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A retreat D a powerful
B enthusiasm E an inconsequential
C command F an ineffective
2. Among the many____B__of the project, expense cannot be numbered; the goals of the project’s promoters can be achieved with impressive__ E____.
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A highlights D innovation
B claims E speed
C defects F economy
3. Though it would be __A____ to expect Barnard to have worked out all of the limitations of his experiment, he must be __B ____ for his neglect of quantitative analysis.
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A unexceptionable D pardoned
B unrealistic E criticized
C inexcusable F recognized
4. Created to serve as perfectly as possible their workaday____ E__, the wooden storage boxes made in America’s Shaker communities are now ___ F___ for their beauty.
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A nightmare D ballads
B delight E chorales
C routine F composers
5. In a most impressive demonstration, Pavarotti sailed through Verdi’s “Celeste Aida,” normally a tenor’s ___A___, with the casual enthusiasm of a folk singer performing one of his favorite___ E___.
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A mourn D rejoice over
B arrange E grieve over
C savor F preserve
6. The cultivation of the emotion of natsukashii, interpretable as “pleasant sorrow,” brings Japanese to Kyoto in the spring, not to___ B___the cherry blossoms in full bloom but to__D____the fading, falling flowers.
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A environment D employed
B owners E valued
C function F transformed
7. The primary criterion for __A____ a school is its recent performance: critics are ___ F ___ to extend credit for earlier victories.
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A fervent D vulnerable
B painstaking E passionate
C disinterested F rational
8. Though science is often imagined as a____C___ exploration of external reality, scientists are no different from anyone else: they are__ D____human beings enmeshed in a web of personal and social circumstances.
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A lethal D perplexing
B untreated E refractory
C widespread F rare
9. Natural selection tends to eliminate genes that cause inherited diseases, acting most strongly against the most severe diseases; consequently, hereditary diseases that are____B__would be expected to be very___D___, but, surprisingly, they are not.
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A investigating D prone
B judging E persuaded
C administering F reluctant
10. Although his attempts to appear psychotic were so___C___as to be almost____E__, there is evidence that Ezra Pound was able to avoid standing trial for treason merely by faking symptoms of mental illness.
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A spontaneous D ludicrous
B clumsy E believable
C stylized F distressing
