1. Created to serve as perfectly as possible their workaday----, the wooden storage boxes made in America's Shaker communities are now----for
) H3 h- {. A( E: N7 Q# H8 j; o, ctheir beauty.
1 ^% j0 k2 P* Y* M9 a' [3 k* y(A) environment.. accepted
; m: ^# O) R" @: _( t(B) owners.. employed* r$ s9 N V }% s" H
(C) function.. valued5 o, b( o: J6 T& J
(D) reality.. transformed" _* h1 P) J0 t- {) D7 T
(E) image.. seen- o# U F2 W) I& s& x9 ?8 o
2. In order to----her theory that the reactions are ----, the scientist conducted many experiments, all of which showed that the heat of the first reaction is more than twice that of the second.+ q3 f! I) C& l, w
(A) support.. different ! B9 A) v& v7 y ? H
(B) comprehend.. constant
9 U% ^+ c, L4 [' d9 J, E5 q3 h(C) evaluate.. concentrated
3 n. B' z& P1 b(D) capture.. valuable( ]2 S, g, X7 `4 C, ?. S5 u: T
(E) demonstrate.. problematic
7 Z/ ~3 S+ ^+ a2 a; f1 L/ v7 |. Z3. The sheer bulk of data from the mass media seems to overpower us and drive us to----accounts for an easily and readily digestible portion of news.
- w# b, x9 C r5 j: a5 X(A) insular
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(C) synoptic
# `" i% z, y/ `8 J6 b(D) subjective
1 a( G9 P7 z3 A. h2 c(E) sensational& J) {0 k% x W5 M6 v
4. William James lacked the usual----death; writing to his dying father, he spoke without----about the old man's impending death.
( ?' O; k! c0 o: N(A) longing for.. regret
" P; X8 x' j4 s) |6 ?7 |(B) awe of.. inhibition
- z& @6 S' f ^; M9 u% m(C) curiosity about.. rancor8 S& C; K' b2 L! c9 {1 l: z0 f3 g
(D) apprehension of.. eloquence% G0 `! G( O, z( h! C5 {. {8 C- v
(E) anticipation of.. commiseration
) A. `# L1 Y' _- v! u1 {; k- }" d5. Current data suggest that, although----states between fear and aggression exist, fear and aggression are as distinct physiologically as they are psychologically.
+ c" A( V3 B4 {& a4 p# R0 g7 Y# e(A) simultaneous; G. X* s7 Q$ A* Y
(B) serious
: G( _% B( f0 Z8 v- r+ W2 l(C) exceptional
1 r8 z* J) Z- P5 l(D) partial4 w2 D7 | R. ~
(E) transitional
1 L r5 T. `* y! e# C' |6. Famous among job seekers for its----, the company, quite apart from generous salaries, bestowed on its executives annual bonuses and such----as low-interest home mortgages and company cars.$ O$ k, O2 u, w3 }; q) M
(A) magnanimity.. reparations, \& P6 F( p& b0 `2 n
(B) inventiveness.. benefits
) p0 b6 w8 E( K0 X(C) largesse.. perquisites6 V+ y4 v7 ~0 N+ c; g
(D) discernment.. prerogatives4 p9 L( R6 R9 W6 H* ~* L* s6 x
(E) altruism.. credits
9 Z, p9 z% g! p/ t7. There are no solitary, free-living creatures; every form of life is----other forms.& C" e( R) v( q5 l* J
(A) segregated from
' x1 W; R5 U% [(B) parallel to
' {+ M& }: p* x3 t/ Z(C) dependent on + N! z! O5 P6 F" s
(D) overshadowed by
* A. R8 a* ~" F(E) mimicked by
* D( v- D u% R) G8 K8. 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.9 @. }3 L) x9 i/ j- y. v7 l9 J
(A) negligence.. fortify 2 \- `- r2 @: N+ d( B& W, ^0 ^( d
(B) custom.. maintain
/ ? r, g9 a/ d _% D: h3 K(C) convenience.. stabilize* Y, b a1 Y+ H' {9 M
(D) expediency.. defend7 {8 F1 t2 C3 c- E
(E) exigency.. reinforce/ C6 u% j0 B5 j$ j* i
9. While not completely nonplussed by the usually caustic responses from members of the audience, the speaker was nonetheless visibly----by their lively criticism.
; { q" O- m3 Z4 w; o(A) humiliated
8 E9 @* S+ b1 |(B) discomfited) j8 U6 K+ v) f, t) I
(C) deluded
/ p8 I- K* H9 e9 n$ u3 ~(D) disgraced
m. N, B$ L( X- q4 M2 {+ _/ Z(E) tantalized
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10. In eighth-century Japan, people who---- wasteland were rewarded with official ranks as part of an effort to overcome the shortage of----fields.
0 {" J! k/ ~5 q8 B(A) conserved.. forested
3 I1 e' G+ ] w% v) x) P- |(B) reclaimed.. arable
. c. f% Y- L( }. J/ `9 _! f3 |(C) cultivated.. domestic& ]" ]# f8 |# f0 A8 `1 @2 x
(D) irrigated.. accessible5 i- q) ?8 u* r V. B8 }/ r3 k5 I
(E) located.. desirable |