SECTION TWO

　　1. They use language not to explain but to_________ each statement is like a reflection in a warped mirror.

　　(A) preserve (B)distort (C)enlighten (D) negate (E) destroy

　　2.Many writers associated with the Harlem Renaissance were not originally from Harlem drawn by the artistic community it provided, they_________ the place as home.

　　(A) neglected (B) adopted (C) avoided (D) criticized (E) encountered

　　3. Francis learned that by_________ his anger and resentment, and so avoiding_________, he could overcome opponents more successfully than could those who openly defied their adversaries.

　　(A) expressing.. hostility

　　(B) suppressing.. conflict

　　(C) stifling.. temperance

　　(D) disguising.. deceit

　　(E) rousing..wrath

　　4. Colonial South Carolina was characterized by cultural_________: Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans each absorbed some customs of the other groups.

　　(A) tension (B) conservatism (C) integrity (D) convergence (E) eradication

　　5. Ellen Swallow Richards, a_________ environmental preservation in the United States, campaigned during the nineteenth century to_________ responsible practices in the discipline that has come to be known as ecology.

　　(A) foil for.. expose

　　(B) pioneer of.. implement

　　(C) resource on.. squelch

　　(D) mitigator of.. promote

　　(E) critic of.. exploit

　　6. Sleep actually occurs_________, though one may receive dues signaling its_________ for several minutes before one falls asleep.

　　(A) gradually.. abruptness

　　(B) erratically.. solace

　　(C) temporarily.. length

　　(D) inevitably.. approach

　　(E) instantaneously .. onset

　　7. Laila performed her tasks at the office with_________, completing all her projects in record time.

　　(A) alacrity (B) conformity (C) deliberation (D) recrimination (E) exasperation

　　8. Anna Freud's impact on psychoanalysis was_________, coming not from one brilliant discovery bur from s lifetime of first-rate work.

　　(A) tangential (B) premature (C) exorbitant (D) indiscernible (E) cumulative

　　9. The treasurer was intimidated by the_________ demeanor of the auditors who neither spoke nor smiled when they arrived.

　　(A) amiable (B) ethical (C) glacial (D) taunting (E) nondescript

　　10.Critics say that the autobiographical work Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar Wideman is surprising in that it celebrates and yet_________ his own role in the life of his brother.

　　(A) censures (B) exacerbates (C) explores (D) duplicates (E) delineates