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.
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　　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.

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　　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.

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　　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.

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　　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.

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　　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.

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　　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.

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　　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.

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　　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.

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　　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______.

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　　A embellished D discernible

　　B initial E applicable

　　C appropriate F attractive