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Section 2<br />

Practice Test Three<br />

5. While <strong>the</strong> Italian dressmaker often liked to use<br />

------- materials to make her clothing, her designs<br />

are not ------- her country or Europe; in fact, her<br />

dresses are marketed in o<strong>the</strong>r countries throughout<br />

<strong>the</strong> world.<br />

(A) ancient . . condescending to<br />

(B) modest . . concerned with<br />

( C) native . . limited to<br />

(D) ordinary . . lobbying <strong>for</strong><br />

(E) cosmopolitan . . indebted to<br />

7. Despite his apparently ------- lifestyle, <strong>the</strong> old<br />

man was known to drink to excess when visited by<br />

friends.<br />

(A) temperate<br />

(B) laconic<br />

(C) duplicitous<br />

(D) aes<strong>the</strong>tic<br />

(E) voluble<br />

6. The severe structural damage caused by <strong>the</strong><br />

corrosion occurred in such ------- manner that <strong>the</strong><br />

ultimate ------- of <strong>the</strong> building came as a complete<br />

surprise.<br />

(A) a manifest . . eradication<br />

(B) a nefarious . . polarization<br />

( C) an insidious . . destruction<br />

(D) a methodical . . amalgamation<br />

(E) an obvious . . stagnation<br />

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