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SECTION 4
　　Time -30 minutes
　　38 Questions
　　1. Since most if not all learning occurs through——，
　　relating one observation to another， it would be
　　strange indeed if the study of other cultures did not
　　also illuminate the study of our own.
　　（A） assumptions
　　（B） experiments
　　（C） comparisons
　　（D） repetitions
　　（E） impressions
　　2. The new —— of knowledge has created ——
　　people： everyone believes that his or her subject
　　cannot and possibly should not be understood by
　　others.
　　（A） specialization…… barriers between
　　（B） decline…… associations among
　　（C） redundancy…… complacency in
　　（D） disrepute…… concern for
　　（E） promulgation…… ignorance among
　　3. If a species of parasite is to survive， the host organ-
　　isms must live long enough for the parasite to
---- ; if the host species becomes----, so do its
　　parasites.
　　（A） atrophy…… healthy
　　（B） reproduce…… extinct
　　（C） disappear…… widespread
　　（D） succumb…… nonviable
　　（E） mate…… infertile
　　4. The author argues for serious treatment of such arts
　　as crochet and needlework， finding in too many art
　　historians a cultural blindness —— to their ——
　　textiles as a medium in which women artists pre-
　　dominate.
　　（A） traceable…… prejudice against
　　（B） opposed…… distrust of
　　（C） referring…… need for
　　（D） reduced…… respect for
　　（E） corresponding…… expertise in
　　5. Those who fear the influence of television deliberately
------ its persuasive power, hoping that they
　　might keep knowledge of its potential to effect social
　　change from being widely disseminated.
　　（A） promote
　　（B） underplay
　　（C） excuse
　　（D） laud
　　（E） suspect
　　6. Because the high seriousness of their narratives
　　resulted in part from their metaphysics， Southern
　　writers were praised for their —— bent.
　　（A） technical
　　（B） discursive
　　（C） hedonistic
　　（D） philosophical
　　（E） scientific

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7. Far from being ——， Pat was always —— to　　appear acquiescent.
　　（A） unctuous…… loath
　　（B） brazen…… reluctant
　　（C） ignoble…… concerned
　　（D） obsequious…… eager
　　（E） gregarious…… willing
　　8. CHUCKLE： LAUGHING：：
　　（A） uproar： shouting
　　（B） whisper： speaking
　　（C） hum： whistling
　　（D） lecture： conversing
　　（E） murmur： mimicking
　　9. PARAGRAPH： ESSAY：：
　　（A） object： verb
　　（B） phrase： preposition
　　（C） interjection： parenthesis
　　（D） clause： sentence
　　（E） colloquialism： expression
　　10. STUPOR： ALERT：：
　　（A） rebellion： defiant
　　（B） despair： hopeful
　　（C） expectation： unfulfilled
　　（D） circumspection： careful
　　（E） ennui： listless
　　11. PAEAN： JOY：：
　　（A） dirge： grief
　　（B） oratory： persuasion
　　（C） aria： opera
　　（D） chant： choir
　　（E） lecture： instruction
　　12. RENEGADE： ALLEGIANCE：：
　　（A） revolutionary： reform
　　（B） aesthete： discernment
　　（C） apostate： faith
　　（D） politician： challenge
　　（E） criminal： imprisonment
　　13. DEVOTED： ZEALOUS：：
　　（A） affectionate： demonstrative
　　（B） animated： lively
　　（C） rabid： extreme
　　（D） objective： indifferent
　　（E） careful： fastidious
　　14. VESTIGE： REMAINDER：：
　　（A） figurine： statue
　　（B） knife： cutlery
　　（C） hub： wheel
　　（D） angle： slope
　　（E） inventory： goods
　　15. EPHEMERAL： ENDURE：：
　　（A） insensitive： cooperate
　　（B） infirm： react
　　（C） ineffectual： proceed
　　（D） inelastic： stretch
　　（E） inflammable： ignite
　　16. MISDEMEANOR： CRIME：：
　　（A） interview： conversation
　　（B） lapse： error
　　（C） oath： promise
　　（D） rebuke： criticism
　　（E） vendetta： feud

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One explanation for the tendency of animals to be　　more vigilant in smaller groups than in larger ones
　　assumes that the vigilant behavior-looking up， for
　　example-is aimed at predators. If individuals on the
　　（5） edge of a group are more vigilant because they are at
　　greater risk of being captured， then individuals on aver-
　　age would have to be more vigilant in smaller groups，
　　because the animals on the periphery of a group form a
　　greater proportion of the whole group as the size of the
　　（10）group diminishes.
　　However， a different explanation is necessary in cases
　　where the vigilant behavior is not directed at predators.
　　J. Krebs has discovered that great blue herons look up
　　more often when in smaller flocks than when in larger
　　（15）ones， solely as a consequence of poor feeding conditions.
　　Krebs hypothesizes that the herons in smaller flocks are
　　watching for herons that they might follow to better
　　feeding pools， which usually attract larger numbers of
　　the birds.
　　17.It can be inferred from the passage that in species in
　　which vigilant behavior is directed at predators， the
　　tendency of the animals to be more vigilant in
　　smaller groups than in larger ones would most likely
　　be minimized if which of the following were true？
　　（A） The vigilance of animals on the periphery of a
　　group always exceeded that of animals located
　　in its interior， even when predators were not
　　in the area.
　　（B） The risk of capture for individuals in a group
　　was the same， whether they were located in
　　the interior of the group or on its periphery.
　　（C） Animals on the periphery of a group tended to
　　be less capable of defending themselves from
　　attack by predators than animals located in the
　　interior of the group.
　　（D） Animals on the periphery of a group tended to
　　bear marks that were more distinctive to
　　predators than animals located in the interior
　　of the group.
　　（E） Animals on the periphery of a group tended to
　　have shorter life spans than animals located in
　　the interior of the group.

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（20）ness and fitness. What would be the shape of the com-　　bustion chamber？ Where should the valves be placed？
　　Should it have a long or short piston？ Such questions
　　have a range of answers that are supplied by experience，
　　by physical requirements， by limitations of available
　　（25）space， and not least by a sense of form. Some decisions，
　　such as wall thickness and pin diameter， may depend on
　　scientific calculations， but the nonscientific component
　　of design remains primary.
　　Design courses， then， should be an essential element
　　（30）in engineering curricula. Nonverbal thinking， a central
　　mechanism in engineering design， involves perceptions，
　　the stock-in-trade of the artist， not the scientist. Because
　　perceptive processes are not assumed to entail “hard
　　thinking，“ nonverbal thought is sometimes seen as a prim-
　　（35）itive stage in the development of cognitive processes and
　　inferior to verbal or mathematical thought. But it is para-
　　doxical that when the staff of the Historic American
　　Engineering Record wished to have drawings made of
　　machines and isometric views of industrial processes for
　　（40）its historical record of American engineering， the only
　　college students with the requisite abilities were not engi-
　　neering students， but rather students attending architec-
　　tural schools.
　　It courses in design， which in a strongly analytical
　　（45）engineering curriculum provide the background required
　　for practical problem- solving， are not provided， we can
　　expect to encounter silly but costly errors occurring in
　　advanced engineering systems. For example， early models
　　of high-speed railroad cars loaded with sophisticated
　　（50）controls were unable to operate in a snowstorm because
　　a fan sucked snow into the electrical system. Absurd ran-
　　dom failures that plague automatic control systems are
　　not merely trivial aberrations； they are a reflection of the
　　chaos that results when design is assumed to be primarily
　　a problem in mathematics.
　　21.In the passage， the author is primarily concerned
　　with
　　（A） identifying the kinds of thinking that are used
　　by technologists
　　（B） stressing the importance of nonverbal thinking
　　in engineering design
　　（C） proposing a new role for nonscientific thinking
　　in the development of technology
　　（D） contrasting the goals of engineers with those of
　　technologists
　　（E） criticizing engineering schools for emphasizing
　　science in engineering curricula
　　22.It can be inferred that the author thinks engineering
　　curricula are
　　（A） strengthened when they include courses in
　　design
　　（B） weakened by the substitution of physical
　　science courses for courses designed to
　　develop mathematical skills
　　（C） strong because nonverbal thinking is still
　　emphasized by most of the courses
　　（D） strong despite the errors that graduates of such
　　curricula have made in the development of
　　automatic control systems
　　（E） strong despite the absence of nonscientific
　　modes of thinking
　　23.Which of the following statements best illustrates
　　the main point of lines 1-28 of the passage？
　　（A） When a machine like a rotary engine mal-
　　functions， it is the technologist who is best
　　equipped to repair it.
　　（B） Each component of an automobile-for
　　example， the engine or the fuel tank-has a
　　shape that has been scientifically determined
　　to be best suited to that component's function
　　（C） A telephone is a complex instrument designed
　　by technologists using only nonverbal thought
　　（D） The designer of a new refrigerator should
　　consider the designs of other refrigerators
　　before deciding on its final form.
　　（E） The distinctive features of a suspension bridge
　　reflect its designer's conceptualization as well
　　as the physical requirements of its site.

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24.Which of the following statements would best serve　　as an introduction to the passage？
　　（A） The assumption that the knowledge incorpor-
　　ated in technological developments must be
　　derived from science ignores the many non-
　　scientific decisions made by technologists.
　　（B） Analytical thought is no longer a vital com-
　　ponent in the success of technological
　　development.
　　（C） As knowledge of technology has increased， the
　　tendency has been to lose sight of the impor-
　　tant role played by scientific thought in
　　making decisions about form， arrangement，
　　and texture.
　　（D） A movement in engineering colleges toward
　　a technician's degree reflects a demand for
　　graduates who have the nonverbal reasoning
　　ability that was once common among engineers.
　　（E） A technologist thinking about a machine，
　　reasoning through the successive steps in a
　　dynamic process， can actually turn the
　　machine over mentally.
　　25.The author calls the predicament faced by the
　　Historic American Engineering Record “para-
　　doxical“ （lines 36-37） most probably because
　　（A） the publication needed drawings that its own
　　staff could not make
　　（B） architectural schools offered but did not require
　　engineering design courses for their students
　　（C） college students were qualified to make the
　　drawings while practicing engineers were not
　　（D） the drawings needed were so complicated that
　　even students in architectural schools had
　　difficulty making them.
　　（E） engineering students were not trained to make
　　the type of drawings needed to record the
　　development of their own discipline
　　26.According to the passage， random failures in
　　automatic control systems are “not merely trivial
　　aberrations“ （lines53） because
　　（A） automatic control systems are designed by
　　engineers who have little practical experience
　　in the field
　　（B） the failures are characteristic of systems
　　designed by engineers relying too heavily on
　　concepts in mathematics
　　（C） the failures occur too often to be taken lightly
　　（D） designers of automatic control systems have too
　　little training in the analysis of mechanical
　　difficulties
　　（E） designers of automatic control systems need
　　more help from scientists who have a better
　　understanding of the analytical problems to be
　　solved before such systems can work efficiently
　　27.The author uses the example of the early models of
　　high-speed railroad cars primarily to
　　（A） weaken the argument that modern engineering
　　systems have major defects because of an
　　absence of design courses in engineering
　　curricula
　　（B） support the thesis that the number of errors in
　　modern engineering systems is likely to
　　increase
　　（C） illustrate the idea that courses in design are the
　　most effective means for reducing the cost of
　　designing engineering systems
　　（D） support the contention that a lack of attention to
　　the nonscientific aspects of design results in
　　poor conceptualization by engineers
　　（E） weaken the proposition that mathematics is a
　　necessary part of the study of design
　　28.IGNITE：
　　（A） amplify
　　（B） douse
　　（C） obscure
　　（D） blemish
　　（E） replicate
　　29.MUTATE：
　　（A） recede
　　（B） grow larger
　　（C） link together
　　（D） remain the same
　　（E） decrease in speed

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