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1.The scientist found it puzzling that his theory encountered _______ despite widespread agreement that it was_______

A. respect … crucial

B. dismissal … simplistic

C. skepticism … unfathomable

D. opposition … indisputable

E. acceptance … comprehensive

2. The rate at which soil can absorb water ________ with continuous wetting, so the longer a _________ lasts, or the greater the rate of precipitation, the higher the percentage of water that will flow across the ground as runoff and enter stream channels.

A. rises … deluge

B. diminishes … drought

C. increases … shower

D. decreases … rainstorm

E. stabilizes … thaw

3. The ideas expressed in the art historian’s book are more _____ than one would expect or the basis of her rather_________ treatment of her subject in the opening pages.

A. compelling … intriguing

B. accessible … recondite

C. hidebound … reactionary

D. insightful … innovative

E. dispassionate … evenhanded

4. The meeting on environmental issues produced ________ discussion but no commitment on a plan of action: the many uncertainties surrounding global climatic change and the huge cost of efforts to limit it made the policymakers ____

A. little … voluble

B. heated … contentious

C. cordial … quarrelsome

D. frustrating … affable

E. interminable … businesslike

5. Art that endures often makes an initially disturbing impact: the profound experience that such art seeks to provoke necessarily engenders a certain ___

A. familiarity

B. ennui

C. upheaval

D. intimacy

E. tranquility

6. The history of film reflects the _____ inherent in the medium itself: film combines still photographs to represent continuous motion and, while seeming to present life itself, can also offer impossible and dreamlike unrealities.

A. trivialities

B. biases

C. constraints

D. paradoxes

E. liabilities

7. The ______ with which the politician peppers her speeches are so memorable that many people think of her as being far more _______ than she in fact is.

A. superlatives … egalitarian

B. pejoratives … optimistic

C. examples … soporific

D. diatribes … censorious

E. malapropisms … straightforward

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