Monday, September 16, 2013
Mixed text completion drill and practice
1. The book of Isaiah was so familiar to King that he had already begun ad-libbing when he quoted the prophet in looking to a future when every valley shall be _____(i)_______, every hill and mountain shall be made ______(ii)_______, the rough places will be made plain, and the ____(iii)_______ places will be made straight.
(I)
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(II)
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(III)
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exalted
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beautified
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plain
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vanished
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ebb
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even
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filled up
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aerial
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crooked
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2. Leaning heavily on the Bible was not without risks to King Martin as that same Bible had been used to justify ____(i)_______. Yet even the ancient Israelites, God's own chosen people, were sinners, yet _______(ii)______ ones.
(I)
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(II)
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fairness
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unanimous
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jeopardy
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equitable
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inequality
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redeemable
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3.In drawing on the bedrock principles of Americans' secular scriptures, religious heritage and even the land itself, he stressed the ties that bound Americans, made equality obvious—even _______________.
A. Uncondign
B. Imperceptivable
C. Inevitable
D. Aocalyptic
E. Conspicuous
4.If the seemingly benevolent strategy was simply ______(I)________ to alloy for bigger government and more government intrusion into all of our lives as critic Jason is suggesting, then it was _____(II)_______.
(I)
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(II)
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an intention
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deceptive
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a ruse
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estimable
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a plot
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odious
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Answers and explanation:
1. A,B,C
The clue for this question is 'the rough places will be made plain'. So, contrasting is the thing we need here. For the first blank, we need a word opposite of valley. Valley is normally low area. So, valley should be heightened.Exalted matches that one!!
For the second one, we need a word that should mean low. Ebb works!
For the last one, Crooked works!!
2.C,C
As using solely bible could be risky, there must be something bad things too that makes it risky. Inequality works for the first blank.
Yet is the pivot word for the next blank. Some positive word will work here. Only Redeemable suits(equitable does not work in context)!!
3.C
'Even' is the clue here. So more obvious is our prediction. Inevitable works which means unavoidable.
4. B,A
this is an example of causal relationship. "Seemingly" is pivot word here. It is used normally to contrast something. As benevolent is good thing, so something bad thing will work in this blank. Ruse means trick normally used for deceiving. So it looks like it is working.
Second blank should be deceptive.
