多选题The student"s actions struck many as ______, but they were actually intended to ______ a point: they demonstrated the absurdity of the new school policy.

多选题Far from being ______, bears in some national parks are surprisingly ______ when approached by humans; still visitors must exercise caution.

多选题Once he had ______ sufficient ______ information, Randall felt confident in publishing his daring article incriminating the local politician.

多选题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

多选题Raul"s game-winning goal in the closing minutes of the game ______ his well-known ability to excel under stressful conditions.

多选题Although it is often difficult to ______ someone as charming as Hank, his colleagues can no longer overlook his ______.

多选题Not surprisingly, supporters of the governor"s plan to set aside land for a forest preserve were disappointed when a court decision ______ the plan.

多选题Jean Wagner's most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that it be analyzed in a religious, as well as secular, frame of reference. The appropriateness of such an approach may seem self-evident for a tradition commencing with spirituals and owing its early {{U}}forms, rhythms, vocabulary, and evangelical fervor{{/U}} to Wesleyan hymnals. But before Wagner a secular outlook that analyzed Black poetry solely within the context of political and social protest was dominant in the field. All of the following aspects of Afro-American poetry are referred to in the passage as having been influenced by Wesleyan hymnals EXCEPT: A. subject matter. B. word choice. C. rhythm. D. structure. E. tone.

多选题The author constructed a scenario in which playful, creative children are rewarded for their ______ and strict, dour adults are punished for their ______.

多选题Despite his ______ desire to show off he remained at heart a very ______ person.

多选题The professor"s classroom manner was quite ______, never revealing the warmth and playfulness she showed in private.

多选题Often the difficulties of growing up in the public eye cause child prodigies to ______ the world of achievement before reaching adulthood: happily, they sometimes later return to competition and succeed brilliantly. A. ridicule B. conquer C. retire from D. antagonize E. examine

多选题Even in her fiction writing, Denise Chavez functions as a link of historian in that she ______ the real experiences of Hispanic women through her characters.

多选题Extensive travel afforded Langston Hughes a ______ perspective, but it was Harlem that served as the creative ______ for his writing.

多选题Deliberately designed to be devoid elaborate carving or other ______, Biedermeier furniture was known for its ______.

多选题Many writers associated with the Harlem Renaissance were not originally from Harlem; drawn by the artistic community it provided, they ______ the place as home.

多选题Although the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall had ______ that his papers be available only to scholars, the Library of Congress ______ his wishes and exhibited them to the general public.

多选题The discovery of the fossil was ______ and ______, surprising scientists and undermining accepted theories about plant distribution.

多选题Both television commercials and programs present ______ view of the material world, one which promotes a standard of living that most of us can probably not attain. A. an unrealistic B. an imprudent C. a standardized D. a rash E. a banal F. an visionary

多选题Cells in the parvo system can distinguish between two colors at any relative brightness of the two. Cells in the color-blind magno system, {{U}}on the other hand{{/U}}, are {{U}}analogous{{/U}} to a black-and-white photograph in the way they function: they signal information about the brightness of surfaces but not about their colors. For any pair of colors there is a particular brightness ratio at which two colors, for example red and green, will appear as the same shade of gray in a black-and-white photograph, hence any border between them will vanish. Similarly at some relative red-to-green brightness level, the red and green will appear identical to the magno system. The red and green are then called equiluminant. A border between two equiluminant colors has color contrast but no luminance contrast. The author uses all of the following in the discussion in the third paragraph EXCEPT: A. an example. B. definition of terms. C. contrast. D. a rhetorical question. E. analogy.