286. Lovejoy, the hero of Jonathan Gash’s mystery novels, is an antique dealer who gives the reader advice on how to tell ________ antiques from the real thing.
# d! n- q5 R7 I- |* M4 s! ] (A) priceless (B) spurious
1 F; J! X, g" k8 `" K (C) classical (D) authentic
9 }7 |/ h6 }( _. o8 r- q4 A (E) antiquated 4 x+ ?* }: J) f Y8 F% D: @
9 A+ I0 R; w \1 y287. MacDougall’s former editors remember him as a ________ man whose ________ and exhaustive reporting was worth the trouble.
3 }% o2 _% W4 I9 K4 t. Y: H (A) domineering ... wearisome , P. I H. u7 o2 R2 }" Q/ ^7 i {1 T! n
(B) congenial ... pretentious
8 Q9 E' g) J! l3 \( }' v (C) popular ... supercilious
8 F0 ^* Y+ Q' P3 I) m9 H" m (D) fastidious ... garbled
# g r7 d4 i8 w& \5 }. [- D (E) cantankerous ... meticulous
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288. Many educators argue that a ________ grouping of students would improve instruction because it would limit the range of student abilities in the classroom. $ f! K o. S' A" A0 l
(A) heterogeneous
/ @% Z% k0 s" O7 z" q: b& c) O (B) systematic
0 M4 w* }3 N) P" m7 k (C) homogeneous % z9 ~ d& k/ {" m; ?6 O3 d
(D) sporadic ! ^2 A/ b% _6 ^0 q* V8 ]
(E) fragmentary
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" r! X1 z C6 U ?& h8 ]8 ]289. Many elderly people are capable of working, but they are kept from gainful employment by the ________ of those employers who mistakenly believe that young people alone can give them adequate service. , U3 ?" o+ b0 |1 d* y
(A) philosophy
' W$ B7 M1 {+ V (B) parsimony
! m6 n7 R, Y; s8 d' o/ u# V2 U8 o (C) conservatism 3 l/ l5 ~ o8 g
(D) rationalizations
! Z; s& W$ h) \" c1 Y (E) short-sightedness
7 P/ ~. T5 C. t& _290. Many of the early Hollywood moguls sought to ________ themselves and enhance their celluloid empires by snaring ________ writers and intellectuals as screenwriters.
" @9 N2 Y ?( V (A) advance ... presumptuous
4 }7 L8 p p' h D, R2 h) e9 | (B) aggrandize ... prestigious2 u `8 C Y) D( X: ]# d; q
(C) intimidate ... unsuspecting
' y! W/ \4 q0 c/ E7 H (D) glorify ... superannuated
0 F( o6 l( a# V0 K" A (E) sabotage ... distinguished
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