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Section 50
1. The theory that the 1908 Tunguska event was the explosion of a cosmic body in the sky over Siberia is _________: no one has yet found fragments of the object or any impact craters in the affected region.
A. long-standing
B. indisputable
C. plausible
D. uncontested
E. unproven
2. The politician’s record while in office, though (i)________, hardly accounts for her high standing three decades later---a standing all the more (ii)________ continuing assault on her reputation during those years.
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A. bewildering D. unusual
B. admirable E. regrettable
C. unappreciated F. persistent
3. Gravitational waves---ripples in the geometry of space-time---are analogous to electromagnetic waves. The challenge in trying to observe these waves directly is that they are extremely weak. To make waves large enough to be (i)________, the most (ii)________ events in the universe are required: supernova explosions, the formation of black holes, or the collision of
stars. Even so, the effect are(iii)________ . The geometry changes so little that a distance of several kilometers changes by less than the diameter of a proton.
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A. detectable D. obvious G. masked
B. usable E. subtle H. disastrous
C. explicable F. violent I. minuscule
4. In this single volume, Kenny aims to survey for the general reader all of ancient philosophy, understandably, space in such a book is (i)________, and he is not to be faulted for minor omissions. However, Kenny would have added significantly to his book’s value had he more effectively (ii)________the influence of ancient philosophy on the subsequent tradition. As it is, newcomers
to the subject will have little (iii)________ the afterlife enjoyed by ancient philosophy in the period 1600-1750.
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A. at a premium D. overlooked G. sense of
B. hard to fill E. signaled H. devotion to
C. taken for granted F. prevented I. aversion to
5. Common sense tells us some people are more (i)______ than others. The claim that these differences are (ii)______, or that deep down, everybody acts only to further their own interests, (iii)______ our everyday observations and deep-seated human practices of moral evaluation.
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A. altruistic D. growing G. mimics
B. adaptable E. illusory H. explains
C. disciplined F. relevant I. contradicts
6. When a new scientific model emerges, research studies (i)________ that paradigm tend to dominate in the scientific literature: the process of selecting articles for publication is tilted toward positive results. But once the paradigm (ii)________, the academic incentives shift in the opposite direction: research results are more likely to be considered worthy of publication when they (iii)________ what has become the establish view.
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A. tweaking D. is initially articulated G. bolster
B. affirming E. has become entrenched H. circumvent
C. controverting F. is about to be attacked I. undermine
7. For those of us who have been intoxicated by the power and potential of mathematics, the mystery isn’t why that fascination developed but why it isn’t________
A. advantageous
B. discounted
C. prevalent
D. undervalued
E. celebrated
F. widespread
8. In ways large and small, millions of people are taking active steps to_______ the medical mainstream, whether by taking herbal remedies for disease or by placing their hopes for a cure in alternative treatment.
A. augment
B. sidestep
C. support
D. vilify
E. circumvent
F. endorse
9. Her attempts to wrest fiction free from traditional constraints like plot and character were never entirely popular with readers; nonetheless, her fiction has had ________ influence on critical theory, novel, cinema, and even psychology.
A. a studied
B. a negligible
C. a decisive
D. an unmistakable
E. an insignificant
F. a restorative
10. Although the biography never explicitly assesses what role the dynamic between Mr. Merrill’s parents might have played in the development of his personality, the author offers plenty of ________.
A. mystification
B. elucidation
C. speculation
D. reflection
E. obfuscation
F. conjecture