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CRITICAL READING Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 1. The writer came to be labeled ------- because she isolated herself in her apartment, shunning outside  contact. (A) a loner (B) a miser (C) a connoisseur (D) a conspirator (E) an ingénue Answer: A 2. Only after the campaign volunteers became aware of their candidate’s questionable motives could they recognize the ------- statements made in his seemingly ------- speeches. (A) insightful . . astute (B) partisan . . callous (C) cordial . . hostile (D) duplicitous . . candid (E) cunning . . surreptitious Answer: D 3. Geysers vary widely: some may discharge -------, whereas others may have only a brief explosive eruption and then remain ------- for ...

CRITICAL READING Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. 1 . Years of ------- lifting of heavy furniture had left him too ------- to be able to stand erect for long periods of time. (A) profitable . . dumbfounded (B) generous . . distracted (C) onerous . . hesitant (D) strenuous . . debilitated (E) unstinting . . eminent 2. Critics dismissed the engineer’s seemingly creative design as being -------, that is, underdeveloped and lacking in sophistication. (A) defunct (B) unorthodox (C) simplistic (D) erroneous (E) ambiguous 3. Canadian Lynn Johnston was named Cartoonist of the Year in 1985, the first woman to be so ------. (A) inspired (B) entrusted (C) honored (D) employed (E) refined 4. While traveling ...