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section49
1. Parker’s model of human reflects a ________ outlook, in stark contrast to the generally pessimistic analyses of her colleagues in the economics department.
A. prescient
B. circumspect
C. technical
D. magisterial
E. sanguine
2. One baffling aspect of the novel is its capacity to generate emotional power from a plot that lacks the most elementary________: readers must accept not an occasional coincidence, but a continuous stream of them.
A. synergy
B. continuity
C. naivete
D. premise
E. credibility
3. It would be naïve to treat remarks made in diaries or personal letters as giving especially candid access to historical truth or even as being expressions of the writer’s true state of mind, since the (i)________ for exaggeration and deception in those forms is virtually nonexistent. Diaries and
letters are rarely sites for (ii)________.
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A. motivation D. premeditated manipulation
B. penalty E. childish theatrics
C. tendency F. balanced reflection
4. Although it is not uncommon for journalists to portray political inexperience on the part of public officials as an (i)________, it was nevertheless surprising when members of the press treated the new senator’s obvious (ii)________ as an extraordinary virtue.
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A. advantage D. nonchalance
B. impediment E. acumen
C. exception F. naiveté
5. Research into butterfly could have (i)________ implications, since knowledge of their optical and thermal properties may be (ii)________ controlling the behavior of computer chips, which likewise consist of finely structured thin film.
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A. ecological D. tantamount to
B. aesthetic E. germane to
C. technological F. advanced by
6. China’s rapidly growing population is the main threat facing large carnivores in the People’s Republic. Increasingly, policies aimed at limiting population growth have been (i)________; nevertheless, the country’s vast size and the isolation of many of its region mean that human populations in areas where large carnivores still occur (ii)________. This human pressure has (iii)________ the South China tiger.
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A. modified D. could start to decline G. celebrated
B. de-emphasized E. can grow unchecked H. doomed
C. implemented F. have stabilized I. bypassed
7. The physics graveyard is strewn with the skeletons of failed theories, unexplained effects, and anomalous particles that briefly________ the research spotlight, then rapidly fade from view.
A. douse
B. intensify
C. perpetuate
D. capture
E. extinguish
F. secure
8. His premiership, seemingly cast-iron a year ago, is now so vulnerable that even a good day at the office does no more than buy him a few weeks of ________ from rebels within his own party.
A. controversy
B. reproach
C. respite
D. relief
E. blame
F. deference
9. Although its gray text blocks and black-and-white illustrations give it a sober mien, this onestop resource can take the place of a dozen less________ texts.
A. exhaustive
B. interesting
C. appealing
D. original
E. educational
F. comprehensive
10. In noting that critical and popular opinions about Li’s art coincided, opinions about Li’s art coincided, Chang________ the existence of an exception to her general theory of art criticism, which posits that critics’ views do not intersect with those of the general public.
A. asserted
B. concede
C. acknowledge
D. doubted
E. pondered
F. questioned