451. The police feel that the ________ shown by the judges to first offenders unfortunately ________ many youngsters to embark on a life of crime.
* Q0 X, T+ r! z( q+ } (A) understanding ... condemns 7 l" f6 ^7 ^, c" W2 y
(B) clemency ... encourages " }, _$ U# I4 r( C* L1 a
(C) harshness ... predisposes
8 N) E. D) }& Z# L! s (D) indifference ... directs
! P$ i0 Z* L- S. @8 c: G+ M (E) intolerance ... induces
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452. The president was ________ about farm subsidies, nor did he say much about the even more ________ topic of unemployment. & ^! |4 C0 n4 ~5 @! L
(A) expansive ... interesting 2 T* _' A+ Y# B: i
(B) wordy ... important * Y Z$ Q1 s$ y
(C) uncommunicative ... academic
! j$ J. k/ h; r# i3 m( g (D) noncommittal ... vital ; A9 F5 R7 w1 b7 s4 u
(E) enthusiastic ... stimulating / Q! C% O2 ?" \' r- q' y- s
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453. The quotation was erroneously ________ to a British poet. ' o! z& \( i& K& d, `) d
(A) resolved 9 t t1 k" n0 G X
(B) attributed
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(D) relegated 1 B& j$ \% S2 b
(E) vitiated . ]- H# J$ E- y. S" M
* S) |- I7 L7 e7 s454. The reader has the happy impression of watching an extraordinarily inventive and intellectually ________ novelist working at the ________ of her powers. 3 T, @0 C' W- w3 `1 N/ \% O
(A) dishonest ... apex
- F2 J) L; t6 `6 u4 d7 k (B) creative ... eclipse * J# M7 H# p9 ^, f: c/ [0 e
(C) fecund ... height
t7 C, Q, R% w7 I* J (D) effete ... limits 0 k) U- h- a l1 z. O Z
(E) amenable ... diminution
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455. The report was relentlessly ________ to the scientist, interpreting one complex event after another to his ________ .
9 g, W, X( J* g" s (A) magnanimous ... dismay 3 I7 }. O6 d Z/ p$ p3 N% O8 F+ h
(B) disparaging ... initiative / B/ p& F" ]; L6 e6 s6 j* b$ g; u2 @
(C) innocuous ... indifference . R6 ~6 C( q* _. w m
(D) hostile ... discredit
% \8 T+ f( g& a1 E* [/ | (E) obsequious ... detriment ) y& e2 }+ }0 y+ m, z! I
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