26. Afraid that the ________ nature of the plays being presented would corrupt the morals of their audiences, the Puritans closed the theaters in 1642.
_5 S0 U; U: \- `* J. N (A) mediocre
5 U. Z3 b9 j" E$ E; C3 a (B) fantastic 6 F) L' Y# s u
(C) profound ! `5 S! ^8 K7 i; m) G2 c! p+ q2 v
(D) lewd
$ P& x" C+ y/ L3 \ (E) witty ) Z8 ?4 U1 t9 H3 A
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27. After reading numbers of biographies recounting dysfunctions and disasters, failed marriages and failed careers, Joyce Carol Gates ________ a word to ________ the genre: pathography, the story of diseased lives. 8 A$ u: D& O# g
(A) invented ... curtail
2 Z/ r6 a% n2 h! n0 ` (B) reiterated ... criticize - A2 J9 j' ~! A
(C) hypothesized ... indict
2 c; z" l0 t, I/ T e8 s (D) dismissed ... obscure
) o/ P$ z7 g/ |) D (E) coined ... describe ' G- F8 ^! K4 [
9 `( I3 ~$ N0 s7 I) |. w28. After the lonely rigors of writing, Mr. Doyle enjoys the ________ aspects of filmmaking. # W6 J! u K! k( _' D# `& @6 E
(A) impersonal
. D5 D. Q0 E% @1 F, l$ Q& I (B) transitory
$ B2 ?0 Q: Q3 i% i* G+ g* S0 T& W (C) narrative 7 \/ T% l0 C4 K4 t! K
(D) social
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% F$ q" Y# U8 u) |; u1 n& d9 R29. Aimed at curbing European attempts to seize territory in the Americas, the Monroe Doctrine was a warning to ________ foreign powers.
# o, l5 x) \ R) o( A9 M. m (A) magnanimous 8 _+ M8 [* n2 y" w" s3 D
(B) credulous
7 R2 H: C/ I8 _7 X( E8 x5 B (C) reticent
7 H% Z/ |: _8 j4 | (D) predatory
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+ f9 w. g$ W1 N( T; z( {' J4 b' h/ q30. All critics have agreed that the opera’s score is ________ , but, curiously, no two critics have agreed which passages to praise and which to damn. 9 j5 ^. D1 H* f x" n/ M1 h* n
(A) intolerable (B) melodious
: c& U0 y/ m7 D" ]- B8 W (C) unsurpassed (D) conventional & I# ?7 w# N M+ s2 G2 c+ D
(E) uneven
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