8. Because the defendant expressed very little ____________ for his heinous crime, the judge meted out a(n) ____________ sentence. Blank (i) contemptcontritionapathy

Blank (ii)

charitableseverepeculiar

Text Explanation

Answers: (B), (E)

(B) contrition, or remorse, works best for the first blank. As a result, the judge handed out a (E) severe sentence. Heinous , which means awful, backs up the second blank

9.The grammar teacher ____________ at the slightest fault, sometimes going so far as to berate students for forgetting to cross a ‘t’.

startedcaviledblanchedbeamedpaused

Text Explanation

Answer: (B)

…the slightest fault plus the detail of students getting berated for forgetting… indicates that the teacher finds fault, especially over trivial matters

(A) started just means to make a sudden movement

(B) caviled means to find fault with, usually on trivial matters

(C) blanched means to turn white from shock

(D) beamed means to show great pleasure

(E) paused does not capture the teacher s negative emotion

10. To the ____________ eye the jungle canopy can seem little more than a dense lattice work of branches and leaves. For the indigenous peoples of the Amazon, even a small area can serve as a veritable ____________ of pharmaceutical cures. The field of ethnobotany, which relates both to the natural pharmacy offered up by the jungle and the peoples who serve as a store of such

knowledge, has become increasingly popular in the last decades as many anthropologists, hoping to take advantage of this vast bounty, learn the language and customs of the tribes in order to ____________ them thousands of years worth of knowledge.

Blank (i)

untutoredsophisticatedveteran

Blank (ii)

cornucopiainvasiondissemination