1. Although skeptics say financial problems will probably ______ our establishing a base on the Moon; supporters of the project remain______, saying that human curiosity should overcome such pragmatic constraints.

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A disabuse D pessimistic

B hasten E enthusiastic

C prevent F unconvinced

2. Changes of fashion and public taste are often ___ and resistant to analysis, and yet they are among the most ______ gauges of the state of the public’s collective consciousness.

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A transparent D underutilized

B ephemeral E problematic

C permanent F sensitive

3. Speakers and listeners are often at odds: language that is easy for the receiver to understand is often difficult to______, and that which is easily formulated can be hard to______.

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A produce D confirm

B transmit E defend

C estimate F comprehend

4. Famous among job seekers for its ______, the company, quite apart from generous salaries, bestowed on its executives annual bonuses and such ______ as low-interest home mortgages and company cars.

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A charitable D disquieted

B vague E colored

C coherent F sharpened

5. When people are happy, they tend to give______ interpretations of events they witness: the eye of the beholder is ______ by the emotions of the beholder.

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A provocative D original

B predictable E projected

C intriguing F prevailing

6. The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown were ______ not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the ______ methodology into question.

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A magnanimity D reparations

B largesse E appropriation

C altruism F perquisites

7. Our times seem especially ______to bad ideas, probably because in throwing off the shackles of tradition, we have ended up being quite ______ untested theories and untried remedies.

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A crossfire D dislike

B interplay E substitute

C tussle F tout

8. In recent decades the idea that Cezanne influenced Cubism has been caught in the ______ between art historians who credit Braque with its invention and those who ______ Picasso.

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A difference D stereotypes

B resemblance E perceptions

C complaint F salaries

9. In our corporation there is a ______ between male and female ______ because 73 percent of the men and 34 percent of the women polled believe that our company provides equal compensation to men and women.

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A impervious D vulnerable to

B hospitable E wary of

C indifferent F devoid of

10. Scientists’ pristine reputation as devotees of the disinterested pursuit of truth has been_____by recent evidence that some scientists have deliberately ______experimental results to further their own careers.

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A reinforced D replicated

B compromised E fabricated

C resuscitated F challenged

答案：1.AF 2.CE 3.CF 4.AD 5.BE 6.EF 7.CD 8.CD 9.BC 10.EF