136. In the same year, in San Francisco, California, only 2,000 units were built. San Francisco has only a 1. 6 percent vacancy rate but stringent rent control laws.7 ~+ Y6 R& A4 `
The word "stringent" is closest in meaning to which of following?( X0 M& y# C6 y- R4 e
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4 V" H1 v4 H+ q: {137. For example, sometimes the shape or veining in a piece of stone or wood suggests, perhaps even dictates, not only the ultimate form, but even the subject matter.
& S# V; Q0 U: {. D* LThe word "dictates" is closest in meaning to which of following?
5 r. Q& a: G- o* z) i! \5 @. D(A) reads aloud5 J) t B/ }+ [: Q6 h
(B) determines
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138. In 1905 he was sent to Paris as an apprentice to an art dealer, and in the years that followed he witnessed the birth of Cubism, discovered primitive art, and learned the techniques of woodcarving from a frame maker.
* R* h; b7 R' ~$ P7 _3 W9 B) B/ VThe word "witnessed" is closest in meaning to which of following?) w( u) S' L( S2 a7 O2 v+ L
(A) influenced+ n( H$ R" M7 D' Z& W
(B) studied
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(D) observed6 t' v) y9 g6 }) S3 H0 M
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139. The plank's form dictated the rigidly frontal view and the low relief. Even its irregular shape must have appealed to Laurent as a break with a long-standing tradition that required a sculptor to work within a perfect rectangle or square.
6 U- r* ~! G+ Q/ @( Q, |The phrase "a break with" is closest in meaning to which of following? t# F6 z% L8 E
(A) a destruction of3 a& o5 F+ G" E9 T) k
(B) a departure from
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& [+ K& u7 o, c; ` a140. In winter especially, it is important for birds to keep warm at night and conserve precious food reserves.
+ }* v8 E" b9 JThe word "conserve" is closest in meaning to which of following?
+ c7 ^0 _/ M, W(A) retain
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(C) locate
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136 B
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139 B
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