tricky ones

[sousis]

please help me out.



1.People frequently denigrate books about recent catastrophes as morally _____ attempts to profit from misfortune,but in my view our desire for such books,together with the vulnrable tradition to which they belong,______ them.

(a)inoppurtune....encourages
(b)fortuitious....fosters
(c)treacherous....safegaurds
(d)despicable....legitimizes
(e)corrupt...generates

2.That many of the important laws of science were discovered during experiments designed to _________ other phenomena suggests that experimental results are the __________of inevitable natural forces rather than of planning.
(a)analyze....foundations
(b)disprove....predecessors
(c)alter....adjuncts
(d)illuminate....conseqence
(e)verify....essence

3.Although in eighteenth-century England an active cultural life accompained the beginnings of middle class consumerism,the_________ of literacy was______ with the rise of such consumerism in the differnt areas of the country.
(a)repudiation....reconciled
(b)renewal....inconsistent
(c)promotion....combined
(d)spread....compatible
(e)degree....uncorrelated

4.The trainees were given copies of a finished manual to see whether they could themselves begin to ________ the inflexible,though tacit,rules for composing more of such instructional materials.
(a)design
(b)revise
(c)disrupt
(d)standardize
(e)derive

OA:d,d,e,e

[Dkumar]

1.People frequently denigrate books about recent catastrophes as morally _____ attempts to profit from misfortune,but in my view our desire for such books,together with the vulnrable tradition to which they belong,______ them.

(a)inoppurtune....encourages
(b)fortuitious....fosters
(c)treacherous....safegaurds
(d)despicable....legitimizes
(e)corrupt...generates

2.That many of the important laws of science were discovered during experiments designed to _________ other phenomena suggests that experimental results are the __________of inevitable natural forces rather than of planning.
(a)analyze....foundations
(b)disprove....predecessors
(c)alter....adjuncts
(d)illuminate....conseqence
(e)verify....essence

3.Although in eighteenth-century England an active cultural life accompained the beginnings of middle class consumerism,the_________ of literacy was______ with the rise of such consumerism in the differnt areas of the country.
(a)repudiation....reconciled
(b)renewal....inconsistent
(c)promotion....combined
(d)spread....compatible
(e)degree....uncorrelated

4.The trainees were given copies of a finished manual to see whether they could themselves begin to ________ the inflexible,though tacit,rules for composing more of such instructional materials.
(a)design
(b)revise
(c)disrupt
(d)standardize
(e)derive

OA:d,d,e,e[/quote]

[preeti_skui]

yes, i agree

[sousis]

thanq dkumar n preeti.

[seagull]

1.People frequently denigrate books about recent catastrophes as morally _____ attempts to profit from misfortune,but in my view our desire for such books,together with the vulnrable tradition to which they belong,______ them.

(a)inoppurtune....encourages
(b)fortuitious....fosters
(c)treacherous....safegaurds
(d)despicable....legitimizes
(e)corrupt...generates

2.That many of the important laws of science were discovered during experiments designed to _________ other phenomena suggests that experimental results are the __________of inevitable natural forces rather than of planning.
(a)analyze....foundations
(b)disprove....predecessors
(c)alter....adjuncts
(d)illuminate....conseqence
(e)verify....essence

3.Although in eighteenth-century England an active cultural life accompained the beginnings of middle class consumerism,the_________ of literacy was______ with the rise of such consumerism in the differnt areas of the country.
(a)repudiation....reconciled
(b)renewal....inconsistent
(c)promotion....combined
(d)spread....compatible
(e)degree....uncorrelated

4.The trainees were given copies of a finished manual to see whether they could themselves begin to ________ the inflexible,though tacit,rules for composing more of such instructional materials.
(a)design
(b)revise
(c)disrupt
(d)standardize
(e)derive

can anyone explain this ?

[riteshn]

Even I would like to have an explanation for Q 4.

[dyoh]

At first my choice was B although it didn't exactly make sense. It seemed to flow, but the logic was off, why would trainees revise rules for a manual to then create other manuals? That's the problem, it doesn't make sense, but what does is to use the meaning of derive from my trusty friend dictionary.com "to arrive at by reasoning; deduce or infer: derive a conclusion from facts."

Once you read this E makes sense. The trainees are trying to understand what the rules are by looking at an example. They'll design new manuals once they understand the rules.

I need to learn to pay better attention.

[kronique]

Originally Posted by seagull

4.The trainees were given copies of a finished manual to see whether they could themselves begin to ________ the inflexible,though tacit,rules for composing more of such instructional materials.
(a)design
(b)revise
(c)disrupt
(d)standardize
(e)derive

can anyone explain this ?

I think it will be E) derive because the process is omething like the trainees are given some knowledge and expected to train themselves accordingly i.e acquire knowledge from the finished manual & use it for creation of new manuals rather that find mistakes in the existing manual & henc correct them. Using this logic i think " derive" would be the apt soln.

[Dkumar]

The trainees were given copies of a finished manual to see whether they could themselves begin to ________ the inflexible,though tacit,rules for composing more of such instructional materials.
(a)design
(b)revise
(c)disrupt
(d)standardize
(e)derive

Repeating what kronique has posted, the finished manuals were given to the trainees to test whether the trainees themselves could make sense of what is given in the manual, which is not explicit. If this turns out to be successful, they would compose more of such instructional materials.

[qishilee]

1.People frequently denigrate books about recent catastrophes as morally _____ attempts to profit from misfortune,but in my view our desire for such books,together with the vulnrable tradition to which they belong,______ them.

(a)inoppurtune....encourages
(b)fortuitious....fosters
(c)treacherous....safegaurds
(d)despicable....legitimizes
(e)corrupt...generates

i don't understand why (D). legitimize doesn't make any sense