16. A sense of fairness ________ that the punishment should fit the crime; yet, in actual practice, judicial decisions ________ greatly for the same type of criminal offense. ' {0 ^( T Z+ ^( J! W) S5 S- F {, q
(A) assumes ... coincide
- t, z$ m: u, {% g (B) relegates ... deviate
' t+ b8 M) _/ [- h2 r, S (C) accumulates ... simplify
/ Z. i9 ?6 ~5 T (D) insists ... compromise ) z$ g* \* }/ M, c3 x, u
(E) dictates ... vary 0 Y/ T" P# l0 I! H: I
7 I- @ t7 k9 t17. A subway modernization program intended to ________ a host of problems ranging from dangerous tracks to overcrowded stairwells has failed to meet its schedule for repairs. - [- @% i! i% R, ]6 W7 Z) `
(A) augment : o8 Y8 _; B' |; {7 g
(B) initiate
( I* I1 a# }, [' o5 W0 W (C) deplore 5 ^$ [' R$ j4 J3 l2 \ Y y" \
(D) disclose : o A% x5 v J2 e5 D' x" r0 ^6 K
(E) eliminate
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}6 W i3 O7 m& y2 A* G18. Abandoning the moral principles of his youth, the aging emperor Tiberius led a ________ , wanton life. ]2 C; Y% i9 X1 F! X
(A) celibate
' [/ B P3 o. z& x9 Y- W: B (B) rudimentary
4 w. W& k. M; G5 F& v' n2 B (C) debauched
5 {( j5 E- ~* _# x { (D) circumspect 1 d4 v" M( e2 A2 y0 X% L, W6 W
(E) peripatetic ) r+ G, s5 q `' ~; b- ?3 H' v
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19. According to Lionel Trilling, the paradox of liberalism was that in its quest for freedom it must move toward greater organization, stricter legislation, and increasing ________ .
0 _8 N$ e. W7 o (A) anarchy 7 E# l( m6 O- }/ o4 I) N
(B) self-realization
: a: E9 v" t: Y, w6 v (C) stagnation
1 f% f6 Q- i+ n% P; ` E2 j% ?1 r (D) control , D1 S+ e- u% [. S9 Q4 U
(E) levity
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7 B3 A$ x1 L g) R; S- p. a$ r! w20. According to a noted art critic, one would have to be completely immune to the sensuous pleasures of painting to be ________ Lucien Freud’s mesmerizing art. 0 S4 w! h1 I0 g- n5 l/ {
(A) drawn to (B) overcome by 9 w2 \* d. ^7 S: r7 ]
(C) enamored of (D) unaffected by % i" k; E* x" c
(E) consistent about
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