1. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural ________ doing so. ' V9 d! t$ V( u8 p7 Q! _
(A) aptitude for
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(D) ignorance of 0 S- r* D4 _- P; C3 C3 S0 W i
(E) reaction after
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0 l$ M( F* T1 m- ?. }' A4 r9 b0 n2. The primary criterion for ________ a school is its recent performance: critics are ________ to extend credit for earlier victories. U4 L0 V; y; A0 m n
(A) evaluating ... prone , T5 \3 T' h6 F, m, |" R" f6 _
(B) investigating ... hesitant 8 l, Z$ ~% z1 W, r9 N0 D
(C) judging ... reluctant
7 z. H1 o0 Q6 a3 R) |! M (D) improving ... eager / i ?% M9 g& t+ F6 N9 @8 \/ W1 Y+ [
(E) administering ... persuaded
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4 `: [& V& J; o3. William James lacked the usual ________ death; writing to his dying father, he spoke without ________ about the old man’s impending death. % t9 d W E: b0 b, R4 V
(A) longing for ... regret 6 V! j5 `, D7 a! Q
(B) awe of ... inhibition 6 k `, C+ z+ a- j/ j/ ?4 _& Z
(C) curiosity about ... rancor + `; q2 p/ e3 y8 ]: Z! p
(D) apprehension of ... eloquence
W1 P0 z* [7 Z+ j" D (E) anticipation of ... commiseration
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1 N/ T1 ~3 U& B8 A9 E* T4. Physicists rejected the innovative experimental technique because, although it ________ some problems, it also produced new ________. / C3 ]' m1 Y9 k+ l- F$ k- M' L
(A) clarified ... data 4 E" x# X2 h& o3 G% B* z9 N& o
(B) eased ... interpretations - [: h5 \0 \: p2 ]" v
(C) resolved ... complications % E' p/ I6 ~6 n- a
(D) caused ... hypotheses
6 N9 X) F" y# ?# ] (E) revealed ... inconsistencies
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) H1 ~% ~, S3 P9 q5. Without the psychiatrist’s promise of confidentiality, trust is ________ and the patient’s communication limited; even though confidentiality can thus be seen to be precious in therapy, moral responsibility sometimes requires a willingness to ________ it.
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" K( z u, o1 A: ]4 W6 W (B) ambiguous ... apply
: T. O. J( |5 b' n (C) prevented ... uphold 8 x: ], ]7 t) H$ N
(D) assumed ... examine % P. q1 Z, f3 b' h. k
(E) impaired ... sacrifice * N2 z: Y4 x) ~8 B) u7 f6 A) k
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6. This final essay, its prevailing kindliness ________ by occasional flashes of savage irony, bespeaks the ________ character of the author.
0 Y! o: G: S" o8 { I5 D1 U (A) illuminated ... imperturbable , p& m Y; V" v8 J- J9 J0 X
(B) marred ... dichotomous u- V& n8 q# S% [/ ~3 |
(C) untainted ... vindictive ; M E5 Y' t# k, p8 t; l* k
(D) exemplified ... chivalrous ; P0 \; O3 B0 s7 p
(E) diluted ... ruthless
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5 a9 r! c8 V2 w3 a7. just as such apparently basic things as rocks, clouds, and clams are, in fact, intricately structured entities, so the self, too, is not an "elementary particle," but is ________ construction. ) P$ @, Y, }- _! X' z$ z5 p; i
(A) a complicated
2 O( w, S [2 E" n, ] (B) a convoluted
1 i% S8 |1 P* R" x5 B8 U! y, j; p2 n (C) a distorted ) H$ U T8 D9 B6 I8 t. R, q) o6 b4 E0 a4 ]
(D) an amorphous ' x- r. V0 v1 Y8 v$ `
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