MPT Comprehension Ex 2.3
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1. An aloe plant may be an excellent choice for those who are interested in gardening but keep busy schedules; aloes easily ____ without frequent watering or careful maintenance. *
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2. Howard’s friends recognize that his nervous ____(i)____ on meeting strangers belies an underlying gregariousness, while new acquaintances often ____(ii)____ perceive him as churlish. *
1 point
3. The artist, who specialized in ____ scenes, eagerly sat down to paint his favorite landscape—a peaceful pasture filled with hills and valleys. *
1 point
4. Her performance review noted that Jill suffers from a lack of ____(i)____, and often makes insulting remarks despite her best efforts to be polite; worse, the review went on to point out that it happens regularly, even though she has no intention of ____(ii)____ anyone. *
1 point
5. The administration had nothing but contempt for the ultimate Frisbee team and frequently spoke ____ of it. *
1 point
6. By disclosing and explaining the details of her personal finances before they could be used against her, the council member ____(i)____ her opponent’s attacks during the campaign. Rather than waiting to react to the inevitable criticism should her opponent find her opponent’s attacks during the campaign. Rather than waiting to react to the inevitable criticism should her opponent find something questionable, her campaign manager thought this strategy would be more ____(ii)____. *
1 point
7. Lindsay, cognizant of the effects of second-hand smoke but hesitant to inconvenience her party guests, ____, as she was unsure whether to ask people to smoke outside during the party. *
1 point
8. The literary agent took ____(i)____ at the statement that slush piles are nothing but ____(ii)____; he argued that several major authors,including Stephenie Meyer, Judith Guest, and even Anne Frank, were discovered in such piles of unsolicited, soon-to-be-rejected manuscripts. *
1 point
9. While some academics applaud the modernist movement in many universities to treat history and fiction as inherently related fields,there remains a vocal group of traditional historians and literary critics who _____(i)_____ such _____(ii)_____ worldview and insist that the _____(iii)_____ nature of the two disciplines must be inviolate. *
1 point
10. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was one of the first major American novels to be written in ____ voice, using the unaffected language of the common person describing everyday events. *
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11. The question of when, if ever, history can be considered ____(i)____ is contentious, to say the least. One could argue, for example, thatany evaluation of the 180-year-old presidency of Andrew Jackson would likely be ____(ii)____ the controversies that define evaluations of more contemporaneous political leaders, and yet a plethora of passionately held views continues to polarize. The ____(iii)____ of any one judgment is perhaps the one certainty surrounding the issue. *
1 point
12. The ____(i)____ state of the city’s public schools certainly demands immediate attention, but it is important that our remedies be thoughtful and comprehensive. While appropriate measures of teacher performance and subsequent accountability will undoubtedly play a vital role in revitalizing our schools, it would be ____(ii)____ the many other factors at play, factors as widely divergent as the system’s deteriorating physical capital and students’ home lives. Even the most talented teachers are challenged, for example, to ____(iii)____ of an unstable or abusive home environment on a student’s ability to learn. *
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13. With his relentless energy but equally diminutive attention span, Garlin _____(i)_____ his talents on several potentially exciting but uncompleted projects, much to the dismay of his friends who, while venerating his enthusiasm, ____(ii)____ his unfocused nature. *
1 point
14. The origins of La Tomatina, an annual Spanish event in which participants hurl overripe tomatoes at one another for up to two hours,are ____, with possible theories including a friendly food fight and a volley aimed at a bad musician. *
1 point
15. The ____ group in the adjoining room made it difficult for students taking the mid-term examination to concentrate. *
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