106. Breaking with established musical conventions, Stravinsky was ________ composer whose heterodox works infuriated the traditionalists of his day.
3 c* G+ L; ]# m. l. U% k (A) a derivative
* U7 w( _9 Q) d, Z' l9 s+ v1 h/ D& X (B) an iconoclastic
$ q2 F0 y% e( \. X8 s# O7 _& ` (C) an uncontroversial
9 S& I, E- w5 i* ]: h0 w; A% M (D) a venerated+ c: Q7 C9 M; [
(E) a trite9 N/ f5 y5 Z. j4 W! E
107. British ________ contemporary art has been an obstacle even for modem artists now revered as great, such as Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, who were ________ for years before winning acceptance.
* _6 L* n9 j) ^ (A) veneration of ... eulogized
- A, L# B- K% z' K (B) indifference to ... dismissed+ s2 b3 [ Q2 p" _
(C) disdain for ... lauded
0 L) _+ R) K# l2 d2 z (D) ignorance of ... studied
9 d# o: k; F+ d0 d( L: i4 u) \. t2 Z+ G (E) intolerance of ... vindicated
v0 |! T8 p+ R/ f* } 108. British collectors are notorious for their ________ of interest in ________ art; much preferring to collect antiques and "important" pictures by long-dead artists.9 y7 e2 ~2 g6 q! p) s7 G
(A) wealth ... modern) }) ?/ F: C% _, G* s/ b" a6 h6 F
(B) growth ... abstract
1 P* J7 L4 I$ V: J( ~ (C) lack ... posthumous
3 a! }. `$ u; L2 {! U. k (D) resurgence ... innovative' O3 ], O1 H0 H2 ~3 q% f2 F% B
(E) dearth ... contemporary; X( f$ f6 M1 o, R0 l2 J1 s3 l
109. Burdened by debt, Lydgate abandons his dreams of reforming medicine to take a conventional but ________ practice in London.
0 W: G7 V7 q% p0 z (A) lucrative
o) ], w$ Z' Z- o- [1 j. H5 p (B) ordinary/ r- u/ _: q7 A6 k
(C) innovative
+ h/ [/ N0 e8 ]& b' K5 X" _ (D) intangible9 z( ~4 o* v6 f0 i
(E) exotic6 }4 `! z) ^9 t# G2 J( B
110. By communicating through pointing and making gestures, Charles was able to overcome any ________ difficulties that arose during his recent trip to Japan.: K' ?( ]( m+ [# Q6 @
(A) peripatetic
! D1 F+ g$ ]$ d* K9 e4 A# N (B) linguistic
" e) N* G" G8 s8 F* F/ a, i- k (C) plausible
6 _1 R- T. q4 h4 A4 @6 f (D) monetary
2 a5 p* @# T8 x) e0 q' X (E) territorial
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