# ?9 ^: ]6 r- ?0 g+ B (C) conscientious ... deceived - Z8 C6 Z7 ?# Q* F# y8 h) P
(D) vague ... sharpened 2 h6 p1 U: _& ^7 l; K* @
(E) coherent ... confused
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2. Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century, when ________ was valued much more highly than it is today. 0 v! R. k. `3 W
(A) scent
6 r, s5 `7 E" n (B) beauty
: h- I1 i4 Q4 t* Y (C) elegance
5 M- T* e0 D0 h4 E+ T (D) color 2 E% X4 B- I6 I- I; w7 W, s
(E) variety
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+ D8 e8 k3 Q" F9 i H3. In eighth-century Japan, people who ________ wasteland were rewarded with official ranks as part of an effort to overcome the shortage of ________ fields. ' p n, F* u" E& V
(A) conserved ... forested 8 l' \2 A! F" S9 Z- {: [1 C
(B) reclaimed ... arable 9 K: p1 @1 Q' ~* I
(C) cultivated ... domestic ' m6 Q F5 A6 [! j
(D) irrigated ... accessible
2 m5 M& B/ ^$ U) R' b (E) located ... desirable 9 B4 m2 Q, l' R( f" J( G, u3 N
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4. Walpole’s art collection was huge and fascinating, and his novel The Castle of Otranto was never out of print; none of this mattered to the Victorians, who ________ him as, at best, ________. ) b- T* H7 K9 O& n) k2 v
(A) dismissed ... insignificant
! [! U: B0 ?$ R, H9 y" d (B) judged ... worthwhile % x. F: R& g- g$ Q! `, Q* |9 y
(C) revered ... talented " z0 P2 f& j5 m
(D) reviled ... meager : N0 Y9 N7 A: D& y3 s* a' E( ]
(E) taunted ... dangerous |