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Section 24
1. History teaches us that science is not ______ enterprise, indeed, it is quite the opposite, a motley assortment of tools designed to safeguard researches to against their own biases.
A. an opportunistic
B. an anomalous
C. a haphazard
D. a collective
E. a monolithic
2. There is ______ in the director’s most recent film that keeps the melodramatic possibilities latent in its script safely at bay.
A. mawkishness
B. predictability
C. austerity
D. ostentatiousness
E. emotiveness
3. Few studies have been published on ground-squirrel dispersal, and most of them have involved very small sample sizes, thus most statement regarding ground-squirrel dispersal must be considered ______.
A. invaluable
B. unexceptional
C. inveterate
D. routine
E. conjectural
4. Since fibromyalgia’s symptoms can be (i)______ and can (ii)______ other disorder, and its diagnosis depends largely on patients’ descriptions rather than blood tests or biopsies, fibromyalgia’s cause and treatment have been the subject of much debate.
Blank (i)
A. wide-ranging
B. distinctive
C. debilitating
Blank (ii)
D. mimic
E. illuminate
F. preclude
5. Many fairy tales are complex narrative of wish fulfillment. They teach the reader that a struggle against severe difficulties in life is (i)______, that it is an intrinsic part of human existence, and that if one does not (ii)______, but steadfastly meets unexpected and often unjust hardships, one masters all obstacles and at the end (iii)______.
Blank (i)
A. atypical
B. unavoidable
C. insurmountable
Blank (ii)
D. preserve
E. improvise
F. shy away
Blank (iii)
G. elicits adversities
H. emerges victorious
I. evades achievement
6. The writer argues that jewelry-grade diamonds, because they are both (i)______ and (ii)______, prove one of two conclusions: their purchasers have so much money they can spend it on goods that (iii)______, or their purchasers are so committed to making others think they have such wealth that they are willing to go into debt to do so.
Blank (i)
A. flawless
B. fungible
C. expensive
Blank (ii)
D. durable
E. useless
F. irreplaceable
Blank (iii)
G. may appreciate in value
H. reflect the buyer’s connoisseurship
I. serve no practical purpose
7. In Ramachandran’s potion, it is perfectly acceptable to propose bold speculation about the brain, even if these speculations seem ______, as Ramachandran frequently remarks, science thrives on risky conjecture.
A. unfounded
B. premature
C. controversial
D. verifiable
E. testable
F. baseless
8. In order to cultivate new repertoire, the music industry is providing a hearing for previously ______ composers.
A. idle
B. thwarted
C. celebrated
D. renowned
E. anonymous
F. obscure
9. The concert hall’s suspended ceiling is two-inch-thick plaster that reflects low-frequency sound energy; similarly, all wall surfaces are angled and shaped to ______ sound from the stage throughout the audience area.
A. diffuse
B. amplify
C. spread
D. dampen
E. eclipse
F. deaden
10. Although many skeptics of the scientific theory ______ critiques that have long since been disproved, some of the doubters arguably bring up valid points.
A. overlook
B. revise
C. recycle
D. utilize
E. neglect
F. rehash