After 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.(  )。

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• 1Leaving 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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• 2It 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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• 3The 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(  )。

  A.orthography

  B.homonym

  C.cognomen

  D.misnomer

  E.neologism

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• 4Regardless 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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• 5Regardless 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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• 6These__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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• 7It 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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• 8The request to censor the art work of criminals, to which the courts sometimessurrender, might be more reasonable if exposure were somehow __ to thecriminals, instead of humbling them. (  )。

  A.ennobling

  B.intriguing

  C.beneficial

  D.nebulous

  E.tangential

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• 9Handedness can be influenced and changed by social and cultural mechanisms, as can be evidenced by the fact that teachers have been known to force children to switch from using their left hand to using their right hand for writing and that someMore__societies show less left-handedness in their populations than other more__:societies.(  )。

  A.restrictive …permissive

  B.bigoted …tolerant

  C.liberal …suppressive

  D.dominating …plural

  E.intriguing …monotonous

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• 10On the face of it, the plan under consideration is__and indeed, has already sparked protests from several prominent politicians, who argue that “hasty implementation” could__the economy.(  )。

  A.hopeless …boost

  B.appealing …undermine

  C.contentious …inflame

  D.draconian …damage

  E.suspect …radicalize

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