271. Lamenting that something horrid had recently befallen the craft of biography, biographer Arthur Schlesinger ________ the glut of gossipy new lives on the market.
. k0 G# ^; x8 E (A) deplored (B) forgot9 j# m1 C) ]$ B; d) w
(C) acclaimed (D) composed
5 @7 z! ~( [7 h9 ]8 G6 _4 V (E) abridged) w' R! B, F% h Y+ h
272. Land is no less ________ just because it has not yet been ________ .4 t' [' n" }% m* g+ Z
(A) eroded ... subdivided" l. [5 w1 m5 f
(B) exhausted ... cultivated+ t( q# c2 P" ~' t6 ?* Z+ R
(C) imaginary ... discovered
( O6 a4 {/ s& e+ q (D) fallow ... settled) Q, W2 X P( Q" k F/ T/ C
(E) real ... charted
; c# s0 y2 X1 R$ b# d8 u 273. Lavish in visual beauty, the film Lawrence of Arabia also boasts ________ of style: it knows how much can be shown in a shot, how much can be said in a few words.! j2 @6 T' z+ k
(A) extravagance
+ S! ~/ a$ y8 Y5 E (B) economy
8 x3 \1 p( P) I" i+ i$ Y3 U: j (C) autonomy+ `% X# s2 ?1 v, G# y( T% l
(D) frivolity) J7 O! m+ L- c
(E) arrogance
6 p: C, x# p+ M' q4 e 274. Learned though she was, her ________ never degenerated into ________ .
7 v" X8 q, H" L! A) { (A) erudition ... pedantry, E, t) C n9 F' @; G6 ~
(B) knowledge ... ignorance
& p Y1 r' }1 G6 @: p/ C4 x+ I (C) scholarship ... research D1 x& `( u4 R" J# l
(D) speculation ... thought/ f1 z6 T$ R4 \0 p1 A0 G' {9 L% D
(E) education ... inquiry
; x: w$ y7 h8 F 275. Leavening his decisions with humorous, down-to-earth anecdotes, Judge Wapner was not at all the ________ legal scholar.
2 O* Y, Y9 n m6 y8 c9 N (A) considerate
: q: ?: O( V: `' r (B) pedantic
8 N% H) ~& t& V/ A* C) ] (C) indecisive: K0 k0 A1 s4 W# E
(D) competent9 {6 J, D9 {: W: J- N! M7 ~5 \/ x
(E) pragmatic
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