74.2. Both commercials and films present ______ view of the material world, one which promotes a standard of living that most of us can probably not attain.
(A) a banal
(B) an imprudent
(C) a standardized
(D) a perplexing
(E) an unrealistic
E40.1 The fact that a theory is _________ does not necessarily_________ its scientific truth,which must be established by unbiased controlled studies.
(A) cumbersome...alleviate
(B) popular...limit
(C) venerable...override
(D) cohesive...undermine
(E) plausible...ensure
E42.3,
To avoid annihilation by parasites, some caterpillars are able to _______ periods of active growth by pre-maturely entering a dormant state, which is characterized by the ____________ of feeding.
(A) invert...simulation
(B) foster...continuation
(C) prevent...stimulation
(D) mediate...synthesis
(E) curtail...suspension
E53.4 Under ethical guidelines recently adopted by the National Institutes of Health, human genes are to be manipulated only to correct diseases for which _________ treatments are unsatisfactory.
(A) alternative (B) most
(C) dangerous (D) uncommon
(E) similar
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18.3. The notion that cultural and biological influences ______ determine cross-cultural diversity is discredited by the fact that, in countless aspects of human existence, it is cultural programming that overwhelmingly accounts for cross-population variance.
(A) eventually
(B) completely
(C) directly
(D) equally
(E) jointly
E32.7 One virus strain that may help gene therapists cure genetic brain diseases can enter the peripheral nervous system and travel to the brain, _________ the need to inject the therapeutic virus directly into the brain.
(A) obviating
(B) intensifying
(C) elucidating
(D) satisfying
(E) suggesting
E33.6 Numerous historical examples illustrate both the overriding influence that scientists' ________ have on their interpretation of data and the consequent_________of their intellectual objectivity.
(A) suppositions...reinforcement
(B) instruments...abandonment
(C) theories...independence
(D) conclusions...coloration
(E) prejudices...impairment
E34.6
6. The theory of cosmic evolution states that the universe, having begun in a state of simplicity and _________, has _________ into great variety.
(A) equilibrium...modulated
(B) homogeneity...differentiated
(C) contrast...metamorphosed
(D) proportion...accelerated
(E) intelligibility...developed
E36.7 The fortresslike facade of the Museum of Cartoon Art seems calculated to remind visitors that the comic strip is an art form that has often been_______by critics.
(A) overwhelmed (B) assailed (C) unnoticed (D) exhilarated (E) charmed
E44.4 The belief that science destroys the arts appears to be supported by historical evidence that the arts have _______only when the sciences have been _________.
(A) floundered...constrained
(B) flourished...neglected
(C) matured...unconcerned
(D) succeeded...developed
(E) declined...attacked
E46.2 No computer system is immune to a virus, a particularly malicious program that is designed to _________and electronically ____________ the disks on which data are stored.
(A) invade...repair
(B) restore...disable
(C) infect...damage
(D) preserve...secure
(E) prepare...improve
E50.1 Exposure to low-intensity gamma radiation slows the rate of growth of the spoilage microorganisms in food in much the same way that the low heat used in pasteurization _________ the spoilage action of the microorganisms in milk.
(A) purifies
(B) initiates
(C) inhibits
(D) isolates
(E) precludes
E52.3 The valedictory address, as it has developed in American colleges and universities over the years, has become a very strict form, a literary _________ that permits very little_________.
(A) text...clarity
(B) work...tradition
(C) genre...deviation
(D) oration...grandiloquence
(E) achievement...rigidity
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