TC & SE Session 2 D conquered gain

E released necessity

EX1.2-1. In our corporation there is a (i) _____ between male and

female (ii) _____ because 73 percent of the men and 34 percent of EX1.2-3. While Parker is very outspoken on issues she cares about,
the women polled believe that our company provides equal she is not_____; she concedes the _____ of opposing arguments
compensation to men and women. when they expose weaknesses inherent in her own.
A contrast .. stereotypes A fickle validity
B difference .. perceptions B arrogant restraint
C variation .. salaries C fanatical strength
D resemblance .. employees D congenial incompatibility
E similarity .. aspirations E unyielding speciousness

Extreme Comparison - “bad, but not that bad.” EX1.2-4. Hampshire's assertions, far from showing that we can (i)
_______ the ancient puzzles about objectivity, reveal the issue to be
EX1.2-2. The wonder of De Quincey is that although opium even more (ii) _______ than we had thought.
dominated his life, it never (i) _____ him; indeed, he turned its use
A adapt pressing
to (ii) _____ when he published the story of its influence in the
London Magazine. B dismiss relevant
A overcame altruism C rediscover unconventional
B intimidated triumph D admire elusive
C distressed pleasure E appreciate interesting
 (E) abstract
HW-2:
1. Because they had expected the spacecraft Voyager 2 to be able to 3. He was regarded by his followers, as something of _____, not
gather data only about the planets Jupiter and Saturn, scientists only because of his insistence on strict discipline, but also because
were ____ the wealth of information it sent back from N 12 years of his _____adherence to formal details.
after leaving earth.
(A) a martinet.. rigid
A disappointed in
(B) an authority.. sporadic
B concerned about
(C) a tyrant.. reluctant
C confident in
(D) a fraud.. conscientious
D elated by
(E) an acolyte.. maniacal
E anxious for
martinet, rigid, sporadic, reluctant, conscientious, acolyte, maniacal

2. Linguists have now confirmed what experienced users of ASL -

American Sign Language- have always implicitly known: ASL is a 4. The influence of the Timaeus among early philosophical thinkers
grammatically _________ language in that it is capable of was_________, if only because it was the sole dialogue _________
expressing every possible syntactic relation. in Europe for almost 1000 years.

(A) limited (A) pervasive, available

(B) economical (B) inestimable, suppressed

(C) complete (C) unnoteworthy, abridged

(D) shifting (D) underestimated, studied

(E) circumscribed, translated (B) safeguards.. excesses
Influence is high, sole dialogue available (C) arguments.. introduction
If only because = reason = support (D) provisions.. advantages
(E) laws.. creation
5. The Gibbons were little given to _____ in any form; not one of Got rid of the problem (aka did something good) but still have
them was afraid of _____, of being and seeming unlike their concerns
neighbors.
Even after: contrast
(A) humility .. absurdity
(B) excellence .. mediocrity
(C) anger .. confrontation
(D) conformism .. singularity
(E) ostentation .. eccentricity
want to be different, don’t like following the crowd.
conformism, ostentation, eccentricity

6. Even after _____ against the _____ of popular sovereignty were

included, major figures in the humanistic disciplines remained
skeptical about the proposal to extend suffrage to the masses.
(A) recommendations.. continuation