41. He had expected gratitude for his disclosure, but instead he encountered ________  bordering on hostility.
　　(A) patience
　　(B) discretion
　　(C) openness
　　(D) ineptitude
　　(E) indifference
　　42. The diplomat, selected for her demonstrated patience and skill in conducting such delicate negotiations,_________ to make a decision during the talks because any sudden commitment at that time would have been_________ .
　　(A) resolved.. detrimental
　　(B) refused.. apropos
　　(C) declined.. inopportune
　　(D) struggled.. unconscionable
　　(E) hesitated.. warranted
　　43. Because the monkeys under study are_________ the presence of human beings, they typically_________ human observers and go about their business.
　　(A) ambivalent about .. welcome
　　(B) habituated to .. disregard
　　(C) pleased with .. snub
　　(D) inhibited by .. seek
　　(E) unaware of .. avoid
　　44. Give he previously expressed interest and the ambitious tone of her recent speeches, the senator's attempt to convince the public that she is not interested in running for a second term is_________ .
　　(A) laudable
　　(B) likely
　　(C) authentic
　　(D) futile
　　(E) sincere
　　45. Many of her followers remain_________ to her, and even those who have rejected her leadership are unconvinced of the _________　of replacing her during the current turmoil.
　　(A) opposed.. urgency
　　(B) friendly.. harm
　　(C) loyal.. wisdom
　　(D) cool.. usefulness
　　(E) sympathetic.. disadvantage
　　46. Unlike many recent interpretations of Beethoven's piano sonatas, the recitalist's performance was a delightfully free and introspective one; nevertheless, it was also, seemingly paradoxically, quite_________ .
　　(A) appealing
　　(B) exuberant
　　(C) idiosyncratic
　　(D) unskilled
　　(E) controlled
　　47. Species with relatively_________ metabolic rates, including hibernators, generally live longer than those whose metabolic rates are more rapid.
　　(A) prolific
　　(B) sedentary
　　(C) sluggish
　　(D) measured
　　(E) restive
　　48. Belying his earlier reputation for_________ as a negotiator, Morgan had recently assumed a more_________stance for which many of his erstwhile critics praised him.
　　(A) intransigence.. conciliatory
　　(B) impropriety.. intolerant
　　(C) inflexibility.. unreasonable
　　(D) success.. authoritative
　　(E) incompetence.. combative
　　49. Although Irish literature continued to flourish after the sixteenth century, a _______ tradition is_________ in the visual arts: we think about Irish culture in terms of the word, not in terms of pictorial images.
　　(A) rich.. superfluous
　　(B) lively.. found
　　(C) comparable.. absent
　　(D) forgotten.. apparent
　　(E) lost.. extant
　　50. Although sales have continued to increase since last April, unfortunately the rate of increase has_________ .
　　(A) resurged
　　(B) capitulated
　　(C) retaliated
　　(D) persevered
　　(E) decelerated