No-4-2 SECTION 1
1. Physicists rejected the innovative experimental technique because, although it----some problems, it also produced new----.
(A) clarified.. data
(B) eased.. interpretations
(C) resolved.. complications
(D) caused.. hypotheses
(E) revealed.. inconsistencies
2. During a period of protracted illness, the sick can become infirm, ----both the strength to work and many of the specific skills they once possessed.
(A) regaining (B) denying (C) pursuing
(D) insuring (E) losing
3. The pressure of population on available resources is the key to understanding history; consequently, any historical writing that takes no cognizance of----facts is----flawed.
(A) demographic.. intrinsically
(B) ecological.. marginally
(C) cultural.. substantively
(D) psychological.. philosophically
(E) political.. demonstratively
4. It is puzzling to observe that Jones's novel has recently been criticized for its----structure, since commentators have traditionally argued that its most obvious----is its relentlessly rigid, indeed schematic, framework.
(A) attention to.. preoccupation
(B) speculation about.. characteristic
(C) parody of.. disparity
(D) violation of.. contradiction
(E) lack of.. flaw
5. It comes as no surprise that societies have codes of behavior; the character of the codes, on the other hand, can often be----.
(A) predictable (B) unexpected
(C) admirable (D) explicit (E) confusing
6. The characterization of historical analysis as a form of fiction is not likely to be received---- by either historians or literary critics, who agree that history and fiction deal with----orders of experience.
(A) quietly.. significant
(B) enthusiastically.. shifting
(C) passively.. unusual
(D) sympathetically.. distinct
(E) contentiously.. realistic
7. For some time now, ----has been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction that every- body has an angle is considered wisdom.
(A) rationality (B) flexibility
(C) diffidence (D) disinterestedness
(E) insincerity
8. STUDY: LEARN::
(A) pervade: encompass (B) search: find
(C) gather: win (D) agree: keep
(E) accumulate: raise
9. CORRAL: HORSES::
(A) den: lions (B) meadow: sheep
(C) herd: cattle (D) nest: birds
(E) coop: chickens
10. LULLABY: SONG::
(A) narrative: volume (B) lecture: tutor
(C) paragraph: page (D) diatribe: discourse
(E) invective: compliment
11. DIE: SHAPING::
(A) glue: attaching (B) anchor: sailing
(C) drill: boring (D) pedal: propelling
(E) ink: printing
12. MERCENARY: MONEY::
(A) vindictive: revenge (B) scholarly: library
(C) immaculate: cleanliness (D) thirsty: water
(E) belligerent: invasion
13. AUTHORITATIVENESS: PUNDITS::
(A) dedication: signatories
(B) sobriety: executors
(C) sensitivity: literati
(D) recklessness: warriors
(E) allegiance: partisans
14. STRUT: WING::
(A) lever: handle (B) axle: wheel
(C) buttress: wall (D) beam: rivet
(E) well: pipe
15. FAWN: IMPERIOUSNESS::
(A) equivocate: directness
(B) elaborate: originality
(C) boggle: imagination
(D) manipulate: repression
(E) coddle: permissiveness
16. TROUBLED: DISTRAUGHT::
(A) annoyed: disillusioned
(B) disturbed: interrupted
(C) covetous: rapacious
(D) outmoded: ostentatious
(E) tranquil: placid
The evolution of intelligence among early large mammals of the grasslands was due in great measure to the interaction between two ecologically synchronized groups of these ani- (5) mals, the hunting carnivores and the herbivores that they hunted. The interaction resulting from the differences between predator and prey led to a general improvement in brain functions; how- ever, certain components of intelligence were (10) improved far more than others.
The kind of intelligence favored by the inter- play of increasingly smarter catcher
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