1. Although some of her fellow scientists _____ the unorthodox laboratory methodology that others found innovative, unanimous praise greeted her experimental results: at once pioneering and _____.

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A decried D unexceptionable

B complimented E mundane

C welcomed F inconclusive

答案：AD

2. The success of science is due in great part to its emphasis on_____: the reliance on evidence rather than _____ and the willingness to draw conclusions even when they conflict with traditional beliefs.

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A precedes D understand

B transcends E contest

C incorporate F repudiate

答案：BD

3. Art _____ science ,but that does not mean that the artist must also be a scientist; an artist uses the fruits of science but need not _____the theories from which they derive.

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A different D disconnected

B incompetent E unexciting

C mediocre F coherent

答案：BF

4. The nature of social history and lyric poetry are _____, social history always recounting the _____ and lyric poetry speaking for unchanging human nature, that timeless essence beyond fashion and economics.

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A antithetical D evanescent

B indistinguishable E unnoticed

C interdependent F unalterable

答案：BD

5. For more than a century, geologists have felt comfortable with the idea that geological process, although very _____, are also _____ and so are capable of shaping the Earth, given enough time.

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A slow D intermittent

B unpredictable E steady

C ponderous F sporadic

答案：AF

6. Since 1813 reaction to Jane Austens novels has oscillated between _____ and condescension; but in general later writers have esteemed her works more highly than did most of her literary ______.

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A adoration D contemporaries

B indifference E followers

C dismissal F precursors

答案：BF

7. The “impostor syndrome” often afflicts those who fear that true self-disclosure will lower them in others esteem; rightly handled, however, _____may actually _____ones standing.

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A inspiration D acknowledging

B channel E mimicking

C impulse F emulating

答案：BE

8.To avoid annihilation by parasites, some caterpillars are able to _____ periods of active growth by pre-maturely entering a dormant state, which is characterized by the _____of feeding.

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A mediate D continuation

B foster E suspension

C curtail F stimulation

答案：BD

9. Once a duckling has identified a parent, the instinctive bond become a powerful _____ for additional learning since, by _____the parent, the duckling can acquire further information that is not genetically transmitted.

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A affection D enhance

B candor E efface

C willfulness F jeopardize

答案：AE

10. As is often the case with collections of lectures by _____ authors, the book as a whole is _____, although the individual contributions are outstanding in themselves.

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A conservatism D facts

B creativity E preconceptions

C objectivity F observation

答案：BD