Q.1. Human nature and long distances have made exceeding the speed limit a (i)_______ in the state, so the legislators surprised no one when, acceding to public demand, they (ii)_______ increased penalties for speeding.

Blank (i) (A) Controversial habit Wrong Answer (B) Cherished tradition Right Answer (C) Disquieting ritual Wrong Answer

Blank (ii) (A) Endorsed Wrong Answer (B) Considered Wrong Answer (C) Rejected Right Answer

Q.2. Serling's account of this employers reckless decision making (i)_________ that company's image as (ii) ________ bureaucracy full of wary managers.

Blank (i) (A) Belies Right Answer (B) Exposes Wrong Answer (C) Onershadows Wrong Answer

Blank (ii) (A) An injudicious Wrong Answer (B) A disorganized Wrong Answer (C) A cautious Right Answer

Q.1. He believes in getting value for money, and it would be inappropriate to interpret his __________ as __________ .



Q.2. Even though the region was prone to hurricanes, the __________ of the tornado last year was __________.

Q.1. Vain and prone to violence, caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (i) ________ as an artist increased, the more (ii) ________ his life became.

Blank (i) (A) Temperance Wrong Answer (B) Notoriety Wrong Answer (C) Eminence Right Answer

Blank (ii) (A) Tumultuous Right Answer (B) Providential Wrong Answer (C) Dispassionate Wrong Answer

Q.2. The _________ allowance he received as a pension forced him to spend the rest of his life in __________.

Q.2. In parts of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so _______ that you can walk off coast and not know you are over the hidden sea.

Q.1. It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i)_________ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to (ii)_______ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphesizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observation, and the (iii)________, calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet.

Blank (i) (A) Overshadowed Right Answer (B) Invalidated Wrong Answer (C) Illuminated Wrong Answer

Blank (ii) (A) Enhance Wrong Answer (B) Obscure Right Answer (C) Underscore Wrong Answer

Blank (iii) (A) Plausibility of our hypotheses Wrong Answer (B) Certainty of our entitlement Wrong Answer (C) Superficiality of our theories Right Answer