1.The professor asked the students to make sure they read the entire novel, both the twelve regular chapters and the extensive ------- materials that the author included at the beginning of the book.

　　 proleptic

　　 redacted

　　 prefatory

　　 orthographic

　　 conjunctive

　　2.Since the two legislators had a long history of major disagreements, the senator considered his colleagues enthusiastic assurances that they would be in agreement on a forthcoming piece of legislation -------.

　　Answer Choices

　　 fatuous

　　 precious

　　 sagacious

　　 meritorious

　　 ignoble

　　3.True to her altruistic beliefs, Natalie ------- the ------- attitude of her colleague that a client represented nothing more than a source of income and an opportunity for advancing ones professional reputation.

　　 applauded . . conscientious

　　 condoned . . aggressive

　　 lamented . . mercenary

　　 adopted . . egotistical

　　 belittled . . magnanimous

　　4.There was no denying the lecturers ------- , but her arguments were unsophisticated and ------- .

　　Answer Choices

　　 bravura . . precise

　　 boorishness . . unoriginal

　　 charisma . . vapid

　　 competence . . infallible

　　 indifference . . benign

　　5.Food can be ------- element in family life, bringing us together in times of trouble and in times of joy.

　　 an addictive

　　 a conflicting

　　 a unifying

　　 a residual

　　 an inconsistent

　　Explanation

　　1.The correct answer is C

　　Choice is correct. It is customary to refer to materials appearing at the beginning of a book as prefatory, or the preface, located in the front.

　　2.The correct answer is A

　　Choice is correct. It makes sense that the senator, in light of his and his colleagues shared history of non-cooperation, would consider the colleagues assurances fatuous, or complacently foolish.

　　3.The correct answer is C

　　Natalie, an altruistic person, would lament the attitude of a greedy and ambitious colleague whom she would describe as mercenary.

　　4.The correct answer is C

　　The structure of the sentence sets up a contrast between two ways of describing the lecturer. The fact that she had a charismatic, or magnetic, presence, does indeed contrast with the notion that the content of the lecture was unsophisticated and vapid or uninteresting

　　5.The correct answer is C

　　Anything that is unifying serves to bring people together.

　　1.The professor asked the students to make sure they read the entire novel, both the twelve regular chapters and the extensive ------- materials that the author included at the beginning of the book.

　　 proleptic

　　 redacted

　　 prefatory

　　 orthographic

　　 conjunctive

　　2.Since the two legislators had a long history of major disagreements, the senator considered his colleagues enthusiastic assurances that they would be in agreement on a forthcoming piece of legislation -------.

　　Answer Choices

　　 fatuous

　　 precious

　　 sagacious

　　 meritorious

　　 ignoble

　　3.True to her altruistic beliefs, Natalie ------- the ------- attitude of her colleague that a client represented nothing more than a source of income and an opportunity for advancing ones professional reputation.

　　 applauded . . conscientious

　　 condoned . . aggressive

　　 lamented . . mercenary

　　 adopted . . egotistical

　　 belittled . . magnanimous

　　4.There was no denying the lecturers ------- , but her arguments were unsophisticated and ------- .

　　Answer Choices

　　 bravura . . precise

　　 boorishness . . unoriginal

　　 charisma . . vapid

　　 competence . . infallible

　　 indifference . . benign

　　5.Food can be ------- element in family life, bringing us together in times of trouble and in times of joy.

　　 an addictive

　　 a conflicting

　　 a unifying

　　 a residual

　　 an inconsistent

　　Explanation

　　1.The correct answer is C

　　Choice is correct. It is customary to refer to materials appearing at the beginning of a book as prefatory, or the preface, located in the front.

　　2.The correct answer is A

　　Choice is correct. It makes sense that the senator, in light of his and his colleagues shared history of non-cooperation, would consider the colleagues assurances fatuous, or complacently foolish.

　　3.The correct answer is C

　　Natalie, an altruistic person, would lament the attitude of a greedy and ambitious colleague whom she would describe as mercenary.

　　4.The correct answer is C

　　The structure of the sentence sets up a contrast between two ways of describing the lecturer. The fact that she had a charismatic, or magnetic, presence, does indeed contrast with the notion that the content of the lecture was unsophisticated and vapid or uninteresting

　　5.The correct answer is C

　　Anything that is unifying serves to bring people together.