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1 The availability of oxygen is an essential----for animal life, while carbon dioxide is equally---- for plant life. A choice.. optional B duplication.. selective C conversion.. exchangeable D condition.. necessary E luxury.. harmful 2 Prudery actually draws attention to the vice it is supposed to----; the very act that forbids speech or prohibits sight----what is hidden. A condemn.. distorts B monitor.. signals C repress.. dramatizes D obviate.. fosters E divulge.. conceals 3 After thirty years of television, people have become speed watchers; consequently, if the camera lingers, the interest of the audience----. A broadens B begins C varies D flags E clears 4 Compared mathematically to smoking and driving, almost everything else seems relatively risk-free, ----almost nothing seems worth regulating. A yet B since C so D even though E as long as 5 Ironically, Carvers precision in sketching lives on the edge of despair ensures that his stories will sometimes be read too narrowly, much as Dickens social-reformer role once caused his broader concerns to be----. A ignored B reinforced C contradicted D diminished E diversified 6 The demise of the rigorous academic curriculum in high school resulted, in part, from the progressive rhetoric that----the study of subjects previously thought----as part of school learning. A advocated.. necessary B enhanced.. indispensable C restricted.. impractical D undermined.. popular E sanctioned.. inappropriate 7 While some see in practical jokes a wish for mastery in miniature over a world that seems very----, others believe that the jokes purpose is to disrupt, by reducing all transactions to----. A dubious.. confusion B disorderly.. symmetry C harmonious.. dissonance D unruly.. chaos E turbulent.. uniformity 8 ATHLETE: TROPHY:: A detective: badge B presenter: award C soldier: medal D bettor: stake E musician: instrument 9 ARTICULATE: UNCLEAR:: A assign: unencumbered B elaborate: sketchy C explain: luci