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Section 31
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. The company suffers from an almost total lack of ________: even the most innocuous communications between departments lend to devolve into acrimony.
A. dissension
B. variance
C. comity
D. conformity
E. mordancy
3. It would be (i)________ not to (ii)________ these tabloid journalists for thriving in hard times: they deserve credit for doing well in a profession in financial traits.
Blank (i)
A. apropos
B. churlish
C. cagey
Blank (ii)
D. admire
E. envy
F. emulate
4. The author clearly support the causes he writes about, but he is more a narrator than (i)________. Some say he should have included (ii)________, but he is wise to let the fact speak for themselves. They are complex enough to prompt many kinds of interpretation, and he would bog down the complicated tale if he tried to adjudicate all of their competing claims.
Blank (i)
A. a reporter
B. an advocate
C. an adversary
Blank (ii)
D. statistical data
E. analysis of events
F. detailed descriptions
5. Architecture scholar Sandy McCreery recently argued that traffic congestion, far from being a sign of urban (i)________, is a mark of urban (ii)________; congestion promotes contemplation of our surroundings and provides us with a shared experience, thereby fulfilling the essential task of the city.
Blank (i)
A. plentitude
B. decline
C. excitement
Blank (ii)
D. ambition
E. privation
F. health
6. While some commentators suggest that abstraction and complexity in scientific research are signs that a given direction is misguided, Lisa Randall, a professor of physics at Harvard, counters that these qualities instead reflect the success of human ingenuity in (i)________ the increasingly (ii)________ challenges that nature presents. They can, however, make it more (iii)________ to communicate scientific developments, even to colleague.
Blank (i)
A. creating
B. meeting
C. eschewing
Blank (ii)
D. difficult
E. conspicuous
F. pragmatic
Blank (iii)
G. challenging
H. unproductive
I. advantageous
7. Noise suppression in phones can play an important role in making cellphone networks more efficient, since when sounds that are ________ to the meaningful signal are transmitted, precious network bandwidth is wasted.
A. unsuitable
B. detrimental
C. irrelevant
D. confined
E. limited
F. extraneous
8. Communicating articulately is typically regarded as an aggressive, persuasive talent, but it can also be protective: it allows a certain ____ closeness, conveying proximity while actually maintaining distance.
A. feigned
B. secretive
C. dubious
D. subtle
E. false
F. furtive
9. Tompkinson’s prior donations to the university, while very generous, failed to ________ the magnitude of her latest gift.
A. compensate for
B. portend
C. clarify
D. predict
E. offset
F. undermine
10. The union states its position polemically, it's leaders say they are fighting to save good jobs while ________ corporations replace full-time workers with part-time ones in order to cut down on both wages and benefits.
A. precarious
B. enterprising
C. rapacious
D. troubled
E. influential
F. avaricious