436. The most consistent qualities of Forster’s novels are the human isolation and passivity in them; his principal characters stand slightly apart and ________ , but rarely ________ .
$ \( o0 S7 W& u8 | (A) sneer ... collapse
3 Q4 V( a) U; ]9 x0 D) u7 A" _0 b. U (B) interact ... adapt
, q# ?# T5 F+ r; X" }1 a6 [ (C) mourn ... recollect
- ?& L3 J& ~ C0 g/ i (D) observe ... act 4 w( `( j# F9 E/ O4 l5 b
(E) domineer ... participate 6 |: F9 h, ^6 z5 K" L H' N- Y' Z
437. The most crucial issue for wildlife in this arid land is unimpeded ________ water. % R$ ~6 _* s |& N+ }) O3 e! q$ C/ r
(A) passage through 1 J" y2 C+ K: q# z5 X
(B) freedom from
1 ^& O, u" b2 \2 P5 p; k, x( c (C) access to 3 W8 Y# f6 \ y2 W e
(D) saturation in
- Q- t) g f5 U- z' o (E) overflow of
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9 I! ]/ J2 D2 ^6 o: ]438. The museum administration appears to be singularly ________ the comforts of its employees, providing an employee health club, a lending library, and a part-time social worker to help staff members with financial or domestic problems.
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: S* w7 R3 D+ _3 @: }" U (C) attentive to # y9 J4 @# V [" {
(D) exploited by 9 I# {0 V5 f7 u; T* S X. Q9 L
(E) uninvolved in - I0 b B3 @0 t* I$ ?
/ S: }( w( p) f! _# D439. The museum arranged the fossils in ________ order, placing the older fossils dating from the Late Ice Age on the first floor and the more recent fossils on the second floor. ) E' t2 G% M; E! a: R& X) B
(A) alphabetical 7 K, J: O V# R+ v* H
(B) chronological
9 `0 m5 v4 P$ M# ] (C) random
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(E) retrospective - r% V& M5 \ Z" ^
* u; a; O, H, `. k5 G440. The new dance troupe’s gravest problem, one that mars the current production, is a desire for correctness and technical accuracy that ________ both energy and technical accuracy that ________ both energy and musical response. + P3 U# {+ n) V( k' e2 p \
(A) enhances 0 M; c( @* A* [. P1 N
(B) stifles
9 E( m3 V9 N. q$ m (C) transforms 4 U) r5 s4 \' V$ ~( S
(D) reflects
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