1. The blueprints for the new automobile were ______ at first glance, but the designer had been basically too conservative to ______ previous standards of beauty.

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A impeccable D incorporate

B striking E flout

C impractical F assess

答案：AE

2. He felt it would be _____, in view of the intense _____ that would likely follow, to make the sacrifice required in order to gain such little advantage.

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A regression D debased

B consolidation E aberrant

C calamity F sophisticated

答案：CF

3. Before adapting to changes in values, many prefer to _____, to _____ the universally agreed-on principles that have been upheld for centuries.

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A vacillate D publicize

B resist E subvert

C innovate F defend

答案：BE

4. The new _____ of knowledge has created _____ people: everyone believes that his or her subject cannot and possibly should not be understood by others.

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A promulgation D barriers between

B redundancy E complacency in

C specialization F associations among

答案：CE

5. If a species of parasite is to survive, the host organisms must live long enough for the parasite to ______ ; if the host species becomes______, so do its parasites.

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A reproduce D extinct

B atrophy E widespread

C succumb F infertile

答案：CD

6. Some activists believe that because the health-care system has become increasingly______ to those it serves, individuals must ______ bureaucratic impediments in order to develop and promote new therapies.

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A unresponsive D forsake

B sensitized E supplement

C attuned F circumvent

答案：BF

7. The most technologically advanced societies have been responsible for the greatest ______; indeed, savagery seems to be in direct proportion to ______.

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A incompetence D conciliatory

B success E combative

C intransigence F authoritative

答案：BE

8. Personnel experts say that attractive benefits alone will not always keep ______ executives from changing jobs for better long-range opportunities, but they think the enticements may deter many executives from accepting ______ offers from other companies.

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A atrocities D viciousness

B inventions E ill-will

C triumphs F development

答案：BF

9. Belying his earlier reputation for ______ as a negotiator, Morgan had recently assumed a more ______ stance for which many of his erstwhile critics praised him.

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A dedicated D routine

B ambitious E superior

C experienced F advantageous

答案：BD

10. The transition from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic era is viewed by most art historians as a _____, because, instead of an increasingly _____ pictorial art, we find degeneration.

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A unrealistic D acclaim

B charitable E turmoil

C welcomed F encouragement

答案：BD