281. Like a balloon that is ________ , aneurysms (swellings in the walls of arteries) sometimes enlarge so much that they ________ . 8 e! @' T) S( ~* n9 Y
(A) expanding ... contract . S" A0 c3 S9 F+ h) C: L
(B) punctured ... dilate 0 B1 \: `' s# ], d& D a
(C) elastic ... stratify
4 ^/ b/ s6 @3 ~3 ^ (D) weightless ... stretch 3 d, ^1 ^3 }/ j& t* L
(E) overinflated ... burst
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- b) K. V6 h6 Q* W282. Like a martinet, Norman ________ his subordinates to ________ rigidly to the rules. ) S3 y( |1 z5 U: v3 A( |7 N' C
(A) disciplined ... adapt
- d1 Y: S, k- O) t (B) constrained ... adhere
! G3 K! h: c3 g7 S/ c4 t (C) coaxed ... refer
4 w7 m, c/ V1 j' |- s9 @ (D) accustomed ... object 8 \* h$ d: M0 b) B$ D1 \. S
(E) coerced ... demur j+ y0 l! D1 R; N
* A5 l( Z9 t. V$ m9 _8 P' V" y283. Like doctors exploring the mysteries concealed within the human body, astronomers are finding that X rays offer an invaluable means for examining otherwise ________ structures.
' ~7 n' Z# | P9 Q7 ?6 w3 p (A) inconsequential
0 H) f! t% E4 w (B) hidden (C) ambivalent & O* t5 b) C: m, W6 D; n( r
(D) diseased (E) ephemeral 0 W( _: P+ h, l
. b5 o* ~. t9 \+ ?284. Like foolish people who continue to live near an active volcano, many of us are ________ about the ________ of atomic warfare and its attendant destruction.
' {: j4 F: a9 {5 W4 E, f1 E) m, f& G (A) worried ... possibility
, ~: U1 _6 C( w, h( r (B) unconcerned ... threat ; {9 ?& {7 f q1 F
(C) excited ... power
. g1 ^, \- d4 g6 R (D) cheered ... possession 3 y, a% K( l, j
(E) irritated ... news ! |. D' k% z, G2 b- J
3 f7 S% `" @1 H285. Like many other pioneers, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, founder of the New York Infirmary, the first American hospital staffed entirely by women, faced ridicule from her contemporaries but has received great honor ________ . / D+ e6 @. e# T
(A) posthumously
, }+ K9 y8 D' W0 C$ \ (B) anonymously 4 d C7 G p, s6 U. i
(C) privately 3 y( a8 B6 R! K* n
(D) prematurely
+ T- E: T" n% U: h) z (E) previously
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