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

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• 1Considering 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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• 2At 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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• 3Although 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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• 4The 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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• 5Molds 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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• 6If 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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• 7It 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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• 8Scientists have __ for years that turbulence within the gaseous clouds foundthroughout the Milky Way stymies star formation, but some of the forces behindthis disturbance remain__.(  )。

  A.doubted …insufferable

  B.posited …unknown

  C.argued …relative

  D.assumed …exoteric

  E.conveyed …insuperable

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• 9The vireo’s comeback may prove that habitat along streams in Southern Californiais recovering from the effects of pollution, __indicator of environmental healthin a state that has lost most of its__woodlands.(  )。

  A.a leading …superfluous

  B.an apocryphal …ecological

  C.a partial …surfeit

  D.a telling …riparian

  E.an anecdotal …arboreal

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• 10His specialty is bringing to the forefront the strange and__acts of depravity thatonly the impassive and imperturbable subconscious is __ to grasp and reckonwith.(  )。

  A.withering …surprised

  B.orthodox …avid

  C.silly …unqualified

  D.unseemly …reluctant

  E.macabre …suited

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