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 an accepted D anachronism to
　　B an underground E concern about
　　C an unknown F defiance against
　　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 sustained D reasons
　　B restricted E substitutes
　　C hampered F justifications
　　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