456. The sea was so rough that the safest thing to do was to seize the railing of the ship and hang on; walking was too ________ a pastime.
+ i' u: I" i& L! k" l (A) leisurely
: v3 e5 \6 w7 X" U (B) pleasant
9 `$ E/ C' ?. I- _- a" { (C) tempting
6 F" \9 h/ l# v+ M) G5 f5 b7 x (D) precarious
: L2 a5 E `2 J1 v. Y' R (E) prosaic ( t: U, d( X( d. H
5 W% l0 X' n5 X8 ~/ V' K7 e457. The selection committee for the exhibit was amazed to see such fine work done by a mere ________ .
8 U1 G2 Q) N+ t9 x (A) connoisseur 2 U( `' {1 }, x/ W: t/ j- E
(B) artist ! p! f# ]1 \5 _- ]7 a% S* s- M
(C) amateur
; F# z. o% q$ I6 s' ?: T& ~4 } (D) entrepreneur
4 ?7 u, p( E% v9 Z( ? ~ (E) exhibitionist
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$ W3 Q0 T7 V" d( t458. The sergeant suspected that the private was ________ in order to avoid going on the ________ march scheduled for that morning. 0 X1 V6 [3 I5 d
(A) malingering ... arduous
+ d* _' ?( D7 M- V (B) proselytizing ... interminable
% S' @$ T. v9 \ S% H3 k (C) invalidating ... threatened
* F/ `8 S& _$ ~" n (D) exemplary ... leisurely
% k% z' t& ^" x- @* m$ K) w/ F$ ~ (E) disgruntled ... strenuous
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' q, H- T: h9 C" @" o9 @1 g' x459. The seriousness of the drought could only be understood by those who had seen the ________ crops in the fields. ( d _' l1 m: Q5 K4 N. r7 L
(A) copious ) Z- l9 i4 I/ |, R% K; T& |6 P" N8 A
(B) deluged
" {, |7 b9 A0 l8 B, ] @ (C) wilted 6 x- ?. z/ R* J/ X
(D) bumper
& A+ b# K( L( M$ j (E) diversified
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" V8 ~$ m1 [, e; h: U8 {460. The seventeenth-century writer Mary Astell was a rare phenomenon, a single woman who maintained and even ________ a respectable reputation while earning a living by her pen.
$ f q6 h" P1 u (A) eclipsed * O& U6 O3 q5 R# U
(B) impaired
" \" S* s1 c h) h- s' b (C) decimated
/ k" C p- {' G$ {" H2 T& O (D) avoided
6 k7 w H6 \0 v7 |8 n! r (E) enhanced
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