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　　161. What they do is look at familiar conditions from a perspective that  makes these conditions seem foolish, harmful, or affected. Satire jars us out of  complacence into a pleasantly shocked realization that many of the values we  unquestioningly accept are false.

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

　　(A) certainty

　　(B) awareness

　　(C) surprise

　　(D) confusion

　　162. It was the manner of expression, the satiric method, that made them  interesting and entertaining, satires are read because they are aesthetically  satisfying works of art, not because they are morally wholesome or ethically  instructive.

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

　　(A) artistically

　　(B) exceptionally

　　(C) realistically

　　(D) dependably

　　163. They are stimulating and refreshing because with commonsense briskness  they brush away illusions and secondhand opinions.

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

　　(A) popular

　　(B) ridiculous

　　(C) meaningful

　　(D) unusual

　　164. Soldiers rarely hold the ideals that movies attribute to them, nor do  ordinary citizens devote their lives to unselfish service of humanity.

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

　　(A) distinguish

　　(B) feel affection

　　(C) prefer

　　(D) dedicate

　　165. Hotels were among the earliest facilities that bound the United States  together. They were both creations and creators of communities, as well as  symptoms of the frenetic quest for community.

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

　　(A) led

　　(B) protected

　　(C) tied

　　(D) strengthened

　　166. The growing custom of regularly assembling from afar the   representatives of all kinds of groups, not only for political conventions, but  also for commercial, professional, learned, and avocational ones... in turn  supported the multiplying hotels.

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

　　(A) announcing

　　(B) motivating

　　(C) gathering

　　(D) contracting

　　167. In the past, as today, men, women, and children adorned themselves  with beads. In some cultures still, certain beads are often worn from birth  until death, and then are buried with their owners for the afterlife.

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

　　(A) protected

　　(B) decorated

　　(C) purchased

　　(D) enjoyed

　　168. Besides their wear ability, either as jewelry or incorporated into  articles of attire, beads possess the desirable characteristics of every  collectible: they are durable, portable, available in infinite variety, and  often valuable in their original cultural context as well as in today's  market.

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

　　(A) ritual

　　(B) importance

　　(C) clothing

　　(D) history

　　169. Beads are miniature bundles of secrets waiting to be revealed: their  history, manufacture, cultural context, economic role, and ornamental use are  all points of information one hopes to unravel.

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

　　(A) communicate

　　(B) transport

　　(C) improve

　　(D) discover

　　170. Even the most mundane beads may have traveled toeflat distances and  been exposed to many human experiences.

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

　　(A) carved

　　(B) beautiful

　　(C) ordinary

　　(D) heavy

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