261. John Gielgud crowns a distinguished career of playing Shakespearean roles by giving a performance that is ________ .
; x6 y6 U; A3 Y- U5 c; q (A) mediocre
* t+ I( ^; l$ Q5 D% A8 F9 D) o2 M (B) outmoded
8 N5 U( E* q, l6 C" J. J: B (C) superficial- |9 ^/ T9 i4 a3 A* A% W* `0 [5 |
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262. John Keats, Dylan Thomas, Arthur Rimbaud-all these were poets who had to be poets, whom no one or nothing short of death could have ________ their courses.# V6 Z7 {( r' r( j h# z
(A) confirmed in
$ m9 E& L1 l6 R0 i( r9 f (B) derailed from
6 o/ J7 t5 ?# U9 G, H" ^3 N2 _+ K (C) lauded for
4 b2 G" E3 p# T- O) B8 y (D) interested in# Q) _# H9 y0 \( X
(E) convinced of
) m( x0 }: [# v4 V; R 263. Just as all roads once led to Rome, all blood vessels in the human body ultimately ________ the heart." w7 }6 \ m, w8 ]1 f* h
(A) detour around" M3 }. ^9 q B( J, A5 M( H
(B) shut off# d, c& w5 q" E' G
(C) empty into
2 g# `6 K2 ]9 ?) f' j5 w (D) look after
" ^$ E3 R O1 o, o" T- ^+ \ (E) beat back
& @& J j$ W4 g, o 264. Just as an ________ dish lacks flavor, an inane remark lacks ________ ." f) ^( l+ @) ^
(A) intriguing ... spice
. i1 u2 {$ d' `2 G (B) insipid ... sense
: S' v& w( ]' E (C) inedible ... listeners. E- K0 l+ K `3 i6 |! v
(D) occasional ... implications
' U: A% _7 M1 N1 O (E) offensive ... taste
8 c$ l. k! o( l- k, v& g& F" b 265. Just as an orchestra cannot consist only of violins, a society cannot consist only of managers, for society is an ________ in which different parts have different ________ .
. l& O& B4 n) K/ H6 M (A) anarchy ... powers. C5 o7 S5 i1 o, K* |7 Q
(B) edifice ... complaints
N! c2 ^ h+ G2 k" C% P/ B5 }6 r (C) organism ... functions4 `5 P7 j2 a( w& p: ]
(D) institution ... results
+ L( U& r( f- h' B" f+ C (E) urbanity ... ambitions
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