1.By idiosyncratically refusing to dismiss an insubordinate member of his staff, the manager not only ------- established policy, but he also ------- his heretofore good chances for promotion.
A instituted.. bettered
B recognized.. protected
C contravened.. jeopardized
D reiterated.. computed
E delimited.. restricted
2.Congress is having great difficulty developing a consensus on energy policy, primarily because the policy objectives of various members of Congress rest on such ------- assumptions.
A commonplace
B trivial
C explicit
D divergent
E fundamental
3.The widespread public shock at the news of the guilty verdict was caused partly by ------- news stories that had ------- acquittal
A sensational. .condemned
B buried.. urged
C impartial.. mentioned
D biased.. predicted
E local.. denounced
4.The idealized paintings of nature produced in the eighteenth century are evidence that the medieval ------- natural settings had been ----- and that the outdoors now could be enjoyed without trepidation.
A fear of.. exorcised
B concerns about.. regained
C affection for.. surmounted
D disinterest in.. alleviated
E enthusiasm for.. confronted
5.Some paleontologists debate whether the diversity of species has ------- since the Cambrian period, or whether imperfections in the fossil record only suggest greater diversity today, while in actuality there has been either -------- or decreased diversity.
A changed.. escalation
B increased.. stasis
C expanded.. discontinuity
D declined.. reduction
E improved.. deviation
6.Manipulating laboratory tissue cultures with hormones is one thing; using hormones to treat human beings, however, is contingent on whether hormones that ----- in the laboratory can affect ------- organisms, and in predictable ways.
A develop.. similar
B succeed.. simple
C fail.. cellular
D work.. whole
E reproduce.. unknown
7.The astronomer and feminist Maria Mitchell’s own prodigious activity and the vigor of the Association for the Advancement of Women during the 1870’s ------ any assertion that feminism was ------ in that period.
A exclude.. thriving
B contradict.. prospering
C pervade.. remote
D buttress.. dormant
E belie.. quiescent
8.Only by ignoring decades of mismanagement and inefficiency could investors conclude that a fresh infusion of cash would provide anything more than a ------- solution to the company’s financial woes.
A fair
B temporary
C genuine
D realistic
E complete
9.Although the discovery of antibiotics led to great advances in clinical practice, it did not represent a ----- bacterial illness, for there are some bacteria that cannot be ------- treated with antibiotics.
A breakthrough in.. consistently
B panacea for.. effectively
C neglect of.. efficiently
D reexamination of.. conventionally
E resurgence of.. entirely
10.A misconception frequently held by novice writers is that sentence structure mirrors thought: the more convoluted the structure, the more ------- the ideas.
A complicated
B inconsequential
C elementary
D fanciful
E blatant
11.Jones was unable to recognize, the contradictions in his attitudes that were obvious to everyone else; even the hint of an untruth was ------- to him, but he ------ serious trouble by always cheating on his taxes.
A acceptable. risked
B exciting.. averted
C repugnant. courted
D anathema.. evaded
E tempting.. hazarded
12.Even though the general’s carefully qualified public statement could hardly be -------, some people took -------- it.
A respected.. liberties with
B inoffensive.. umbrage at
C faulted.. exception to
D credited.. potshots at
E dismissed.. interest in
13.Though feminist in its implications, Yvonne Rainer’s 1974 film ------- the filmmaker’s active involvement in feminist politics.
A preserved
B portrayed
C encouraged
D renewed
E antedated
14.The chances that a species will ------- are reduced if any vital function is restricted to a single kind of organ; ------ by itself possesses an enormous survival advantage.
A degenerate.. complexity
B expire.. size
C disappear.. variety
D flourish.. symmetry
E persist.. redundancy
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