1. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural ________ doing so. . m, R/ e) `7 x' z8 P7 L
(A) aptitude for
9 f! S% p1 G* z (B) repugnance to
, h2 f5 K: r1 N6 ^ (C) interest in " A& J2 ?' Q5 o$ y0 s; b
(D) ignorance of
0 B) b. X8 x( g6 N) L (E) reaction after
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0 f& ]9 P! M% {# x5 f7 B2 [( L2. The primary criterion for ________ a school is its recent performance: critics are ________ to extend credit for earlier victories.
9 a( W& `* M9 }: j4 z+ M (A) evaluating ... prone * }8 V+ i& ]# p2 o4 a2 n
(B) investigating ... hesitant
' w* i5 ^3 G/ T# M; T9 ~$ L (C) judging ... reluctant - l2 L# H: F1 W5 s9 B
(D) improving ... eager 9 D8 i6 ?. \4 ]2 C; @
(E) administering ... persuaded
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# v9 L" I# Q7 j- G0 N3 K3. William James lacked the usual ________ death; writing to his dying father, he spoke without ________ about the old man’s impending death.
; f, R, Q; n7 n+ o+ ~ (A) longing for ... regret
' H$ w. J. ?) u (B) awe of ... inhibition
) B+ ]" F, Z5 t) @( z8 ]0 ` (C) curiosity about ... rancor
7 v+ d1 E. k# ` (D) apprehension of ... eloquence ; Y/ \% O+ Q' p$ S) n/ T) j
(E) anticipation of ... commiseration b- D7 c0 s) t: \( `2 ]' C
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4. Physicists rejected the innovative experimental technique because, although it ________ some problems, it also produced new ________. , g* f: T1 s. i% m3 w) k/ b
(A) clarified ... data % A8 U U" E* o& s
(B) eased ... interpretations
3 t5 i" ?0 G4 l2 u: n9 l (C) resolved ... complications
) ^' J" Q+ j, y' Y! w- } (D) caused ... hypotheses 4 Z1 x. S4 f) z6 u7 b9 r
(E) revealed ... inconsistencies
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' y5 O- F. I" H5. 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. 4 P h/ \6 l" J! u
(A) implicit ... extend & v' t- ?6 q7 E5 e
(B) ambiguous ... apply * G# u! d- w: b
(C) prevented ... uphold 9 g- ~3 F, E1 |2 \$ H1 `
(D) assumed ... examine
0 F, n+ `( R0 O9 F/ z (E) impaired ... sacrifice / ?+ N. Y4 v( k" K8 G! S
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6. This final essay, its prevailing kindliness ________ by occasional flashes of savage irony, bespeaks the ________ character of the author.
' o+ {* ]! R3 j3 h5 h* ] (A) illuminated ... imperturbable
5 I9 L7 Q" E7 L* S (B) marred ... dichotomous
- U1 e4 e- {" }2 C1 P5 N' e (C) untainted ... vindictive
4 ?3 n, d+ @: ~ D) n (D) exemplified ... chivalrous : U$ N4 A4 Q) p: W# A& Q! ^0 v
(E) diluted ... ruthless 1 t7 d' }; t% X. \3 @
" s7 z$ [) c" S5 u3 H' w: ?0 y. n7. 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. " ]) v' J$ t6 ?1 W! F1 I
(A) a complicated
3 r5 R% h8 C4 k5 L (B) a convoluted
4 W3 e: J( ?( K; T- p( N (C) a distorted 6 t' C+ w7 [8 i5 {! n$ T& |$ N
(D) an amorphous
2 I" Y% V3 U% A3 m8 M# d% V (E) an illusory |