1. Because medieval women’s public participation in spiritual life was not welcomed by the male establishment, a compensating ______ religious writings, inoffensive to the members of the establishment because of its______, became important for many women.

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A involvement with D profundity

B dissatisfaction with E privacy

C attention to F popularity

答案：AF

2. Although scientists claim that the seemingly______ language of their reports is more precise than the figurative language of fiction, the language of science, like all language, is inherently______.

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A ornamental D allusive

B subjective E unintelligible

C literal F complex

答案：CF

3. The hierarchy of medical occupations is in many ways a____system; its strata remain___ and the practitioners in them have very little vertical mobility.

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A caste D flexible

B training E intact

C health F inferior

答案：BF

4. Johnson never ______ to ignore the standards of decent conduct mandated by company policy if ______ compliance with instructions from his superiors enabled him to do so, whatever the effects on his subordinates.

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A functions D confusion

B estimates E rigidity

C norms F indirectness

答案：CD

5. Social scientists have established fairly clear-cut ______ that describe the appropriate behavior of children and adults, but there seems to be ______ about what constitutes appropriate behavior for adolescents.

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A inspired D tenuous

B prosaic E innovative

C literal F mechanical

答案：CD

6. Her first concert appearance was disappointingly perfunctory and derivative, rather than the______performance in the______style we had anticipated.

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A attempted D tacit

B scrupled E perfunctory

C wished F literal

答案：CE

7. Industrialists seized economic power only after industry had ______ agriculture as the preeminent form of production; previously such power had ______land ownership.

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A conventional D aversion toward

B monotonous E penchant for

C retiring F impatience with

答案：CF

8. Although______, almost self-effacing in his private life, he displays in his plays and essays a strong ______publicity and controversy.

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A methodical D stimulate

B idiosyncratic E dismiss

C self-confident F reenact

答案：AF

9. To have true disciples, a thinker must not be too ______: any effective intellectual leader depends on the ability of other people to______ thought processes that did not originate with them.

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A sabotaged D resided in

B joined E culminated in

C supplanted F threatened

答案：AE

10. Laws do not ensure social order since laws can always be______, which makes them______unless the authorities have the will and the power to detect and punish wrongdoing.

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A contested D provisional

B violated E antiquated

C modified F ineffective

答案：BF