Unlike the American worker, who expects to work for several different firms during his or her career, until recently the Japanese worker regarded employment as ____________ commitment.
Answer(s): A
The word "Unlike" shows us that the two halves of the sentence will contrast with one another. The idea of a "lifetime" commitment nicely contrasts with the idea of changing jobs several times.
Andre's gift for music seemed to be ____________ ; both his mother and grandfather before him had been famed concert pianists.
Answer(s): B
If musical talent runs in Andre's family, then it would be logical to consider his gift inborn, inherited, or "innate."
The many obvious lapses in the author's research make it ____________ to accept the ____________ of his conclusions.
Answer(s): E
A simple cause-and-effect relationship is required here; if the research contains "many obvious lapses," then accepting its conclusions would certainly be "difficult."
Her wildlife movies unflinchingly capture the ____________ of the animal kingdom: predators stalking their prey, singling out the weak, young, and very old as easy kills, and the cold-blooded killing which is a necessity of life in the wild.
All we need here is a word that summarizes the tone of the second half of the sentence. A word like "violence," "bloodthirstiness," or "brutality" will work.
Although the Internet was originally created to facilitate scientific research and emergency communication, today most people consider it ____________ enterprise, offering services marketed as sources of information and entertainment.
If the Internet today offers "services" that are "marketed," then it is clearly a "commercial" (that is, for-profit) enterprise.
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