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Section 17
1. Though we live in an era of stunning scientific achievement, many otherwise educated people remain indifferent to or contemptuous of such achievement, even going so far as to ______ their ignorance of basic physics.
A. decry
B. condone
C. remedy
D. boast of
E. downplay
2. Carmen’s affection for her sister, though not _____, was plainly too great to permit a painless departure.
A. unsteady
B. ambivalent
C. careless
D. unbounded
E. noticeable
3. A (i)________ to disseminate the vast scientific knowledge of our time to nonscientists show real (ii)________ the magnificent achievement humanity is capable of, like allowing a great work of art to molder in a warehouse.
Blank (i)
A. triumph
B. failure
C. diffusion
Blank (ii)
D. indifference to
E. enthusiasm for
F. glory of
4. So (i)________ is the reputation of the city’s police force for (ii)________ that whenever a new police chief take office, he or she routinely promises to clean up the force.
Blank (i)
A. persistent
B. recent
C. discouraging
Blank (ii)
D. corruption
E. efficiency
F. inexperience
5. Readers may initially be irked by the book’s apparent (i)________, but, once immersed in the author’s prose, they may come to regard the works (ii)________ as an asset.
Blank (i)
A. flippancy
B. aimlessness
C. tendentiousness
Blank (ii)
D. subtlety
E. discursions
F. exhaustiveness
6. Laws protecting intellectual property are intended to simulate creativity, yet some forms of creative work never enjoyed legal protection a situation that ought to be of great interest, if we see certain form of creative endeavor (i)________ as a result of uncontrolled copying, we might decided to (ii)________ intellectual property law. Conversely, if unprotected creative work (iii)________ in the absence of legal rules against copying, we would do well to know how such flourishing is sustained.
Blank (i)
A. languishing
B. proliferating
C. diversifying
Blank (ii)
D. jettison
E. extend
F. relax
Blank (iii)
G. declines in originality
H. manages to thrive
I. openly invites imitation
7. The major ________ of much popular history is that it betrays no interest in making intellectual contributions to our understanding of an issue.
A. characteristic
B. shortcoming
C. dilemma
D. quandary
E. ploy
F. fault
8. Excessive focus on what might have been can cause in us feelings of restlessness and regret, but some scientists are beginning to think that fancying an alternative reality might have ________ effect as well.
A. subtle
B. adverse
C. restorative
D. pleasurable
E. unfavorable
F. tonic
9. Doris Kearns Goodwin’s elegant, incisive study of Lincoln ____ those whose knowledge of Lincoln is an amalgam of high school history and popular mythology as well as those who are experts.
A. gratify
B. entice
C. inspire
D. confuse
E. perplex
F. please
10. Although in his new book he tends to repeat himself like a _______ uncle, McHughen makes a persuasive case for the safety of tinkering with genes to create new food.
A. taciturn
B. reserved
C. prototypical
D. cantankerous
E. loquacious
F. garrulous
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