76. Because auto repair places have such ________ rates, many community colleges have ________ courses in automotive mechanics. \: s2 H( E; e! e
(A) shattering ... planned
8 k1 i4 i3 Q4 ]/ y6 s9 q (B) exorbitant ... instituted
. n; l0 r- N# Z' A* O9 o5 t (C) impertinent ...discussed
0 ^( k1 K/ T1 s F2 |4 V& ` F (D) reasonable ... introduced
. P% {9 n" R1 ^# N0 u (E) intolerable ... discontinued 8 @9 b3 e6 W- Q& W$ L) B9 R; d3 l
77. Because fruit juice fills babies' small stomachs and ruins their appetite for foods that contain nutrients they ________ , consuming large quantities can actually prove ________ to babies less than 24 months old.
5 m y$ r( H% H# r& a: m (A) prefer ... beneficial
% Y2 y: u, R6 ]/ { (B) choose ... counterproductive
. J; \' U& |. A$ \4 o8 {$ I* u4 D( W (C) require ... helpful+ ]9 Y1 z) c) U* v/ |7 H
(D) need ... detrimental
" Z# o8 ~: q8 G$ f (E) ingest ... advantageous
/ h, o) [) @- p9 K+ x1 t5 H, |78. Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians, his fellow officers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a ________ .% a% l9 {! o" X r! G
(A) martinet
* r: x, x2 J9 U8 a, t3 c6 h; f (B) braggart
. b* ~4 u/ Q; D (C) renegade
0 t) p" K1 [* m, [' W7 n& f (D) skinflint
4 P N/ T: G- v) ?0 H" m (E) laggard 8 n8 p* X0 P8 B
79. Because he had assumed that the child's first, fierce rush of grief would quickly ________ , Murdstone was astonished to find him still ________ .
8 q, ?+ n9 l2 t (A) subside ... disconsolate
l; B9 g9 z& C: Y: b7 d: M (B) fade ... irresolute
7 L% y& l7 u/ P- E, ^ (C) elapse ... disingenuous2 R& A' H- ~7 T9 J
(D) escalate ... forlorn
3 k8 C% \! t: L2 G1 E* n, ` (E) dwindle ... dormant
7 N% b- x4 i! B' N$ \: ~ 80. Because he is so ________ , we can never predict what course he will take at any moment.
# A: i3 _ n, {: p9 U' u! n (A) incoherent9 x$ M; e. B* T) y- a" e4 {# u
(B) superficial
0 s1 f2 w' G6 b G, Z1 y4 N" q (C) capricious/ d( k4 D3 }; R+ ^
(D) deleterious7 ~1 N0 S* ?/ b+ V8 L
(E) conventional. B0 l5 c( N$ x
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