1. Although Mount Saint Helens has been more ________ during the last 4,500 years than any other volcano in the coterminous United States, its long dormancy before its recent eruption ________ its violent nature.
( d9 f' M+ A- D$ K* Y (A) awe-inspiring ... restrained
6 _& ^3 k% [- ~ (B) gaseous ... confirmed
+ Q2 I. R0 h1 n (C) explosive ... belied ; ]$ H q- v' y+ q0 W/ x% I: u
(D) familiar ... moderated
d) i5 M; N, \, D; O (E) volatile ... suggested . |$ ~) P: ~8 `" t% W0 R9 f
# u9 N4 U8 U: j9 K _2. In most Native American cultures, an article used in prayer or ritual is made with extraordinary attention to and richness of detail: it is decorated more ________ than a similar article intended for ________ use.
q1 G4 U, G/ @% S (A) delicately ... vocational
( A/ L: D8 p: N! n+ ] (B) colorfully ... festive / B3 J4 W+ Q" L' J! s8 X! I* E
(C) creatively ... religious $ z/ m1 X" `$ l( F
(D) subtly ... commercial
9 H, D8 v q1 ]1 b! T. d' F4 a. ] (E) lavishly ... everyday " s+ U* F4 q; t Y2 K, g
" R) m R. ?( Q; k$ ?0 l3. Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (1776) is still worth reading, more to appreciate the current ________ of Smith’s valid contributions to economics than to see those contributions as the ________ of present-day economics. * J9 J- |% v# K8 l5 e' e
(A) disregard ... outgrowths % C9 I/ `5 |8 L6 S9 {
(B) reaffirmation ... concerns
, C0 S( {0 p, ], q* W( | { (C) relevance ... precursors
5 d. H# H( [* v (D) acceptance ... byproducts + e3 \( O z2 W, l! d: z; q+ }
(E) importance ... vestiges
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8 I: X5 \6 c2 @% [% C' f4. The reduction of noise has been ________ in terms of ________ its sources, but the alternative of canceling noise out by adding sound with the opposite wave pattern may be more useful in practice. $ a' \6 p# x8 R
(A) justified ... diffusing
/ D; @' E8 M C& S* K1 L0 \3 u (B) accomplished ... tracking 6 c5 _8 r, @, M, o
(C) conceived ... concealing 7 f" l. q% a$ a( I( [6 Z
(D) explained ... isolating ( Q) t a: W0 W
(E) approached ... eliminating
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5. Hampshire’s assertions, far from showing that we can ________ the ancient puzzles about objectivity, reveal the issue to be even more ________ than we had thought. + O5 z c' N5 F# _
(A) adapt ... pressing 3 t- y: D1 V4 }1 O4 _9 s- [$ R3 s: g
(B) dismiss ... relevant 1 h# b( j, J7 g+ ~) h6 U. v
(C) rediscover ... unconventional + u9 a5 G3 U; M
(D) admire ... elusive - T3 d, X" ~5 m' y3 j3 n
(E) appreciate ... interesting $ N4 h& D- m- I2 M
: T3 H! K. U" M# ~" G* q2 G1 b6. Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable ________ through a complex network of producers and consumers. ! O0 @/ O5 K0 F: D7 i
(A) commodities 5 n3 K [/ o R9 |7 k9 {# L0 T5 t6 C
(B) dividends
* p$ t. Q# \9 p0 Q; J (C) communications
- R- O( W4 b5 f7 z0 g (D) nutrients
( J- S. _# j t9 P- t) g (E) artifacts 9 w2 U: E; T5 s7 D+ k
! u+ q/ l: k3 R$ {/ \) J) C' z1 e7. Although scientists claim that the seemingly ________ language of their reports is more precise than the figurative language of fiction, the language of science, like all language, is inherently ________.
& _9 u2 n2 ~0 s# J (A) ornamental ... subtle # H4 W6 L5 _* `# e) ~/ z) \0 a
(B) unidimensional ... unintelligible
" @- t7 f& ~. [7 Y# t (C) symbolic ... complex 0 _9 D+ X7 K0 v- w4 g: g: R
(D) literal ... allusive |
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