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SECTION 3
Time –30 minutes
38 Questions
1. It is assumed that scientists will avoid making ----
claims about the results of their experiments because
of the likelihood that they will be exposed when
other researchers cannot ---- their findings.
(A) hypothetical.. evaluate
(B) fraudulent.. duplicate
(C) verifiable.. contradict
(D) radical.. contest
(E) extravagant.. dispute
2. As long as the nuclear family is ---- a larger kinship
group through contiguous residence on undivided
land, the pressure to ---- and thus to get along with
relatives is strong.
(A) nurtured among.. abstain
(B) excluded from.. compromise
(C) embedded in .. share
(D) scattered throughout.. reject
(E) accepted by .. lead
3. In contrast to the substantial muscular activity
required for inhalation, exhalation is usually a ----
process.
(A) slow
(B) passive
(C) precise
(D) complex
(E) conscious
4. The documentary film about high school life was so
realistic and ---- that feelings of nostalgia flooded
over the college-age audience.
(A) logical
(B) pitiful
(C) evocative
(D) critical
(E) clinical
5. Although Georgia O'Keeffe is best known for her
affinity with the desert landscape, her paintings of
urban subjects ---- her longtime residency in New
York City.
(A) condemn
(B) obfuscate
(C) attest to
(D) conflict with
(E) contend with
6. Even though the survey was designated as an inter-
disciplinary course, it involved no real ---- of
subject matter.
(A) encapsulation
(B) organization
(C) synthesis
(D) discussion
(E) verification
7. The failure of many psychotherapists to ---- the
results of pioneering research could be due in part to
the specialized nature of such findings: even ----
findings may not be useful.
(A) understand.. baffling
(B) envision.. accessible
(C) utilize.. momentous
(D) reproduce.. duplicated
(E) affirm.. controversial
1. In the nineteenth century, novelists and unsympathetic
travelers portrayed the American West as a land of
---- adversity, whereas promoters and idealists
created ---- image of a land of infinite promise.
(A) lurid.. a mundane
(B) incredible.. an underplayed
(C) dispiriting.. an identical
(D) intriguing.. a luxuriant
(E) unremitting.. a compelling
2. Honeybees tend to be more ---- than earth bees:
the former, unlike the latter, search for food together
and signal their individual findings to one another.
(A) insular
(B) aggressive
(C) differentiated
(D) mobile
(E) social
3. Joe spoke of superfluous and ---- matters with
exactly the same degree of intensity, as though for
him serious issues mattered neither more nor less
than did ----.
(A) vital.. trivialities
(B) redundant.. superficialities
(C) important.. necessities
(D) impractical.. outcomes
(E) humdrum.. essentials
4. The value of Davis' sociological research is com-
promised by his unscrupulous tendency to use
materials---- in order to substantiate his own
claims, while ---- information that points to other
possible conclusions.
(A) haphazardly.. deploying
(B) selectively.. disregarding
(C) cleverly.. weighing
(D) modestly.. refuting
(E) arbitrarily.. emphasizing
5. Once Renaissance painters discovered how to ----
volume and depth, they were able to replace the
medieval convention of symbolic, two-dimensional
space with the more ---- illusion of actual space.
(A) reverse.. conventional
(B) portray.. abstract
(C) deny.. concrete
(D) adumbrate.. fragmented
(E) render.. realistic
6. He had expected gratitude for his disclosure, but
instead he encountered ---- bordering on hostility.
(A) patience
(B) discretion
(C) openness
(D) ineptitude
(E) indifference
7. The diplomat, selected for her demonstrated patience
and skill in conducting such delicate negotiations,
---- to make a decision during the talks because any
sudden commitment at that time would have been ----.
(A) resolved.. detrimental
(B) refused.. apropos
(C) declined.. inopportune
(D) struggled.. unconscionable
(E) hesitated.. warranted
