1. There are some people who think that only the poor and less educated people use slang, but this idea is _______.
A accurate
B popular
C erroneous
D widespread
E ineffectual
2. Today Wegener's theory is ____ ; however, he died an outsider treated with ____ by the scientific establishment.
A unsupported - approval
B dismissed - contempt
C accepted - approbation
D unchallenged - disdain
D unrivalled - reverence
3. The revolution in art has not lost its steam; it ____ on as fiercely as ever.
A trudges
B meanders
C edges
D ambles
E rages
4. Each occupation has its own ____ ; bankers, lawyers and computer professionals, for example, all use among themselves language which outsiders have difficulty following.
A merits
B disadvantages
C rewards
D jargon
E problems
5. ____ by nature, Jones spoke very little even to his own family members.
A garrulous
B equivocal
C taciturn
D arrogant
E gregarious
6. The peasants were the least ____ of all people, bound by tradition and ____ by superstitions.
A free - fettered
B enfranchised - rejected
C enthralled - tied
D pinioned - limited
E conventional - encumbered
7. If there is nothing to absorb the energy of sound waves, they travel on ____ , but their intensity ____ as they travel further from their source.
A erratically - mitigates
B eternally - alleviates
C forever - increases
D steadily - stabilizes
E indefinitely - diminishes
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