126. Deloria has his detractors, but his critics have had amazingly ________ success at shaking his self-confidence or ________ his reputation.
% D/ v" ^2 W/ v$ K. h (A) great ... repairing- K. ~9 M5 G3 n$ }# m3 x
(B) widespread ... bolstering
3 ~- k8 d$ d( r ?% K: z (C) little ... denting9 j6 u" @2 R i
(D) small ... enhancing8 G" v/ k! `; z- q; P( z/ [. ^6 L5 H
(E) poor ... restoring
: w# u, a7 a- j# e+ Z 127. Despite all its ________ , a term of enlistment in the Peace Corps can be both stirring and satisfying to a college graduate still undecided on a career.
, C) V5 W) n4 f (A) rewards) J' x* N; \2 x: C
(B) renown2 Y5 [' s( H7 ?" |8 [( A
(C) adventures4 w6 R2 d& V3 H, x* o; S
(D) romance" X4 u Q3 \8 t. |
(E) frustrations
% I! ?% i& E1 X; A p 28. Despite an affected ________ which convinced casual observers that he was indifferent about his painting and enjoyed only frivolity, Warhol cared deeply about his art and labored at it ________ .
( z8 j, r$ A7 z; M (A) nonchalance ... diligently
" E- `* @% _7 \6 ^ (B) empathy ... methodically& n2 f6 j* V( e5 s4 G( k
(C) fervor ... secretly
, D( B( k% L+ ]/ p% H (D) gloom ... intermittently0 v/ K# r) @: J5 a
(E) hysteria ... sporadically" L7 J# z0 t. S7 T
129. Despite careful restoration and cleaning of the murals in the 1960s, the colors slowly but steadily ________ .
2 Q. @7 z* {3 L% ] (A) persisted
; n$ ?' W' N, S/ i; o (B) embellished
: g) _ X' u& I' F* x2 n2 ? (C) saturated! B* @$ `4 a; K4 Y. L6 \) |
(D) deteriorated
8 @- j- Z2 x7 ~" J. Y: u! \ (E) stabilized
- Q0 c- W3 u) o J u2 R. K5 I 130. Despite her compassionate nature, the new nominee to the Supreme Court was single-minded and ________ in her strict ________ the letter of the law.0 f- W/ j( T) x- r* w7 S7 t/ I
(A) merciful ... interpretation of
3 M' b. |3 Z3 r* ` (B) uncompromising ... adherence to
Z& o3 S; @% H+ Z; ` (C) dilatory ... affirmation of
! B" W: k7 h) O* T5 U& V (D) vindictive ... deviation from1 F# G# |' H, ?; C
(E) lenient ... dismissal of6 Q' u3 w4 {! f9 m9 t
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