1. Although their initial anger had ____ somewhat, they continued to ____the careless worker who had broken the machine. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A intensified D berate B blazed E appease C abated F condone
2. The challenge of interpreting fictional works written under politically repressive regimes lies in distinguishing what is ____ to an author's beliefs, as opposed to what is ____ by political coercion. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A contradictory D conveyed B organic E imposed C oblique F captured
3. Although the number of reported volcanic eruptions has risen exponentially since 1850, this indicates not____ volcanic activity but rather more widespread and ____ record keeping. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A abating D systematic B substantial E erratic C increasing F superficial
4 . Since it is now ______ to build the complex central processing unit of a computer on a single silicon chip using photolithography and chemical etching, it seems plausible that other miniature structures might be fabricated in ______ ways. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A unprecedented D unique B difficult E similar C routine F undiscovered
5. The attempt to breed suitable varieties of jojoba by using hybridization to ____ favorable traits was finally abandoned in favor of a simpler and much faster ____: the domestication of flourishing wild strains. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A reinforce D creation B eliminate E method C concentrate F theory
6. The sale of Alaska was not so much an American coup as a matter of ______ for an imperial Russia that was short of cash and unable to ______ its own continental coastline. Blank (i) Blank (ii ) A negligence D defend B expediency E change C exigency F suppress
7. While many Russian composers of the nineteenth century contributed to an emerging national style, other composers did not ____ idiomatic Russian musical elements, ____ instead the traditional musical vocabulary of Western European Romanticism. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A incorporate D preferring B repudiate E rejecting C esteem F expanding
8. Because the painter Albert inkham Ryder was obsessed with his ____ perfection, he was rarely ____ a painting, creating endless variations of a scene on one canvas, one on top of another. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A contempt for D disconcerted by B quest for E immersed in C alienation from F satisfied with
9. In spite of ____ reviews in the press, the production of her play was ____ almost certain oblivion by enthusiastic audiences whose acumen was greater than that of the critics. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A lackluster D condemned to B admiring E rescued from C sensitive F exposed to
10. Until quite recently research on diabetes had, as a kind of holding action, attempted to refine the ____ of the disease, primarily because no preventive strategy seemed at all likely to be ____.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) A comprehension D necessary B treatment E costly C symptoms F practicable
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inkham Ryder was obsessed with his ____ 
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