Though managers of commercial shellfish beds in many countries monitor thepresence of pollutants using mice, this method is ethically__and too expensivefor many developing countries, small operations or amateur fishermen.( )。
A.lucid
B.inchoate
C.pessimistic
D.preemptive
E.contentious
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- 1Announcements of discoveries in professional journals always qualify and quantifyTheir__ ; announcements in the general media often do not, because __usually lack the background to interpret them.( )。
A.sources …critics
B.certainty … laymen
C.shortcomings …experts
D.jargon …readers
E.theory … specialists
开始考试点击查看答案 - 2The experience of dealing with a clamorous band of younger siblings, earning theiraffection while holding them to their tasks, can prove remarkably__ in lateryears when one deals with__colleagues jealous of their prerogatives.( )。
A.useful …fractious
B.trenchant …ambitious
C.deep-seated … difficult
D.prophetic … envious
E.truculent …unruly
开始考试点击查看答案 - 3In spite of__among a few scientists, and years of__discussion, the claimthat earthquakes can be predicted with great precision prevails.( )。
A.antipathy … favorable
B.skepticism …. contentious
C.mutualism … polite
D.receptiveness … intelligent ^
E.popularity …rancorous
开始考试点击查看答案 - 4Even though Jung’s theory of the mind has been designated as __by its recentproponents, one can scarcely argues that it offers a truly gestalt and complete picture of the psyche’s operation.( )。
A.draconian
B.abstract
C.revolutionary
D.holistic
E.sartorial
开始考试点击查看答案 - 5There are few precious constants in the story of the yen__for a start, it is among the monies of the world, being not much more than a century old.( )。
A.a rarity
B.a laughingstock
C.an anomaly
D.a stripling
E.an abhorrence
开始考试点击查看答案 - 6The works of Baudrillard are filled with seemingly __ but truly vacuousreferences to relativity, quantum mechanics, and chaos theory, which the more __physicist will disregard.( )。
A.intelligent… reluctant
B.erudite …vigilant
C.meaningless …skeptical
D.scholarly …opinionated
E.witty …theoretical
开始考试点击查看答案 - 7In the newly discovered gene, the change of a single unit of DNA converts theworm from a solitary forager into__diner.( )。
A.an intrepid
B.a voracious
C.a gregarious
D.a nomadic
E.a rapacious
开始考试点击查看答案 - 8Anthropologists noted that the two __ ethnic groups __ the same saints,worshipped in the same churches, and respected a past of shared values, despite their differences. .( )。
A.salutary … praised
B.alienated … rejected
C.dominant …isolated
D.stentorian …delineated
E.coexistent …venerated
开始考试点击查看答案 - 9It was a new era, one that was witnessing breathtaking transformations intraditional ways of life and that demanded__transformations in the institutionsand techniques of government.( )。
A.commensurate
B.antediluvian
C.peremptory
D.fordable
E.contemptible
开始考试点击查看答案 - 10Despite the__,Alzheimer’s researchers are still__about the prospects forimmunization, though most agree that more results are needed from humans for usto truly understand immunization’s effects.( )。
A.advances …thrilled
B.obstacles … uncertain
C.setback … optimistic
D.publicity …divided
E.pessimism …unconvinced
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