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1. Correct!
The correct answer: A original. .clich?s
Your answer: A original. .clich?s

Question: It is ironic that the ------- insights of the great thinkers are voiced so often that they have become mere -------.

Explanation: Great thinkers must have deep insights; at any rate, the first blank is a positive word. The clue here is VOICED SO OFTEN. Things that are voiced often can be called repetitions, or some related negative word. The only choice that has a positive word followed by a negative word is A.



2. Correct!
The correct answer: B inventory : supplies
Your answer: B inventory : supplies

Question: CENSUS : POPULATION ::

Explanation: The answer is B. A CENSUS counts the POPULATION; an inventory counts the supplies. Choice E was close, but it doesn?t quite work.



3. Correct!
The correct answer: B attacks. .neutrality
Your answer: B attacks. .neutrality

Question: Because Jenkins neither ------- nor defends either management or the striking workers, both sides admire his journalistic -------.

Explanation: Two-blank sentence completions should be tackled one blank at a time. The "clue" for the first blank is the word DEFENDS. The word NOR means that the first blank is the opposite of defends. Eliminate choice E since you need a negative word for the first blank. Now look at the second blank. According to the first part of the sentence, Jenkins doesn?t do anything positive or negative, which means he must be somewhere in the middle. NEUTRALITY in choice B works best.



4. Incorrect
The correct answer: D immutable. .resigned
Your answer: B unpleasant. .bellicose

Question: Since many disadvantaged individuals view their situations as ------- as well as intolerable, their attitudes are best described as -------.

Explanation: The first and second blanks are negative, possibly neutral, words. What?s more, you should notice that they are saying similar things. Choice E is the only bad guess; choices A, B, and C are all good guesses. Guessing one of these choices would have been better than leaving the question blank.



5. Correct!
The correct answer: B plane : air
Your answer: B plane : air

Question: SHIP : OCEAN ::

Explanation: The answer is B. A SHIP travels in the OCEAN just as a plane travels in the air.

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