Question 1Mid
The witness was , not ; she admitted what she did not remember.
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Answer: C — candid … evasive
Admitting uncertainty is candid and contrasts with being evasive.
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Two blanks make a Sentence Completion — two-word question harder than it looks, because both words must fit the sentence and fit each other.
Every answer choice offers a pair, and a pair is wrong if either half fails. The relationship between the blanks is the key: a word such as but, although or not signals that the two words should contrast, while a semicolon followed by a restatement signals that they agree.
In a sentence saying a critic was ___ about a film's flaws but ___ about its strengths, the pair harsh and generous fits, while harsh and severe does not.
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Question 2Mid
The memoir’s voice is about past mistakes but never , balancing regret with perspective.
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Answer: B — remorseful … self-pitying
Remorseful fits the regret about past mistakes; never self-pitying matches perspective without wallowing. “boastful … reflective” would create a register the sentence does not support.
Question 3Mid
Testing every glaze recipe on identical clay at the same firing temperature reduced about the source of any color differences; nevertheless, the potter withheld judgment until further trials established that those differences were .
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Answer: A — ambiguity … reproducible
Holding clay and temperature constant reduces ambiguity about what caused the color differences. Further trials establish reproducibility when the differences recur.
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