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 The ambassador's papers are not_______reading, but on who reads slowly and attentively will be richly repaid. A) petty B) valuable C) insightful D) easy
3 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
4 By forcing our surrender to the authority of the clock systematic timekeeping has imposed a form of________on society A) anarchy B) permanence C) provincialism D) tyranny
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 Certainly Murray's preoccupation with the task of editing the Oxford English Dictionary begot a kind of monomania, but it must be regarded as a _________________ or at least an innocuous one. A) tame B) tendentious C) meretricious D) beneficent
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 The spellings of many Old English words have been _____________ in the living language, although their pronunciations have changed. A) preserved B) shortened C) preempted D) revised
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 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
13 In her crusade to make public servants accountable to voters, she________________the nations unscrupulous and self-indulgent politicians. A) exposed B) dramatized C) accepted D) promoted
14 The notion that cultural and biological influences _______________determine cross - cultural diversity is discredited by the fact that, in countless aspects of human existence, it is cultural programming that overwhelmingly accounts for cross-population variance. A) jointly B) completely C) directly D) equally
15 The life of Rumel, who enhanced his own political strength as he fought for his people's freedom, suggests that not all liberation movements result in the________________of their leaders. A) corruption B) canonization C) self-glorification D) downfall
