76. Because auto repair places have such ________ rates, many community colleges have ________ courses in automotive mechanics.2 j0 j5 O ]1 |6 {! ~$ x" ?
(A) shattering ... planned
7 x: j( g: V/ j: T+ J# E N4 e (B) exorbitant ... instituted
' u1 q6 U4 V. |8 b; [ (C) impertinent ...discussed
- s" E4 q; e' Z6 z (D) reasonable ... introduced) Z0 h, ?4 j _' x8 s* ?
(E) intolerable ... discontinued
/ A, s/ m( C* T2 H2 A/ q77. Because fruit juice fills babies' small stomachs and ruins their appetite for foods that contain nutrients they ________ , consuming large quantities can actually prove ________ to babies less than 24 months old.
& C' T' \6 D. y) ^* m( d (A) prefer ... beneficial0 b& B- L! U% y( b% [! W
(B) choose ... counterproductive0 p& ?+ _' a9 \: f& c' l8 @5 K
(C) require ... helpful
6 k' q- \1 w: M( h" P& l9 e (D) need ... detrimental
; Q6 ` K5 j7 G5 ?2 ~3 Z (E) ingest ... advantageous 7 w' k+ W# L" M; R, U2 g$ i
78. Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians, his fellow officers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a ________ .8 e2 P+ p4 C0 v) s6 a! O6 Z
(A) martinet- t, d* n7 }5 w& J- ^
(B) braggart
, x/ h* i- M3 @5 A" | (C) renegade
/ P$ b3 b! T, c2 p6 X8 ]0 _ (D) skinflint. G( N( {' ^, O
(E) laggard
1 o" Y) o) O2 I! ?2 O4 \0 E! h79. Because he had assumed that the child's first, fierce rush of grief would quickly ________ , Murdstone was astonished to find him still ________ .
, f5 U- h3 n8 p5 [ (A) subside ... disconsolate4 x+ G Q) k/ A t# G$ b1 K
(B) fade ... irresolute4 K( E! B; [, z& l% T- }) N# F# j
(C) elapse ... disingenuous0 G8 D' G! g0 N4 |& x: @- Q+ z7 p
(D) escalate ... forlorn0 d+ A6 d* |: f& `8 }' {
(E) dwindle ... dormant2 n; |6 r# ]1 R
80. Because he is so ________ , we can never predict what course he will take at any moment.$ v( P, i" ?) T5 C$ M3 t" |
(A) incoherent
5 ]7 L5 C' ?/ y9 ^: w0 j! f (B) superficial
f1 U' p' D4 q- M+ C- } (C) capricious$ }' T" o, V8 k( f& y& [3 b' Y
(D) deleterious, ~+ B( p, }. S4 p1 B; B
(E) conventional; ?( E& b+ _ n" ], [7 {
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