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최빈출 최신 문제 모음 [TCSE 2/18 (TCSE 2533~2572)]

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TCSE 2533
While other authors surely __________ American novelist Toni Morrison’s literary style, there really was no precedent for the sorts of books she conceived.
  • appreciated
  • dismissed
  • influenced
  • adopted
  • analyzed
  • informed
정답:influenced, informed
TCSE 2534
The greatest __________ true international free trade is public opinion: radical opposition to economic globalization at a grassroots level continues to grab headlines.
  • underpinning of
  • inducement for
  • clue to
  • advantage of
  • hindrance to
정답:hindrance to
TCSE 2535
The (i)__________ scientists-the notion that they are elitists scornful of the masses is in no sense(ii)__________ the eighteenth century, since in our own time one does not have to look far to find such disdainful attitudes.
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faith ina monopoly of
contempt fora mystery for
apathy towardan aspiration of
정답:contempt for, a monopoly of
TCSE 2536
Eventually, the framed painting looked as Easton had hoped it would, the frame offering a subtle rebuke to some of the more ostentatious baroque confections on display, Easton believed that it was more (i)__________ than any other frame in the exhibition, despite its (ii)__________ quality. That apparent simplicity, however, was so much more difficult to realize than something more obviously(iii)__________.
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nondescriptunassumingsumptuous
ornateinexpensivefashionable
strikingrepresentativeoutmoded
정답:striking, unassuming, sumptuous
TCSE 2537
Instead of flooding reporters with updates, the governor’s press office dispenses information with the __________ of an eyedropper.
  • parsimony
  • asperity
  • expediency
  • authority
  • imprecision
정답:parsimony
TCSE 2538
We have been so persuaded that (i)__________ and disgraceful conduct go together that we find it difficult to believe that an affable man such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle can be (ii)__________ of both goodness and superior ability. Indeed, appalling conduct is sometimes itself (iii)__________ the greatest talent.
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notorietyenvioustaken as evidence of
geniusregretfulseen as a violation of
luckpossessedviewed as unrelated to
정답:genius, possessed, taken as evidence of
TCSE 2539
Judge Jones brought some welcome levity to the often tense, though sometimes __________, proceedings.
  • humorous
  • tedious
  • stressful
  • inconsequential
  • fraught
  • tiresome
정답:tedious, tiresome
TCSE 2540
The concept of replicability begins with the idea that the pursuit of scientific truth is not __________: researchers who make claims must allow others to test those claims.
  • incomplete
  • settled
  • private
  • unfinished
  • insular
  • unerring
정답:private, insular
TCSE 2541
To help protect the environment, the United States government currently requires safe storage of coal ash for 30 years, “if feasible,” but many countries that burn coal lack even such __________ environmental safeguards.
  • modest
  • onerous
  • discretionary
  • burdensome
  • practical
  • optional
정답:discretionary, optional
TCSE 2542
Increasing (i)__________ to use land for purposes other than food production (ii)__________ expanding agriculture into currently uncultivated lands. Therefore, in order to meet growing global demand for food, more efficient means of crop production must be found.
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reluctanceencourages
pressureunderestimates
failureprecludes
정답:pressure, precludes
TCSE 2543
It is surprising that such a handsomely produced volume does not reflect more (i)__________ proofreading: typographical errors are copious enough to be (ii)__________. Somewhat more substantially, the book would have been greatly enhanced by the inclusion of more maps or illustrations, though against that it must be conceded that were the work as (iii)__________ illustrated as desired, it would have been prohibitively expensive.
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inventiveoverlookedliberally
precipitatedisconcertingjudiciously
assiduousdeceptiverecently
정답:assiduous, disconcerting, liberally
TCSE 2544
Nancy Weiss Malkiel’s painstakingly detailed history of coeducation at elite universities is an invaluable __________ the amnesia that has come to envelop even such a relatively recent-but critically neglected-development.
  • antidote to
  • summary of
  • reinterpretation of
  • corrective to
  • diagnosis of
  • addition to
정답:antidote to, corrective to
TCSE 2545
For centuries people used the vocabulary of medicine to think about how our bodies are structured, but the language of distinct organs and systems does not do justice to the __________ nature of the body.
  • dynamic
  • harmonious
  • systematic
  • interwoven
  • balanced
  • integrated
정답:interwoven, integrated
TCSE 2546
Epidemiological studies have found that occasional tea drinkers, and those who avoid tea altogether, do not reap the benefits of lowered risk of heart attack that those who __________ the brew do.
  • eschew
  • appreciate
  • sip
  • forswear
  • swill
  • guzzle
정답:swill, guzzle
TCSE 2547
The effects of sea-level rise that followed the last ice age were not __________ since they were dependent on local and regional tectonic and other geological effects.
  • catastrophic
  • unprecedented
  • inevitable
  • homogeneous
  • contingent
정답:homogeneous
TCSE 2548
Those who admired Callas felt that she was one of the greatest opera singers of all time, while others believed that her vocal inadequacies __________ such a claim.
  • weakened
  • precluded
  • invalidated
  • underlay
  • occasioned
  • transcended
정답:precluded, invalidated
TCSE 2549
The mountain pine beetle is not __________ like other major pests ravaging much of the American landscape: it is native to the western pine forests.
  • an interloper
  • a nuisance
  • an anomaly
  • a mystery
  • a predator
정답:an interloper
TCSE 2550
Most movie sound tracks lean so heavily on a few preprocessed musical devices-those swells of strings and cymbals designed to manipulate our emotions in (i)__________ ways-that when a composer (ii)__________ a more personal language, the effect is (iii)__________: an entire dimension of the film experience is liberated from cliché.
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unprecedentedresistsmeaningless
predictableadoptsrevelatory
provocativeeschewsdisappointing
정답:predictable, adopts, revelatory
TCSE 2551
In person, Downing is generally rather __________, seemingly incapable of smiling, let alone laughing.
  • complaisant
  • contemplative
  • dolorous
  • lugubrious
  • pulchritudinous
  • obliging
정답:dolorous, lugubrious
TCSE 2552
Although all of the major characters in Mendez’ play are historical figures who have been lampooned in many previous works, she (i)__________ this tradition in her avoidance of (ii)__________.
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relies onceremony
deviates fromverisimilitude
defers tocaricature
정답:deviates from, caricature
TCSE 2553
Because popular culture often portrays lawyers as shady and scientists as eccentric, we might expect cinematic depictions of scientists employed as expert witnesses in court cases to reflect badly on both law and science. Yet science and scientists rarely (i)__________ in movies involving trials. When a scientist is negatively portrayed, it is often because the legal process is represented as having (ii)__________ science; when a scientist is positively portrayed, it is often because science is represented as superior to law, as (iii)__________ law’s rhetorical and institutional instabilities.
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play pivotal rolestainteda counterweight to
come off wellvindicateda derivative of
suffer reputational lossesemulatedan exacerbation of
정답:suffer reputational losses, tainted, a counterweight to
TCSE 2554
Critics of the company’s senior management will be (i)__________ by Hays’s careful and meticulous account of its actions. Despite the book’s (ii)__________ title, the author has no designs on scandal; in fact, if anything, her account tends toward (iii)__________, applauding the company’s all-conquering success without reservation.
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emboldenedominouscynicism
disappointedfawningpretentiousness
charmedinsipidhagiography
정답:disappointed, ominous, hagiography
TCSE 2555
The artist reworked certain of his etchings in order to make the scenes they depict more logical, yet, paradoxically, the pictorial space seems to become more __________ the more realistically it is defined.
  • austere
  • cogent
  • lulcid
  • fanciful
  • ominous
  • chimerical
정답:fanciful, chimerical
TCSE 2556
It is true that propagandists spout misinformation to serve their own ends, but if our minds were __________ such garbage, the lies would die out quickly.
  • inhospitable to
  • amenable to
  • unreceptive to
  • unaffected by
  • distorted by
  • governable by
정답:inhospitable to, unreceptive to
TCSE 2557
While traditional Chinese historiography ostensibly described events in a neutral manner, early historians did not always __________ tendentiousness, sometimes offering moral judgments about the historical figures they discussed.
  • eschew
  • forgo
  • denounce
  • descry
  • defend
  • justify
정답:eschew, forgo
TCSE 2558
According to Waters, Cheryl Fish’s otherwise brilliant analysis of Mary Seacole is __________ by a postmodern penchant for inventive jargon and fuzzy metaphysics.
  • negated
  • marred
  • dominated
  • caricatured
  • forestalled
  • tainted
정답:marred, tainted
TCSE 2559
The writer assumes that most people feel some version of vexed ambivalence toward large corporations: __________ the convenience they deliver yet resentful of the trade-offs that they continually demand.
  • wary of
  • enthralled by
  • appreciative of
  • encouraged by
  • suspicious of
  • dazzled by
정답:enthralled by, dazzled by
TCSE 2560
Although technically their members were hunter-gatherers, many early Native California communities exhibited traits more typically associated with well-developed agrarian societies and, therefore, are often presented in the ethnographic literature as __________.
  • archaic
  • pragmatic
  • anomalous
  • exemplary
  • exceptional
  • utilitarian
정답:anomalous, exceptional
TCSE 2561
Much honored for her work in both theater and film, the director was prolific—too much so, according to some critics who thought she sometimes took on projects __________.
  • haphazardly
  • unprofitably
  • indiscriminately
  • unflaggingly
  • inappropriately
  • prematurely
정답:haphazardly, indiscriminately
TCSE 2562
Because the term “memoir,” unlike the term “autobiography,” can suggest subjectivity rather than objectivity, Barton, in choosing to call his book a memoir, (i)__________ the accusation that his story may be (ii)__________. As Barton himself has noted, memoir promises only to give the reader an account of the author’ s memory, and no one but the author can therefore (iii)__________.
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formulatesuntruedocument its facts
deflectshackneyedgauge its veracity
disavowsunexceptionalexplain its appeal
정답:deflects, untrue, gauge its veracity
TCSE 2563
Although initially it may be difficult to discern the essay’s message of peace and conciliation, a close reading reveals its essentially __________ nature.
  • pacific
  • indolent
  • banal
  • lethargic
  • austere
  • dovish
정답:pacific, dovish
TCSE 2564
One radical approach to literary translation is to (i)__________ creating a (ii)__________ reproduction of the original work and simply to compose a new work, but in a manner inspired by the older one.
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despair ofpopular
resign oneself tofaithful
aim fordense
정답:despair of, faithful
TCSE 2565
Several factors contribute to the __________ of swordfish, including the speed at which they travel, the vast distances they cover in their migration, and their impressive stamina.
  • unpredictability
  • vulnerability
  • elegance
  • diversity
  • elusiveness
정답:elusiveness
TCSE 2566
According to Peter Kwapong, rural Ghanaian farmers, despite regarding stingless bees as useful animals, by and large have not __________ the bees as economic resources.
  • recognized
  • discounted
  • exploited
  • utilized
  • monopolized
  • downplayed
정답:exploited, utilized
TCSE 2567
Honoring science as an international endeavor, the Royal Society of London has always been committed to political (i)__________. Consequently, the society refused to (ii)__________ members from enemy nations during the world wars
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transparencyfund
progressdismiss
neutralityendorse
정답:neutrality, dismiss
TCSE 2568
After decades of research, engineers were (i)__________ the (ii)__________ bending and breaking of layered materials. However, new findings from materials science and engineering research have (iii)__________ their understanding of how such materials are deformed by stresses and strains.
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confident incomplexity inimpugned
surprised byexplanation ofpromoted
familiar withdamage fromexploited
정답:confident in, explanation of, impugned
TCSE 2569
Dialogue exchanges indicating deep-seated rivalries among the characters abound in the novel, but they are almost always associated with __________ events—everyday commercial transactions, for instance, or the preparation of an evening meal.
  • intimate
  • sporadic
  • quotidian
  • contentious
  • revelatory
정답:quotidian
TCSE 2570
Between 1975 and 2005 water use in the United States declined just as the population rose, showing the old assumption that total water consumption is positively correlated with population growth to be __________.
  • ubiquitous
  • specious
  • fallacious
  • controversial
  • unequivocal
  • commonplace
정답:specious, fallacious
TCSE 2571
Sea turtles __________ sponges on Caribbean reefs; however, the percentage of sponge reef cover is climbing due to human predation of turtles.
  • destroy the habitat of
  • impede the growth of
  • assist colonization by
  • divert attention from
  • consume the waste of
정답:impede the growth of
TCSE 2572
Whereas water on Mars could plausibly have been delivered by repeated comet impacts in the geologically recent past, the ice on smaller bodies is more difficuIt to attribute to __________ source.
  • an exogenous
  • a primordial
  • a solitary
  • a terrestrial
  • an irreducible
정답:an exogenous