Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1.The rebels saw the huge statue of the dictator as _____ of the totalitarian regime and swiftly toppled the monument.
- an indictment
- an illusion
- a copy
- a symbol
- a mockery
Ans:/Explanation
D
2. Residents of the isolated island were forced to master the art of navigation, becoming the ocean’s most _____ sailors.
- adept
- temperamental
- congenial
- vulnerable
- reclusive
Ans:/Explanation
A
3. The spotted bowerbird has a _____ for amassing the bright shiny objects it needs for decorating its bower: it will enter houses to _____ cutlery, coins, thimbles, nails, screws, even car keys.
- knack .. assess
- penchant .. pilfer
- purpose .. dispense
- predilection .. disturb
- remedy .. raid
Ans:/Explanation
B
4. Not only was the science of Hildegard of Bingen _____ her theology, but her religious visions helped give her scientific works _____ by winning her the support of medieval church authorities.
- inseparable from .. legitimacy
- unconcerned with .. prestige
- derived from .. profundity
- related to .. accuracy
- diminished by .. detachment
Ans:/Explanation
A
5. Opponents of the research institute label it _____ anachronism; its scholars, they allege, have _____ rivaling those of pre-Revolutionary French nobility.
- an elitist .. perquisites
- a monarchical .. tribulations
- an irreproachable .. luxuries
- a reprehensible .. afflictions
- a commendable .. privileges
Ans:/Explanation
A