76. Because auto repair places have such ________ rates, many community colleges have ________ courses in automotive mechanics.3 ?1 o7 k3 x3 n2 P
(A) shattering ... planned
) }( r" j: p/ m( I5 G# p, Q b (B) exorbitant ... instituted4 h8 S5 q% Q" F5 B( D' U' \
(C) impertinent ...discussed
3 n0 g, ?; u! x9 k7 F4 { (D) reasonable ... introduced
) U j4 k3 c) Y# C e9 ` (E) intolerable ... discontinued ; n& P5 Q0 C9 Z- p
77. 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.8 s) o6 t1 _( T6 l
(A) prefer ... beneficial% F d. h2 q3 A' O9 U9 C o
(B) choose ... counterproductive
' B9 e! b. |# G7 M/ ~5 f7 e (C) require ... helpful: A. N5 r) ~ A! l4 e7 q% L3 _. O
(D) need ... detrimental
0 y& }6 u y7 s1 Q3 e8 y4 { (E) ingest ... advantageous " d/ w9 m; M0 O
78. Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians, his fellow officers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a ________ .
4 c a. B* n' D& r* R& C# U (A) martinet- z, }; W' U" |! d/ |: i$ Z
(B) braggart
, o: s( d3 t* f8 t( |- Q4 h (C) renegade' w8 @! r2 L3 Q" B/ e; | m
(D) skinflint
6 s! g% e" A: ?/ d4 N" G: o (E) laggard
* T' m/ B3 T, J P1 W79. Because he had assumed that the child's first, fierce rush of grief would quickly ________ , Murdstone was astonished to find him still ________ .
1 P. n1 m7 m1 c) |+ [ (A) subside ... disconsolate( V+ j `+ w4 j5 J
(B) fade ... irresolute% b) x: b3 N6 {& s6 t% ^
(C) elapse ... disingenuous
* ~* L; `% |, b/ K (D) escalate ... forlorn4 I9 j4 J4 a1 ^% f' {1 O
(E) dwindle ... dormant" e( N' {8 r8 U. k6 q: P4 Y
80. Because he is so ________ , we can never predict what course he will take at any moment.
2 J g. y. k# C% T" L8 J- r. E3 A (A) incoherent
+ ]+ j! q6 x3 Z. E) T (B) superficial
1 p7 Q) {$ V- c! X (C) capricious! V" Y* o* F1 c( \: f
(D) deleterious5 l7 ~, R- `: U* h7 J [) W
(E) conventional E- C& L) f3 B, @6 M
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