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The author would most likely agree with which of the following statements about the annual average number of hours of employment?
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This carefully crafted novel took six years to write and is clearly a product of __________ art, but it still manages to possess the flame of spontaneity and the grit of independence.
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Given that Hefele was obviously sophisticated and worldly, his failure to do well in the position can hardly be ascribed to __________.
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Just as doctors often forget to ask patients about psychological symptoms, psychologists may treat mental troubles without considering the possibility of corporeal causes. Lately, however, some doctors and psychologists are (i)_____ this dichotomy and (ii)_____ the long-dormant discipline of somatopsychology, which centers on the effects of physical illness on mental states.
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Every idea in Malcolm`s book is (i)_____ and leads to a further statement that subtly (ii)_____ what preceded it by establishing a slightly different frame. However balanced or lucid any given statement may be, the transitions from one to another can be startling in their sense of disjunction.
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Neither of the lead actors appears to be working up a sweat; in many ways, they are perfectly mated-perhaps too perfectly, for it turns out that a bit of (i)_____ might have helped this movie. While it has many lovely and funny moments, there`s not a lot going on. Dramatically, it`s (ii)_____ to the point of (iii)_____. There may not be any sweat, but there isn`t any heat, either.
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Much of the newspaper`s readership found it hard to (i)_____ the allegations of venality laid against the superintendent, since these readers were still (ii)_____ the superintendent`s reputation for (iii)_____. The superintendent`s subsequent vindication will have come as no surprise to them.
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Which of the following statements best describes the function of the highlighted sentence?
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Which of the following hypothetical expectations would make the finding mentioned in the passage "counterintuitive"?
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Which of the following can be inferred about the study by Chapman, Ward, and Krause?
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Some paleontologists argue that despite the paucity of known specimens, the dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex probably left __________ bite marks that have been preserved.
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The classical music scene today is remarkably __________, strikingly open to varied harmonic idioms, and eager to embrace experimentation and to absorb influences from world music, folk music, rock, and other genres.
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French writer Marcel Proust`s letters reflect such an eagerness to please and contain so many compliments, apologies, and expressions of politeness directed toward their addressees that they are borderline __________.
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One can only bemoan how the wonderfully rich collections of genuine fossil specimens seen of yore in museum displays are being replaced by the __________ talking plastic of so-called virtual reality.
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In the argument given, the two highlighted portions play which of the following roles?
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It can be inferred that the author of the passage would be likely to agree with which of the following assertions about postmodern music?
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The highlighted reference to "art music" serves primarily to
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Select the sentence in which the author describes and counters an assessment of a particular artist.
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The passage is primarily concerned with
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Select the sentence that identifies a prevailing scholarly view.
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