Inthefirstsentence,theword“laymen”means______. A: peoplewhostandaside B: peoplewhoarenottrainedasbiologists C: peoplewhoareamateurbiologists D: peoplewholoveanimals

A clever bit of artistry, instead of lengthening the distance between us______and the exalted artist, ______it.（） A: plebeians… widens B: laymen … attenuates C: dilettantes … repeals D: knaves… estimates E: critics … advertises

London possessed the manner of______he was a man whose stately elegance suggested that he deemed himself above the______. A: a historian … misdeed B: a patrician … fray C: a poltroon … masses D: a pedant … laymen E: a decadent … immoral