SECTION 4

　　Time -30 minutes

　　38 Questions

　　1. Since most if not all learning occurs through——，

　　relating one observation to another， it would be

　　strange indeed if the study of other cultures did not

　　also illuminate the study of our own.

　　（A） assumptions

　　（B） experiments

　　（C） comparisons

　　（D） repetitions

　　（E） impressions

　　2. The new —— of knowledge has created ——

　　people： everyone believes that his or her subject

　　cannot and possibly should not be understood by

　　others.

　　（A） specialization…… barriers between

　　（B） decline…… associations among

　　（C） redundancy…… complacency in

　　（D） disrepute…… concern for

　　（E） promulgation…… ignorance among

　　3. If a species of parasite is to survive， the host organ-

　　isms must live long enough for the parasite to

---- ; if the host species becomes----, so do its

　　parasites.

　　（A） atrophy…… healthy

　　（B） reproduce…… extinct

　　（C） disappear…… widespread

　　（D） succumb…… nonviable

　　（E） mate…… infertile

　　4. The author argues for serious treatment of such arts

　　as crochet and needlework， finding in too many art

　　historians a cultural blindness —— to their ——

　　textiles as a medium in which women artists pre-

　　dominate.

　　（A） traceable…… prejudice against

　　（B） opposed…… distrust of

　　（C） referring…… need for

　　（D） reduced…… respect for

　　（E） corresponding…… expertise in

　　5. 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

　　6. Because the high seriousness of their narratives

　　resulted in part from their metaphysics， Southern

　　writers were praised for their —— bent.

　　（A） technical

　　（B） discursive

　　（C） hedonistic

　　（D） philosophical

　　（E） scientific