21. According to poet John Berryman, there were so many ways to ________ a poem that it was quite amazing good ones ever got written. 6 K5 C- Q2 L" y, W) N' M
(A) dedicate
& k7 Y) w5 y& {8 N4 I# Z+ P" P2 S (B) begin
3 b+ n% ^' S4 R( O* ?; T (C) ruin
2 {8 Y: l" G4 C! n' R (D) recite * B/ a1 ^5 l# ~/ I4 x+ k
(E) categorize
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22. According to the Senator, it was not ________ for a politician in search of votes to ________ a mother on the beauty of her plain child; it was merely sound political common sense.
5 \* S v0 ^/ P+ W (A) kindness ... ridicule & w/ x/ J! _, O3 I2 q0 b) e2 `& h
(B) folly ... intimidate $ Z& W; p- c$ Q0 x! h
(C) hypocrisy ... compliment ' b3 L- [7 s! |8 H9 ^( C6 c
(D) sensitivity... evaluate
1 i+ v! |5 O# C* c$ _3 Z6 k9 X8 r8 @ (E) wisdom ... reprimand
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& F9 _( R: @2 z- O4 x23. Achaeologists are involved in ________ Mayan temples in Central America, uncovering the old ruins in order to learn more about the civilization they represent. + Z+ H: \+ H) o1 I' `+ R% Q, U3 e6 J
(A) demolishing 6 P6 t9 K% K% v
(B) incapacitating 5 m( A4 U2 B8 E! v) ?. [) Y
(C) excavating
" x/ q. _( W: y1 v# c; X' ]' N! @ (D) worshiping
3 }9 F" X/ p) i- t7 V9 T; Q, O (E) adapting
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/ ~0 ]5 I, }) H) r) _- g24. Actors fade out of view with depressing frequency; the theater is a ________ profession at best. ! v# }; J- n* ?* p7 B0 i
(A) romantic
3 V( ^- A6 c) p2 V) C (B) demanding 2 o' G# P# L9 O6 q
(C) chancy & l& L0 z! m; q* I5 R
(D) disinterested $ r3 J' q2 f1 P$ n Q3 y0 @
(E) degenerate
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25. Advances in health care have lengthened life spans, lowered infant mortality rates, and, thus, ________ the overpopulation problem.
: e. `1 Y1 S# D (A) eliminated 2 k9 S% m( m: s* N2 ?& c8 `9 i
(B) aggravated
* V4 w0 w# v/ a, m (C) minimized + c7 j/ S8 @* S/ @5 r' w5 j$ J
(D) distorted : c1 ^4 H! Y/ t3 B( t2 I+ x1 E
(E) discouraged $ t% v* C( D' V5 m" }" Q4 |8 t6 C1 B, h
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