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Exercise 28
1. As is often the case with collections of lectures by _____ authors, the book as a whole is _____, although the individual contributions are outstanding in themselves. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A different D disconnected B incompetent E unexciting C mediocre F coherent
2. The success of science is due in great part to its emphasis on_____: the reliance on evidence rather than _____ and the willingness to draw conclusions even when they conflict with traditional beliefs. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A conservatism D facts B creativity E preconceptions C objectivity F observation
3. Art _____ science ,but that does not mean that the artist must also be a scientist; an artist uses the fruits of science but need not _____the theories from which they derive. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A precedes D understand B transcends E contest C incorporate F repudiate
4. The nature of social history and lyric poetry are _____, social history always recounting the _____ and lyric poetry speaking for unchanging human nature, that timeless essence beyond fashion and economics. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A antithetical D evanescent B indistinguishable E unnoticed C interdependent F unalterable
5. For more than a century, geologists have felt comfortable with the idea that geological process, although very _____, are also _____ and so are capable of shaping the Earth, given enough time. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A slow D intermittent B unpredictable E steady C ponderous F sporadic
6. To avoid annihilation by parasites, some caterpillars are able to _____ periods of active growth by pre-maturely entering a dormant state, which is characterized by the _____of feeding. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A mediate D continuation B foster E suspension C curtail F stimulation
7. The “impostor syndrome” often afflicts those who fear that true self-disclosure will lower them in others esteem; rightly handled, however, _____may actually _____ones standing. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A affection D enhance B candor E efface C willfulness F jeopardize
8. Since 1813 reaction to Jane Austens novels has oscillated between _____ and condescension; but in general later writers have esteemed her works more highly than did most of her literary ______. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A adoration D contemporaries B indifference E followers C dismissal F precursors
9. Once a duckling has identified a parent, the instinctive bond become a powerful _____ for additional learning since, by _____the parent, the duckling can acquire further information that is not genetically transmitted. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A inspiration D acknowledging B channel E mimicking C impulse F emulating
10. Although some of her fellow scientists _____ the unorthodox laboratory methodology that others found innovative, unanimous praise greeted her experimental results: at once pioneering and _____. Blank (i) Blank (ii) A decried D unexceptionable B complimented E mundane C welcomed F inconclusive |
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