76. Because auto repair places have such ________ rates, many community colleges have ________ courses in automotive mechanics.

   (A) shattering ... planned

   (B) exorbitant ... instituted

   (C) impertinent ...discussed

   (D) reasonable ... introduced

   (E) intolerable ... discontinued  

77. Because fruit juice fills babies’ small stomachs and ruins their appetite for foods that contain nutrients they ________ , consuming large quantities can actually prove ________ to babies less than 24 months old.

   (A) prefer ... beneficial

   (B) choose ... counterproductive

   (C) require ... helpful

   (D) need ... detrimental

   (E) ingest ... advantageous 

78. Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians, his fellow officers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a ________ .

   (A) martinet

   (B) braggart

   (C) renegade

   (D) skinflint

   (E) laggard 

79. Because he had assumed that the child’s first, fierce rush of grief would quickly ________ , Murdstone was astonished to find him still ________ .

   (A) subside ... disconsolate

   (B) fade ... irresolute

   (C) elapse ... disingenuous

   (D) escalate ... forlorn

   (E) dwindle ... dormant

 80. Because he is so ________ , we can never predict what course he will take at any moment.

   (A) incoherent

   (B) superficial

   (C) capricious

   (D) deleterious

   (E) conventional

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