1 It is ironic and somehow tragic that good people are often dull while evil people can be endlessly______. A) ordinary B) stubborn C) skeptical D) fascinating
2 Although the substance is normally quite______________, scientists found that when tempered with other elements it could be stored safely in metal containers. A) voluminous B) caustic C) insoluble D) vapid
3 Far from being mere replicas of seventeenth-century African culture, Maroon societies have continually developed as their members have________________the artistic heritage bequeathed by their ancestors, adapting it creatively to their changing lives. A) confused B) repressed C) denied D) modified
4 Because he felt intimidated in his new position, he was divulging his frank opinions of company proposals. A) precipitate in B) candid in C) chary of D) fervid about
5 Kagan maintains that an infant's reactions to its first stressful experience are apart of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or_________________signs of adolescent anxiety. A) prophetic B) normal C) monotonous D) virtual
6 Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable__through a complex network of producers and consumers. A) commodities B) dividends C) communications D) nutrients
7 We first became aware that her support for the new program was less than ___________ when she declined to make a speech in its favor. A) qualified B) haphazard C) fleeting D) wholehearted
8 Current data suggest that, although_states between fear and aggression exist, fear and aggression are as distinct physiologically as they are psychologically. A) simultaneous B) serious C) exceptional D) transitional
9 Wildlife represents a renewable resource but one that cannot be_for the enjoyment of future generations. A) replaced B) stockpiled C) balanced D) depleted
10 Students who interpret the honor code strictly find it_time some bright sudden complete take - home examinations for less proficient friends. A) remedial B) irreproachable C) unconscionable D) irrelevant
11 Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable__the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long - term warming effects. A) interest in B) uncertainty about C) enthusiasm for D) worry about
12 Within the tribal government of the Crow Indians, the clan system serves as a method of checks and balances that_________the assumption of authoritarian rule by any one clan. A) determines B) prevents C) examines D) delegates
13 He was widely regarded as a_man because he revealed daily his distrust of human nature and human motives. A) disrespectful B) cynical C) confused D) misinformed
14 A common argument claims that in folk art, the artist's subordination of technical mastery to intense feeling_the direct communication of emotion to the viewer. A) facilitates B) averts C) neutralizes D) implies
15 Alice Walker's prize - winning novel exemplifies the strength of first - person narratives; the protagonist tells her own story so effectively that any additional commentary would be____________. A) subjective B) eloquent C) superfluous D) impervious
