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　　091. The confusion and congestion of individual citizens looking for their  letters was itself enough to discourage use of the mail. It is no wonder that,  during the years of these cumbersome arrangements, private letter- carrying and  express businesses developed.

　　The word "cumbersome" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) burdensome

　　(B) handsome

　　(C) loathsome

　　(D) quarrelsome

　　092. But this delivery service was at first confined to cities, and free  home delivery became a mark of urbanism. As late as 1887, a town had to have  10,000 people to be eligible for free home delivery.

　　The word "Confined" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) granted

　　(B) scheduled

　　(C) limited

　　(D) recommended

　　093. They were, by training, social scientists, not historians, and their  work tended to reflect this bias. The questions they framed and the techniques  they used were designed to help them understand, as scientists, how people  behaved.

　　The word "framed" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(B) read

　　(C) avoided

　　(D) posed

　　094. In Kingston, New York, for example, evidence has been uncovered that  indicates that English goods were being smuggled into that city at a time when  the Dutch supposedly controlled trading in the area.

　　The word "supposedly" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) ruthlessly

　　(B) tightly

　　(C) barely

　　(D) seemingly

　　095. And in Sacramento an excavation at the site of a fashionable   nineteenth-century hotel revealed that garbage had been stashed in the   building's basement despite sanitation laws to the contrary.

　　The word "sanitation" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) city

　　(B) housing

　　(C) health

　　(D) trade

　　096. When Jules Verne wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth in 1864,  there were many conflicting theories about the nature of the Earth's interior.  Some geologists thought that it contained a highly compressed ball of  incandescent gas, while others suspected that it consisted of separate shells,  each made of a different material.

　　The word "conflicting" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) controlling

　　(B) outdated

　　(C) opposing

　　(D) important

　　097. Beyond a depth of around 2,900 kilometers, a great change takes place  and the mantle gives way to the core.< Some seismic waves cannot pass through  the core and others are bent by it. From this and other evidence, geologists  conclude that the outer core is probably liquid, with a solid center. It is  almost certainly made of iron, mixed with smaller amount of other elements such  as nickel.

　　The phrase "gives way to" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) runs along

　　(B) rubs against

　　(C) turns into

　　(D) floats on

　　098. Although scientists can speculate about its nature, neither humans nor  machines will ever be able to visit it.

　　The word "speculate" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) report

　　(B) learn

　　(C) worry

　　(D) hypothesize

　　099. Farmers could get better prices for their crops if the alternative  existed of sending them directly eastward to market, and merchants could sell  larger quantities of their manufactured goods if these could be transported more  directly and more economically to the west.

　　The word "alternative" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) option

　　(B) transition

　　(C) intention

　　(D) authorization

　　100. The distance was more than 350 miles, and there were ridges to cross  and a wilderness of woods and swamps to penetrate. The word "penetrate" is  closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) cut down

　　(B) go through

　　(C) fill up

　　(D) take over

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