56. An unattractive feature of this memoir is the casually dismissive, often downright ________ , comments the author makes about almost all of her former colleagues.
1 F9 ]4 c& E- Z; g (A) elegiacwww.Examw.com
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(E) laudatory
% u" w4 @+ T# P7 G 57. Anthropologists traditionally argue that the male-female division of labor in hunter-gatherer societies arose because it ________ the nuclear family's joint interests and thereby represented a sound, ________ strategy.
% V" K3 V9 t1 H' |3 h4 h (A) impaired … collaborative L& K. f3 c0 e, R( f
(B) respected … divisive, t6 M8 c# _; L" a) K) A( f" y ^
(C) ignored … disinterested
" @! V( I% L7 I3 ]+ d$ [ (D) restricted … provisional
l. a# G7 A5 F. S2 z0 F$ \ (E) promoted …cooperative
8 o% k' \: c0 V' g$ y 58. Are we to turn into spineless ________ , afraid to take a ________ stand, unable to answer a question without pussyfooting?3 E7 y2 X5 j2 M- q& y7 G
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(B) hedonists ... compromising8 {: I6 |; y4 y
(C) criminals ... defiant
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(E) equivocators ... forthright
/ V5 V8 k4 d$ A: l) Z 59. As Reginald Machell's lavishly carved throne clearly illustrates, California craftsmen were not afraid of ________ .& W ?4 o( u1 y) D) ]
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(D) expediency
8 M* [: U$ B0 m$ o1 i( u2 R (E) antiquity
. a3 }& I/ I& Q3 R' r: h% _ 60. As a product of the Soviet literary establishment, the author was brave enough to ________ the hand that fed him, but not heroic enough to bite it.
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