266. Just as sloth is the mark of the idler, ________ is the mark of the ________ .- J Y: J7 ]9 Z$ f
(A) grief ... miser7 K# F5 s4 x* b, e
(B) obsequiousness ... toady4 |* t/ R: m* Z& ^7 f3 R
(C) wanderlust ... trespasser
) ] M: V6 ]' i2 y3 B) @! O (D) suspicion ... tyrant
; X( G9 u4 P# b7 O (E) brevity ... wit
7 |$ k, M) c' M" p% I, `% B4 Q 267. Just as the earliest stone tools left by humans may seem nothing more than rock fragments to a layperson, so a lot of fossils require a trained eye to ________ them.- L" Z x5 y0 Z Q! k* B c( i
(A) excavate (B) appreciate 6 A1 ~% U+ L% L/ _$ e, w
(C) disseminate (D) antedate0 B8 E% ~9 A. j" Y- ]8 x& x
(E) educate( @# M: K+ f! J0 P- m, s3 y
268. Justice Harry Blackmun's retirement, while unlikely to bring about a drastic change at the Supreme Court, will remove a distinctly ________ voice from the Court's often featureless mix.! Y% a! D- m: F5 J! {1 S
(A) bland (B) personal; f6 t, b# {" I
(C) moderate (D) neutral
. w' C8 E6 d* S- H; j (E) derivative
6 Y, Y' K$ _! k& W 269. Kepler's observations of the supernova would have been more ________ and valuable had they been made with a telescope; unfortunately, Kepler's supernova lighted the night skies five full years before Galileo made the first ________ telescopic scan of the heavens.8 A1 D$ M @: S# _9 ]5 g* v
(A) remote ... skeptical9 x# w4 ?5 B# v& j4 d% J4 { t' J
(B) solemn ... unseemly7 A& [. O# {; K
(C) infamous ... extraneous0 O R, t- u/ r* n8 R- e+ y
(D) detailed ... documented5 _/ e' J1 Q: k. J7 o5 P
(E) fortuitous ... recorded
( N" u! T% u: E; S1 r2 F5 H 270. Known for his commitment to numerous worthy causes, the philanthropist deserved ________ for his ________ .8 y4 e, ]8 i! I1 Z- ~9 ^
(A) recognition ... folly: ]9 F H6 F& b* Q8 {3 Z$ u
(B) blame ... hypocrisy
9 ~4 g Z( ^- S4 i (C) reward ... modesty& O% ]5 C" ~/ ? i
(D) admonishment ... wastefulness
+ D5 s3 J7 L9 J; l" Q+ C (E) credit ... altruism2 l% u' A- F3 o% {
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