1. The natural balance between prey and predator has been increasingly----, most frequently by human intervention.% y1 `. P; e+ s7 l2 z5 s9 X2 u& [" P
(A) celebrated ) E* k0 F% v: O& S8 W
(B) predicted
; }1 @/ i+ d$ L0 a) ~! D G' D* ]( A(C) observed
/ h7 N2 Z: N5 S7 {' ]) H(D) disturbed ( N* f! y1 g8 W( h+ G& G9 g/ H Z
(E) questioned7 L6 e4 U: |6 Z5 W" F6 Y( B) X5 s
2. There is some----the fact that the author of a book as sensitive and informed as Indian Artisans did not develop her interest in Native American art until adulthood, for she grew up in a region rich in American Indian culture.
' i1 o# l8 @8 s- G7 m(A) irony in & v7 n1 x8 f& s4 p. i1 f( ~
(B) satisfaction in
+ }) [6 T! p8 n) v* X(C) doubt about 1 t- u0 `" X d0 n9 ]) [# Z* Q7 g
(D) concern about# O$ \5 l# u; W4 I7 R% R% D
(E) presumptuousness in 3 C$ P0 x$ b2 T3 P2 }
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3. Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable----through a complex network of producers and consumers.
( m2 J7 w/ _9 z) G4 J(A) commodities
0 D9 r1 B, m: L9 { Y' H(B) dividends" S2 U: M% P5 F, _) m7 O
(C) communications
% ^) Y# N G. h, t, w# x: d(D) nutrients
. o0 |. p! z& O+ U! U+ E(E) artifacts
+ t H/ s( _) c7 G" _# T4. Observable as a tendency of our culture is a -----of ------psychoanalysis: we no longer feel that it can solve our emotional problems.
; A4 q& h6 r$ M(A) divergence.. certainly about
& R# b1 C) o. N, P(B) confrontation.. enigmas in
8 o7 h. Z; f! T6 i/ d: U(C) withdrawal.. belief in& O7 B# _6 `+ G. A' U& q
(D) defense.. weaknesses in& b0 {5 k' G. I. \5 E% G" R5 Y1 N
(E) failure.. rigor in5 U' K& t3 U9 ]3 v8 O: ]
5. The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in Western society during the current decade is ----critical.
! ]/ M* K* Y2 \) x2 |5 @(A) perennially6 b. [& D" j M/ ]5 X
(B) disturbingly : ?5 w9 `( T$ P: d* K$ D
(C) uniquely
. \# Z2 q- [) f5 V8 l, u2 L(D) archetypally
G5 v/ g$ V9 v+ z, {/ Y(E) captiously9 P3 K2 I. u# x& w5 @
6. Rhetoric often seems to----over reason in a heated debate, with both sides----in hyperbole.
& W; X* D, H$ V% A a2 Z2 O9 B(A) cloud.. subsiding
* f: b0 N& C4 i- m8 s(B) prevail.. yielding
* S0 h# z1 P3 W4 [(C) triumph.. engaging * |. N& w! k% ]% f
(D) reverberate.. clamoring
# W4 K& [4 i- T. i& [(E) trample.. tangling1 p+ S0 ~: c/ T2 d5 ?
7. Melodramas, which presented stark oppositions between innocence and criminality, virtue and corruption, good and evil, were popular precisely because they offered the audience a world ----of----.( W5 Q( H+ [+ B8 k" f
(A) bereft.. theatricality y! x+ e8 a N- U! S% b/ M
(B) composed.. adversity
; E& F/ ~9 S% _9 O(C) full.. circumstantiality
; g t% U) _' X: k1 q(D) deprived.. polarity 4 z5 z4 e, V- ]9 `
(E) devoid.. neutrality
0 b8 B6 T2 z# ~7 t8. In the current research program, new varieties of apple trees are evaluated under different agricultural----for tree size, bloom density, fruit size, ----to various soils, and resistance to pests and disease.
0 ?: f; S( Q! R( X- M! l0 m(A) circumstances.. proximity
8 J1 t/ P5 u* l(B) regulations.. conformity' k0 |; x* J1 ?& ?+ ^
(C) conditions.. adaptability
B3 b3 J- d/ I+ l2 a(D) auspices.. susceptibility" ?( Z; h% a3 m
(E) configurations.. propensity. z8 V, H8 X( @, K! J$ g
9. At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of her, I found that----was very near the surface.' r% Q% y! k( @! A! K2 [4 J
(A) seriousness
6 |' I! y' r5 @; X& F(B) confidence
6 r. s3 T# S, u, p. x' C(C) laughter# K o2 l2 G) ?$ d8 `0 O
(D) poise
0 p8 b1 l5 V; J& P2 W(E) determination8 X/ f0 L+ P+ v8 `( G p* H
10. Even though in today's Soviet Union the---- the Muslim clergy have been accorded power and privileges, the Muslim laity and the rank-and-file clergy still have little----to practice their religion.$ U: a& h# x, s/ ?8 j6 P. b
(A) practitioners among.. opportunity
: }+ x- I) ~& f(B) dissidents within.. obligation: t( A6 V9 Z& ~) o1 a, ~( h/ I
(C) adversaries of.. inclination$ D& g. }+ Z, y3 {
(D) leaders of.. latitude
( ?8 O* T1 _# ?8 D' }0 K(E) traditionalists among.. incentive |