Exercise Twelve
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; u8 p# | F5 X }1. Having no sense of moral obligation, Shipler was as little subject to the ________ of conscience after he acted as he was motivated by its ________ before he acted. 0 {3 W2 R: x0 L0 ]9 N
(A) rewards ... chastisement 4 `" A' S, _/ A
(B) balm ... eloquence
7 X2 j5 M: i1 Z2 }; k (C) reproaches ... promptings # `! o; s# c3 R8 h/ }0 h7 d$ W
(D) ridicule ... allure / x. r: A0 h. ?9 G
(E) qualms ... atonement 3 u; h0 Y1 W+ r/ t; q
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2. Even those who disagreed with Carmen’s views rarely faulted her for expressing them, for the positions she took were as ________ as they were controversial. " f7 _0 t& M* `
(A) complicated
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6 z5 m% ]7 D1 w (C) subjective
2 B5 b* u; P8 O& A (D) commonplace % f/ Z! z' O9 W: f
(E) thoughtful
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+ U( |+ \8 n& I: e6 @3. The First World War began in a context of jargon and verbal delicacy and continued in a cloud of ________ as ________ as language and literature, skillfully used, could make it. 5 I8 {* ^ }! @0 \$ ]
(A) circumlocution ... literal
0 M) U0 ?) _6 r& d (B) cliche ... lucid
9 }8 F5 R \" U& c/ l (C) euphemism ... impenetrable $ Z4 l# [# W+ w) S# @
(D) particularity ... deliberate & u, `3 C8 X; _4 o9 s
(E) subjectivity ... enthralling
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4. As long as nations cannot themselves accumulate enough physical power to dominate all others, they must depend on ________.
8 X( x* m! B0 p! J (A) allies 8 q6 _8 _9 q# p! a+ I- n2 r& `2 A
(B) resources ( c6 X# g+ q# i4 N. L8 |
(C) freedom # q, y Y$ e" Q6 ?8 q7 v
(D) education
+ j) U1 q/ P6 S1 u6 r (E) self-determination
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5. As serious as she is about the bullfight, she does not allow respect to ________ her sense of whimsy when painting it.
; I- W* ^# B. J! h! T (A) inspire
1 r+ i& R+ z2 S (B) provoke ) p2 w' ?. _2 o& y9 y
(C) suppress 1 t" }+ O8 s& ?# {0 {1 U4 V) d7 d
(D) attack ; u% y8 \# D0 k) G# @
(E) satisfy
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6. After a slow sales start early in the year, mobile homes have been gaining favor as ________ to increasingly expensive conventional housing.
# O- ^7 I; _/ h (A) reaction " b, p) s: p2 q/ _. ~5 E4 @, [, E
(B) an addition
7 Z6 i3 c( A K' R' V" E8 E9 e (C) an introduction + z c( h w \: h6 t' C
(D) an alternative
- A3 r9 S% r( T& P7 _! R8 B( m (E) a challenge * U5 M3 k& u( Q3 ^0 l1 n+ M9 d
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7. The sale of Alaska was not so much an American coup as a matter of ________ for an imperial Russia that was short of cash and unable to ________ its own continental coastline.
8 o3 F+ ]% \. k2 A& w! y4 U$ O (A) negligence ... fortify 1 F7 T2 l4 q( p# y
(B) custom ... maintain
! S! ]3 _0 x. L- o (C) convenience ... stabalize 4 k! j T! N, b( f9 F& l! t) a! q
(D) expediency ... defend
3 X) l& N! L" r. J) y3 o; u+ x (E) exigency ... reinforce |
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