196. The acute, growing public awareness of the social changes that had been taking place for some time was tied to tremendous growth in popular journalism in the late nineteenth century, including growth in quantity and circulation of both magazines and newspapers.
3 U: ~+ q6 X! [6 R) B: hThe word "acute" is closest in meaning to which of following?: W4 H) E7 D) O7 {' @$ r
(A) useful) V( M! R& Z. w
(B) intense' {- w5 B Z6 R1 d( x& j
(C) genuine/ j% Q8 r% R- H9 X7 N# e
(D) controversial( S( q9 I. x$ [7 C
: ?7 {1 Z/ k! B$ |( ]197. Furthermore, the introduction in 1890 of the first successful linotype machine promised even further growth. In 1872 only two daily newspapers could claim a circulation of over 100,000, but by 1892 seven more newspapers exceeded that figure. A world beyond the immediate community was rapidly becoming visible.
9 z t9 k. ]! tThe word "exceeded" is closest in meaning to which of following?
7 z$ P3 w9 D8 H/ l4 ^9 n7 G+ L(A) controlled& B8 `9 e j. W: x- ]
(B) surpassed) Q* I7 j; W4 f! l6 I
(C) affected; W8 E3 \1 O% w: G4 } U. ^
(D) equaled3 k& ^8 _% z; T# X$ \7 L
- {& w/ g2 }* w0 p7 ^! B198. Magazines as they are known today began publication around 1882, and, in fact, the circulation of weekly magazines exceeded that of newspapers in the period which followed. By 1892, for example, the circulation of the Ladies' Home Journal had reached an astounding 700,000.7 G: I; ^& y2 |" ]0 p
The word "astounding" is closest in meaning to which of following?
0 j! [! z% I5 i# S(A) surprising1 g8 }- ~ u; B# J; f; R* j
(B) estimated
4 v, f& H( u# y- @$ T(C) encouraging
3 w( v; q0 {$ k& p! b1 J. T(D) sudden2 W& E& [+ i4 I: ?; B) H
2 _* a. `& ~9 S% y199. It is lightweight, impermeable to liquids, readily cleaned and reused, durable yet fragile, and often very beautiful.
% u: X4 ~! a0 {5 m9 w: ^' rThe word "durable" is closest in meaning to which of following?
# d7 P9 Q9 W$ N(A) lasting
6 A9 q8 z: A" |6 i% Y(B) delicate$ G& l j5 x( M; ^, ?; U) l6 N0 {, ^
(C) heavy
( d7 [ g! Y$ ~$ C(D) plain* `9 S) j* A2 }8 ~* Y6 X
9 Y, I8 B9 N* ^/ d: V) A200. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarily associated with that process.
" ^) u6 c, K- e" R) D$ r" o0 A' uThe word "customarily" is closest in meaning to which of following?% M3 N2 `* n* ~, j. f- o
(A) naturally. V0 q5 b: ^- h5 Q0 s0 X; j* m( H
(B) necessarily
- z4 n i+ K+ {$ d- W(C) usually
7 d8 Q: R5 U; H7 l(D) certainly+ C; E. g9 X( i7 C" S: @3 y
196 B
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198 A" D) f8 d! c7 g( t5 J9 U0 c3 H0 G
199 A
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