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Exercise 36
1. Political advertising may well be the most (i)____ kind of advertising: political candidates are usually quite (ii)____, yet their campaign advertisements often hide important differences behind smoke screens of smiles and empty slogans. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A polemical D interchangeable B effective E dissimilar C deceptive F vocal 2. Human nature and long distances have made exceeding the speed limit a (i)____ in the state, so the legislators surprised no one when, acceding to public demand, they (ii)____ increased penalties for speeding. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A controversial habit D endorsed B cherished tradition E considered C disquieting ritual F rejected 3. Serlings account of his employers reckless decision making (i)____ that companys image as (ii)____ bureaucracy full of wary managers. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A belies D an injudicious B exposes E a disorganized C overshadows F a cautious 4. In her later years, Bertha Pappenheim was an apostle of noble but already (i)____ notions, always respected for her integrity, her energy, and her resolve but increasingly out of step and ultimately (ii)____ even her own organization. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A anachronistic D emulated by B accepted E appreciated by C exotic F alienated from 5. The (i)____ of Vladimir Nabokov as one of North Americas literary giants has thrown the spotlight on his peripheral activities and has thus served to (ii)____ his efforts as an amateur entomologist. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A stigmatization D foreground B lionization E transcend C marginalization F obscure 6. Belanger dances with an (i)____ that draws ones attention as if by seeking to (ii)____ it; through finesse and understatement, he manages to seem at once intensely present and curiously detached. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A undemonstrative panache D focus B unrestrained enthusiasm E overwhelm C unattractive gawkiness F deflect 7. Ironically, the writer so wary of (i)____ was (ii)____ with ink and paper, his novel running to 2,500 shagreen-bound folio pagesa fortune in stationery at the time. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A probity D acquisitive B extravagance E illiberal C disapprobation F profligate 8. The activists energetic work in the service of both woman suffrage and the temperance movement in the late nineteenth century (i)____ the assertion that the two movements were (ii)____. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A undermines D diffuse B supports E inimical C underscores F predominant 9. There is nothing quite like this movie, and indeed I am not altogether sure there is much more to it than its lovely (i)____. At a moment when so many films strive to be as (ii)____ as possible, it is gratifying to find one that is so subtle and puzzling. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A peculiarity D indirect B pellucidity E assertive C conventionality F enigmatic 10. Despite the ____ of time, space, and history, human societies the world over have confronted the same existential problems and have come to remarkably ____ solutions, differing only in superficial details. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A contingencies D identical B actualities E similar C exigencies F diverse |
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