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.
# B* {! w: \$ J9 Q (A) awe-inspiring ... restrained
& o% m+ V. ^. I (B) gaseous ... confirmed ' {0 N8 B5 s/ p, v% F$ Q
(C) explosive ... belied
i Q3 g$ P2 I( I1 z2 x6 U (D) familiar ... moderated
# g6 i* r9 w# {1 @9 w. T (E) volatile ... suggested 8 F5 H3 T( X s }; U$ c0 T' M
& x u4 ]* v/ \' [) B2. 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. . q% b, X. R) b! o: e8 V# O* @' [
(A) delicately ... vocational
8 K6 b, d) t7 A& e$ {8 |/ { (B) colorfully ... festive
x e S. a8 B ~ (C) creatively ... religious ( T5 I0 P3 o: f* ~8 c
(D) subtly ... commercial
' ^0 Q. f' B- B( Z" t (E) lavishly ... everyday + m! W( f7 v0 h9 J
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3. 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.
* o. I# C9 f' \ (A) disregard ... outgrowths 4 t1 |: U0 U4 Q) K# v
(B) reaffirmation ... concerns
1 s4 W1 e9 E+ ?4 ~9 c' s3 ^" i (C) relevance ... precursors % ]; ~0 [4 n, B
(D) acceptance ... byproducts
8 l3 m" a5 f! M! T; F (E) importance ... vestiges , C6 P: [. y+ x0 s$ F* Z
8 c6 s. u( I, s& K8 |4. 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. 2 J5 V8 I$ x5 {( g3 t
(A) justified ... diffusing
4 M( S) n1 w6 ?7 h$ U" G( s' r (B) accomplished ... tracking 2 P9 b( P* l! v9 x3 s
(C) conceived ... concealing 5 g& y N$ S' e+ j2 l$ _# U" r
(D) explained ... isolating / S$ o; f$ _$ [! m7 g0 r
(E) approached ... eliminating
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# B" L7 \6 \; e1 c7 s7 T5. 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. $ V5 w! H4 P$ f' V, ?9 J1 G! y( W
(A) adapt ... pressing , F" J( M3 l9 D/ @" s
(B) dismiss ... relevant
* l2 ?$ T8 K" _1 c (C) rediscover ... unconventional . t, U8 K$ S% m1 ?/ X
(D) admire ... elusive
; T' T" G e! G4 e7 d (E) appreciate ... interesting : ~+ Z5 ]3 C [& e3 s
3 I" a" m; ^" e$ s3 ]( b* x6. Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable ________ through a complex network of producers and consumers. % B8 [$ l) ~. C5 s0 f- v
(A) commodities
5 Y( D) [+ ]# n4 j: J1 w (B) dividends 5 b9 D' V8 |2 u Q! a" m. r* `: Y" `
(C) communications 0 o( Q# B2 O8 M
(D) nutrients 2 m1 w, G5 ?2 v# u$ V1 K+ j
(E) artifacts 8 o. I! J+ W. o5 f- O
6 y3 e3 H) Z! }. s b& }3 H5 z* 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 ________. 8 ?% E3 o2 P3 k K( t: K2 @
(A) ornamental ... subtle 0 X5 u8 \3 d( J$ v" i3 x
(B) unidimensional ... unintelligible
' q v ]( p' y (C) symbolic ... complex # W% ^1 a4 r& f
(D) literal ... allusive
: G" g* T9 }" W3 [" l. K Z9 S (E) subjective ... metaphorical |
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