The downtown business district did not grow apace with the city as a whole, and the rapid transit system designed to link the center with outlying areas withered away from disuse.( ~6 i0 l' V$ w& w. u" P
The phrase "apace with" is closest in meaning to which of following?
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3 a9 c9 H/ ]% d6 j* r0 i! j( d6 a5 O(B) apart from$ h; [) I) i& U% k0 d
(C) as fast as0 F0 w) \4 i, d& X9 N' \ o
(D) at the middle of
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% _ ^, [4 i3 G( m: U. h After the 1870's, a number of important authors began to reject the romanticism that had prevailed immediately following the Civil War of 1861-1865 and turned instead to realism.
/ j5 c7 ]5 D# O2 p& |( c' QThe word "prevailed" is closest in meaning to which of following?
$ f+ Q5 h- C/ z- {0 o) C; j( F(A) dominated
8 j( L2 {4 E" M5 F& t, x(B) transformed
; ~+ z! G- v' W4 C3 c w(C) entered
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Realists such as Joel Chandler Harris and Ellen Glasgow depicted life in the South; Hamlin garland described life on the Great Plains; and Sarah Orne Jewett wrote about everyday life in rural New England." g- @; E6 G+ j% }
The word "depicted" in line11 is closest in meaning to which of following?
7 z; ~; K9 _8 [; c* z: g& U(A) emphasized
9 R. x9 ~, E0 k; W" A; B9 D(B) described
8 a& K; J8 E) u& V8 K- v9 g7 M(C) criticized
+ Q$ b k' A! e$ L( l' w4 R7 s(D) classified, X% s1 F" C: x0 L3 f
: u. P; l* I) D+ ]& G Theodore Dreiser, the foremost naturalist writer, in novels such as Sister Carrie, grimly portrayed a dark world in which human beings were tossed about by forces beyond their understanding or control.
( E/ b1 Q* P% F( a3 t4 v: KThe word "foremost" is closest in meaning to which of following?, \, n# r! z3 z- D p
(A) most difficult& h0 a H* c0 k
(B) interesting& m2 ]' [, Z$ F2 \- q: M }
(C) most focused1 }9 J6 f% S/ s+ Z
(D) leading
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- [" r) e. Z2 Q9 F# t5 O" e( w9 Z Even in this current era of large scale, intensive research and development, the interrelationships involved in this process are frequently misunderstood.* h& p" L' ~4 _8 R6 i- x. r8 n0 J
The word "intensive" is closest in meaning to which of following?.* J) T7 x3 F4 O* j( d
(A) decreased
/ a& A9 w# S' Y# p(B) concentrated
1 L E# x2 H. Z(C) creative
3 A( Q& G0 ?# B( a# ?3 t; ~(D) advanced, T- L6 v! H ^7 r
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