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

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• 1The 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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• 2Molds were once used only for small amounts of fat, shared with neighbors atcooperative candle dippings or supplied by__candle makers who canvassed largegeographical areas.(  )。

  A.redoubtable

  B.impecunious

  C.sententious

  D.meretricious

  E.itinerant

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• 3This 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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• 4His 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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• 5Politicians 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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• 6At 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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• 7Considering 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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• 8The 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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• 9If a particular vaccine is produced only by one company at a single facility, there isa possibility that the supply of vaccine could grow__if the company decides tocease production.(  )。

  A.useless

  B.inexpensive

  C.abstruse

  D.repugnant

  E.scarce

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• 10It can not be denied that the existing resources on earth will be depleted, butscientists are __ to concede the inevitability of that day, __ that newenergies can be found in the near future.(  )。

  A.bound …assuming

  B.unprepared …skeptical

  C.hesitant …convinced

  D.likely …realizing

  E.eager …hypothesizing

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