431. The low-cost apartment buildings, new and well managed, are ________ to those accustomed to living in tenements ________ by shady characters.
. r6 n1 Y) F& |5 s* j (A) a boon … haunted
! A4 t o) p! t0 d& f3 k (B) a specter … inhabited 4 A* E* {& \5 |6 z0 k' [0 M, J
(C) an exodus … frequented 6 I0 T }) Q( m! N- M" X" c
(D) an example … viewed
3 r5 w9 P% J/ J5 Z3 J+ l' e (E) a surprise … approached 6 C2 u( M: n; V5 `* {. g
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432. The marketers’ ________ in donating the new basketball backboards to the school system are not solely ________ ; they plan to sell advertising space on the backboards. turning them into miniature billboards.
# K$ _: q' n& [ (A) losses ... obvious ) }8 b4 g/ V6 P+ Q5 j! a
(B) expectations ... peculiar
6 B+ A4 M4 c& W c, _; \! P E (C) aims ... mercenary
a7 V/ Y( s/ X% b* y, [. s* I (D) reasons ... sensitive # z- P7 ?2 ]7 R7 ?3 x+ k
(E) motivations ... philanthropic
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: G+ A3 v( c! [1 W5 l$ f433. The mayor and school superintendent let their dispute over budget cuts ________ to ugly and destructive proportions.
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(B) automate 5 E3 t8 N0 r; k+ T7 o( q; j
(C) stagnate
+ D, W; h$ B3 K! y (D) condense
7 a8 \; I/ m. j/ T (E) dwindle
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) U, l$ G3 O( H' M" q4 D: u& C434. The members of the Better Government League vowed to ________ all traces of ________ between criminals and politicians. : t3 a+ } Q1 q, ?
(A) exterminate ... controversy % _* J7 n) l4 C/ l4 Z4 T: U: b
(B) instigate ... contact - [: p4 A6 S3 T7 T! {- l
(C) abhor ... animosity ( b! F6 c! T0 c7 I5 A7 ]
(D) eradicate ... collusion & x: T4 A4 C. q0 f% T6 X
(E) impound ... ties 4 q' O$ b3 f* X; s* @' }( G
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435. The moon was hidden and the night had grown very dark; she had to ________ to see. ( d q0 q, `- A1 q: M1 Y
(A) blink ( z; _% w- f5 V: ?4 S5 e) b( j$ u
(B) strain
8 }: p" o: V. C (C) mask $ v$ l) N5 {. \6 W: E3 V
(D) remember ' W7 b5 G' ^5 t+ y* [0 O$ I
(E) reflect 8 d+ \# ^+ B7 P! z$ p
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