1. Heavily perfumed white flowers, such as gardenias,

were favorites with collectors in the eighteenth century,

when----was valued much more highly

than it is today.

(A) scent (B) beauty (C) elegance

(D) color (E) variety

2. In a most impressive demonstration, Pavarotti

sailed through Verdi’s “Celeste Aida,” normally a

tenor’s----, with the casual enthusiasm of a folk

singer performing one of his favorite----.

(A) pitfall.. recitals (B) glory.. chorales

(C) nightmare.. ballads

(D) delight.. chanteys

(E) routine.. composers

3. Dependence on foreign sources of heavy metals,

though----, remains----for United States foreign

policy.

(A) deepening.. a challenge

(B) diminishing.. a problem

(C) excessive.. a dilemma

(D) debilitating.. an embarrassmentwｗw.ExamＷ.CoM

(E) unavoidable.. a precedent

4. Cynics believe that people who----compliments

do so in order to be praised twice.

(A) bask in (B) give out (C) despair of

(D) gloat over (E) shrug off

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5. Although nothing could be further from the truth,

freight railroads have been----of----the

nation’s shift from oil to coal by charging exorbitant

fees to transport coal.

(A) accused.. impeding

(B) proud.. accelerating

(C) guilty.. delaying

(D) conscious.. contributing to

(E) wary. . interfering with