1. Because its average annual rainfall is only about
$ w4 k6 G3 g$ W4 hfour inches, one of the major tasks faced by the
' p+ F0 ?$ d: t, d ucountry has been to find ----sources of water.
' i1 W6 i: F U; v9 } (A) discontinuous
5 [% a4 s$ P0 }7 L: t* t; w (B) natural
5 A, Q9 r) Y7 F; e# r (C) supplementary # p7 z0 ]4 Z9 l9 Y# x& r" U7 F
(D) pervasive
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2. Both television commercials and programs 4 \1 b- l8 R- r8 H, _
present ---- view of the material world, one - |& A# n9 \/ g0 _* A( c% f/ ^
which promotes a standard of living that most
1 F) U5 l$ o1 x0 y of us can probably not attain. 9 {5 a9 F8 `. |
(A) an unrealistic " ]( B4 T0 b' }6 f. n* g
(B) an imprudent
6 Z0 F$ i- E* c* p (C) a standardized + f* |& O* f1 r7 y0 d2 J
(D) a perplexing s& }4 g9 g7 x( f; A7 c+ a
(E) a banal ' n7 R0 `% E; h7 t1 E
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3. Although it is unusual to denounce museum-
$ g7 i0 c6 O( v goers for not painting, it is quite common, even
2 }* Z4 \3 E9 ?: k t, y0 @2 a for those. who are unenthusiastic about sports,
4 ?8 H5 ?1 ?4 @. B2 k6 }* Nto criticize---- for athletic----.
/ D/ a5 x1 S I' S4 k, b' Y (A) artists.. ignorance
5 i. a5 j! F' L) S# }7 a& U0 d* w (B) spectators.. inactivity ! }5 ?. `9 _" h- o8 b3 I
(C) athletes.. snobbery 6 b, O% T, T' ~2 b
(D) scholars.. apathy
) b. C- b) k @7 `7 T$ l3 h' Q% V# d* _ (E) commentators.. partiality
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( v; e3 m4 E) p3 K: J: e% U9 m4. Because the order in which the parts of speech 5 a% v# B) R- q8 h2 X2 n
appear in the sentences of a given language is
3 I3 V6 U) v" x( v decided merely by custom, it is---- to . L; g9 S9 `/ `* l \. Q
maintain that every departure from that order $ o9 ~2 ~0 |1 f# w5 ~" N/ q% ~
constitutes a ----of a natural law. ) u+ f! D7 s7 Y: B$ c" u
(A) traditional.. transformation ' ^8 u2 j2 T+ ]- `, W- C9 j1 X9 N
(B) conventional.. transgression 8 G9 ]9 a; [: Y: w2 {" ? ^
(C) necessary.. prototype
2 N8 Y3 I% h9 l. P) U( r1 m (D) unjustifiable.. violation . ]& V: V# q: p; J
(E) unreasonable.. formulation
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2 _! g4 R* ^! _- K) P, w. b! ^5 U Q5. Most people are shameless ---- where the very 3 e3 Q; N" J+ V& ^6 l& k
rich are concerned, ---- curious about how ; Q* D! I- r0 V" I. S, D
they get their money and how they spend it.
7 B& f( \1 W6 p/ |) x$ K/ E (A) prigs.. secretly 8 m$ N# P6 A, }& ^+ |% Z
(B) critics.. endlessly
: I: @' b! r7 C' L) N (C) voyeurs.. insatiably ; }( H2 X' c2 }" [5 R& u) `! Y
(D) exhibitionists.. blatantly & @; n- t( E+ |: f8 h
(E) ingrates.. selfishly
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