New SC's I

[sanjay21]

SENTENCE COMPLECATION
1. The scientist found it puzzling that his theory encountered_______despite widespread agreement that it was_______ .
A. respect … crucial
B. dismissal … simplistic
C. skepticism … unfathomable
D. opposition … indisputable
E. acceptance … comprehensive

2. The rate at which soil can absorb water ________ with continuous wetting, so the longer a _________ lasts, or the greater the rate of precipitation, the higher the percentage of water that will flow across the ground as runoff and enter stream channels.
A. rises … deluge
B. diminishes … drought
C. increases … shower
D. decreases … rainstorm
E. stabilizes … thaw

3. The ideas expressed in the art historian’s book are more _____ than one would expect on the basis of her rather_________ treatment of her subject in the opening pages.
A. compelling … intriguing
B. accessible … recondite
C. hidebound … reactionary
D. insightful … innovative
E. dispassionate … evenhanded

4. The meeting on environmental issues produced ________ discussion but no commitment on a plan of action: the many uncertainties surrounding global climatic change and the huge cost of efforts to limit it made the policymakers ____
A. little … voluble
B. heated … contentious
C. cordial … quarrelsome
D. frustrating … affable
E. interminable … businesslike

5. Art that endures often makes a initially disturbing impact: the profound experience that such art seeks to provoke necessarily engenders a certain ___.
A. familiarity
B. ennui
C. upheaval
D. intimacy
E. tranquility
6. The history of film reflects the _____ inherent in the medium itself : film combines still photographs to represent continuous motion and, while seeming to present life itself, can also offer impossible and dreamlike unrealities.
A. trivialities
B. biases
C. constraints
D. paradoxes
E. liabilities

7. The ______ with which the politician peppers her speeches are so memorable that many people think of her as being far more _______ than she in fact is.
A. superlatives … egalitarian
B. pejoratives … optimistic
C. examples … soporific
D. diatribes … censorious
E. malapropisms … straightforward


Don't have the OA. Let's discuss.

[sanjay21]

My answers-
1.D
2.D
3. B
4. C
5.C
6. D?
7. D

[madhur_ahuja]

D. opposition … indisputable

D. decreases … rainstorm

E. dispassionate … evenhanded

B. heated … contentious

C. upheaval

D. paradoxes

D. diatribes … censorious

[sravna]

Agree with Madhur

[mustafamk]

The answer of the 3rd ques must be B - accessible ... recondite.
If the opening pages offer a recondite treatment of the subject, one would not expect the rest of the book to present accessible ideas.
Dispassionate and evenhanded mean the same.

[vinuharan]

i agree with madhur but for the third one the answer is accessible and recondite.

[gabrie30]

I also agree with madur

[ObfuscateOften]

Ddebcd D?

[shah khan]

1)d
2)d
3)b
4)e
5)b
6)d
7)d