241. In the poem Annabel Lee, the speaker reveals that he is not ________ to the death of his beloved; on the contrary, he is ________ .6 b- }. l7 ]$ T7 B
(A) indifferent ... apathetic
3 K& O7 E9 ]# y ?+ I, }3 R (B) reconciled ... acquiescent
; T% h2 b7 k# `4 [8 c1 M( E" f$ a (C) resigned ... inconsolable
6 F/ b. q$ ~! S (D) accustomed ... inured8 `4 G3 [* E/ K9 o6 s& B5 ^
(E) relevant ... responsive' ?9 O2 p: T/ G' @/ O
242. In their determination to discover ways to ________ human life, doctors fail to take into account that longer lives are not always happier ones.
% `3 B' ?# t! X" ? G (A) ease) N& M2 O! f4 g. D6 W
(B) prolong
5 y! q. b- y ^ (C) eradicate
- L a- B: j/ e" A) e% f) } (D) recuperate8 y; j: W3 \' ^$ V# r; b
(E) dissect
. C3 Q) h: f8 a' H4 j 243. In this survey of Revolutionary America, the author finds a remarkable homogeneity of opinion from Massachusetts to Georgia; the differences between the sections are ________ , almost always explainable by differences in climate or topography.
* b, h" ^# q% T: i (A) sharp6 [. B, M3 H, g
(B) nonexistent
l6 |9 X6 [! [7 ] }& q; |, b (C) irreconcilable& k3 z( Q1 P6 E, ~ r: I/ m* O, f
(D) superficial& @8 p5 a! f( P5 w+ ]' `( ]
(E) enormous
' P6 w W8 ~/ ?4 M( x" f 244. In view of the fact that there are mitigating circumstances, we must consider this a ________ offense.$ c ~# K1 z! [7 P9 i9 G8 ]
(A) heinous8 ]2 n, `0 u& G0 y1 l& ~
(B) venal7 W8 _, V( a8 I
(C) criminal
3 U$ V, z3 p7 k& R& E* R (D) propitious7 J U/ z$ n* q. d& p1 c' h( q
(E) venial
B w* w t! a( p 245. In view of the interrelationships among a number of the African American leaders treated in this anthology, there is inevitably a certain amount of ________ among some of the essays presented here.( |# i ] {) {# e$ }
(A) overlapping# t5 O7 `+ r2 l
(B) inaccuracy
s5 A/ y) T6 h0 y) X9 w J. h (C) pomposity- {) e$ {1 o- D( M. J3 k
(D) exaggeration
* b* O5 K( {' E) p; N' ?2 K) X8 C (E) objectivity |