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Ther ecent(1)ofgeneti
cal
lymixedNeandert
halandCr o-
Magnonremainsi
nPortugal
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moder nmani sa( 2)bet
weenthet wo.Asweal r
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thalDNA,whati snowneededi sa
sampl eofCr o-MagnonDNA t o( 3)provethatwe( 4) twosetsofconf
li
cti
ngbehaviouralinsti
ncts.Ourown
fundament al(5)i
sdisplay
edinallaspect
sofourpsycheandcul
ture.

1.(
1)I
nvent
ion (
2)hy
pot
hesi
s (
3)bel
i
ef
(
4)Di
scov
ery

2.(
1)Junct
ion (
2)of
fspr
ing (
3)cl
ash
(
4)Hy
bri
d

3.(
1)Unabashedl
y (
2)v
oci
fer
ousl
y (
3)concl
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y
(
4)Equi
vocal
l
y

4.( nher
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2)r
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3)usur
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(
4)Capt
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5.(
1)Dual
i
ty (
2)dupl
i
cit
y (
3)hy
pocr
isy
(
4)Decei
tf
ulness
Manhasnev ert
rul
y( 6)anovel
tyfil
l
edenvi
ronmentbef ore.Hav i
ngtoli
veatanac celer
ati
ngpac eisonethi
ng
whenl i
fes i
tu-ati
onsar emoreorl essf
ami l
iar;havi
ngt odos owhenf acedbyunf amili
ar,str
angeor(7)
sit
uat i
onsisdisti
nctlyanot
her.By
(8)theforcesofnoveltywesl
am menupagainstthenon-r
outi
ne, t
heunpr
edict
ed.And,bysodoing,we(9)the
problemsofadaptationtoanewanddanger
ousl evel
.Fortr
ansienceandnovel
tyarean(10)mix.

6.(
1)I
nfest
ed (
2)i
nhabi
ted (
3)i
nhal
ed
(
4)I
nfused

7.(
1)Unpr
act
ised (
2)unqual
i
fied (
3)unr
elent
in
g
(
4)Unpr
ecedent
ed

8.(
1)Uni
ver
sal
i
zing (
2)uni
ti
ng (
3)unl
eashi
ng
(
4)Unf
oldi
ng
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ase (
3)espouse
(
4)est
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10.(
1)ex
qui
sit
e (
2)ext
raneous (
3)ex
pendabl
e
(
4)ex
plosi
ve

Fewoft hos ewho( 11)idolatr

y,ormak ei tssuppressi
onapur poseofmi ss i
onaryac t
ivi
ty,haveeverseriousl
y
(12)theac t
ualus eofimages ,inhi
storicalorps ychol
ogicalperspective,or(13)apos sibl
es i
gnif
icanceinthe
factt
hatt hev astmaj or
it
yofmenofal l r
ac es,andinallages,incl
udingt hepr esent,wi
thonl yafewex cepti
ons,
havemadeus eofmor eorl essant
hropomor phicimagesasai dstodev otion.Thi smayatl eastconducet oa
real
izati
onoft het r
uth(14)byani nc arnateIndiandeityKr i
shna,that“ thepat hment akef r
om everys i
deis
mine.
”Inex plantingtheus eofimagesi nI ndi
a, wheret
hemet hodisr egardedas( 15),i
ts houl
dnotbei nferr
ed
thatHindusorBuddhi st
sar etoberepr esentedenmas seasl es ssuper-s ti
ti
oust hanotherpeoples.

11.(
1)Condescend (
2)obv
iat
e (
3)quel
l
(
4)Depr
ecat
e

12.(
1)Rev
ered (
2)env
isaged (
3)deci
pher
e
d
(
4)Mi
sconst
rued

13.(
1)Sur
mised (
2)di
sregar
ded (
3)cont
ri
ved
(
4)El
uded

14.(
1)Expat
iat
ed (
2)mor
ali
zed (
3)l
auded
(
4)Enunci
ated

15.(
1)Sacr
il
egi
ous (
2)pr
ofound (
3)edi
fyi
ng
(
4)Pr
ovi
sional

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InthecontextofIndi
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sattemptstoli
mi ti
ts(1)populationthetwo-chil
dnor m mustbepar tofabr oad( 2)poli
cy;i
t
cannotbe( 3)orenfor
ceablebylaw.Giventhisreal
it
y,whati sthesoci alorpoli
ticalr
ati
onaleforal egalprovi
sion
thatbarsthosewithmoret hant
wochildrenfrom hol
di ngelect
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ice?Ther earesome( 4)assumpt ionsatwor k
here.Elect
edleadersarerolemodel
sf ortherestoft hesocietyanddebar ri
ngt hosewho( 5)t hetwo- chil
dnorm
from holdi
ngelect
edoffi
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yingoneoft hekeyel
ement softhecountry’
spopulati
onpol icy
.

1.(
1)I
ncr
easi
ng (
2)f
lour
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ng (
3)mul
ti
tudi
nou
s
(
4)Bur
geoni
ng

2.(
1)Per
spi
caci
ous (
2)per
vasi
ve (
3)per
ti
naci
ous
(
4)Per
suasi
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3.(
1)Br
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2)cr
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3)coer
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5.(
1)f
lounder (
2)el
i
cit (
3)f
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4)f
ort
if
y

BenMasanandhi scol l
eagueswi l
lpubli
shananal ysisoft heSmi thsoniancat al
ogueofv olcani
cer upt
ions,whi ch
recordsmor ethan3, 200sucheruptionsfrom 1700t o1999. Thisanalysisrevealsthatthemont hsf rom Januar yto
Mar chhav eupt o18% mor eerupti
onst hanav erage.( 6)wasal soobser v
edi ntheer upti
onsofsi nglevol canoes
suchasatSakur aj
imai nJapant houghher e,theer uptionratepeakedi nNov ember .Theteam’sf i
rstinstinctwas
thatthis(7)wast odowi t
haphenomenoncal l
edear t
ht i
des.Thesear e( 8)oft heear
th’s crustcausedbyt he
gravit
ationalpullofthesunandt hemoon.Sucht idesar e(9)tothosei nthesea, thoughtheampl i
tudeoft hetidal
wav esinvolvedisfarsmal l
er.Unfort
unatelyforthishy pothesi
sv ar
iati
onsi nearthtidesfai
ledto(10)wi t
hv ar i
ati
ons
i
nv olcanicactiv
ity.

6.(
1)Seasonal
i
ty (
2)nor
mal
i
ty (
3)pr
edi
ctabi
l
it
y
(
4)Commonal
i
ty

7.(
1)I
nfr
equency (
2)r
epeat
abi
l
ity (
3)i
rr
egul
ari
ty
(
4)Per
iodi
cit
y

8.(
1)Degr
adat
ions (
2)def
ormat
ions (
3)cont
ort
ions
(
4)Degener
ati
ons

9.(
1)Anal
ogous (
2)acqui
escent (
3)suscept
ibl
e
(
4)Amor
phous

10.(
1)Col
l
abor
ate (
2)cor
robor
ate (
3)i
nval
i
dat
e
(
4)Cor
rel
ate

Whoamongusdoesnothav eaf orei

gnhol i
daylist
edint hetopfiv eofli
fe’
s( 11)Money , asalways,i
st hev i
ll
ainof
thepiecet hatl eavesit,f
ormany ,justthat
.WhenAmer i
cans,Brit
ishandot her‘fir
stworld’ t
ravel
l
ersv i
sitIndi
a, t
hey
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eralladoll
arbuy sabout40r upees,aUKpoundabout90,andaeur oabout50.I nfact,i
tis
j
ustt hisf oreignex change
(12)mor et hant helackofmoneyperse, thatkeepsusf rom (13)t oourit
chyf eet.
Isi tpossi bletomak etherupeet r
avelabroad?Aretherecountrieswheresomeonewhoear nsinrupeescanenj oy
ahol i
daywi thout( 14) hisfi
nancesf orthenextfiveyears?Orwi l
lt hegovernment’sins
istence,onkeepingt herupee
deli
ber atelyweakt olumpupourex port
s,snuffthewanderlustoutoft he(15)Indiantr
avell
er ?

11.(
1)Desi
res (
2)achi
evement
s (
3)eccent
ri
ci
ti
e
s
(
4)I
diosy
ncr
asi
es

12.(
1)Qui
rk (
2)baf
fl
e (
3)conundr
um
(
4)Aber
rat
ion

13.(
1)Sur
render
ing (
2)concedi
ng (
3)consi
gni
ng
(
4)Embr
aci
ng

14.(
1)Damagi
ng (
2)j
eopar
disi
ng (
3)bl
ocki
ng
(
4)Occl
udi
ng

15.(
1)I
nur
ed (
2)ent
renched (
3)i
nvet
erat
e

(
4)Sangui
ne
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nt hemid-ni
neteent
hc ent
uryrel
igi
onbecamean/a( 16)fact
orforIndi
ansol
dier
s,wit
hthegr
easi
ngof
car
tri
dgesandtheforci
ngofthesepoyst
ocrosst
heseasforbatt
lepr
ovidi
ngt
hespar
k .
 Thepeoplewhor ebel
led,bot
hHindusandMusl i
ms, whohadl i
vedthroughi mperi
alarr
oganceandunderrulers
ofdiff
erentrel
igi
onsbeforethecomingoftheBr i
ti
sh,andi twouldbeunreali
sti
ct osupposethattheywerenot(
17)
withthearroganceofpri
nces,nawabs,r
ajasand‘ Maharajadhi
raj
as’,
andtor ul
ingclassingeneral
,befor
etheBri
tish
rul
e.Ulti
mat el
y,
(18)toreli
gioussenti
mentand,byextension,theimperialarr
ogancebecame( 19)onlyinthecontextofwhatwas
percei
vedas“ for
eignrul
e”andthe(20)poli
ciesoflootandext r
acti
onofsurplusinv ar
iousfor
ms.

16.(
1)I
nimi
tabl
e (
2)i
ncendi
ary (
3)i
nfl
uent
ial
(
4)I
nconsequent
ial

17.(
1)Acquai
nted (
2)f
raught (
3)exasper
ate
d
(
4)Pet
ulant

18.(
1)Pr
etext
s (
2)pr
ovocat
ions (
3)r
ati
fi
cat
ions
(
4)Recr
imi
nat
ions

19.(
1)I
nvi
nci
ble (
2)r
esol
ute (
3)i
ntemper
ate
(
4)Unbear
abl
e

20.(
1)St
ri
ngent (
2)r
apaci
ous (
3)i
nfamous
(
4)I
ntr
icat
e

EXERCI
SE9(
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Di
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ionsf
orquest
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nthef
oll
owi
ngpassage,t
her
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anks,eachofwhi
chhasbeen
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enumbersarepr
int
edbel
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nsteach,f
ourwor
dsar
esuggest
ed,oneof
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chfi
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ndouttheappropr
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ewor
dineachcaseandmar
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snumberasyour
Puritanism wast hes choolmas t
eroft heEngl i
shmi ddlec l
as ses.I thei
ghtenedtheirvi
rt
ues,(1),without
eradicating,theirconvenientvices,andgav ethem ani nexpugnabl eas sur
ancet hat
,behi
ndv i
rt
uesandv ices
ali
ke,s toodt hemaj esti
cand( 2)lawsofanomni pot
entPr ovidenc ewithoutwhos e(3)notahammerc ould
beatupont heforge.Buti tisas tranges choolwhichdoesnott eachmor et hanonelesson,andthesoc ial
reactionsofPur i
tani
sm, (4),permanentandpr ofoundarenott obes ummarizedinthesimplefor
mulathati t
fosteredi ndivi
duali
sm.We ber,
inac el
ebrat
edes say(5)t hethes i
st hatCalvi
n-ism,i
nitsEngli
shversi
on,was
thepar entofCapi tal
ism.

1.(
1)Ex
empl
i
fied (
2)sanct
if
ied (
3)encumber
e
d
(
4)I
nval
i
dat
ed

2.(
1)I
ntext
ri
cabl
e (
2)sav
age (
3)gar
gant
uan
(
4)I
nexor
abl
e

3.(
1)For
ebodi
ng (
2)f
oreknowl
edge (
3)f
oret
hought
(
4)For
fei
tur
e

4.(
1)Tr
enchant (
2)pr
ofuse (
3)i
nsul
ar
(
4)Facet
ious

5.(
1)Ex
pounded (
2)ar
ti
cul
ated (
3)det
ermi
ned
(
4)Ex
punged
Peoplegrowupi nsoci
alenvi
ronment
sinwhi chcult
ural
l
ynormati
v eprej
udi
ceper
sist
s,ev
enincommuniti
es
whereovertfor
msof( 6)ar
es t
ri
ctl
yproscr
ibed.Al
thoughof
fi
cialcul
tur
alnor
msupholdtheval
uesofequal
i
ty
andtoler
ance,cul
tur
es
continuetotransmi t(
7)messagesofinferi
ori
tyofhist
ori
call
ysubor
dinatedsocialgr
oupsthr
oughstereot
ypesand
otherimagery .Thesedeeplyingrai
ned( 8)commonl ystr
uctur
eatti
tudes,percepti
on,andjudgmentdespit
et he
i
ndi vi
dual
’sconsci ousgoodwil
l.Fort
if
iedbycultureand( 9)intheunconscious,suchprej
udicecannotbe( 10)
throughrati
onalr efl
ecti
onal
one.

6.(
1)Bi
got
ry (
2)ar
ti
cul
ati
on (
3)exposi
ti
on
(
4)Oppr
essi
on

7.(
1)Cl
andest
ine (
2)camouf
laged (
3)al
l
egor
ical
(
4)Met
aphy
sical

8.( s
1)Miconcept
ions (
2)par
adi
gms (
3)ar
chet
ypes
(
4)Schemas

9.(
1)Nur
tur
ed (
2)snar
ed (
3)pr
eci
pit
ate
d
(
4)Ensconced

10.(
1)Concei
ved (
2)di
spel
l
ed (
3)r
epr
essed
(
4)Ex
pel
l
ed

Undert hepressureofani ntensifyi

ngnomi nal
ism,t heeverpresentyet(11)socialchar
acterofartwasmade
i
ncreasingl
ymani fest;t
hissocialcharact
erisincompar abl
ymor e(12)i
nnov elt
hanitwasinthehighl
ystyli
zedand
remoteepicsofchi valr
y.The( 13)ofexperi
encest hatarenolongerfor
cedintoaprior
igenresandtherequir
ement
of(14)f or
m outoft heseexper iencesi
sinpur el
yaestheti
cterms,regar
dlessofcontent
.Nol onger(15)bythe
pri
ncipleofstyl
ization,therelati
onofcont entt othesocietyfrom whichitderi
vesatfir
stbecomesmuchl ess
ref
ractedandthisisnotonl ythecasei nl
it
erature.

11.(
1)I
nconsequent
ial (
2)not
ional (
3)l
atent
(
4)Tr
if
li
ng

12.(
1)Ev
ident (
2)exhaust
ive (
3)gener
ic
(
4)Di
scur
siv
e

13.(
1)Fabr
icat
ion (
2)i
nfl
ux (
3)opul
ence
(
4)Spl
urge

14.(
1)Conj
ect
uri
ng (
2)const
it
uti
ng (
3)del
i
neat
in
g
(
4)Unr
avel
i
ng

15.(
1)Subl
i
mat
ed (
2)di
gressed (
3)f
ramed
(
4)I
mpel
l
ed
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cise7
1.4 3.3 5. 7.4 9. 11.4 13. 15.3
2.4 4. 6.2 8.3 10.4 12.2 14.4

Exer
cise8
1.4 3.3 5.3 7.4 9. 11. 13. 15.3 17. 19.4
2.4 4.3 6. 8.2 10.4 12.3 14.2 16.2 18.2 20.2

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cise9
1.2 3.2 5.3 7.2 9.4 11.3 13.2 15.1
2.4 4.1 6.1 8.4 10.2 12.1 14.2