The word “civilization” was just coining into use in the 18th century, in French and in__ English, when conservative men of letters preferred to avoid it as a newfangled(  )。

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• 1Regardless of what might be said about the vehement diatribes of the Minnesotasenator, one can’t argue that he was any less than utterly__ his beliefs and hisconstituents, for invariably, he voted his__.(  )。

  A.opposed to…politics

  B.committed to…whims

  C.conflicted in …inclinations

  D.considerate in …platform

  E.dedicated to …conscience

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• 2Regardless of the __he evinces, especially when articulating his purportedlyinnate affinity for tennis, he is nevertheless a less than__player once actuallyupon the court.(  )。

  A.passion …sanguine

  B.disapprobation …mediocre

  C.alacrity …pliant

  D.vivacity …vitiated

  E.torpor …ebullient

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• 3Though__in his youth, Muir grew in the fullness of time to acquire truly __habits envied by even the most hardened of his fellow survivalists.(  )。

  A.a stoic …gourmet

  B.a sycophant …humble

  C.an eccentric …practical

  D.a sensualist …spartan

  E.an ideologue …catholic

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• 4Despite certain__habits of the North American screech owl, it performs themajority of its hunting alone, in alpine forests, unfettered by__(  )。

  A.predatory…ecology

  B.instinctual…behavior

  C.exogamous …kinship

  D.omnivorous …diet

  E.diurnal …darkness

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• 5While mimicking the thought of his mentor Socrates, who conceived of forms asexisting on an ethereal, heavenly and__ plane, Plato also argued that formsBecome__in objects.(  )。

  A.abstract…rational

  B.condensed …rarified

  C.sacrilegious …profane

  D.transcendent…immanent

  E.imaginative …earthbound

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• 6It is clear that many institutional investors once voted__; now after so manyscandals, some managers admit that they should have done more to__ corporateexcesses.(  )。

  A.imprudently …curb

  B.insolently …insinuate

  C.intelligently …observe

  D.precariously…expose

  E.insensitively …brook

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• 7Leaving no stone unturned in your__ for the fugitive, gentlemen, I wish youevery advantage, for the individual we seek is swift-witted, wily, and capable of the swiftest__.(  )。

  A.adamancy …vengeance

  B.wrath …chicanery

  C.search …elusions

  D.consanguinity …maneuvers

  E.hunt …delusions

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• 8After the investigations and __ that are both necessary and inevitable after acalamity such as the recently ended crisis, it may turn out that authorities could have handled the problem in a less__way.(  )。

  A.observation …convenient

  B.analyses …fashionable

  C.second-guessing …costly

  D.footwork …organized

  E.solutions …abstruse

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• 9These__over details are an indication of more serious battles to come, betweenthose who want a strong centre at the heart of the Union and those who want to __the power ceded by national governments.(  )。

  A.sympathies …boost

  B.agreements …measure

  C.adjudications …consolidate

  D.assumptions …inscribe

  E.skirmishes …limit

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• 10It may be __to obtain soap that is not antibacterial, given its __ as ahousehold cleansing product, but according to a new study, such products may be a waste of time.(  )。

  A.difficult…ubiquity

  B.imprudent…weakness

  C.traditional …relevance

  D.revolutionary …innovation

  E.extravagant …expense

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