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　　Section 21

　　1. Despite the apparently bewildering complexity of this procedure, the underlying ________ is quite ________ .

　　(A) simplicity.. calculated

　　(B) principle.. elementary

　　(C) confusion.. imaginary

　　(D) purpose.. effective

　　(E) theory.. modern

　　2. In television programming, a later viewing time often ________ a more ________ audience and, therefore, more challenging subjects and themes.

　　(A) requires.. critical

　　(B) evinces.. affluent

　　(C) implies.. mature

　　(D) eliminates.. realistic

　　(E) invites.. general

　　3. The cultivation of the emotion of natsukashii, interpretable as "pleasant sorrow," brings Japanese to Kyoto in the spring, not to ________ the cherry blossoms in full bloom but to ________ the fading, falling flowers.

　　(A) mourn.. exclaim over

　　(B) honor.. protect

　　(C) describe.. rejoice over

　　(D) arrange.. preserve

　　(E) savor.. grieve over

　　4. Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776) is still worth reading, more to appreciate the current ________ of Smith's valid contributions to economics than to see those contributions as the ________ of present-day economics.

　　(A) disregard.. outgrowths

　　(B) reaffirmation.. concerns

　　(C) relevance.. precursors

　　(D) acceptance.. byproducts

　　(E) importance.. vestiges

　　5. At several points in his discussion, Graves, in effect, ________ evidence when it does not support his argument, tailoring it to his needs.

　　(A) addresses

　　(B) creates

　　(C) alters

　　(D) suppresses

　　(E) substitutes

　　6. Regardless of what ________ theories of politics may propound, there is nothing that requires daily politics to be clear, thorough, and consistent— nothing, that is, that requires reality to conform to theory.

　　(A) vague

　　(B) assertive

　　(C) casual

　　(D) vicious

　　(E) tidy

　　7. Exposure to sustained noise has been claimed to ________ blood pressure regulation in human beings and, particularly, to increase hypertension, even though some researchers have obtained inconclusive results that ________ the relationship.

　　(A) sharpen.. conflate

　　(B) increase.. diminish

　　(C) aggravate.. buttress

　　(D) disrupt.. neutralize

　　(E) impair.. obscure

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