Despite his failings, Lang*s father was commercially __ and fantasticallyhardworking, and under his__the construction business flourished.(  )。

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• 1Jack Kerouac was neither a demon nor a saint but a __，notably gentle, deeplyconflicted and finally self-destructive person whose dream from childhood was to be a writer.(  )。

  A.muse

  B.martyr

  C.cadge

  D.fallible

  E.ascetic

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• 2This writing is clearly the product of__art, but it has the flame of spontaneityand the grit of independence both as to mode and spirit.(  )。

  A.passionate

  B.critical

  C.sedulous

  D.interesting

  E.considerable

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• 3Skeptics have debated whether welfare rights, including those to medical care oremployment training, __solidarity and fellow-feeling, or whether they erodeinitiative and__dependency.(  )。

  A.decrease …encourage

  B.affect …reject

  C.retract …invite

  D.control …diminish

  E.express …inculcate

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• 4The real problem is not the economic crisis that dominates the headlines, but a pairof intertwined long-term concerns：__ the shrinking work force, and money squandered on life support for industries and backward regions.(  )。

  A.relevant

  B.moribund

  C.nascent

  D.deserving

  E.thriving

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• 5The reality of governance is rarely__; institutions do not operate according tomechanical laws, they evolve organically.(  )。

  A.static

  B.noble

  C.protean

  D.documented

  E.inconsistent

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• 6Having been as immoral by some reviewers of Tess of the D’__ Urbervilles fouryears earlier, Hardy subsequently __ to preface his work with declamatorycaveats.(  )。

  A.decried …opted

  B.established …failed

  C.answered …chose

  D.regarded …relinquished

  E.ignored …desired

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• 7She is so__, it is inconceivable how she is generally thought to be__.(  )。

  A.percipient .. reasonable

  B.philanthropic …dogmatic

  C.importunate …fortunate

  D.inconsistent …catholic

  E.self-aggrandizing …unassuming

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• 8When he was ordered from above to expel two comrades__they insisted onchallenging the leadership he found himself caught between his official duties and his oldest__.(  )。

  A.dangerous …enmities

  B.obstreperous …loyalties

  C.peerless …inhibitions

  D.dire …ambitions

  E.excellent…considerations

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• 9Initially__expectation, Stella was dismayed to learn that her new duties wouldnot be performed in the golden__of a queen or a princess, but the drab uniformof a cook.(  )。

  A.bereft of …garb

  B.deprived of …garment

  C.full of …apparel

  D.deluged with …pretensions

  E.freed from …accessories

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• 10His initial broadcasting success as a young man was due at least as much to hisconsiderable professional__as it was to his father’s broadcasting connections.(  )。

  A.aplomb

  B.uncertainty

  C.hubris

  D.seniority

  E.nepotism

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