1.Objectively set standards can serve as a for physicians, providing them ________ unjustified malpractice claims.
(A)trial.. evidence of
(B)model.. experience with
(C)criterion.. reasons for
(D)test.. questions about
(E)safeguard.. protection from
2.In spite of reviews in the press, the production of her play was __________ almost certain oblivion by enthusiastic audiences whose acumen was greater than that of the critics.
(A)lukewarm.. condemned to
(B)scathing.. exposed to
(C)lackluster.. rescued from
(D)sensitive.. reduced to
(E)admiring.. insured against
3.The passions of love and pride are often found in the same individual, but having little in common, they mutually , not to say destroy, each other.
(A)reinforce
(B)annihilate
(C)enhance
(D)weaken
(E)embrace
4.The necessity of establishing discrete categories for observations frequently leads to attempts to make absolute when there are in reality only .
(A)analyses.. hypotheses
(B)correlations.. digressions
(C)distinctions.. gradations
(D)complications.. ambiguities
(E)conjectures.. approximations
105.A unique clay disk found at the Minoan site of Phaistos is often as the earliest example of printing by scholars who have defended its claim to this status despite equivalent claims put forward for other printing artifacts.
(A)questioned
(B)overlooked
(C)adduced
(D)conceded
(E)dismissed
106.Punishment for violating moral rules is much more common than reward for following them; thus, the rules goes almost in society.
(A)association with .. undefended
(B)adherence to .. unnoticed
(C)affiliation of .. uncorrected
(D)opposition to .. unchecked
(E)ignorance of .. unresolved
107.Compassion is a great respecter of justice: we pity those who suffer .
(A)shamelessly
(B)unwittingly
(C)vicariously
(D)intensively
(E)undeservedly
108.No work illustrated his disdain for a systematic approach to research better than his dissertation, which was rejected primarily because his bibliography constituted, at best, survey of the major texts in his field.
(A)an unimaginative
(B)an orthodox
(C)a meticulous
(D)a comprehensive
(E)a haphazard
109.In contrast to the with which the acquisition of language by young children was once regarded, the process by which such learning occurs has now become the object of .
(A)intensity .. fascination
(B)incuriosity .. scrutiny
(C)anxiety .. criticism
(D)reverence .. admiration
(E)impatience .. training
110.The senator’s remark that she is ambivalent about running for a second term is ________ given the extremely fund-raising activities of her campaign committee.
(A)disingenuous .. reluctant
(B)futile .. clandestine
(C)sincere .. visible
(D)persuasive .. apathetic
(E)straightforward .. energetic
111.Until quite recently research on diabetes had, as a kind of holding action, attempted to refine the of the disease, primarily because no preventive strategy seemed at all likely to be .
(A)definition .. necessary
(B)anticipation .. acceptable
(C)understanding .. costly
(D)treatment .. practicable
(E)symptoms .. feasible
112.Most plant species exhibit in their geographical distribution: often, a given species is found over a large geographical area, but individual populations within that range are widely .
(A)discontinuity .. separated
(B)density .. dispersed
(C)symmetry .. observed
(D)uniformity .. scattered
(E)concentration .. adaptable
113.There is hardly a generalization that can be made about people’s social behavior and the values informing it that cannot be from one or another point of view, or even as simplistic or vapid.
(A)accepted…praised
(B)intuited…exposed
(C)harangued…retracted
(D)defended…glorified
(E)challenged…dismissed
114.Although any destruction of vitamins caused by food irradiation could be ____________ the use of diet supplements, there may be no protection from carcinogens that some fear might be introduced into foods by the process.
(A)counterbalanced by
(B)attributed to
(C)inferred from
(D)augmented with
(E)stimulated by
115.Though he refused any responsibility for the failure of the negotiations, Stevenson had no right to himself: it was his that had caused the debacle.
(A)blame… skill
(B)congratulate…modesty
(C)berate…largesse
(D)accuse…obstinacy
(E)absolve…acrimony
116.The prevailing union of passionate interest in detailed facts with equal devotion to abstract is a hallmark of our present society; in the past this union appeared, at best, and as if by chance.
(A)data…extensively
(B)philosophy…cyclically
(C)generalization…sporadically
(D)evaluation…opportunely
(E)intuition….selectively
117.A century ago the physician’s word was to doubt it was considered almost sacrilegious (A) inevitable
(B)intractable
(C)incontrovertible
(D)objective
(E)respectable
118.So much of modern fiction in the United States is autobiographical, and so much of the auto-biography fictionalized, that the sometimes seem largely ______.
(A)authors…ignored
(B)needs…unrecognized
(C)genres…interchangeable
(D)intentions…misunderstood
(E)misapprehensions…uncorrected
119.Robin’s words were not without emotion: they retained their level tone only by a careful imminent extremes.
(A)equipoise between
(B)embrace of
(C)oscillation between
(D)limitation to
(E)subjection to
120.That she seemed to prefer to concentrated effort is undeniable; nevertheless, the impressive quality of her finished paintings suggests that her actual relationship to her art was anything but .
(A)preparation…passionate
(B)artfulness…disengaged
(C)dabbling…superficial
(D)caprice…considered
(E)indecision…lighthearted
