(A) amateur‘s. .sensible
(B) expert‘s.. erratic
(C) investor‘s.. booming
(D) insider‘s.. predictable
(E) artist‘s.. irrational
26.Read‘s apology to Heflin was not exactly abject and did little to ____ their decades-long quarrel, which had been as ____ as the academic etiquette of scholarly journals permitted.
(A) encourage.. sporadic
(B) dampen.. courteous
(C) obscure.. ceremonious
(D) resolve.. acrimonious
(E) blur.. sarcastic
1.Although the architect’s concept at first sounded too ____ to be ____ , his careful analysis of every aspect of the project convinced the panel that the proposed building was indeed, structurally feasible.
(A) mundane.. attractive
(B) eclectic.. appealing
(C) grandiose.. affordable
(D) innovative.. ignored
(E) visionary.. practicable
2.If efficacious new medicines have side effects that are commonly observed and ____, such medicines are too often considered ____, even when laboratory tests suggest caution.
(A) unremarkable.. safe
(B) unpredictable.. reliable
(C) frequent.. outdated
(D) salutary.. experimental
(E) complicated.. useful
3. The idealized paintings of nature produced in the eighteenth century are evidence that the medieval ____ natural settings had been ____ and that the outdoors now could be enjoyed without trepidation.
(A) fear of.. exorcised
(B) concerns about.. regained
(C) affection for.. surmounted
(D) disinterest in.. alleviated
(E) enthusiasm for.. confronted
4. Some paleontologists debate whether the diversity of species has ____since the Cambrian period, or whether imperfections in the fossil record only suggest greater diversity today, while in actuality there has been either ____ or decreased diversity.
(A) changed.. escalation
(B) increased.. stasis
(C) expanded.. discontinuity
(D) declined.. reduction
(E) improved.. deviation
