<h1>1 Cognitive psychologist, Kathleen Eberhard, uses software to ____ her design of experiments: what once took days now takes minutes.</h1>
<p>A. accelerate</p>
<h1>2 although she always had the best of __<strong><em>, Joan was nonetheless often accused of meddling because of her tendency to _</em></strong> the lives of her friends.</h1>
<p>D. intentions…interfere in</p>
<h1>3 A scholar of US history, Sabrina was hired to scrutinize the script of an upcoming film set in the Old West in order to___ its historical ____.</h1>
<p>A. Verify / accuracy</p>
<h1>4. Ruth Ella Moore’s distinguished work in the field of bacteriology____ that of other African-American women who later achieved success in science careers.</h1>
<p>B. Foreshadowed</p>
<h1>5 The report was ____ about the future of the ailing economy, concluding optimistically that conditions would ____ within months.</h1>
<p>D. sanguine / improve</p>
<h1>6 Director Carlos Avila has been called ta master of restraint: his films_<strong><em>a tendency toward</em></strong>.</h1>
<p>B. reveal?understatement</p>
<h1>7. Unlike the works of the Cubist painters, which tend to have _____ appeal, Chaim Soutine’s paintings are quite _____ arousing profoundly emotional responses in many viewers.</h1>
<p>B. a cerebral / visceral</p>
<h1>8 Although the journalist intended his critique of contemporary artists to be <strong><em>, the article’s tone instead expresses a _</em></strong> not in keeping with his usual carping persona.</h1>
<p>D. disparaging / charitableness.</p>
<h1>9 Both passages support the claim that reality television A. has value in spite of its flaws.</h1>
<h1>10 The author of passage 1 mentions rules in line 12 in order to</h1>
<p>C. emphasize the relative lack of constraints in reality tv.</p>
<h1>11. The author of passage 2 would most likely respond to the claims in lines 2-4, in passage 1 by maintaining that reality tv</h1>
<p>E. acknowledges human individuality rather than emphasizez human failure.</p>
<h1>12 Which best describes a difference between the two passages?</h1>
<p>D. passage 1 discusses reality tv from a political perspective, whereas passage 2 considers how it will be seen in the future.</p>