1 The sheer diversity of tropical plants represents a seemingly----source of raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized1.
(A)Exploited
(B)quantifiable
(C)controversial
(D)inexhaustible
(E)remarkable
2 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) averts2
(C) neutralize3
(D) implies
(E) represses
3 It is ironic4 that a critic of such overwhelming vanity now suffers from a measure of the oblivion to which he was forever----others, in the end, all his----has only worked against him.
(A) dedicating.. self-procession
(B) leading.. self-righteousness
(C) consigning5.. self-adulation
(D) relegating6.. self-sacrifice
(E) condemning7.. self-analysis
4 The hierarchy8 of medical occupations is in many ways a----system; its strata9 remain----and the practitioners10 in them have very little vertical11 mobility12.
(A) health.. skilled
(B) delivery.. basic
(C) regimental.. flexible
(D) training.. inferior
(E) cast.. intact
5 Although ancient tools were----preserved, enough have survived to allow us to demonstrate an occasionally interrupted but generally----progress through prehistory.
(A) partially13.. noticeable
(B) superficially.. necessary
(C) unwittingly.. documented
(D) rarely.. continual
(E) needlessly.. incessant14
6 It is puzzling to observe that Jones's novel has recently been criticized for its______structure, since commentators15 have traditionally argued that its most obvious_______is its relentlessly16 rigid17, indeed schematic, framework..
(A) attention to.. preoccupation
(B) speculation18 about.. characteristic
(C) parody19 of.. disparity
(D) violation20 of.. contradiction
(E) lack of.. flaw
7 Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater----their efforts to build a progressive party than the----of the progressives already elected to the legislature.
(A) support for.. advocacy
(B) threat to.. promise
(C) benefit from.. success
(D) obstacle to.. resistance
(E) praise for.. reputation
8 During the 1960's assessments21 of the family shifted remarkably22, from general endorsement23 of it as a worthwhile, stable institution to widespread----it as an oppressive and bankrupt one whose----was both imminent24 and welcome.
(A) flight from.. restitution25
(B) fascination26 with.. corruption
(C) rejection27 of.. vogue28
(D) censure29 of.. dissolution
(E) relinquishment30 of.. ascent31
9 Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations32, there will be, among scientists, considerable----the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric33 CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.
(A) interest in
(B) uncertainty34 about
(C) enthusiasm for
(D) worry about
(E) experimentation35 on
10 The idealized paintings of nature produced in the eighteenth century are evidence that the medieval -------natural settings had been ----- and that the outdoors now could be enjoyed without trepidation36.
(A)fear of.. exorcised
(B)concerns about..regained
(C)affection for.. surmounted
(D)disinterest in.. alleviated37
(E)enthusiasm for.. confronted