1. The cultivation of the emotion of natsukashii, interpretable as “pleasant sorrow,” brings Japanese to Kyoto in the spring, not to______the cherry blossoms in full bloom but to______the fading, falling flowers.

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A environment D employed

B owners E valued

C function F transformed

答案：BD

2. The primary criterion for ______ a school is its recent performance: critics are ______ to extend credit for earlier victories.

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A fervent D vulnerable

B painstaking E passionate

C disinterested F rational

答案：AF

3. Though science is often imagined as a_______ exploration of external reality, scientists are no different from anyone else: they are______human beings enmeshed in a web of personal and social circumstances.

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A lethal D perplexing

B untreated E refractory

C widespread F rare

答案：CD

4. Natural selection tends to eliminate genes that cause inherited diseases, acting most strongly against the most severe diseases; consequently, hereditary diseases that are______would be expected to be very______, but, surprisingly, they are not.

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A investigating D prone

B judging E persuaded

C administering F reluctant

答案：BD

5. Although his attempts to appear psychotic were so______as to be almost______, there is evidence that Ezra Pound was able to avoid standing trial for treason merely by faking symptoms of mental illness.

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A spontaneous D ludicrous

B clumsy E believable

C stylized F distressing

答案：CE