I intend to remain true to my principles and _____ the _____ of my
conscience.

Sensory cells _______ impulses by producing electrical signals.

_______ crude hydrocarbons into such products as gasoline and petrochemicals is at the heart of the petroleum industry.

The first engine ______ heat to drive a machine was the steam engine

A judgment made before all of the facts are known must be called___________.

Despite their _____________proportions, the murals of Diego Rivera give his
Mexican compatriots the sense that their history is__________ and human in scale; not larger than life.

The research is so____________ that every aspect of the issue is discussed.

A dictatorship__________ its citizens to be docile and finds it expedient to make
outcasts of those who do not_____________.

Alice Walker’s prize-winning novel shows the strength of first-person
narratives; the protagonist tells her own story so effectively that any additional
story tellers would be________________.

. In many cases, the formerly__________ origins of diseases have now been identified
through modern scientific techniques.

Many people find Stanley Jordan’s music not only entertaining but also___________; listening to it helps them to relax and to_________ the tensions they feel at the end of a terrible day.

Marine biologist Sylvia Earle makes a career of expanding the limits of deep-sea exploration, making once impossible tasks_________ through the new technology designed by her company.

Susie is very ___________because she hates it when people compliment her.

In many parts of East Africa at that time, wild animals were so__________ that it was almost impossible for a photographer to approach close enough to film them.

. The unflattering reviews that his latest recording received were__________by his fans,
who believe that everything he performs is outstanding.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

The unflattering reviews that his latest recording received were__________by his fans, who believe that everything he performs is outstanding.

The board members, accustomed to the luxury of being chauffeured to corporate
meetings in company limousines, were predictably ___________when they learned
that this service had been___________.

Misrepresentative graphs and drawings __________the real data and do not allow
the reader to understand the real story.

The boys’ suspicious story did not seem__________ and the administrators knew that
they needed to__________ what happened further.

The girl was ___________when she heard about her mother’s death.

The girl started a rumor about the cheerleader to ___________the rumors that the
cheerleader had started about her.

Since many teachers today draw on material from a variety of sources for their lessons, their approach could best be called _________.

The economic problems in the usually thriving nation has made the formerly _________ investors leery of any further involvement.

The girl chose to use medical journals for her report on lung cancer because she
wanted ____________ sources to prove her point.

Art forgery is a strange curse. Dependent on camouflage and deception, it is an act that is both daring and modest. For the imitation Line to succeed in fooling us, it must resemble one or more works that we have been led to believe are undoctored originals. Without something to copy, the fake could not exist. And the forger of old masters’ drawings, like the forger of twenty-dollar bills or United States’ pass-ports, must be skilled enough to fool eyes that by now are skillful at uncovering deceit.

The primary purpose of the passage is to

Art forgery is a strange curse. Dependent on camouflage and deception, it is an act that is both daring and modest. For the imitation Line to succeed in fooling us, it must resemble one or more works that we have been led to believe are undoctored originals. Without something to copy, the fake could not exist. And the forger of old masters’ drawings, like the forger of twenty-dollar bills or United States’ pass-ports, must be skilled enough to fool eyes that by now are skillful at uncovering deceit.

“Undoctored originals” means that the originals have:

A cousin of the Asian longhorned beetle—
which since its initial discovery in 1996 in New York City
has caused tens of millions of dollars in damage annually
Line --the citrus longhorned bettle was discovered on a juniper
5 bush in August 2001 in Tukwila, Washington. Exotic pests
such as the longhorned beetle are a growing problem—an
unintended side effect of human travel and commerce
that can cause large-scale mayhem to local ecosystems.
To stop the citrus beetle, healthy trees were destroyed
10 even though there was no visible evidence of infestation,
and normal environmental regulations were suspended
so that a rapid response could be mounted.

Which best describes the function of the opening sentence (“A cousin…Washington”)?

A cousin of the Asian longhorned beetle—
which since its initial discovery in 1996 in New York City
has caused tens of millions of dollars in damage annually
Line --the citrus longhorned bettle was discovered on a juniper
5 bush in August 2001 in Tukwila, Washington. Exotic pests
such as the longhorned beetle are a growing problem—an
unintended side effect of human travel and commerce
that can cause large-scale mayhem to local ecosystems.
To stop the citrus beetle, healthy trees were destroyed
10 even though there was no visible evidence of infestation,
and normal environmental regulations were suspended
so that a rapid response could be mounted.

The passage suggests that the actions undertaken in lines 9-12 are best characterized as