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普渡哥

Exercise 22  


1. Individual freedom of thought shouldbe______more absolutely thanindividual freedom of action, given that thelatter, though also desirable,must be______the limits imposed by the rightsand freedom of others.            
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A exercised    D conscious of
B protected    E superior to
C curtailed    F subject to


2. When theories formerly considered tobe______ in their scientificobjectivity are found instead to reflect aconsistent observational andevaluative bias, then the presumed neutralityof science gives way to therecognition that categories of knowledge arehuman______.            
Blank (i)                    Blank (ii)
A disinterested    D imperatives
B callous                    E errors
C verifiable            F constructions


3. Although Mount Saint Helens has beenmore______during the last 4,500years than any other volcano in thecoterminous United States, its longdormancy before its recent eruption______itsviolent nature.                
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A awe-inspiring    D confirmed
B explosive            E suggested
C gaseous            F belied



4. Liberty is not easy, but far better to bean ______fox, hungry andthreatened on its hill, than a______ canary,safe and secure in its cage.        
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A universality    D utilized by
B decorum    E superseded by
C efficacy    F confused with


5. To test the______of borrowing from onefield of study to enrich another,simply investigate the extent to which termsfrom the one may, withoutforcing, be______the other.            
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A neglected    D overemphasized
B overturned    E nullified
C qualified    F underplay


6. The wonder of De Quincey is that althoughopium dominated his life, itnever ______ him; indeed, he turned its useto ______ when he published thestory of its influence in the LondonMagazine.            
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A angry            D well-fed
B imperious    E lethargic
C unfettered    F fragile


7. In failing to see that the justicespronouncement merely ______ previousdecisions rather than actually establishing aprecedent, the novice law clerk______ the scope of the justices judgment.        
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A conquered    D altruism
B intimidated    E gain
C distressed    F enigma



8. Without the psychiatrists promise ofconfidentiality, trust is______and thepatients communication limited; even thoughconfidentiality can thus be seento be precious in therapy, moralresponsibility sometimes requires awillingness to______it.
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A implicit    D sacrifice
B assumed    E examine
C impaired    F uphold
           
9. Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (1776) isstill worth reading, more toappreciate the current_______of Smiths validcontributions to economicsthan to see those contributions as the______of present-day economics.            
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A fickle            D strength
B fanatical    E incompatibility
C congenial    F speciousness


10. While Parker is very outspoken on issuesshe cares about, she isnot______; she concedes the______of opposingarguments when theyexpose weaknesses inherent in her own.                      
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A disregard                    D outgrowths
B presumptuousness    E precursors
C relevance                    F vestiges

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