多选题The wild and splashy floral print skirt was far too ______ for Estela"s taste; she preferred dark and understated clothing.

多选题Though outwardly ______, the speaker was actually quite disturbed by the tumultuous crowd.

多选题The tranquil story recounted by Ezra Jack Keats in The Snowy Day ______ the calm presence of the book"s illustrations: both ______ the silence of a snow-covered landscape.

多选题While tributyltin (TBT) is generally not as ______ as certain other toxic substances, studies of damaging effects on marine life show it is ______ to mollusk fisheries.

多选题Because she had mistakenly assumed that the disputes between the parties could be successfully ______, the attorney had not prepared herself for the ______ of a long, drawn-out public trail.

多选题In a grievous example of ______ behavior, the consultants repeatedly managed to dupe the team of scientists by presenting fabricated data.

多选题Historian Carlo Botta often contradicted himself, as when he first championed and then ______ the ideals of the French Revolution.

多选题The dancer"s performing style was ______ and ______, with each move taken from another artist, and poorly executed at that.

多选题Dana"s colleagues complained that she was both ______ and ______: she spoke condescendingly and talked about herself too much.

多选题Ken took his ______ obligations seriously, patiently caring for his mother throughout her long recuperation.

多选题Although aging brings about profound physiological changes, it does not often alter individual"s ______: an irascible thirty year old will probably still be ______ at seventy.

多选题Unsuccessful in her first campaigns, Barbara Jordan ______, eventually becoming the first Black woman elected to the Texas State Senate.

多选题Yellow fever, the disease that killed 4,000 Philadelphians in 1793, and so ______ Memphis, Tennessee, that the city lost its charter, has reappeared after nearly two decades in ______ in the Western Hemisphere. A. decimated B. terrorized C. corrupted D. abeyance E. secret F. quarantine

多选题Canadian Lynn Johnston was named Cartoonist of the Year in 1985, the first woman to be so ______.

多选题Just as glass windows offer buildings both light and insulation, certain atmospheric gases ______ incoming sunlight and ______ heat radiated from the ground, preventing warmth from escaping.

多选题Tchaikovsky"s Nutcracker leaves a(n) ______ impression on audiences: children especially remember the dazzling costumes and stirring music.

多选题The library"s collection is a ______ of Asian American historical documents, including rare materials about race relations.

多选题 Questions 8-10 are based on the following passage. Given the persistent and intransigent nature of the American race system, which proved quite impervious to black attacks,Line Du Bois in his speeches and writings moved (5) from one proposed solution to another, and the salience of various parts of his philoso- phy changed as his perceptions of the needs and strategies of black America shifted over time. Aloof and autonomous in his personal- (10) ity, Du Bois did not hesitate to depart markedly from whatever was the current mainstream of black thinking when he per- ceived that the conventional wisdom being enunciated by black spokesmen was proving (15) inadequate to the task of advancing the race. His willingness to seek different solutions often placed him well in advance of his con- temporaries, and this, combined with a strong-willed, even arrogant personality (20) made his career as a black leader essentially a series of stormy conflicts. Thus Du Bois first achieved his role as a major black leader in the controversy that arose over the program of Booker T. (25) Washington, the most prominent and influ- ential black leader at the opening of the twentieth century. Amidst the wave of lynchings, disfranchisement, and segregation laws, Washington, seeking the good will of (30) powerful whites, taught blacks not to protest against discrimination, but to elevate them- selves through industrial education, hard work, and property accumulation; then, they would ultimately obtain recognition of their (35) citizenship rights. At first Du Bois agreed with this gradualist strategy, but in 1903 with the publication of his most influential book, Souls of Black Folk, he became the chief leader of the onslaught against (40) Washington that polarized the black com- munity into two wings—the "conservative" supporters of Washington and his "radical" critics.

多选题The scientist was ______ in her evaluation of her own research, choosing to analyze and report on seemingly ______ results as well as those that were more expected.

多选题As advocates of free speech confront those who would regulate entertainment strictly, the debate over shocking content in movies will likely ______.