Time -30 minutes
38 Questions
1. In the nineteenth century, novelists and unsympathetic travelers portrayed the American West as a land of—— adversity, whereas promoters and idealists created —— image of a land of infinite promise.
(A) lurid…… a mundane
(B) incredible…… an underplayed
(C) dispiriting…… an identical
(D) intriguing…… a luxuriant
(E) unremitting…… a compelling
2. Honeybees tend to be more —— than earth bees: the former, unlike the latter, search for food together and signal their individual findings to one another.
(A) insular
(B) aggressive
(C) differentiated
(D) mobile
(E) social
3. Joe spoke of superfluous and —— matters with exactly the same degree of intensity, as though for him serious issues mattered neither more nor less than did ——.
(A) vital…… trivialities
(B) redundant…… superficialities
(C) important…… necessities
(D) impractical…… outcomes
(E) humdrum…… essentials
4. The value of Davis' sociological research is com- promised by his unscrupulous tendency to use materials—— in order to substantiate his own claims, while —— information that points to other possible conclusions.
(A) haphazardly…… deploying
(B) selectively…… disregarding
(C) cleverly…… weighing
(D) modestly…… refuting
(E) arbitrarily…… emphasizing
5. Once Renaissance painters discovered how to ——volume and depth, they were able to replace the medieval convention of symbolic, two-dimensional space with the more —— illusion of actual space.
(A) reverse…… conventional
(B) portray…… abstract
(C) deny…… concrete
(D) adumbrate…… fragmented
(E) render…… realistic
6. He had expected gratitude for his disclosure, but instead he encountered —— bordering on hostility.
(A) patience
(B) discretion
(C) openness
(D) ineptitude
(E) indifference
7. The diplomat, selected for her demonstrated patience and skill in conducting such delicate negotiations,—— to make a decision during the talks because any sudden commitment at that time would have been ——.
(A) resolved…… detrimental
(B) refused…… apropos
(C) declined…… inopportune
(D) struggled…… unconscionable
(E) hesitated…… warranted
8. CONDUCTOR: INSTRUMENTALIST::
(A) director: actor
(B) sculptor: painter
(C) choreographer: composer
(D) virtuoso: amateur
(E) poet: listener
9. QUARRY: ROCK
(A) silt: gravel
(B) sky: rain
(C) cold: ice
(D) mine: ore
(E) jewel: diamond
10. STICKLER: EXACTING::
(A) charlatan: forthright
(B) malcontent: solicitous
(C) misanthrope: expressive
(D) defeatist: resigned
(E) braggart: unassuming
11. WALK: AMBLE::
(A) dream: imagine
(B) talk: chat
(C) swim: float
(D) look: stare
(E) speak: whisper
12. JAZZ: MUSIC::
(A) act: play
(B) variety: vaudeville
(C) portraiture: painting
(D) menu: restaurant
(E) species: biology
13. REPATRIATE: EMIGRATION::
(A) reinstate: election
(B) recall: impeachment
(C) appropriate: taxation
(D) repeal: ratification
(E) appeal: adjudication
14. PLACEBO: INNOCUOUS::
(A) antibiotic: viral
(B) vapor: opaque
(C) salve: unctuous
(D) anesthetic: astringent
(E) vitamin: synthetic
15. DISSEMINATE: INFORMATION::
(A) amend: testimony
(B) analyze: evidence
(C) investigate: crime
(D) prevaricate: confirmation
(E) foment: discontentment
16. VOICE: QUAVER::
(A) pace: quicken
(B) cheeks: dimple
(C) concentration: focus
(D) hand: tremble
(E) eye: blink
Mary Barton, particularly in its early chapters, is a moving response to the suffering of the industrial worker in the England of the 1840's. What is most impressive about the book is the intense and painstaking effort made (5) by the author, Elizabeth Gaskell, to convey the experi- ence of everyday life in working-class homes. H