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Directions: Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1) In the British theater young people under thirty-five have not had much ———- getting recognition onstage, but offstage—in the ranks of playwrights, directors, designers, administrators— they have mostly been relegated to relative obscurity.
(A) trouble
(B) satisfaction
(C) curiosity about
(D) success at
(E) fear of
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2) An institution concerned about its reputation is at the mercy of the actions of its members, because the misdeeds of individuals are often used to ———- the institutions of which they are a part.
(A) reform
(B) coerce
(C) honor
(D) discredit
(E) intimidate
3) Since many casual smokers develop lung cancer and many ———— smokers do not, scientists believe that individuals differ in their ———— the cancer-causing agents known to be present in cigarette smoke.
(A) heavy, susceptibility to
(B) chronic, concern about
(C) habitual, proximity to
(D) devoted, reliance upon
(E) regular, exposure to
4) We accepted the theory that as people become more independent of one another, they begin to feel so isolated and lonely that freedom becomes ———- condition that most will seek to ————.
(A) a permanent, postpone
(B) a common, enter
(C) a negative, escape
(D) a political, impose
(E) an irreparable, avoid
5) If animal parents were judged by human standards, the cuckoo would be one of nature’s more ________ creatures, blithely laying its eggs in the nests of other birds, and leaving the incubating and nurturing to them.
(A) mettlesome
(B) industrious
(C) domestic
(D) lackluster
(E) feckless
6) The current penchant for ________ a product by denigrating a rival, named in the advertisement by brand name, seems somewhat _______: suppose the consumer remembers only the rival’s name?
(A) criticizing, inefficient
(B) touting, foolhardy
(C) enhancing, insipid
(D) evaluating, cumbersome
(E) flaunting, gullible
7) His imperturbability in the face of evidence indicating his deliberate fraud failed to reassure supporters of his essential ———- ; instead, it suggested a talent for ——— that they had never suspected.
(A) culpability, intrigue
(B) wisdom, reproof
(C) remorse, loquacity
(D) probity, guile
(E) combativeness, compromise
Answer Key
1 | 2 | 3 |
A | D | A |
4 | 5 | 6 |
C | E | B |
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D |