Some confusing SCs

[flounder]

Regards,
Ali

//BB
The demise of the rigorous academic curriculum in high school resulted, in part, from the progressive rhetoric that ___ the study of subjects previously thought ___ as part of school learning.

A. advocated .. necessary
B. enhanced .. indispensable
C. restricted .. impractical
D. undermined .. popular
E. sanctioned .. inappropriate



//BB
A ___ acceptance of contemporary forms of social behavior has misled a few into believing that values in conflict with the present age are for all practical purposes ___

A. casual .. reliable
B. superficial .. trenchant
C. complacent .. superseded
D. cautious .. redemptive
E. plaintive .. redundant


//BB
Johnson never ___ to ignore the standards of decent conduct mandated by company policy if ___ compliance with instructions from his superiors enabled him to do so, whatever the effects on his subordinates.

A. deigned .. tacit
B. attempted .. halfhearted
C. intended .. direct
D. scrupled .. literal
E. wished .. feigned

[trueblueleo]

are the answers

1--- d
2--a
3-- c

[laura]

I think the answers are:
1. E
2. C
3. D

Laura

[eagle]

//BB
The demise of the rigorous academic curriculum in high school resulted, in part, from the progressive rhetoric that ___ the study of subjects previously thought ___ as part of school learning.

A. advocated .. necessary
B. enhanced .. indispensable
C. restricted .. impractical
D. undermined .. popular
E. sanctioned .. inappropriate

The answer should be E.
My explanation:The part 'demise of the rigorous academic curriculum '- tells us something is changing in the school. Hence the two blanks have to be contrasting .And 'progressive rhetoric ' will sanction subjects considered inappropriate previously.

//BB
A ___ acceptance of contemporary forms of social behavior has misled a few into believing that values in conflict with the present age are for all practical purposes ___

A. casual .. reliable
B. superficial .. trenchant
C. complacent .. superseded
D. cautious .. redemptive
E. plaintive .. redundant

The answer should be C. A complacent acceptance- i.e. without questioning, causes people to believe that values in conflict with those they accepted to be superseded/replaced.

//BB
Johnson never ___ to ignore the standards of decent conduct mandated by company policy if ___ compliance with instructions from his superiors enabled him to do so, whatever the effects on his subordinates.

A. deigned .. tacit
B. attempted .. halfhearted
C. intended .. direct
D. scrupled .. literal
E. wished .. feigned

The answer is D, I think. From the structure of the sentence you can guess that JOhnson cared least about the effects of his behaviour on subordinates- meaning that he did not behave very decently.In that case only scrupled fits the first blank.
Thanks Ali,for posting these.They were good sentence completions.Do post the right answers.

[flounder]

Originally posted by laura



I think the answers are:
1. E
2. C
3. D

Laura

Hi

No problem Eagle. Yes the correct answers are E, C and D. You got them ready. If you can crack these, you are ready as ever for sentence completions on GRE ...

Cheers