1. When people are happy, they tend to give ________ interpretations of events they witness: the eye of the beholder is ________ by the emotions of the beholder. ) T B0 \1 o% K, f0 f- w! a/ \
(A) charitable ... colored
6 h4 {; `' C& v (B) elaborate ... disquieted / k! H7 g* g/ E4 _5 J
(C) conscientious ... deceived * _6 e7 ?7 t2 h" [# I3 H+ U! o% Y3 T
(D) vague ... sharpened ( b1 |! O* z' s4 I' Q. j* m' v% E
(E) coherent ... confused ) H* @- I& ^6 T- n
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2. Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias, were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century, when ________ was valued much more highly than it is today.
4 K) V y; T& \/ s1 t5 B6 A (A) scent
& y6 s% k0 j' j* \$ u (B) beauty # p- p: H |3 q* ?" m
(C) elegance
" F# M0 [% b" ^; i) k0 F2 S (D) color
8 E( K8 k$ U( S( ~$ c: ^1 g# y3 V (E) variety
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3. In eighth-century Japan, people who ________ wasteland were rewarded with official ranks as part of an effort to overcome the shortage of ________ fields. i f6 [7 Z- x% E
(A) conserved ... forested : S# U8 ?: l" F7 L. G, _: P
(B) reclaimed ... arable 1 q% j x; F/ D3 Y. N
(C) cultivated ... domestic 0 y( @* Y; \) V( \! C
(D) irrigated ... accessible * E/ _" e2 U4 V, q' {& s
(E) located ... desirable
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4. Walpole’s art collection was huge and fascinating, and his novel The Castle of Otranto was never out of print; none of this mattered to the Victorians, who ________ him as, at best, ________. ' h# z1 T Y U) Y! m
(A) dismissed ... insignificant
) `$ x) E5 N* _8 @, a; n (B) judged ... worthwhile & Q6 f, c' _' m: j0 q! J. M
(C) revered ... talented
% R( z/ T( e, r- r( l3 D T! L (D) reviled ... meager ( ^' v3 H5 C- Y T: X1 [+ b/ v4 F: S
(E) taunted ... dangerous 0 Y' \+ q, v- b
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5. Considering how long she had yearned to see Italy, her first reaction was curiously ________.
* H7 C; a7 n0 V# e* p1 v% p. ` (A) meditative
/ t- M" Z. Z j (B) tepid 7 P. R# u- M0 f1 X! {* r, a9 p7 H
(C) categorical
. H# P) w1 n/ V" S (D) unoriginal 8 S5 R. o/ }/ \% }) J3 Y
(E) insightful 0 I: V; y' Z" o8 o) F% ~1 B1 j
1 u7 `8 W a; P+ E4 T4 G0 x6. Noting the murder victim’s flaccid musculature and pearlike figure, she deduced that the unfortunate fellow had earned his living in some ________ occupation.
7 \2 U/ o3 P1 @9 F5 E (A) treacherous ' c% V0 o6 d/ |) l
(B) prestigious
; \8 ]: E( i( u! n. l" i8 r (C) ill-paying & h/ e- [$ C* `3 C( @1 j
(D) illegitimate % D1 w3 }; ^3 t$ j+ x+ S- X6 `$ W
(E) sedentary |
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