1. Political advertising may well be the most (i)____ kind of advertising: political candidates are usually quite (ii)____, yet their campaign advertisements often hide important differences behind smoke screens of smiles and empty slogans.
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A controversial habit D endorsed
B cherished tradition E considered
C disquieting ritual F rejected
答案：AE
2. Human nature and long distances have made exceeding the speed limit a (i)____ in the state, so the legislators surprised no one when, acceding to public demand, they (ii)____ increased penalties for speeding.
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A belies D an injudicious
B exposes E a disorganized
C overshadows F a cautious
答案：AE
3. Serlings account of his employers reckless decision making (i)____ that companys image as (ii)____ bureaucracy full of wary managers.
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A polemical D interchangeable
B effective E dissimilar
C deceptive F vocal
答案：CE
4. In her later years, Bertha Pappenheim was an apostle of noble but already (i)____ notions, always respected for her integrity, her energy, and her resolve but increasingly out of step and ultimately (ii)____ even her own organization.
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A undemonstrative panache D focus
B unrestrained enthusiasm E overwhelm
C unattractive gawkiness F deflect
答案：BE
5. The (i)____ of Vladimir Nabokov as one of North Americas literary giants has thrown the spotlight on his peripheral activities and has thus served to (ii)____ his efforts as an amateur entomologist.
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A anachronistic D emulated by
B accepted E appreciated by
C exotic F alienated from
答案：CE
6. Belanger dances with an (i)____ that draws ones attention as if by seeking to (ii)____ it; through finesse and understatement, he manages to seem at once intensely present and curiously detached.
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A stigmatization D foreground
B lionization E transcend
C marginalization F obscure
答案：AD
7. Ironically, the writer so wary of (i)____ was (ii)____ with ink and paper, his novel running to 2,500 shagreen-bound folio pagesa fortune in stationery at the time.
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A peculiarity D indirect
B pellucidity E assertive
C conventionality F enigmatic
答案：CF
8. The activists energetic work in the service of both woman suffrage and the temperance movement in the late nineteenth century (i)____ the assertion that the two movements were (ii)____.
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A probity D acquisitive
B extravagance E illiberal
C disapprobation F profligate
答案：CF
9. There is nothing quite like this movie, and indeed I am not altogether sure there is much more to it than its lovely (i)____. At a moment when so many films strive to be as (ii)____ as possible, it is gratifying to find one that is so subtle and puzzling.
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A undermines D diffuse
B supports E inimical
C underscores F predominant
答案：AD
10. Despite the ____ of time, space, and history, human societies the world over have confronted the same existential problems and have come to remarkably ____ solutions, differing only in superficial details.
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A contingencies D identical
B actualities E similar
C exigencies F diverse
答案：AE
