(A) conventional.. interest in
(B) monotonous.. reliance on
(C) shy.. aversion toward
(D) retiring.. penchant for
(E) evasive.. impatience with
6. Comparatively few rock musicians are willing to laugh at themselves, although a hint of----can boost sales of video clips very nicely.
(A) self-deprecation (B) congeniality
(C) cynicism (D) embarrassment
(E) self-doubt
7. Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gar- dens were not necessarily intended to look---;they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the ----of natural beauty and human glory.
(A) beautiful.. immutability
(B) cheerful.. transitoriness
(C) colorful.. abstractness
(D) luxuriant.. simplicity
(E) conventional.. wildness
8. APPLE: SKIN::
(A) potato: tuber (B) melon: rind
(C) tomato: fruit (D) maize: cob
(E) rhubarb: leafstalk
9. FIRE: INFERNO::
(A) speech: shout (B) wind: temperature
(C) storm: hurricane (D) whale: minnow
(E) plant: flower
10. BODYGUARD: PERSON::
(A) police officer: traffic (B) teacher: pupil
(C) major: city (D) soldier: country