196. Having written 140 books to date, he may well be considered one of the most ________ novelists of the century.
- |! Y8 e( n) l4 x8 K# c9 Q (A) eccentric/ p" M9 @7 C1 L) u' B
(B) controversial
6 k! Q: r2 v1 S& i0 @ (C) easygoing
) T1 I, w }" a3 h. K; N (D) unheralded, u" G5 f5 M3 v
(E) prolific
: r8 L9 w! N/ y c" J 197. He continually describes what superhuman labor it has cost him to compose his poems and ________ that, in comparison with his own work, the poetry of other poets is ________ .( y) E9 x* O( I. x) l# c
(A) insists ... meritorious
- z' v* n f& M6 d (B) insinuates ... profound* b" I* J* T Z- v' ?+ i9 c
(C) asserts ... laborious
, E e+ c0 e2 | (D) intimates ... superficial
6 k1 z8 H( E' u2 R8 h (E) maintains ... meticulous4 ?$ Q4 V& [! T
198. He felt that the uninspiring routine of office work was too ________ for someone of his talent and creativity.% Q% W7 ?0 J! o8 H" s7 s
(A) diverse o/ e/ t9 q0 \! S9 i9 U V. g6 j* _2 Y* W
(B) insatiable
* A( e/ w. T: r: U3 g6 a4 y (C) exacting
) n' Q/ A1 d4 v# E( j; p (D) enthralling, w, o" u( y' [5 m& ?
(E) prosaic
( ]0 H1 e: ?" t5 {9 [ 199. He found himself in the ________ position of appearing to support a point of view which he abhorred.
& i+ c$ i' [4 Y5 ?+ d (A) obvious
7 n: V' h s8 p (B) innocuous
2 V! O, Y, U/ q" {4 f (C) anomalous
" m, d4 N) q6 c (D) enviable
4 a6 O* v& ?5 l2 p (E) auspicious Q0 k4 Q$ ~5 {. p$ v& \1 [
200. He has the ________ distinction of being the only one in the class to fail the examination., A0 x- F/ ]: h2 A( \" t0 I+ X
(A) voluntary1 s% L! v" v% {2 F
(B) dubious) e% s% f: z7 d: V! R
(C) exemplary! ?- U) M; }9 }& y5 U$ I6 K
(D) partial
: e/ @" L0 P/ Y4 f2 z (E) logical5 A7 e7 g! t# ?- m, V
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