1. Because its average annual rainfall is only about 2 P# E: g- ^8 B3 z% ~
four inches, one of the major tasks faced by the . I/ u# e/ N# M8 T1 M( f
country has been to find ----sources of water. 8 x% p4 r" A2 l$ q5 @
(A) discontinuous
& U/ ^" f/ K# y- U4 y (B) natural - Z/ Z: J# O! G" H. W) k3 L
(C) supplementary 0 f, y0 h& z. U! Y' G& q
(D) pervasive 1 C1 {5 ?4 T/ K& h7 W
(E) initial & a3 j1 S0 U) i
/ ]+ d. \( a3 E2. Both television commercials and programs ! {* n7 q0 V1 w8 y' b2 l% N
present ---- view of the material world, one
( N* k- Z7 J; N$ I- ]& X c& n which promotes a standard of living that most
. L# q& e* q0 T! n; Q) f2 f of us can probably not attain. 7 W3 |+ e0 G; N* N4 I, \
(A) an unrealistic , M4 T" V7 \7 C; P3 d# k
(B) an imprudent
3 s3 Y; F a/ [2 }2 O% E# e; F (C) a standardized
- h$ R$ k1 L R (D) a perplexing . {2 w7 C$ T; d/ h d5 W
(E) a banal
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3. Although it is unusual to denounce museum- & M/ P6 a4 g! u
goers for not painting, it is quite common, even
! E3 u b2 H4 ?- K9 r5 z for those. who are unenthusiastic about sports, 8 ]( U: r2 A7 g+ N$ |! G
to criticize---- for athletic----.
3 U; J3 P9 ^: c& [ (A) artists.. ignorance ; q4 U! ]8 v2 }9 W# A6 T
(B) spectators.. inactivity
. Q9 ^: q# D& l r (C) athletes.. snobbery , K/ l& V! M# \3 X. H# A4 S" b* U
(D) scholars.. apathy 1 l7 t" S) U9 s1 N- A1 ^
(E) commentators.. partiality 4 R* t# P& A/ B' Y) g B6 f
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4. Because the order in which the parts of speech
1 h. L1 b/ z, M) D: j appear in the sentences of a given language is
# B5 @7 {( E+ `- I/ P1 F& C decided merely by custom, it is---- to
# U0 n# K3 K4 u1 n5 ymaintain that every departure from that order
. E( {4 o+ q: o9 Nconstitutes a ----of a natural law.
/ A' a0 X5 m# \& Q8 c- L (A) traditional.. transformation 4 K+ }1 u$ ?5 P" u
(B) conventional.. transgression * B6 v7 f, Y8 t4 r3 g# @+ y
(C) necessary.. prototype
: s3 R& U' n7 Q7 _! H (D) unjustifiable.. violation 7 E8 g& c: z& |' I4 H0 j
(E) unreasonable.. formulation
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5. Most people are shameless ---- where the very
& A: G3 A6 Q1 [8 _8 I; Y/ o/ D rich are concerned, ---- curious about how
. `; h+ I; ~: N4 Z4 @) V0 Zthey get their money and how they spend it.
' |$ c* r, w' }# x! K7 t9 Z$ j (A) prigs.. secretly / U2 p" ^% y X/ \: w6 s
(B) critics.. endlessly
+ {5 I# j( f6 m Z) f (C) voyeurs.. insatiably 4 X2 u$ _0 J7 s7 K3 r
(D) exhibitionists.. blatantly
9 u" m; M" T: A3 } (E) ingrates.. selfishly
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