116. Compared with the ostentatious glamour of opera, classical song (increasingly called lieder everywhere) is a more ________ tradition.2 u6 \' w. }8 H
(A) articulate
( X1 P _1 f3 \/ { M' f (B) unrepresentative
' u9 L8 B6 o2 h* H2 u8 [( }4 R (C) subdued
* t: R. h- B1 [' g6 t" n4 e (D) broad-minded3 C8 ~/ r0 a6 d( L
(E) worldly1 O" H8 W. d2 j1 e. \
117. Complaints about the inanity of popular leisure activities, long a staple of American intellectual life, are routinely ________ these days as nostalgic elitism.
5 \. l- ~! \4 z" E1 A" R. M1 R (A) lauded
3 g% d# D; x# ?# D$ X (B) reinforced
% ?& K8 T* i9 }; W0 x- j% _ (C) celebrated8 V: I( |- [5 z: |# t
(D) offered9 {# @+ [9 S1 E; q7 @$ [7 o( {
(E) dismissed
2 |+ Z' l4 b5 n3 W& @/ T 118. Contemporary critics often ________ the poet Longfellow as a simple sentimentalist who relied too much on poetic meters only suitable for light verse.3 \( U/ Y# G) [
(A) heed
' X) g4 o3 I( c+ N" { (B) endorse
! c6 i% W* V% [" E% p, r; Q (C) dismiss0 S# }6 h! |8 P6 ~/ m
(D) embellish
( B. R; o+ Q6 F: Z; m0 V1 P) m (E) acclaim* t. Z) P+ }: p r
119. Contrary to her customary ________ behavior, Susan began leaving parties early to seek the solitude of her room.
! R/ ^ ?, N' ^" @" E! `0 I (A) reclusive
+ b* @) B- ~/ t (B) circumspect/ Y3 G9 z4 M! ^/ N
(C) decorous
* P+ V5 G9 D: U- d. B (D) gregarious. a0 N7 m5 W8 _: ` p' r
(E) altruistic- i! \4 T( u$ ]
120. Courteously and ________ , but persistently, the members of the special investigatory commission asked question after question of all the President's aides.
8 w% u+ u$ w/ C4 k a. y (A) intrusively
1 z) j V0 p4 T8 z/ S2 g (B) belligerently
1 k- c( B$ y" d3 ^! @ (C) urbanely6 D. V% E) ?9 P5 w" |8 f2 H- f" r
(D) remorselessly
; g% I7 Z1 d A, Q' q6 D- j0 H7 T (E) intermittently9 Z/ I. n% Q- m- f6 O1 K
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