306. No matter how ________ the revelations of the coming years may be, they will be hard put to match those of the past decade, which have ________ transformed our view of the emergence of Mayan civilization. ; R- J) Q$ P( Q3 m" F) B M
(A) minor ... dramatically
5 s7 g, ]9 c. O* j, X3 q( e7 R (B) profound ... negligibly 9 ^ e+ v; K" h( i5 |
(C) striking ... radically
) Q9 b5 n) h! |$ y0 d6 h (D) bizarre ... nominally 1 [) z7 ?2 w) c" x7 t
(E) questionable ... possibly " {2 c( O+ r8 Z% c- \ q" n& ?
( a) A y& c. l( w307. No real life hero of ancient or modern days can surpass James Bond with his nonchalant ________ of death and the ________ with which he bears torture.
+ @" T5 b* I! V (A) contempt ... distress
$ F" t6 D7 k4 A( V/ C( l (B) disregard ... fortitude
9 V( P/ I7 n& | d$ o# H0 N; H (C) veneration ... guile
( Q4 v& f; F$ ]) i* B- S/ C (D) concept ... terror % h; ]- c1 U2 M- s5 {
(E) ignorance ... fickleness
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0 e) ?! M. J/ F$ [308. No summary of the behavior of animals toward reflected images is given, but not much else that is ________ seems missing from this comprehensive yet compact study of mirrors and mankind.
$ Q4 e4 L# [- H+ w( b: W. Q, N (A) redundant 1 V7 e6 y5 u1 ^9 G# p
(B) contemplative
' j* X9 x1 I; J+ p0 U+ ^7 Q (C) relevant , B+ w( @% q [6 C) k2 B7 A
(D) peripheral
+ `& Q4 c( N& B. S2 m (E) disputable ) ?: g: v. H, a' W
3 W' e$ r. W& x7 ^9 h9 P309. Now better known for its racetrack, Saratoga Springs first gained attention for the ________ qualities of its famous "healing waters."
* g/ g! Y- B+ Y4 S (A) diagnostic
7 _" a3 y8 e3 l) m& H: y9 h (B) commercial
/ E( x3 j- X9 z0 @( A& o( n (C) therapeutic
2 r9 w5 ]; P7 p3 P% P (D) overlooked 9 C8 x9 r0 I. R
(E) experimental
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) I- I. H% i( x; `7 r! z( z& Y2 J( V( f310. Nowadays life models`—men and women who pose in the nude for artists—seem curiously ________ , relics of a bygone age when art students labored amid skeletons and anatomical charts, learning to draw the human body as painstakingly as medical students learn to ________ it. 8 N9 V, K) R' f) J& ?- X/ @
(A) anachronistic ... sketch ) @ }4 _9 E' {/ T, O
(B) archaic ... dissect , y7 ~' ~! O& w$ P* _
(C) contemporary ... diagnose
g. E; Q# W4 ?6 }( ` (D) stereotyped ... examine 6 p! j" u* d9 D$ q+ m4 C1 x" P7 k3 L
(E) daring ... cure |