38 Questions
1. Because the monkeys under study are —— the presence of human beings, they typically ——human observers and go about their business
(A) ambivalent about …… welcome
(B) habituated to …… disregard
(C) pleased with …… snub
(D) inhibited by …… seek
(E) unaware of …… avoid
2. Give he previously expressed interest and the ambitious tone of her recent speeches, the senator's attempt to convince the public that she is not inter- ested in running for a second term is ——.
(A) laudable
(B) likely
(C) authentic
(D) futile
(E) sincere
3. Many of her followers remain —— to her, and even those who have rejected her leadership are unconvinced of the —— of replacing her during the current turmoil.
(A) opposed…… urgency
(B) friendly…… harm
(C) loyal…… wisdom
(D) cool…… usefulness
(E) sympathetic…… disadvantage
4. Unlike many recent interpretations of Beethoven's piano sonatas, the recitalist's performance was a delightfully free and introspective one; nevertheless, it was also, seemingly paradoxically, quite ——.
(A) appealing
(B) exuberant
(C) idiosyncratic
(D) unskilled
(E) controlled
5. Species with relatively —— metabolic rates, including hibernators, generally live longer than those whose metabolic rates are more rapid.
(A) prolific
(B) sedentary
(C) sluggish
(D) measured
(E) restive
6. Belying his earlier reputation for —— as a negotiator, Morgan had recently assumed a more —— stance for which many of his erstwhile critics praised him.
(A) intransigence…… conciliatory
(B) impropriety…… intolerant
(C) inflexibility…… unreasonable
(D) success…… authoritative
(E) incompetence…… combative
7. Although Irish literature continued to flourish after the sixteenth century, a —— tradition is ——in the visual arts: we think about Irish culture in terms of the word, not in terms of pictorial images.
(A) rich…… superfluous
(B) lively…… found
(C) comparable…… absent
(D) forgotten…… apparent
(E) lost…… extant
8. SILVER: TARNISH::
(A) gold: burnish
(B) steel: forge
(C) iron: rust
(D) lead: cast
(E) tin: shear
9. DISLIKE: LOATHING::
(A) appreciation: gratification
(B) hunger: appetite
(C) void: dearth
(D) pleasure: bliss
(E) pain: ache
10. CRAVEN: HEROIC::
(A) unruly: energetic
(B) listless: attractive
(C) volatile: constant
(D) deft: trifling
(E) awkward: amusing
11. FILLY: HORSE::
(A) antennae: butterfly
(B) pullet: chicken
(C) gaggle: goose
(D) duck: drake
(E) wasp: bee
12. PITHINESS: APHORISM::
(A) craft: art
(B) detail: sketch
(C) illusion: story
(D) exaggeration: caricature
(E) sophistication: farce
13. EPHEMERAL: ENDURING::
(A) infirm: healing
(B) insensitive: cooperating
(C) inanimate: living
(D) interminable: continuing
(E) ineffectual: proceeding
14. POSTURER: UNAFFECTED::
(A) brat: insolent
(B) hypocrite: perceptive
(C) grouch: respected
(D) bigot: tolerant
(E) rogue: empathetic
15. FACETIOUS: SPEECH::
(A) precocious: learning
(B) unbecoming: color
(C) exemplary: conduct
(D) craven: timidity
(E) antic: behavior
16. VAGARY: PREDICT::
(A) quotation: misdirect
(B) investigation: confirm
(C) stamina: deplete
(D) turbulence: upset
(E) impossibility: execute
This is not to deny that the Black gospel music of the early twentieth century differed in important ways from the slave spirituals. Whereas spirituals were created and dis- seminated in folk fashion, gospel music was composed, (5) published, copyrighted, and sold by professionals. Never- theless, improvisation remained central to gospel music.
One has only to listen to the recorded repertoire of gospel songs to realize that Black gospel singers rarely sang a song precisely the same