Molds were once used only for small amounts of fat, shared with neighbors atcooperative candle dippings or supplied by__candle makers who canvassed largegeographical areas.(  )。

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• 1This thing called love is a total mystery, and the__of passion and despair thataccompanies every romantic devotion may keep one eternally perplexed.(  )。

  A.coagulation

  B.requital

  C.admixture

  D.instability

  E.vagaries

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• 2His father served as__to the entire Garcia clan, dispensing money and advice tothose who needed it  and the family, in turn, revered him.(  )。

  A.prelate

  B.paterfamilias

  C.mountebank

  D.valet

  E.creditor

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• 3Politicians and pollsters alike warn that the outcome of a presidential race remains__until Election Day itself, and many races depend on factors that run from badWeather__voter turnout to last-minute scandals.(  )。

  A.unknown …abetting

  B.unlikely …decreasing

  C.fluid …affecting

  D.predetermined …consolidating

  E.fixed …absorbing

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• 4Of the various schemes that have been proposed to model how gene transcriptionmight work in the living body, those involving actual physical contact between enhancers and genes remain __, owing to an absence of direct evidence.(  )。

  A.surreptitious

  B.decipherable

  C.vindicated

  D.suspicious

  E.speculative

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• 5Except in times of__ , we would scarcely allow public officials to declare statesof emergency that replace some normal rules with those more__to extraordinarycircumstances.(  )。

  A.debate …diffident

  B.serenity …indifferent

  C.catastrophe …germane

  D.obedience …ill-suited

  E.disaster …hostile

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• 6The stage was set for simmering hostility between the two sects, and thebreakdown in__relations was hastened by the high-handed attitude of thosewho had lost many of their ancestral privileges and lands.(  )。

  A.intemperate

  B.exogamous

  C.consanguineous

  D.amicable

  E.idiosyncratic

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• 7Although he had been many times given the caveat emptor, Feldman purchased paintings and__in quantity, often without__them first.(  )。

  A.baubles …rejecting

  B.supplies …appraising

  C.antiques …examining

  D.collectibles …shipping

  E.trinkets …criticizing

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• 8At the present time, unfortunately, several governments grant permission torapacious animal poachers, with few conditions attached and__compensationfor those whose__are exploited.(  )。

  A.little …sciences

  B.diminutive …ideas

  C.significant …resources

  D.scanty …environments

  E.inappropriate …laws

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• 9Considering the __ of available options for investing one’s hard-earnedretirement funds, as evidenced by a plethora of daytime television advertisements aimed at appealing to the incapacitated senior, you may well find it difficult to avoid feeling__(  )。

  A.diversity …ingratiated

  B.dearth …belligerent

  C.gamut…overwhelmed

  D.appeal …mortified

  E.periodicity …exhausted

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• 10The two reputable hydrogeologists drafted some highly optimistic projections—withThe__that these were speculative and should of course be tested.(  )。

  A.caveat

  B.analysis

  C.hypothesis

  D.precis

  E.imprimatur

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