1. Although skeptics say financial problems will probably ______ our establishing a base on the Moon; supporters of the project remain______, saying that human curiosity should overcome such pragmatic constraints.

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　　A disabuse D pessimistic

　　B hasten E enthusiastic

　　C prevent F unconvinced

　　2. Changes of fashion and public taste are often ___ and resistant to analysis, and yet they are among the most ______ gauges of the state of the public’s collective consciousness.

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　　A transparent D underutilized

　　B ephemeral E problematic

　　C permanent F sensitive

　　3. Speakers and listeners are often at odds: language that is easy for the receiver to understand is often difficult to______, and that which is easily formulated can be hard to______.

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　　A produce D confirm

　　B transmit E defend

　　C estimate F comprehend

　　4. Famous among job seekers for its ______, the company, quite apart from generous salaries, bestowed on its executives annual bonuses and such ______ as low-interest home mortgages and company cars.

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　　A charitable D disquieted

　　B vague E colored

　　C coherent F sharpened

　　5. When people are happy, they tend to give______ interpretations of events they witness: the eye of the beholder is ______ by the emotions of the beholder.

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　　A provocative D original

　　B predictable E projected

　　C intriguing F prevailing

　　6. The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown were ______ not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the ______ methodology into question.

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　　A magnanimity D reparations

　　B largesse E appropriation

　　C altruism F perquisites

　　7. Our times seem especially ______to bad ideas, probably because in throwing off the shackles of tradition, we have ended up being quite ______ untested theories and untried remedies.

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　　A crossfire D dislike

　　B interplay E substitute

　　C tussle F tout

　　8. In recent decades the idea that Cezanne influenced Cubism has been caught in the ______ between art historians who credit Braque with its invention and those who ______ Picasso.

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　　A difference D stereotypes

　　B resemblance E perceptions

　　C complaint F salaries

　　9. In our corporation there is a ______ between male and female ______ because 73 percent of the men and 34 percent of the women polled believe that our company provides equal compensation to men and women.

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　　A impervious D vulnerable to

　　B hospitable E wary of

　　C indifferent F devoid of

　　10. Scientists’ pristine reputation as devotees of the disinterested pursuit of truth has been_____by recent evidence that some scientists have deliberately ______experimental results to further their own careers.

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　　A reinforced D replicated

　　B compromised E fabricated

　　C resuscitated F challenged

　　答案：1.AF 2.CE 3.CF 4.AD 5.BE 6.EF 7.CD 8.CD 9.BC 10.EF