Each sentence has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words. Choose the word or set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Question 1
From the ________ that the peasants tried to conceal as they knelt before the body of the dictator’s son, I concluded that, far from affection, it was _______ that had brought them to the wake.
A. Hatred … sarcasm
B. Reticence … violence
C. Diligence … adulation
D. Trepidation … fear
E. Sorrow … patriotism
Question 2
Her systematic approach to scientific research was often rewarded in her _________ life, but it proved disastrous when her ________ mind examined every flaw in her friends and family, preventing her from truly appreciating others.
A. Career … disorganized
B. Private … analytical
C. Public … fragile
D. Professional … methodical
E. Family … orderly
Question 3
Many believe that jazz improvisation is a creation of the twentieth century, but it is _______ improvisation has its ___________ in the figured-bass techniques of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
A. Unlikely … roots
B. Possible … past
C. Arguable … origin
D. Proven … future
E. Interesting … unity
Question 4
Whales hurt nothing and no one in their peaceful migrations through the earth’s seas, yet are savagely hunted by man, who __________ superior need.
A. Assumes
B. Perpetuates
C. Retains
D. Assimilates
E. manifests
Question 5
They _______ until there was no recourse but to __________ a desperate, last-minute solution to the problem.
A. Berated … try
B. Delayed … envision
C. Procrastinated … implement
D. Debated … maintain
E. Filibustered … reject
