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Students who interpret the honor code strictly find it_time some bright sudden complete take - home examinations for less proficient friends. 

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(C) (A 'Take home examination' means an examination in which the question paper is allowed to be taken home by a student for being answered by himself, and then submitted to his teacher for valuation). The sentence seeks to contrast the attitudes of two sets of students-those who interpret the honour code strictly, and those who do not consider it wrong to answer the take-home examinations on behalf of other less intelligent students. Obviously, those students who interpret the honour code strictly would hold that no student should attempt to answer the take-home examination on behalf of another student. They would, therefore, not consider the practice of a brighter student answering the home examination of a less bright student as remedial, or irreproachable or irrelevant. They would certainly consider this practice as unconscionable (meaning against one's conscience or immoral). So, (C) is the answer

Wildlife represents a renewable resource but one that cannot be_for the enjoyment of future generations. 

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Renewable resources are those that can be grown again and again, like timber. Timber can also be preserved in large quantities (stockpiled) for use by future generations. Though wild-life can be multiplied by suitable conservation measures, they cannot be stockpiled, since wild-life, just as human beings, will also die periodically. So, (B) is the answer. You can easily see that none of the other choices fits in with the meaning of the sentence.

Current data suggest that, although_states between fear and aggression exist, fear and aggression are as distinct physiologically as they are psychologically.

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(D) The use of the conjunction although implies that there is contradiction in sense within the sentence. The second part says that fear and aggression are distinct (meaning different) both physiologically and psychologically. In order to bring out the implied contrast the missing word must describe a state in which these two are quite similar or lack distinctiveness. The only possible words among the choices are simultaneous and transitional. Between the two, the word simultaneous must be ruled out because, in that case, the phrase must read 'simultaneous states of fear and aggression, and 'not simultaneous states between fear and aggression'. The word transitional refers to a stage of movement from one state to another when the qualities of both states are present together and the difference between them is blurred. It is this word which fits in logically in the given sentence, and is the answer.

The spellings of many Old English words have been _____________ in the living language, although their pronunciations have changed.

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 (A) The phrase although their pronunciations have changed indicates an implied contrast between the two parts of the sentence. This means that the spellings of the words (referred to in the first part) must have remained unchanged over a period of time. The only word among the choices which means unchanged is preserved, which is the answer

We first became aware that her support for the new program was less than ___________ when she declined to make a speech in its favor.

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(D) Apparently, the author of the sentence and his friends were under the impression that the woman was supporting its favour, what would they have newly learnt about her support to the program? Obviously that such support was only half-hearted. The phrase, "It was less than whole-hearted" expresses just this, and is the answer.

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