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SAT Practice for Third Quarter
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1. Because King Philip's desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeth's insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------.
(A) reconciliation . . assured (B) warfare . . avoidable (C) ruination . . impossible (D) conflict . . inevitable (E) diplomacy . . simple
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2. There is no doubt that Larry is a genuine ------- : he excels at telling stories that fascinate his listeners.
(A) braggart (B) dilettante (C) pilferer (D) prevaricator (E) raconteur
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3. A discerning publishing agent can ------- promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad.
(A) supplant (B) dramatize (C) finagle (D) winnow (E) overhaul
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4. Although some think the terms "bug" and "insect" are ------- , the former term actually refers to ------- group of insects.
(A) parallel . . an identical (B) precise . . an exact (C) interchangeable . . a particular (D) exclusive . . a separate (E) useful . . a useless
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5. The novel's protagonist, a pearl diver, naïvely expects that the buyers will compete among themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they ------- to ------- him.
(A) venture . . reward (B) pretend . . praise (C) conspire . . reimburse (D) refuse . . cheat(E) collude . . swindle
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6. The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to ------- the book by producing a fuller account.
(A) invalidate (B) objectify (C) incite (D) celebrate (E) enrich
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7. Ramona had never visited Niagara Falls, but she could appreciate their splendor ------- through the descriptions of others.
(A) vicariously (B) heedlessly (C) innocuously (D) mystically (E) voluminously
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8. Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ------- seemed impossible; the project's inauspicious start made its final success all the more ------- .
(A) concentration . . incidental (B) disagreement . . incongruous (C) collaboration . . predictable (D) hostility . . dazzling (E) cooperation . . remarkable
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9. Joshua's radical ideas were frowned on by most of his coworkers, who found them too ------- for their conservative tastes.
(A) heretical (B) meticulous (C) precise (D) incoherent (E) sagacious
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10. Today Wegener's theory is ____ ; however, he died an outsider treated with ____ by the scientific establishment.
A. unsupported - approval B. dismissed - contempt C. accepted - approbation D. unchallenged - disdain E. unrivalled - reverence
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11. The revolution in art has not lost its steam; it ____ on as fiercely as ever.
A. trudges B. meanders C. edges D. ambles E. rages
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12. Each occupation has its own ____ ; bankers, lawyers and computer professionals, for example, all use among themselves language which outsiders have difficulty following.
A. merits B. disadvantages C. rewards D. jargon E. problems
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13. ____ by nature, Jones spoke very little even to his own family members.
A. garrulous B. equivocal C. taciturn D. arrogant E. gregarious
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14. Biological clocks are of such ____ adaptive value to living organisms, that we would expect most organisms to ____ them.
A. clear - avoid B. meager - evolve C. significant - eschew D. obvious - possess E. ambivalent - develop
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15. The peasants were the least ____ of all people, bound by tradition and ____ by superstitions.
A. free - fettered B. enfranchised - rejected C. enthralled - tied D. pinioned - limited E. conventional - encumbered
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16. Many people at that time believed that spices help preserve food; however, Hall found that many marketed spices were ____ bacteria, moulds and yeasts.
A. devoid of B. teeming with C. improved by D. destroyed by E. active against
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17. If there is nothing to absorb the energy of sound waves, they travel on ____ , but their intensity ____ as they travel further from their source.
A. erratically - mitigates B. eternally - alleviates C. forever - increases D. steadily - stabilizes E. indefinitely - diminishes
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18. The two artists differed markedly in their temperaments; Palmer was reserved and courteous, Frazer ____ and boastful.
A. phlegmatic B. choleric C. constrained D. tractable E. stoic
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19. The intellectual flexibility inherent in a multicultural nation has been ____ in classrooms where emphasis on British-American literature has not reflected the cultural ____ of our country.
A. eradicated - unanimity B. encouraged - aspirations C. stifled - diversity D. thwarted - uniformity E. inculcated - divide
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20. The conclusion of his argument, while ____ , is far from ____ .
A. stimulating - interesting B. worthwhile - valueless C. esoteric - obscure D. germane - relevant E. abstruse - incomprehensible
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21. In the Middle Ages, the ____ of the great cathedrals did not enter into the architects' plans; almost invariably a cathedral was positioned haphazardly in ____ surroundings.
A. situation - incongruous B. location - apt C. ambience - salubrious D. durability - convenient E. majesty - grandiose
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22. Unwilling to admit that they had been in error, the researchers tried to ____ their case with more data obtained from dubious sources.
A. ascertain B. buttress C. refute D. absolve E. dispute
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23. Archaeology is a poor profession; only ____ sums are available for excavating sites and even more ____ amounts for preserving the excavations.
A. paltry - meager B. miniscule - substantial C. average - augmented D. judicious - penurious E. modest - generous
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24. The student was extremely foolhardy; he had the ____ to question the senior professor's judgment.
A. wisdom B. temerity C. interest D. trepidation E. condescension
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25. The formerly ____ waters of the lake have been polluted so that the fish are no longer visible from the surface.
A. muddy B. tranquil C. stagnant D. pellucid E. rancid
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26. After the accident, the nerves to her arm were damaged and so the muscles ____ through disuse.
A. atrophied B. contracted C. elongated D. invigorated E. dwindled
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27. Some critics maintain that Tennyson's poetry is uneven, ranging from the ____ to the ____.
A. sublime - elevated B. trite - inspired C. vacuous - inane D. succinct - laconic E. sonorous - voluble
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28. After grafting there is a ____ of lymphocytes in the lymph glands; the newly produced lymphocytes then move in to attack the foreign tissue.
A. diminution B. proliferation C. obliteration D. paucity E. attraction
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29. One ____ the new scheme is that it might actually ____ just those applicants that it was intended to encourage.
A. highlight of - stimulate B. feature of - attract C. problem with - induce D. attraction of - intimidate E. drawback of - daunt
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30. Corruption is ____ in our society; the integrity of even senior officials is ____ .
A. growing - unquestioned B. endangered - disputed C. pervasive - intact D. rare - corrupted E. rife - suspect
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31. In their day to day decision making, many senior managers do not follow the rational model favored by orthodox management experts, but rather rely on intuitive processes that often appear ____ and ____.
A. cerebral - considered B. heretical - judgmental C. conscientious - logical D. irrational - iconoclastic E. capricious - deliberate
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32. His characteristically ____ views on examination methods at university level have aroused ____ in those who want to introduce innovative and flexible patterns of assessment.
A. hidebound - antagonism B. moderate - anger C. reactionary - admiration D. rigid - support E. accommodating - annoyance
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33. Our grandfather was an entertaining ____; he used to ____ us with marvelous anecdotes that we, in our childlike simplicity, accepted unquestioningly.
A. rascal - bore B. orator - intimidate C. raconteur - regale D. curmudgeon - surprise E. tyrant - stupefy