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Set 166 of 246 / Words 1321-1328 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1A diagram shows two draft animals harnessed as a pair, one directly behind the other rather than side by side. What does tandem identify?A. A circular group in which no two animals form a front-and-back pair.B. The paired front-and-back arrangement.C. A single animal with no partner.D. Any unrelated set of animals standing in separate fields.

2A language learner follows a planned daily sequence of listening, speaking practice, and reviewing selected phrases. Which feature makes it a regimen?A. It guarantees perfect fluency on a fixed date regardless of practice.B. It is a systematic routine of activity.C. It consists only of unrelated impulses with no plan or pattern.D. It must be medical because no nonmedical activity can have a regimen.

3An old sign in a fictional shop flickers in sudden bursts separated by irregular intervals, rather than glowing steadily. What makes the flickering spasmodic?A. Its steady uninterrupted glow.B. Its complete absence of any light throughout the scene.C. Its sudden, irregular bursts.D. Its perfectly regular beat continuing without variation.

4In a fictional hotel, emptying simple waste bins requires little skill and receives much less status than managing the business. Which statement uses menial carefully?A. The task is useless solely because it receives low status.B. The task can be called menial only if it requires the hotel's most advanced expertise.C. The workers must have little intelligence because the task requires little skill.D. The work is menial in skill demand and traditional status, although it remains useful.

5A photographer spends an evening developing images alone in a private workroom, then meets friends the next day. Which conclusion is supported?A. The work is solitary only if the photographer dislikes every other person.B. The later meeting makes it impossible for the earlier work to have been solitary.C. The photographer must have no friends at any time.D. The evening's work is solitary because it occurs without companions.

6A novel contains several possible chapter openings. Which one establishes a retrospective viewpoint?A. At seventy, I understand why the train journey I took at eight stayed with me for so long.B. Tomorrow I will take my first train journey, and I expect it to change my life.C. Anyone seeking the current timetable should consult the board beside the ticket window.D. I am describing the station as I stand here today, without recounting any earlier experience.

7A visitor finds a common local fruit exotic because the fruit is unfamiliar in the visitor's home region, while residents regard it as ordinary. Which interpretation is accurate?A. Calling it exotic necessarily establishes that it tastes better than familiar fruit.B. It can be exotic to the visitor without being unusual to local residents.C. Local familiarity proves the visitor cannot find it unfamiliar.D. It must be rare everywhere if any visitor calls it exotic.

8After a long uncertainty is resolved favorably, a fictional character describes the response as unadulterated joy, with no regret or competing disappointment mixed in. Which sense fits?A. A guarantee that the character will feel exactly the same way forever.B. Complete or unqualified joy.C. A statement exclusively about whether a drink contains added ingredients.D. A mixture dominated by regret and only a trace of happiness.

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