1. Kagan maintains that an infant's reactions to its first stressful experiences are part of a natural process of development, not harbingers of childhood unhappiness or ----signs of adolescent anxiety.
(A) prophetic
(B) normal
(C) monotonous1
(D) virtual
(E) typical
2.The spellings of many Old English words have been----in the living language, although their pronunciations have changed.
(A) preserved
(B) shortened
(C) preempted2
(D) revised
(E) improved
3. Although Johnson ____great enthusiasm for his employees' project, in reality his interest in the project was so ____as to be almost nonexistent.
(A)generated…redundant
(B)displayed…preemptive
(C) expected…indiscriminate
(D)feigned…perfunctory
(E)demanded…dispassionate
4. However _____ they might be, Roman poets were bound to have some favorite earlier author whom they would ___.
(A)subservient…imitate
(B)independent…inspire
(C) original…emulate
(D)creative…admire
(E) talented…neglect
5. The "imposter syndrome3" often afflicts4 those who fear that true self-disclosure will lower them in others' esteem5; rightly handled, however, _____may actually _____one's standing6.
(A) willfulness…consolidate
(B) imposture…undermine
(C)affectation…jeopardize
(D) candor…enhance
(E) mimicry…efface
6. The new biological psychiatry7 does not deny the contributing role of psychological factors in mental illnesses, but posits8 that these factors may act as a catalyst9 on existing physiological10 conditions and----such illnesses.
(A)disguise
(B)impede
(C)constrain
(D)precipitate
(E)consummate
7. In the seventeenth century, direct flouting11 of a generally accepted system of values was regarded as----, even as a sign of madness.
(A) adventurous12
(B) frivolous13
(C) willful
(D) impermissible
(E) irrational14
8. Literature is inevitably15 a ------ rather than -------medium for the simple reason that writers interpose their own vision between the reader and reality.
(A)distorting.. a neutral
(B)transparent.. an opaque
(C)colorful.. a drab
(D)flawless. .an inexact
(E)flexible. a rigid16
9. The proponents17 of recombinant DNA18 research have decided19 to----federal regulation of their work; they hope that by making this compromise they can forestall20 proposed state and local controls that might be even stiffer.
(A) protest
(B)institute
(C)deny
(D) encourage
(E)disregard
10. Because many of the minerals found on the ocean floor are still -----on land, where mining is relatively21 inexpensive, mining the ocean floor has yet to become a------
enterprise.
(A)scarce. . common
(B)accessible.. marginal
(C)unidentified.. subsidized
(D)conserved . . public
(E)plentiful.. profitable