346. She ________ recognition and fame, yet she felt a deep suspicion and ________ for the world in which recognition and fame are granted, the world of money and opinion and power. 8 \( k6 b+ l8 W: Y$ H: b, m
(A) mistrusted ... antagonism ! [8 f$ L9 Q# n- d% m$ O" x
(B) worked for ... respect 6 k7 ^+ y0 G) _. V
(C) endured ... veneration ) |" u* T0 u$ }% C4 J0 ~6 a# e2 n, \- g
(D) shunned ... enmity - P- P }9 ~, m
(E) yearned for ... contempt & O c- A# b" p3 \2 o
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347. She has sufficient tact to ________ the ordinary crises of diplomatic life; however, even her diplomacy is insufficient to enable her to ________ the current emergency. 3 a ~ P0 B: J7 h5 |
(A) negotiate ... comprehend . F6 r1 b5 l1 [1 Z% g$ C
(B) survive ... exaggerate " y% Q" b" O2 H1 L
(C) handle ... weather * p2 u% A" B- ~$ H! u4 p
(D) ignore ... transform & v' B3 Y ^# m7 o- f8 p
(E) aggravate ... resolve
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348. She is an interesting ________ , an infinitely shy person who, in apparent contradiction, possesses an enormously intuitive ________ for understanding people.
7 E7 d) U$ a. p5 b (A) aberration disdain
4 G$ f0 A3 B1 v- P (B) caricature ... talent 2 q u% Z+ z# I3 L4 J
(C) specimen ... loathing
- h: S8 S( {& `$ X1 }7 \5 E (D) phenomenon ... disinclination
) u% I7 A, h1 ~4 p! ]" M$ s (E) paradox ... gift
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, L, ~6 A5 k" d6 ?$ o) s! j349. She kept her late parents’ furniture, not for any ________ value it had, but for purely ________ reasons.
1 q1 l, V% r0 @ V& z d (A) potential ... monetary t+ s f$ z" `
(B) ornamental ... aesthetic
0 q; W; p" b7 p/ A) C (C) financial ... pecuniary
$ N: H. C) ]5 v (D) intrinsic ... sentimental 2 ~0 O7 D; q3 z7 o
(E) personal ... accidental
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# C0 Z" e+ k' |0 c350. She maintained that the proposed legislation was ________ because it simply established an affirmative action task force without making any appropriate provision to fund such a force.
, C4 Z; ~( g, p: M) S (A) inevitable 0 \" f" K. g+ Q/ x% i. j; h
(B) inadequate V; s8 `9 M5 _6 o. \* O% r
(C) prudent , e P5 L9 Q$ S5 X) O4 |" C
(D) necessary " `4 g( N& b3 W* B0 m: b. l2 q
(E) beneficial |