test paper 1

Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

1. Dreams are --- in and of themselves, but, when combined with other data, they can tell us much about the dreamer.

A. uninformative
B. startling
C. harmless
D. unregulated
E. uncontrollable

2. The Muses are --- deities: they avenge themselves without mercy on those who weary of their charms.

A. rueful
B. ingenuous
C. solicitous
D. vindictive
E. dispassionate

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  • CIVILPRINCESS
    CIVILPRINCESS

    @civilprincess-308hDv • Aug 22, 2010

    1) uninformative, unregulated
    2) vindictive, rueful.

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  • Tejashree Katdare
    Tejashree Katdare

    @tejashree-neQ3Bn • Aug 22, 2010

    3. Without the psychiatrist's promise of confidentiality, trust is --- and the patient's communication limited; even though confidentiality can thus be seen to be precious in therapy, moral responsibility sometimes requires a willingness to --- it.

    A. implicit..extend
    B. ambiguous..apply
    C. prevented..uphold
    D. assumed..examine
    E. impaired..sacrifice

    4. Having fully embraced the belief that government by persuasion is preferable to government by ---, the leaders of the movement have recently --- most of their previous statements supporting totalitarianism.

    A. intimidation..issued
    B. participation..moderated
    C. proclamation..codified
    D. demonstration..deliberated
    E. coercion..repudiated

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  • Tejashree Katdare
    Tejashree Katdare

    @tejashree-neQ3Bn • Aug 22, 2010

    You are very correct
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  • CIVILPRINCESS
    CIVILPRINCESS

    @civilprincess-308hDv • Aug 22, 2010

    thanks 😁

    3) E

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  • Tejashree Katdare
    Tejashree Katdare

    @tejashree-neQ3Bn • Aug 26, 2010

    4) E
    😁😁

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  • Tejashree Katdare
    Tejashree Katdare

    @tejashree-neQ3Bn • Aug 26, 2010

    5.The powers and satisfactions of primeval people, though few and meager, were ---- their few and simple desires.

    A. simultaneous with
    B. commensurate with
    C. substantiated by
    D. circumscribed by
    E. ruined by

    6. Some scientists argue that carbon compounds play such a central role in life on Earth because of the possibility of ---- resulting from the carbon atom's ability to form an unending series of different molecules.

    A. deviation
    B. stability
    C. reproduction
    D. variety
    E. invigoration

    7. Whereas the art critic Vasari saw the painting entitled the Mona Lisa as an original and wonderful ---- feat, the reproduction of a natural object, the aesthetes saw it as --- that required deciphering.

    A. collaborative..an aberration
    B. historical..a symbol
    C. technical..a hieroglyph
    D. mechanical.. an imitation
    E. visual..an illusion

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  • Tejashree Katdare
    Tejashree Katdare

    @tejashree-neQ3Bn • Aug 26, 2010

    😔 😔
    no one wants to reply !!!

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  • Tejashree Katdare
    Tejashree Katdare

    @tejashree-neQ3Bn • Aug 29, 2010

    5. B
    6. D
    7. C

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