Directions (1-5): The following sentences each contain two blanks, indicating that something has been left out of the sentence. Each answer choice contains one word or a set of words. Select the word or set of words, that, when inserted in the blank(s), best fits the context of the sentence.
1. Although some think the terms “bug” and “insect” are __________, the former term actually refers to __________ group of insects. (3)
- (1) parallel, an identical
- (2) precise, an exact
- (3) interchangeable, a particular
- (4) exclusive, a separate
- (5) similar, concise
2. The novel’s protagonist, a pearl diver, naively expects that the buyers will compete among themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead, they __________ to __________ him. (4)
- (1) venture, reward
- (2) pretend, praise
- (3) conspire, reimburse
- (4) collude, swindle
- (5) try, award
3. His __________ sense of humour caused more __________ than he must have intended. (2)
- (1) debunk, sobriety
- (2) wry, confusion
- (3) prominent, impudence
- (4) incorrigible, paucity
- (5) wise, deter
4. Psychology has slowly evolved into an __________ scientific discipline that now functions ________ with the same privileges and responsibility as other sciences. (1)
- (1) independent, autonomously
- (2) unusual, alone
- (3) uncontrolled, dominantly
- (4) inactive, homogeneously
- (5) sanction, solely
5. A major goal of the law, to deter potential criminals by punishing wrongdoers, is not served when the penalty is so seldom invoked that it __________ to be a __________ threat. (3)
- (1) tends, serious
- (2) appears, real
- (3) ceases, credible
- (4) fails, deceptive
- (5) creates, original