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SECTION TWO
1. Pat made the descent with unusual caution placing each foot first_________, then firmly.
(A) heavily (B) clumsily (C) tentatively (D) confidently (E) languidly
2. Because the geometry course_________ the principles governing solid structures, it was especially popular with students specializing in _________.
(A) emphasized. .architecture
(B) deleted. .geology
(C) reversed. .literature
(D) revealed. .history
(E) attacked. .economics
3. As their enemy grew weaker, the confidence of the allies increased and the_________ predictions they had made at the beginning of the war began to seem justified.
(A) imperceptive (B) belated (C) everlasting (D) optimistic (E) useless
4. Typically, an environmental problem worsens little by little until finally its effects can no longer be_________; organizations then emerge to raise public consciousness and to press vociferously for_________ action.
(A) preserved, .immediate
(B) disregarded, .gradual
(C) ignored, .remedial
(D) observed, .governmental
(E) distorted, .scientific
5. The workers were bored by the mindless routine of their jobs; their performance, therefore, was mechanical, no more than_________.
(A) querulous (B) perfunctory (C) diffuse (D) irresolute (E) transient
6. In the style of some ancient Chinese poets, Asian American poet Li-Young Lee speaks_________ but_________: he meditates on abstract issues while using everyday language in his writing.
(A) clearly. .simply
(B) pompously. .nonchalantly
(C) philosophically. .colloquially
(D) diffidently. .cunningly
(E) sternly. .profoundly
7.They were not_________ misfortune, having endured more than their share of _________.
(A) cognizant of.. calamity
(B) superstitious about. .prosperity
(C) jealous of. .success
(D) oblivious to. .happiness
(E) unacquainted with. .adversity
8. It is perilously easy to decry so_________ a historical figure without trying to understand the motives for his reprehensible actions.
(A) exemplary (B) astute (C) efficacious (D) prosaic (E) villainous
9. Because that testimony had been the_________ the prosecutor's case, when it was ruled inadmissible the case collapsed.
(A) scapegoat for (B) linchpin of (C) bane of (D) conundrum of (E) buffer against
10.Samantha's distinguishing trait is her_________: she gives liberally to those less fortunate than herself.
(A) amicability(B) inexorableness (C) frivolity (D) munificence (E) venerability
