Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick is a ___________ tale about the terrible cost of exploiting nature for human wants.
bizarre
cautionary
harebrained
repulsive
sketchy
The tragedy resulting from the factory fire had _______________ every municipal resources-doctors, nurses, police and firefighters were all called into action.
demoralized
released
straddled
strengthened
repulsive
A family of five living in a small apartment with limited space is expected to face many ____________ .
aspiration
benevolence
challenges
compassion
Elena Kagan and her two brothers were _____________ in a family of intellectual dynamism and liberal causes.
caged
detached
incarcerated
raised
submerged
A stronger Chinese ______________ and a cheaper dollar would make U.S. goods more competitive in China and provide Chinese consumers with cheaper products.
currency
ethos
image
munificence
persona
A memo in a case by a Supreme Court clerk recalls a moment when the justices faced a ___________ in the constitutional road.
demotion
fork
harassment
promotion
sponsorphip
This first novel from Brando Skyhorse tells the stories of three Mexican-American families in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, from the 1980s to today.
discrete
dispersed
interfering
intervening
intertwining
Commercial whaling has been _________ worldwide since the mid-1980s, but the ban does not cover smaller marine mammals like dolphins.
encouraged
expanding
mounting
promoted
outlawed
The profile page of every Facebook ____________ has an enticing little Info tab,presenting the opportunity to demonstrate wit or wisdom.
acolyte
critic
cynic
detractor
misanthropist
World Cup players this year might notice some strange things happening to their kicks because of the peculiar of playing soccer at the high altitude of the Johannesburg, South Africa, stadium.
aerodynamics
bliss
entropy
thermodynamics
trance
The house was built in 1958 by Daniel J. Liebermann, an architect who ___________ Frank Lloyd Wright.
became disillusion from
had apprenticed with
has an affair with
is alienated from
is separating from
Toy Story 3, which makes remarkably subtle use of 3-D, also explores a range of cinematic techniques ____________ in the first two chapters, and refined in recent Pixar films like “Wall-E” and “Up.”
used to
undreaming with
undreamed of
unheard from
unhearing off
It is fashionable _________ those who celebrate technology ___________ concerns about new media to so-called moral panics of earlier eras.
against…raise
against…to have equated
among…to equate
with…equating
with…raise
the federal government from time to time has successfully brought claims ___________ laws ___________ discriminatory or infringing on voter rights.
against…it deemed
against…they viewed
for…they thought
for…it perceived
with…they viewed
NBC Universal, which co-owns Universal Orlando with the Blackstone Group,hopes the Wizarding World, ________ an estimated cost of $265 million, will raise annual attendance ________ over 10 percent.
built at…by
is building with…in
to build with…by
built against…at
to be building…for
In a quirk of _________ tradition,__________ pies, such as custards, chocolate cream or pumpkin chiffon , get the best crust.
pie-making…open-faced
pie-made…open-facing
pie-making…open-facing
pie-make…open-face
pie-make…opening-face
Around 8.8 million children under 5 die every year, many from diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia _________ the correct use of medicines, according to WHO.
avoiding at
that could be avoided with
that will avoid in
to have avoided in
which to avoid at
__________ this market has become more consolidated and vertically integrated for efficiency’s sake __________ unfair practices and practices that are not particularly transparent.
As…it lends itself to
As…they are lending
How…it lends at
So…it is lending itself for
Whereas…it lends with
From time to time the Editorial Board invites essays __________ special topics ___________ to attract a wider readership.
in…is designing
for…design
on…designed
on…designing
with…to design
The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression, was a war ________ by Britain, France, and Israel against Egypt _________ on October 29, 1956.
fight…to begin
fighting…began
fighting…begun
fought…beginning
fought…was begun
the focus of this essay is on
Bessie Smith
Ethel Waters
Ma Rainey
the Theater Owners Booking Association
white performers
This essay concerns
black dance
black vaudeville
cheap hotels
racial harmony
white performance
The racial relations depicted in this essay can be described as
bawdy
cordial
discriminatory
melancholy
mixed
The term “Sweet Mama Stringbean” refers to
a delicious Philadelphia snack
a famous southern dish
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters’s Mother
Keith and Albee’s Mother
The expression “long jumps between performances” can be interpreted to mean performances are
continuous
nonstop
permanent
unbroken
there are many miles between performances
The “he” addressed in the poem had recently been
a drug addict
a fascist
a hippie
a soldier
a tourist
What is the poet’s attitude toward the “fascist state” (line 2)?
benevolent
critical
compassionate
friendly
supportive
After returning home, the “he” in the poem is having
a breakthrough
a bright future
a good time
good relations with people
nightmares
The “long trip out” alluded to twice in the poem has what kind of effect on the “he”?
aspiring
devastating
positive
relaxing
stimulating
The “he” had been away and it could be inferred from the allusion to “Ia Drang Valley,” “the Mekong Delta” and “Cam Ranh Bay” that he had been in which country?
Germany
Italy
Japan
The United States
Vietnam
The expression “long jumps between performances” can be interpreted to mean performances are
continuous
nonstop
permanent
unbroken
there are many miles between performances
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