Directions for questions 21 to 25:

Directions for questions 21 to 25: Each sentence in this part has one or two missing elements, as indicated by a series of dashes. Following the sentence, you will see lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  

21. Although the discovery of antibiotics led to great advances in clinical practices, it did not represent a ___ bacterial illness, for there are some bacteria that cannot be---- treated with antibiotics.

              A. breakthrough in ….. Consistently

              B. panacea for … .effectively

              C.   neglect of … efficiently

              D. re0-examination of ….. Conventionally

22. in the seventeenth century direct flouting of a generally accepted system of values was regarded as ___ even as a sign of madness.

              A. adventurous    B. frivolous    C. willful    d. irrational

23.  Remelting old metal cans rather than making primary aluminum from bauxite ore shipped from overseas saves producers millions of dollars in _____ and production costs.

             A. Distribution    B. salvage    C. storage    D. procurement

24. In scientific inquiry in becomes a matter of duty to expose a __ hypothesis to every possible kind of _____

             A. tentative … examination    B. debatable …. Approximation   C. well-established   …. .rationalization D. logical … elaboration  

25. The Gibsons were little given to _____ in any form; not one of them was afraid of ----- of being and seeming unlike their neighbors.

            A. humility … absurdity    B. excellence     …. Mediocrity     C. anger ….. Confrontation    D. conformism…. Singularity

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21.       B    Focus on the second blank first. It needs an adjective, something to mean “completely”, “successfully” or some such word. And the first blank would need a word meaning “certain cure”. Hence the pair needed is “panacea for….. Effectively”.

22.          D   The blank requires a word, which is just a shade milder than “madness.” The only such word available is “irrational”.

23.         D     since the raw material is available in the same country, the “procurement” cost would be saved.

24.          A    in scientific inquiry, everything should be thoroughly questioned, or “examined “cost would be saved.

25.         D    The key here is – unlike their neighbours. SO, the Gibson’s were kind of non-conformists. Hence the correct pair is “conformism….singularity”.