SECTION TWO

　SECTION TWO

　　1. The stage director insisted that before the next performance die set be_________ to eliminate its dinginess.

　　(A) requisitioned (B) enlarged (C) refurbished (D) demolished (E) relocated

　　2. Most pioneers_________ this valley on their journey to the West because its rugged terrain and frequent landslides made it a_________ place far travelers.

　　(A) flanked..fascinating

　　(B) avoided.. necessary

　　(C) encompassed.. curious

　　(D) enjoyed.. troublesome

　　(E) skirted..hazardous

　　3. Most people would be amazed to discover how _________ their recollections are, even those memories of which they are most_________.

　　(A) unpleasant..frightened

　　(B) repressed..unaware

　　(C) inaccurate.. certain

　　(D) amorphous.. unsure

　　(E) trustworthy..confident

　　4. Perhaps the most visible sign of the_________ nature of the Cherokee nation was the fact that the women who led each clan picked the chief.

　　(A) stoic (B) matriarchal (C) defensive (D) caustic (E) didactic

　　5. Castillo's poetry has generated only enthusiastic response: praise from the general public and_________ from the major critics.

　　(A) condemnation (B) sarcasm (C) plaudits (D) irony (E) pathos

　　6. Many scientists have such specialized expertise that they look only at_________ aspects of nature, but ecologists are concerned with the_________ of the natural environment.

　　(A) complex.. purity

　　(B) detailed.. paradox

　　(C) isolated.. totality

　　(D) universal.. balance

　　(E) distant.. erosion

　　7. Notoriously_________ regarding issues of national security, the Prime Minister dumbfounded her opponents when she_________ a defense appropriations bill they had expected her to conte.

　　(A) evenhanded.. muddled

　　(B) compliant.. conceded on

　　(C) pacific.. opposed

　　(D) intransigent.. compromised on

　　(E) rancorous.. railed against

　　8. Leslie thoroughly_________ the text to avoid any lawsuits that might arise because of the new obscenity law.

　　(A) condensed (B) delineated (C) exterminated (D) expurgated (E) transcribed

　　9. The skepticism of some ancient philosopher_________ and helps to elucidate varieties of nihilism that appeared in the early nineteenth century.

　　(A) suppresses (B) disseminates (C) undermines (D) confounds (E) foreshadows

　　10.The doctor_________ so frequently on disease-prevention techniques that her colleagues accused her of_________.

　　(A) vacillated..inconsistency

　　(B) sermonized.. fidelity

　　(C) wavered..steadfastness

　　(D) experimented..inflexibility

　　(E) relied.. negligence