<p>More Vocab. and Socrates.</p>
<ol>
<li>Never especially eager to go climbing with his friends, Mick felt even less ___ when he actually saw the mountain.
D. enthusiastic</li>
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<h1>26Telling our own life stories has___ effect: it helps us to overcome fears and to heal psychological wounds.</h1>
<p>C. therapeutic
27. Many animals migrate early in certain years, apparently to avoid the ___ of particularly harsh, snowy winters.
B severity</p>
<h1>28 Although Prof. Kniffen vigorously ___ the development of neuclea technology, she nonetheless adopts a somber and____ tone when speaking of its potential safety issues.</h1>
<p>A. supports / cautionary.</p>
<p>Alvarez is far less___ than his peers, tending rather to flout tradition and disdain conventional behavior.</p>
<p>E. punctilious</p>
<h1>45. In the fourth paragraph, the author presents his own behavior as being habitually</h1>
<p>A. conciliatory.</p>