Advocates of revolutionary distributed computing argue that the traditionaloperating system has become __，akin to placing a baton-wielding orchestraconductor at the front of a session of jazz musicians.(  )。

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• 1Money may be the husk of many things, but not the__ , for it buys you food, bulnot appetite, and acquaintances, but not__.(  )。

  A.essence …riches

  B.skin … friendship

  C.dermis …usefulness

  D.kernel … camaraderie

  E.anatomy … spirit

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• 2Information on behavioral deficits in rats is also __to humans, but there is anenormous step between the psychology of the two species, so we must be careful about declaring such data__ .(  )。

  A.applied …invalid

  B.extrapolated … dissimilar

  C.obscure …sound

  D.relevant …analogous

  E.inapplicable … similar

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• 3Only superficially obnoxious, his manner endeared him to those who relishedthe mordant wit of turn-of-the-century bohemian New Yorkers.(  )。

  A.rakish

  B.dulcet

  C.compassionate

  D.raffish

  E.sardonic

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• 4We did not discover that his apprehension concerning our hypothesis was__untilwell afterward, following a series of rigorous trials and revisions, at which point our experiment proved an unqualified success.(  )。

  A.unfounded

  B.alert

  C.tenuous

  D.logical

  E.peremptory

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• 5Jokes form a kind of currency, such that a wisecrack from the most __beggarmay bring instant__.(  )。

  A.mirthless … interest

  B.jocular …disregard

  C.convivial … humor

  D.importunate …reward

  E.hilarious … succor

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• 6The president’s inaugural address was __， educing thunderous applause atintervals.(  )。

  A.verbose

  B.timid

  C.tedious

  D.polished

  E.convincing

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• 7For all the data accumulated over the months, the report based on them isExceptionally__in its style and grammar; the __efforts have not paid off.(  )。

  A.hackneyed …assiduous

  B.florid … constitutive

  C.prolix … ceaseless

  D.rococo…expansive

  E.accomplished …minor

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• 8With immense relief, I stopped’ running.

  A.some

  B.enormous

  C.little

  D.extensive

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• 9The scientists began to accumulate dat

  A.A. collect

  B.handle

  C.analyze

  D.investigate

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• 10Jack eventually overtook the last truck.

  A.hit

  B.passed

  C.reached

  D.led

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