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| Exercise 35 
 
 1. While many people utilize homeopathic remedies to treat health problems,
 other  people  do  not  ____  such  alternative  treatments,  ____  conventional
 medical treatments instead.
 Blank (i)               Blank (ii)
 A distrust            D relying on
 B reject                E eschewing
 C countenance   F envisioning
 
 2.  A  number  of  scientists  have  published  articles  ____  global  warming,
 stating  ____  that  there  is  no  solid  scientific  evidence  to  support  the  theory
 that the Earth is warming because of increases in greenhouse gases.
 Blank (i)            Blank (ii)
 A proving         D categorically
 B deploring      E paradoxically
 C debunking    F hesitantly
 
 3.  Conceptually,  it  is  hard  to  reconcile  a  defense  attorney's  ____  to  ensure
 that false testimony is not knowingly put forward with the attorney's mandate
 to mount the most ____ defense conceivable for the client.
 Blank (i)            Blank (ii)
 A inability        D  cautious
 B promises      E powerful
 C duty              F diversified
 
 4. Surprisingly, given the dearth of rain that fell on the corn crop, the yield of
 the harvest was ____; consequently, the corn reserves of the country have not
 been ____.
 Blank (i)                Blank (ii)
 A   inadequate    D replenished
 B encouraging    E salvaged
 C compromised  F depleted
 
 5. When a person suddenly loses consciousness, a bystander is not expected
 to  ____  the  problem  but  to  attempt  to   _____   its  effects  by  starting  vital
 functions if they are absent.
 Blank (i)          Blank (ii)
 A minimize    D counter
 B determine   E detect
 C diagnose    F precipitate
 
 6.  The  remark  was  only  slightly  ______,  inviting  a  chuckle,  perhaps,  but
 certainly not a ______.
 Blank (i)            Blank (ii)
 A audible         D guffaw
 B coherent       E  rebuke
 C humorous    F reaction
 
 7.  Although  they  were  not  direct____,  the  new  arts  of  the  Classical  period
 were clearly created in the spirit of older Roman models and thus____ many
 features of the older style.
 Blank (i)                 Blank (ii)
 A copies                D  maintained
 B translations       E introduced
 C masterpieces    F accentuated
 
 8. It is (i)____ that so many portrait paintings hang in art museums, since the
 subject  matter  seems  to  dictate  a  status  closer  to  pictures  in  the  family
 photograph  album  than  to  hig h  art.  But  perhaps  it  is  the  artistic  skill  with
 which the portraits are painted that (ii)____ their presence in art museums.
 Blank (i)                   Blank (ii)
 A surprising            D challenges
 B understandable   E justifies
 C irrelevant             F changes
 
 9. In stark contrast to   his later (i)____, Simpson was largely (ii)____ politics
 during his college years, despite the fact that the campus he attended was rife
 with political activity.
 Blank (i)          Blank (ii)
 A activism      D devoted to
 B apathy         E indifferent to
 C affability     F  shaped by
 
 10. Like Bela Bartok, Ruth Crawford not only brought a composers acumen
 to the notation of folk music, she also had a marked (i)_____ the task. This
 was clear in her agonizing over how far to try to represent the minute details
 of  a  perform ance  in  a  written  text,  and  this  (ii)____  makes  her  work  a
 landmark in ethnomusicology.
 Blank (i)                      Blank (ii)
 A reverence for          D fastidiousness
 B detachment from    E didacticism
 C curiosity about        F iconoclasm
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