After people began to make the transition from gathering food to producing food, human societies followed markedly _____ courses; some adopted herding, others took to tillage,and still others stuck to foraging.
A：divergent
B：rural
C：novel
D：unfamiliar
E：disparate
F：quotidian
答案：AE
In The Simple Soybean, the author is much less restrained in his enthusiasm for the bean’s medical efficacy than he is in his technical writings, but he still cautions against treating soy as a _____ .
A：staple
B：supplement
C：herald
D：panacea
E：cure-all
F：harbinger
答案：DE
Parkin’s characterization of the movement as neoscholastic is too _____ to be accepted without further investigation.
A：cursory
B：detailed
C：perfunctory
D：biased
E：self-evident
F：complete
答案：AC
A recent study suggests that vitamin E supplements, despite widespread belief in their _____ , are no better than sugar pills for delaying the onset of the degenerative disease.
A：potential
B：misuse
C：popularity
D：efficacy
E：prevalence
F：usefulness
答案：DF
Despite her relaxed and flexible style, Ms. de la Fressange is _____businesswoman who knows how to market her brand: herself.
A：a ruthless
B：a creative
C：a canny
D：an industrious
E：a shrewd
F：an effective
答案：CE
