6 It is difficult for artists to create a new market; most of them simply ______ to an existing one.
(A) pander
(B) pamper
(C) profess
(D) proliferate

2 Many people used to complain about the ______ in the administrative system of our governmental agencies. (A) bureaucracy (B) courtesy (C) friendliness (D) satisfaction

3 Carol knew her days were ______ , but she never once showed that she was sick. Her smile cheered everyone up in the hospital. (A) numbered (B) restricted (C) confined (D) sentenced

4 The government has ______ to give the promotion of democracy the highest priority. (A) cuddled (B) enthroned (C) pledged (D) reprieved

5 The ______ overthrow of the government left the country in turmoil with no one in charge. (A) desperate (B) moderate (C) tremulous (D) tumultuous

7 The executive director would ______ in a memo to all members the suggestions brought up at this meeting. (A) attenuate (B) franchise (C) memorize (D) recapitulate

8 Whereas the French salon excluded politics from polite conversation, in the British coffee house politics was a main ______. (A) appreciation (B) distraction (C) infraction (D) preoccupation

9 The IBM 5150 is recognized as the ancestor of the modern PC, a crucial step in computers’ evolution from playthings to ______ tools of modern business and private life. (A) assessable (B) indispensable (C) illegible (D) variable

10 Her advice ______ good, I could not help following it. (A) had been (B) be (C) was (D) being

11 By ourselves, we’re lone voices, a whisper in a swarm of propaganda out there. (A) Our opinion is censored by the official talk and position. (B) We side with the majority view of the government. (C) The opinion poll favors our view. (D) Our opinion stands for the minority as opposed to the official position.

12 The readers’ criticism that the editorial was riddled with defeatist pessimism cut the writer to the quick. (A) The editorial was badly designed as a riddle of defeatist pessimism. (B) The writer of the editorial felt badly hurt by his readers’ critical comments. (C) Readers of this editorial quickly stopped the writer from spreading the defeatist pessimism. (D) Readers’ quick answer to the riddle of defeatist pessimism embarrassed the writer of the editorial.