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Exercise 29
1. Even though political editorializing was not _____ under the new regime, journalists still experienced _____, though perceptible , governmental pressure to limit dissent. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A commended D clear B encouraged E discreet C forbidden F overt
2. A number of writers who once greatly _____ the literary critic have recently recanted, substituting _____ for their former criticism. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A disparaged D approbation B lauded E ambivalence C influenced F censure
3. The actual _____ of Wilson’s position was always _____ by his refusal to compromise after having initially agreed to negotiate a settlement. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A cowardice D betrayed B rigidity E foreshadowed C uncertainty F alleviated
4. Salazar’s presence in the group was so _____ the others that they lost most of their earlier _____; failure, for them, became all but unthinkable. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A unnoticed by D confidence B reassuring to E exhilaration C unexpected by F trepidation
5. Although the architects concept at first sounded too _____ to be_____, his careful analysis of every aspect of the project convinced the panel that the proposed building was indeed, structurally feasible. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A mundane D practicable B visionary E appealing C eclectic F ignored
6. He was regarded by his followers, as something of _____, not only because of his insistence on strict discipline, but also because of his _____ adherence to formal details. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A an acolyte D reluctant B a martinet E sporadic C a tyrant F rigid
7. Unlike philosophers who constructed theoretically ideal states, she built a theory based on _____; thus, although her constructs may have been inelegant, they were _____ sound. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A experience D scientifically B conjecture E empirically C surmise F aesthetically
8. Although _____ is usually thought to spring from regret for having done something wrong, it may be that its origin is the realization that one’s own nature is irremediably _____. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A remorse D innocent B skepticism E frivolous C certitude F flawed
9. The valedictory address, as it has developed in American colleges and universities over the years, has become a very strict form, a literary _____ that permits very little _____. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A genre D deviation B feature E rigidity C achievement F grandiloquence
10. If efficacious new medicines have side effects that are commonly observed and _____, such medicines are too often considered _____, even when laboratory tests suggest caution. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A salutary D outdated B unpredictable E safe C unremarkable F experimental |
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