TEST

21. It was difficult to interpret the expression on the professor's
face when confronted with the suspicion that you copied your
assignment, but his ____ demeanor does not justify your assumption
that he ____ plagiarism.

A. glacial - misunderstands
B. inscrutable - condones
C. open - abhors
D. pleasant - confronts
E. puzzling - practices

22. Knowing that Moriarty was a ____ adversary, the cautious detective
never underestimated his enemy's powers, and so, to ensure that he was
not observed, took a ____ route to his secret rendezvous.

A. redoubtable - circuitous
B. cunning - elevated
C. famous - well-known
D. defeated - direct
E. unsavory - quick

23. The action committee collected enough funds to renovate the ____
station and refurbish the steam train so that local residents could
get a flavor of the ____ days of rail travel.

A. razed - decrepit
B. ancient - impoverished
C. derelict - halcyon
D. pristine - bygone
E. unspoiled - glorious

24. The fact that tourists are being offered an excursion to see the
biggest slum in Asia and experience for themselves the ____ the lives
of the rich and the poor makes a ____ all our claims to be an advanced
democratic nation.

A. inequality of - display of
B. disparity between - travesty of
C. similarity in - mockery of
D. proximity of - comment on
E. futility of - statement about

25. The participants at the conference were, by and large, a ____
collection of self-proclaimed revolutionaries and mavericks, but
surprisingly included several ____ supporters of the establishment.

A. moth-eaten - temporary
B. miserable - jovial
C. curious - vacillating
D. dull - boorish
E. motley - staunch