Select ONE answer choice that best completes each blank of the following sentences. 1. The whole affair was based on evidence from a(n) ____ from the secret service, who claimed that the secret service had conducted unauthorized surveillance against many civilians, including politicians, journalists and religious figures. A. abandoner B. deserter C. renouncer D. quitter 2. The classic working-class "mum," living at home to look after her numerous children with the man as the bread-winner, was a folk myth sustained by the population census in the 1970s which ____ less and less to reality now. A. conforms B. resembles C. is similar D. is identical 3. Although some jurors were sympathetic, others did not think her stories of abuse and violence ____ true. A. bore B. ringed C. rang D. bear 4. The plot of the play is very simple: Six characters attempt to have a meal together, yet behind the ____ of respectability can be found corruption, political oppression and even drug-trafficking. A. wall B. facade C. fence D. front 5. Kafka's gift to posterity lay not in any facile outline of the Nazi concentration camps, but in his ability to articulate terrors which we all have lurking in the ____ of our minds. A. back B. inside C. parts D. recesses 6. This anniversary serves as a reminder of the sacrifices made during the wartime years by those who worked unstintingly to ____ the freedom we now enjoy. A. preserve B. conserve C. reserve D. serve 7. University students should be encouraged to express their opinions and argue a point of view, to be ____ the contributions of others and be helped to make their own contributions confidently and effectively. A. ignorant of B. receptive to C. indifferent with D. susceptive to 8. For years, our politicians have been droning i the need to train our workers to the level of the Germans, oblivious ii the somewhat obvious fact that we are not Germans so cannot be expected to behave like them. i: A. on about B. on C. about ii: A. upon B. about C. to 9. If an art critic has a very i political or religious point of view, this can ii other considerations in judgments about art and give a bias to the description or interpretation made. i: A. sensitive B. decided C. wavering ii: A. override B. overrun C. overcome 10. Today we have two kinds of knowledge: acquired knowledge from i —experience, teaching, research—and inspired knowledge which comes from ii . i: A. without B. inside C. exterior ii: A. interior B. outside C. within