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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.

  1. brutality
  2. romance
  3. color
  4. mystery
  5. grandeur

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

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.

  1. a commercial
  2. a private
  3. an obsolete
  4. an insidious
  5. an institutional

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

If the Internet today offers "services" that are "marketed," then it is clearly a "commercial" (that is, for-profit) enterprise.



Her character was completely ____________ ; she was totally devoid of ____________ .

  1. prosaic .. dullness
  2. prudent .. affection
  3. passive .. inertia
  4. impassive .. emotion
  5. saintly .. virtue

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

To be impassive (without feelings) is to be totally devoid of (lacking in) emotion.



To succeed in the training program requires great --; you have to endure many months of rigorous exercise.

  1. reluctance
  2. creativity
  3. diffidence
  4. insensitivity
  5. tenacity

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

To endure many months of training you need great tenacity, or persistence






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