306. No matter how ________ the revelations of the coming years may be, they will be hard put to match those of the past decade, which have ________ transformed our view of the emergence of Mayan civilization. * ~: F5 l% `: w
(A) minor ... dramatically ' z( m. i. S3 ~
(B) profound ... negligibly 7 t8 j1 |1 c. C. h" D8 {. Z" {2 e
(C) striking ... radically : d- _' c6 A. N) j' S
(D) bizarre ... nominally 1 G2 y9 S* h; P9 U
(E) questionable ... possibly - \. z1 f! L* Z- m3 Z3 I3 m
9 m+ w% p. O. ]6 Y/ a1 H307. No real life hero of ancient or modern days can surpass James Bond with his nonchalant ________ of death and the ________ with which he bears torture.
6 c9 E/ f& c1 ?. V6 m; _* o! s (A) contempt ... distress 6 {4 x1 o3 |& R3 v5 l
(B) disregard ... fortitude 1 ?' u+ w& @# ?
(C) veneration ... guile ( r0 k; U, d, }/ v% X* F
(D) concept ... terror
* F) `" f/ o" t/ d, s6 P (E) ignorance ... fickleness - P5 j+ V$ X; z& a, e3 g* Y
9 s7 ^7 Y2 U" d; X5 h308. No summary of the behavior of animals toward reflected images is given, but not much else that is ________ seems missing from this comprehensive yet compact study of mirrors and mankind.
]6 V; k# M9 r o9 z4 J: H% j0 i8 o (A) redundant , x+ ]; N, M# d9 d; W
(B) contemplative
" h. {$ E3 k. u/ g' q, s) V: } (C) relevant 9 f t8 G' e" {
(D) peripheral
9 Z1 r" Z- x& A (E) disputable " v+ Z0 Z9 g3 `! z% g! }; V
" @- e7 e8 E6 f' r7 S309. Now better known for its racetrack, Saratoga Springs first gained attention for the ________ qualities of its famous "healing waters." . o" x4 H0 j: A5 x! N3 a
(A) diagnostic 1 c) n( ^! N L1 _2 M. j+ q8 h
(B) commercial
1 j, k, l! p# O2 R7 k& d, J( a P+ { (C) therapeutic & u" r h8 w8 [( H7 P9 p
(D) overlooked & N$ e. W3 h, U/ p3 N1 n' \+ N
(E) experimental
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310. Nowadays life models`—men and women who pose in the nude for artists—seem curiously ________ , relics of a bygone age when art students labored amid skeletons and anatomical charts, learning to draw the human body as painstakingly as medical students learn to ________ it. ( N" m7 B/ U& Z$ c b3 H
(A) anachronistic ... sketch
) U% o2 D( c+ ` (B) archaic ... dissect 4 F% \6 J) a' v0 U7 R: o3 J
(C) contemporary ... diagnose 6 r. G6 y k1 T% e
(D) stereotyped ... examine
% Y8 ^) c$ r3 I- N5 c (E) daring ... cure |