436. The most consistent qualities of Forster’s novels are the human isolation and passivity in them; his principal characters stand slightly apart and ________ , but rarely ________ . " `) _0 n% J3 d% S$ a/ s( l6 b
(A) sneer ... collapse 4 i2 Q) j# D' w" G
(B) interact ... adapt . @, v) V$ m5 A* H& r0 u# [ T
(C) mourn ... recollect $ y5 V& b# \; Z% l) k) J
(D) observe ... act ! k! }9 O& y& \. \( n, C* B; o
(E) domineer ... participate
* P. C" g/ t- O0 k1 e437. The most crucial issue for wildlife in this arid land is unimpeded ________ water. " ]/ z0 q, P8 V/ y8 f1 O T% w
(A) passage through . l. Z4 Y. w+ S3 q2 G
(B) freedom from
! Q9 e( C, I- s) {. z$ L0 b2 Z6 m (C) access to
: l7 r9 `! g! `4 E+ S& A: T8 u8 h (D) saturation in
# O- N" E6 Z: r: y: Z (E) overflow of " P2 G u0 X/ p' ]
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438. The museum administration appears to be singularly ________ the comforts of its employees, providing an employee health club, a lending library, and a part-time social worker to help staff members with financial or domestic problems.
M- I+ X1 S+ I+ W( g4 x (A) ignorant of
& t6 l& j5 |/ _: U9 P (B) indifferent to 6 p" y( T8 i( Z
(C) attentive to
8 P) B& f% \3 i6 J& L" W (D) exploited by
Q8 m- K3 i6 z- n (E) uninvolved in 2 K* N/ j! M0 ]& `* C5 B
0 t& W/ I8 Z0 ?1 S( r5 ]439. The museum arranged the fossils in ________ order, placing the older fossils dating from the Late Ice Age on the first floor and the more recent fossils on the second floor. 5 C$ b: N) V& H% ^& W6 I- s$ b
(A) alphabetical ( E4 G2 B) M: L8 Z/ _9 s4 D
(B) chronological
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(D) arbitrary
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: |4 F+ b3 I/ i( ?( F$ e440. The new dance troupe’s gravest problem, one that mars the current production, is a desire for correctness and technical accuracy that ________ both energy and technical accuracy that ________ both energy and musical response. - @' h7 ]3 P, u( V
(A) enhances 9 @/ u- y" p/ {) @! U+ |) H( Z
(B) stifles 8 v; u! j, s- ^# ?6 [( k1 R( H
(C) transforms
8 I+ }6 |$ T9 N2 N. T' ~ (D) reflects 9 c% R& J& i. _+ d+ d
(E) supplies 5 N6 v; y ? t8 A$ C
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