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Verbal Section : Sentence Completions

41. Some scientists argue that carbon compounds play such a central role in life on earth because of the possibility of - resulting from the carbon atom's ability to form an unending series of different molecules.
    1. variety
    2. stability
    3. deviations
    4. invigorations
    5. reproduction.

    Answer: A

42. It would be difficult for one so - to be led to believe that all men are equal and that we must disregard race, color and creed.
    1. intolerant
    2. democratic
    3. emotional
    4. patient
    5. broadminded.

    Answer: A

43. An occasional - remark spoiled the - that made the paper memorable.
    1. colloquial
    2. trite - cliches
    3. urbane - sophisticated
    4. hackneyed - originality
    5. jovial - fun.

    Answer: D

44. Broadway audiences have become inured to - and so - to be pleased as to make their ready ovations meaningless as an indicator of the quality of the production before them.
    1. cleverness : eager
    2. condescension : disinclined
    3. sentimentality : reluctant
    4. mediocrity : desperate
    5. histrionics : unlikely

    Answer: D

45. Nineteenth - century scholars, by examining earlier geometric Greek art, found that classical Greek art was not a magical - or a brilliant - blending Egyptian and Assyruin art, but was independently evolved by Greeks in Greece.
    1. conversion - annexation
    2. apparition - amalgam
    3. stratagem - appropriation
    4. paradigm - construct
    5. example - synthesis

    Answer: B

46. The - tones of the flute succeeded in - his tense nerves.
    1. rhapsodic - minimising
    2. blatant - enhancing
    3. hovendous - calming
    4. vibrant - portraying
    5. mellifluous - soothing.

    Answer: E

47. Without the psychiatrist's promise of confidentiality, trust is - and the patient's communication limited; even though confidentiality can thus be seen to be precious in thercopy, moral responsibility sometimes requires a willingness to - it.
    1. lost - forget
    2. implicit - extend
    3. impaired - sacrifise
    4. ambiguous - apply
    5. assumed - examine.

    Answer: C

48. Employers who retire people who are willing and able to continue working should realize that - age is not an effective - in determining whether an individual is capable of working.
    1. intellectual - criterion
    2. Chronological - criterion
    3. Physical - barrier
    4. deteriorating - value
    5. chronological - factor

    Answer: B

49. As the sun rose, the morning mists were borne away on the - like strands of -
    1. whirlwind - flotsam
    2. wind - cactus
    3. morass - tundra
    4. zephyr - gossamer
    5. holocaust - taffeta

    Answer: D

50. The playwright was known not for his original ideas that had been propounded by others.
    1. rejection
    2. consideration
    3. invention
    4. reiteration
    5. plagiarism

    Answer: E