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Exercise 19
1. As for the alleged value of expert opinion, one need only ______
government records to see______ evidence of the failure of such opinions in
many fields.
| Blank (i) |
Blank (ii) |
| A distribute |
D questionable |
| B consult |
E strong |
| C retain |
F circumstantial |
2. Noting that few employees showed any______for complying with the
corporations new safety regulations, Peterson was forced to conclude that
acceptance of the regulations would be______, at best.
| Blank (i) |
Blank (ii) |
| A enthusiasm |
D grudging |
| B indifference |
E indeterminate |
| C rectitude |
F unavoidable |
3. Yellow fever, the disease that killed 4,000 Philadelphians in 1793, and
so______Memphis, Tennessee, that the city lost its charter, has reappeared
after nearly two decades in______in the Western Hemisphere.
| Blank (i) |
Blank (ii) |
| A decimated |
D abeyance |
| B terrorized |
E secret |
| C corrupted |
F quarantine |
4. Nature’s energy efficiency often______human technology: despite the
intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only
recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose
efficiency______ the firefly’s system.
| Blank (i) |
Blank (ii) |
| A admire |
D elusive |
| B dismiss |
E relevant |
| C adapt |
F unconventional |
5. Hampshire’s assertions, far from showing that we can______the ancient
puzzles about objectivity, reveal the issue to be even more______than we
had thought.
| Blank (i) |
Blank (ii) |
| A candid |
D soliciting |
| B idiosyncratic |
E altering |
| C reticent |
F eschewing |
6. Though extremely______about his own plans, the man allowed his
associates no such privacy and was constantly______information about what
they intended to do next.
| Blank (i) |
Blank (ii) |
| A outstrips |
D stimulates |
| B inhibits |
E rivals |
| C determines |
F reproduce |
7. Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater ______their efforts to
build a progressive party than the______of the progressives already elected
to the legislature.
| Blank (i) |
Blank (ii) |
| A sustained |
D reasons |
| B restricted |
E substitutes |
| C hampered |
F justifications |
8. No longer______by the belief that the world around us was expressly
designed for humanity, many people try to find intellectual______for that
lost certainty in astrology and in mysticism.
| Blank (i) |
Blank (ii) |
| A an accepted |
D anachronism to |
| B an underground |
E concern about |
| C an unknown |
F defiance against |
9. Just as astrology was for centuries______faith, countering the strength of
established churches, so today believing in astrology is an act of______ the
professional sciences.
| Blank (i) |
Blank (ii) |
| A benefit from |
D success |
| B obstacle to |
E reputation |
| C praise for |
F resistance |
10. Many of the earliest colonial houses that are still standing have been so
modified and enlarged that the______design is no longer______.
| Blank (i) |
Blank (ii) |
| A embellished |
D discernible |
| B initial |
E applicable |
| C appropriate |
F attractive |
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