Diamonds have little ________ value and their price depends almost entirely on their scarcity.

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• 1Very few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because its subject was very ________.

  A.obscure

  B.indefinite

  C.dubious

  D.intriguing

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• 2The damage to my car was ________. in the accident, but I have a lingering fear even today.

  A.insufficient

  B.ignorant

  C.ambiguous

  D.negligible

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• 3The design of this auditorium shows a great deal of ________. We have never seen such a building before.

  A.invention

  B.illusion

  C.originality

  D.orientation

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• 4We work to make money, but it’s a ________ that people who work hard and long often do not make the most money.

  A.paradox

  B.prejudice

  C.dilemma

  D.conflict

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• 5As one of the youngest professors in the university, Mr. Brown is certainly on the ________ of a brilliant career.

  A.porch

  B.edge

  C.course

  D.threshold

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• 6Doctors are interested in using lasers as a surgical tool in operations on people who are ________ to heart attack.

  A.infectious

  B.disposed

  C.accessible

  D.prone

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• 7Many countries have adopted systems of ________ education in order to promote the average level of education.

  A.compulsory

  B.cardinal

  C.constrained

  D.conventional

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• 8I had eaten Chinese food often, but I could not have imagined how ________ and extravagant a real Chinese banquet could be,

  A.prominent

  B.fabulous

  C.handsome

  D.gracious

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• 9They are ________ investors who always make thorough investigations both on local and international markets before making an investment.

  A.implicit

  B.conscious

  C.cautious

  D.indecisive

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• 10In addition to the rising birthrate and immigration, the ________ death rate contributed to the population growth.

  A.inclining

  B.increasing

  C.declining

  D.descending

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