The development of these gene technologies may be far in the future, but the moraland social issues raised by them should be discussed__, for once a technologyhas been__, it may be difficult to stop or control.(  )。

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• 1The prevailing view of archeologist is that the last __ copy of the biblicalapocrypha was found at the Alexandrian library, as all other copies of the text had been destroyed.(  )。

  A.literary

  B.scholarly

  C.aboriginal

  D.extant

  E.duplicitous

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• 2Warm and diplomatic in manner, devoted to his wife and sons, Smith fits thestereotype of the__critic in only one particular： he detests bad artists as muchas bad art.(  )。

  A.philanthropic

  B.bilious

  C.unbiased

  D.pacifistic

  E.irrelevant

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• 3The idea of__, whether the biblical version or the Enlightenment，s, is atbottom a tragic notion, for it implies that individual human choices count for nothing against the weight of__, overwhelming protective force.(  )。

  A.godlessness … a heretic

  B.providence …an inexorable

  C.destiny … a resentful

  D.disaster … a catastrophic

  E.fate … a paternal

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• 4A fool, especially if he has the misfortune of knowing anything, should__it aswell as he can.(  )。

  A.conceal

  B.invalidate

  C.protect

  D.inspect

  E.improve

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• 5Creating a relatively simple model of the known ecosystem requires a tremendousamount of work even with__set of data at our disposal; creating an accuratemodel for less well-understood ecosystems might well prove __pursuit.(  )。

  A.a comprehensive …a quixotic

  B.an expansive …a realistic

  C.a consequential … a viable

  D.an unproven …a feasible

  E.an incomplete …an impossible

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• 6As the world has moved into a scientific age, the origin of herbal medicine in manycountries remains shrouded in mystery and often sounds fantastic to those __modern science.(  )。

  A.trained in

  B.averse to

  C.unprepared for

  D.beholden to

  E.neutral toward

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• 7There is another kind of spiritual sacrifice as well, quieter and less celebrated, butjust as remarkable： that of making each day, in its most__aspects—cooking,eating, breathing__ the absolute.(  )。

  A.necessary … a panegyric for

  B.quotidian … an oblation to

  C.prehensile …a sacrifice to

  D.prosaic …an independence of

  E.invidious … a paean to

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• 8They went __, seeking world of codes and shadows： incognito, __，andquietly dissident.(  )。

  A.silently …conspicuous

  B.painlessly … euphemized

  C.guilelessly … unknown

  D.obtrusively …cunning

  E.slyly …incommunicado

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• 9Were it not for its sturdy clarity, its lurking wit, its homely figuration, its mostlyimpeccable grooming and tuning, Mr. Strand’s poetry might seem on the surface a mere__black shadow.(  )。

  A.picaresque

  B.minatory

  C.fungible

  D.pastoral

  E.placid

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• 10As Socrates was a man of much dignity, with an __face, it was__to saywhether he felt inwardly glad that the end had finally come, or felt sad over the result, and was too manly to show it(  )。

  A.obtuse …difficult

  B.imperturbable … elementary

  C.unassuming … intriguing

  D.impassible …impossible

  E.authoritative …challenging

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