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
