SCs from BB..Expl'n req!!

[MS_2009]

Plz explain these..Ans are in bold. Urgent explanation is required.Thanks !!

(1) Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly removed from the _____ of society, the conventionality of academe.
(A) ethos
(B) idealism
(C) romance
(D) paradoxes
(E) commonplaces
confused among A & E ..

(2) Imposing steep fines on employers for on-the-job injuries to workers could
be an effective ____ to creating a safer workplace, especially in the case of
employers with poor safety records.
(A) antidote
(B) alternative
(C) addition
(D) deterrent
(E) incentive

Why not A?

3. although often extremely critical of the medical profession as a whole , people are rarely willing to treat their personal doctors with equal

a. impetuosity
b. sarcasm
c. mockery
d. contempt
e. condescension

How about sarcasm? 4. Though it would be _____to expect Barnard o have worked out all of the limitations of his experiment,he must be____for his neglect of quantitative analysis.
(A) unjust,pardoned
(B)impudent,dismissed
(C)unrealistic,criticized ??
(D)pointless,examined
(E)inexcusable,recognized

[Makumajon]

(1) Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly removed from the _____ of society, the conventionality of academe.
Conventionality=commonplaces. Ethos is term of anthropology meaning (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era: They Egyptian ethos.

(2) incentive to [creating] safer workplace. Incentive will drive towards a safer workplace. Antidote destroys the thing on which it is applied.

(3) People are generally critical about medical profession. Contempt, disregard, disrespect etc are more appropriate. Sarcasm is a very specific word meaning irony, satire etc. When people think of medical professional as a whole, they do not use/make witty remarks/language to convey insult (if that were the case, the answer would be sarcasm)

[karthikbharadwaj]

4. Though it would be _____to expect Barnard o have worked out all of the limitations of his experiment,he must be____for his neglect of quantitative analysis.
(A) unjust,pardoned
(B)impudent,dismissed
(C)unrealistic,criticized ??
(D)pointless,examined
(E)inexcusable,recognized
it would be impractical to examine all limitations hence it is considered unrealistic but he could have been cautious about calculations hence he made quantitative mistakes which called for criticism

[chestnut.cc]

1.Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly removed from the commonplaces of society, the conventionality of academe.

2.Imposing steep fines on employers for on-the-job injuries to workers could
be an effective incentive to creating a safer workplace, especially in the case of employers with poor safety records.

3.Although often extremely critical of the medical profession as a whole , people are rarely willing to treat their personal doctors with equal contempt

4.Thoughit would be unrealistic to expect Barnard to have worked out all of the limitations of his experiment,he must be criticized for his neglect of quantitative analysis.