QUESTION: 17

The grave problems that afflicted him were the purely ______________ones of hunger, pain and fatigue.

physical
imaginary
irrelevant
hereditary
coincidental

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Hunger, pain and fatigue cannot be described as imaginary, or irrelevant, or hereditary, or coincidental problems. They can best be described as physical problems. So. A is the answer.

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QUESTION: 18

Her ability to analyze issues fairly and competently has earned her the ______________of even her most peers.

solicitation...unbiased
attention...sympathetic
suspicion...discerning
reputation...knowledgeable
respect...exacting

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

An ability to analyze issue and competently will not result in solicitation (meaning begging) or suspicion. So, A and C can first be ruled out. The use of the phrase 'even her' in the second part of the sentence rules out the adjectives sympathetic and knowledgeable in B and D. It is the pair of words in E which completes a meaningful sentence, and is the answer.

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QUESTION: 19

Until the mid- 1800's, the occasional reports by European explorers of the existence of gorillas were generally disbelieved and swiftly ______________the realm of tall tales.

extracted from
confused with
relegated to
compared to
exalted to

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Stories that are generally disbelieved would be pushed into the category of tall tales (meaning lies), Among the choices, it is phrase 'relegated to' that has this meaning. So, C is the answer.

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QUESTION: 20

The historian's assertion that there is a verifiable information about nineteenth-century Native Americans is ______________, for there exist many transcripts of authentic oral accounts of their activities.

wealth...fallacious
shortage...legitimate
depletion...irrefutable
paucity...erroneous
surfeit...implausible

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The second part of the sentence says that there exist many transcripts of genuine accounts of the activities of Native Americans. So, the first part must mean either that the historian 'correctly asserted that there is a lot of verifiable information', or that he wrongly asserted that there is little of verifiable information'. Among the choices, it is D which means the latter, and is the answer.

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