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. / X; d7 X$ }0 ]5 a" c3 u P
(A) charitable ... colored
3 X3 `( P5 S( m, f- a7 H (B) elaborate ... disquieted
& T' H8 g( ]! a# Y (C) conscientious ... deceived 6 m' \, E3 e3 m& `/ |5 I4 N
(D) vague ... sharpened " M! p0 r: E) ~7 h* v" w
(E) coherent ... confused : M9 X5 F ~# Z. a
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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. 5 q* \! R) `) j. w, k# Q1 N
(A) scent $ g; z8 C* a) {: \
(B) beauty
$ [: V; \! ?( h6 `! \9 s (C) elegance
) c! u& X4 `$ P (D) color
' d' ], S! P E" J4 | (E) variety ' E7 h& @2 M; q, \
0 d B, r% a, W& ?. }6 e$ f3. In eighth-century Japan, people who ________ wasteland were rewarded with official ranks as part of an effort to overcome the shortage of ________ fields. % j$ U# v' Q. I/ i6 ^
(A) conserved ... forested
- v1 `7 M# K* ^4 I) _ (B) reclaimed ... arable
5 ? q8 M. V- a2 @8 w O (C) cultivated ... domestic
" ?8 t; ?+ N0 \* r6 f5 M1 z3 {5 S (D) irrigated ... accessible
, m6 F, U; r- x6 [6 U (E) located ... desirable ) d" J7 z: B5 X; }8 M
. y- \- `3 Y7 g! o8 ^, H- E4. 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, ________.
# r' v8 ~. [0 s (A) dismissed ... insignificant # K6 m- h5 y4 E# B# i0 q+ n; i8 V
(B) judged ... worthwhile ' U; w& v7 p# p# Q
(C) revered ... talented
: o0 i& F( S! u8 q; K: n; S" z& g$ n5 \( _ (D) reviled ... meager
! J, o1 H- H8 u' S& \8 j (E) taunted ... dangerous
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5. Considering how long she had yearned to see Italy, her first reaction was curiously ________.
. t% n. g0 y) Z# Y6 ]- n& | (A) meditative
8 K9 P+ B+ e4 z- y C (B) tepid
( H! l5 k( |& k4 {: m( [3 k" _ (C) categorical 8 W( R1 f. Q2 z; d0 f7 V' }0 `% @- o
(D) unoriginal * s3 { F+ b1 F8 Q5 ^
(E) insightful
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- K* ]0 e$ R1 a% T6. Noting the murder victim’s flaccid musculature and pearlike figure, she deduced that the unfortunate fellow had earned his living in some ________ occupation. 6 s7 ?0 j1 V2 [
(A) treacherous 1 ?4 V$ j* u3 D6 M N; `, L
(B) prestigious
; U j* y1 ?& \' R! E; d% h& | (C) ill-paying " `7 y: Q( `. l% P0 M2 r5 t
(D) illegitimate 7 x6 R! f, H M8 E% y ?
(E) sedentary |
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