1. It is to the novelist's credit that all of the episodes in her novel are presented realistically, without any ______ or playful supernatural tricks.

　　A elucidation

　　B discrimination

　　C artlessness

　　D authenticity

　　E whimsy

　　2. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable ______ the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.

　　A interest in

　　B uncertainty about

　　C enthusiasm for

　　D worry about

　　E experimentation on

　　3. Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly removed from the ______ of society, the conventionality of academe.

　　A ethos

　　B idealism

　　C romance

　　D paradoxes

　　E commonplaces

　　4. The English novelist William Thackeray considered the cult of the criminal so dangerous that he criticized Dickens' Oliver Twist for making the characters in the thieves' kitchen so ______.

　　A threatening

　　B riveting

　　C conniving

　　D fearsome

　　E irritating

　　5. Copyright and patent laws attempt to encourage innovation by ensuring that inventors are paid for creative work, so it would be ______ if expanded protection under these laws discouraged entrepreneurial innovation by increasing fears of lawsuits.

　　A desirable

　　B coincidental

　　C ironic

　　D natural

　　E sensible