Exercise Twelve " A* F6 J/ e2 W4 E2 K: S
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1. Having no sense of moral obligation, Shipler was as little subject to the ________ of conscience after he acted as he was motivated by its ________ before he acted.
& i3 K' \9 \8 E, z% _5 F/ l5 Z (A) rewards ... chastisement
8 O( p+ ?% E) |, E2 o (B) balm ... eloquence
8 d3 c1 ]! ?" P r (C) reproaches ... promptings 4 w) t5 d/ s# ]5 ~; b
(D) ridicule ... allure
& A3 z+ [0 J3 K) L2 }) d' w (E) qualms ... atonement
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2. Even those who disagreed with Carmen’s views rarely faulted her for expressing them, for the positions she took were as ________ as they were controversial.
1 [3 P: I$ V( X7 } (A) complicated , ~& t+ w6 l# Q' E. T# l& c6 O
(B) political % h8 q' \6 H: F* |1 ~5 J0 G
(C) subjective
" _+ J1 t8 T; R3 T4 f3 w3 q (D) commonplace
( H6 e% c5 v+ o) o7 J (E) thoughtful
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3. The First World War began in a context of jargon and verbal delicacy and continued in a cloud of ________ as ________ as language and literature, skillfully used, could make it. $ `4 B d& C7 R5 C: w/ Y6 G$ i
(A) circumlocution ... literal 4 D: z7 Q( l* J/ B: ?/ C
(B) cliche ... lucid 6 x& p/ z1 p) T2 d. K
(C) euphemism ... impenetrable
( e/ D$ P" c' _1 w. |0 |. E% g, y (D) particularity ... deliberate
8 T3 q$ I1 s a* `1 U, _6 w (E) subjectivity ... enthralling % P5 X5 l) \, j0 o" m
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4. As long as nations cannot themselves accumulate enough physical power to dominate all others, they must depend on ________.
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(B) resources * ?; s8 @0 q) P/ n/ N, b& D4 U) x
(C) freedom & K7 }2 f3 A6 f( {
(D) education
" Z# {3 j8 j8 D' i (E) self-determination
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5. As serious as she is about the bullfight, she does not allow respect to ________ her sense of whimsy when painting it. ; p; `7 i, m; r# w
(A) inspire & l6 M; ]" u( q8 i5 D( K% o
(B) provoke 6 M5 y& F |* r1 G- Y! r
(C) suppress , {( k' W, A; w0 @" E
(D) attack 1 b, A6 m7 I: B6 L+ i
(E) satisfy 7 P6 C0 W0 T A7 O4 A. V' [
: Y* `& @. B7 f4 B" Y! H6. After a slow sales start early in the year, mobile homes have been gaining favor as ________ to increasingly expensive conventional housing. 3 b7 K$ g, R4 w5 M1 ?
(A) reaction
4 O: j9 J2 r( D/ J6 |9 Z (B) an addition : H' D( n; a+ I7 N/ f1 Z' N
(C) an introduction 0 M! ]& U) z6 Y( Y. ^- h
(D) an alternative 4 r1 g6 l# v0 I; p& V: i. x
(E) a challenge
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! K$ s1 `& i) K# @# t/ }7. The sale of Alaska was not so much an American coup as a matter of ________ for an imperial Russia that was short of cash and unable to ________ its own continental coastline. , G$ H7 {, e- O, |, [1 s
(A) negligence ... fortify
2 `8 q6 R) N8 X; J (B) custom ... maintain
8 [1 e: p1 n7 ?2 F% {* `* _2 m (C) convenience ... stabalize / e' E$ W; d p4 [8 y: o
(D) expediency ... defend
: I9 n: o( U7 u3 e& H5 B: H: ? (E) exigency ... reinforce |
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