Time - 30 minutes
38 Questions
Directions： Each sentence below has one or two blanks， each blank indicating thatsomething has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or setsof words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaningof the sentence as a whole.
1. Nonviolent demonstrations often create such ten- sions that a community that hasconstantly refused to —— its injustices is forced to correct them： the injustices can no longer be ——。
(A) acknowledge……ignored
(B) decrease……verified
(C) tolerate……accepted
(D) address……eliminated
(E) explain……discussed
2. Since 1813 reaction to Jane Austen's novels has oscillated between ——
and condescension; but in general later writers have esteemed her works more highly than
did most of her literary ——。
(A) dismissal……admirers
(B) adoration. .contemporaries
(C) disapprpval……readers
(D) indifference……followers
(E) approbation……precursors
3. There are， as yet， no vegetation types or ecosystems whose study has been ——
to the extent that they no longer —— ecologists.
(A) perfected……hinder
(B) exhausted……interest
(C) prolonged……require
(D) prevented……challenge