SECTION ONE
1.She thought her_________ were amusing, but the others thought such tricks were irritating.
(A) anecdotes (B) researches (C) demands (D) pranks (E) debts
2.Though its wings look extremely_________, the butterfly is_________ enough to fly as high as 7,000 feet.
(A) vivid..powerful
(B) iridescent. .skillful
(C) slender. .thick
(D) beautiful. .heavy
(E) fragile. .sturdy
3. Several medieval manuscripts that were improperly_________, and thus lost within the library itself since their acquisition, have been located and are finally_________ patrons.
(A) praised..scrutinized by
(B) displayed. .comprehensible to
(C) labeled. .accessible to
(D) administered. .overlooked by
(E) cataloged. .unobtainable by
4. Using gestures and facial expressions rather than words, the performers eloquently communicated through the art of the_________.
(A) mediator (B) ensemble (C) elocutionist (D) pantomime (E) troubadour
5. The ability to treat stress-related illness is limited because many conditions can_________ stress, but none of them has been singled out as the_________ cause of stress.
(A) alleviate. .original
(B) relieve. .sole
(C) induce. .predominant
(D) inhibit..actual
(E) produce. .partial
6. Company President Carmen Sanchez intends the_________ with which she works to be an example to her employees; as a result, they find that they are expected to apply themselves to their jobs most_________.
(A) sagacity. .unscrupulously
(B) leniency. .decorously
(C) nonchalance. .tenaciously
(D) acrimony. .cheerfully
(E) ardor. .assiduously
7. George was so eager to_________ his preconceptions that he grasped at any fact that seemed to_________ the undeniable gaps in his theory.
(A) reinforce..strengthen
(B) preserve. .bridge
(C) convey..widen
(D) overcome. .plug
(E) disregard. .destroy
8.That Virginia Woolf's criticism of prose is more astute than her criticism of poetry is most likely due to her ability, as a novelist and essayist, to approach prose as one of its_________ .
(A) novices (B) neighbors (C) interpreters (D) practitioners (E) detractors
9. Since the opposing factions could reach no_________the budget proposal, they decided to_________ it and to debate the hazardous waste bill instead.
(A) consensus on. .table
(B) opinion about, .enact
(C) decision about, .berate
(D) agreement on. .proclaim
(E) compromise on. .endorse