1. The most technologically advanced societies have been responsible for the greatest ----------; indeed, savagery seems to be in direct proportion to -----.
(A) wars ... viciousness
(B) catastrophes ... ill-will
(C) atrocities ... development
(D) inventions ... know-how
(E) triumphs ... civilization
2. She carried out her responsibilities not only with careful attention to detail but also with ----------, being a person who is naturally both ---------- and self-assured.
(A) restraint ... considerate
(B) creativity ... concerned
(C) aplomb ... conscientious
(D) intelligence ... capable
(E) enthusiasm ... creative
3. Rousseau's short discourse, a work that was generally ---------- the cautious, unadorned prose of the day, deviated from that prose style in its ---------- discussion of the physical sciences.
(A) critical of ... lengthy
(B) superior to ... austere
(C) bolder than ... intelligent
(D) consistent with ... unrestrained
(E) influenced by ... uninspired
4. Opponents of affirmative action by quota, the practice of hiring on the basis of race or sex as well as ----------, maintain that both the hired and the rejected suffer ---------- when not judged on their abilities alone.
(A) loyalty ... prejudice
(B) status ... nepotism
(C) competence ... injustice
(D) creed ... indignity
(E) dexterity ... degradation
5. The poet W. H. Auden believed that the greatest poets of his age were almost necessarily irresponsible, that the possession of great gifts ---------- the ---------- to abuse them.
(A) negates ... temptation
(B) controls ... resolution
(C) engenders ... propensity
(D) tempers ... proclivity
(E) obviates ... inclination
6. During the 1960's assessments of family shifted remarkably, from general endorsement of it as a worthwhile, stable institution to widespread ---------- it as an oppressive and bankrupt one whose ---------- was both imminent and welcome.
(A) flight from ... restitution
(B) fascination with ... corruption
(C) rejection of ... vogue
(D) censure of ... dissolution
(E) relinquishment of ... ascent
7. If you come to the conference table with such an ---------- attitude, we cannot expect to reach a ---------- agreement.
(A) ancillary ... lasting
(B) effervescent ... conclusive
(C) indolent ... steadfast
(D) obdurate ... harmonious
(E) unwonted ... desirable
8. During the opera's most famous aria the tempo chosen by the orchestra's conductor seemed ----------, without necessary relation to what had gone before.
(A) tedious
(B) melodious
(C) capricious
(D) compelling
(E) cautious
답 : 1. C
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. C