Module I: Reading and Writing

In the animated sitcom The Simpsons, the character of Bart was often _____ when he didn’t get his way. Sulking with his chin in his hands and looking unhappily into the distance, he seemed, at these times, to be on the verge of barking something unkind at an innocent passerby.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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A peculiar

B novel

C significant

D petulant

Historical records of what a given people were thinking and experiencing at a specific time can, if told to later generations, affect how younger people view their country's past. For this reason, many education ministries have unfavourable details of their nation's past _____ from the schools' textbooks.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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A alluded

B expunged

C demurred

D elicited

According to the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, people who seek _____ through meditation will find that this sense of peace and internal balance arises not by escaping reality through mindfulness, but by remaining alert to the present. What Hanh calls a “serene encounter with reality” is an effect of becoming attuned to the current moment.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Mark for Review

A synchronization

B disillusionment

C equanimity

D desecration

Sufism, a mystical form of the religion Islam, is known in part for its unique poetry—an enduringly humanistic literature that promotes mercy and upholds an expression of love above all social division. Given this welcoming message of universal inclusion, it is not surprising that readers of the literature often note the poems' _____ spirit.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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A magnanimous

B dilatory

C latent

D facile

The history of many religious institutions, such as the Catholic Church, often includes the introduction and articulation of new sins. That is, as society develops new forms of social and cultural practices that offend the traditional views a religious institution, such novel behaviours may be _____ by that institution.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Mark for Review

A trounced

B complemented

C relegated

D proscribed

Module I: Reading and Writing

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