251. It is a spotty sort of book, with many pages that, if not exactly ________ , are less than ________ .7 S' u1 s @& w2 t6 F
(A) bland ... tedious, V% j4 R/ s2 T3 H9 B1 h
(B) pretentious ... conventional% Y' E1 A/ v. [2 ^" R- a" E
(C) dull ... exciting
4 l$ t* o& [/ f: f/ D- Q (D) eventful ... newsworthy2 y" X; M, m/ l7 X3 Z5 l
(E) murky ... obscure% b+ i9 k( F6 z) f+ c3 n$ U
252. It is all but impossible today to ________ the ferocity with which Russian thinkers at the turn of the century ________ the materialism that had dominated their country's intellectual life since the 1850s.6 Z3 R" {: g+ c5 M* P, m% m
(A) forget ... relished: ~- s) T; t+ v V
(B) believe ... conceded0 J- ]+ g( Y8 t; z# j' K, E+ j
(C) grasp ... assailed
8 r$ S9 E8 g: C& h (D) emulate ... ignored5 Q& Q! y4 g3 c6 U9 \. M+ D
(E) challenge ... extolled
: ~6 \/ T% S0 Q, ^! h 253. It is possible to analyze a literary work to death, ________ `what should be a living experience as if it were a laboratory specimen.
$ i% h3 A7 a# h4 B (A) questioning- Y3 x" k3 W3 P) y1 t' q
(B) dissecting
- w5 P7 ?/ ?& z: \' h) w$ v& f (C) amending
' f3 n! n& ~- `8 F0 _7 o& Y7 E/ ]$ q (D) nurturing* X3 j& d- D5 }3 k% H4 F2 k( ?
(E) reviving) V9 c% z$ [6 `/ k9 w4 }( P$ E% j
254. It is remarkable that a man so in the public eye, so highly praised and imitated, can retain his ________ .! i+ h1 N$ Z7 C1 a# n9 r- E
(A) magniloquence5 P4 }$ k$ d( Z
(B) dogmas
0 R" ^; A# y, h- f (C) bravado# G( V, N7 ?% n
(D) idiosyncracies
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255. It is said that the custom of shaking hands originated when primitive men held out empty hands to indicate that they had no ________ weapons and were thus ________ disposed.9 x& F0 X1 |$ F+ m& U; l0 U( x% {2 @
(A) lethal ... clearly q0 Y# E7 O' C( B' ~
(B) concealed ... amicably
; R0 C& v- Z2 A' F (C) hidden ... harmfully9 k, O2 v* g4 W4 s" F3 S- X* F) c8 J
(D) murderous ... ill
+ J3 a, v& p: U9 n: W" A6 G (E) secret ... finally! ^1 Y5 y. c" }9 y
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