The authors of the United States Constitution attempted to establish an effective national government while preserving ________ for the states and liberty for individuals.

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• 1As an industry, biotechnology stands to ________ electronics in dollar volume and perhaps surpass it in social impact by 2020.

  A.contend

  B.contest

  C.rival

  D.strive

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• 2Equipment not ________ official safety standards has all been removed from the workshop.

  A.conforming to

  B.consistent with

  C.predominant over

  D.providing for

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• 3Some day software will translate both written and spoken language so well that the need for any common second language could ________.

  A.descend

  B.decline

  C.deteriorate

  D.depress

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• 4My favorite radio song is the one I first heard on a thick 1923 Edison disc I ________ at a garage sale.

  A.trifled with

  B.scraped through

  C.stumbled upon

  D.thirsted for

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• 5When any non-human organ is transplanted into a person, the body immediately recognizes it as ________.

  A.novel

  B.remote

  C.distant

  D.foreign

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• 6For three quarters of its span on Earth, life evolved almost ________ as microorganisms.

  A.precisely

  B.instantly

  C.initially

  D.exclusively

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• 7The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow ________, particularly in Western Europe.

  A.obscure

  B.obsolete

  C.optional

  D.overlapping

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• 8Whoever formulated the theory of the origin of the universe, it is just ________ and needs proving.

  A.spontaneous

  B.hypothetical

  C.intuitive

  D.empirical

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• 9The future of this company is ________: many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.

  A.at odds

  B.in trouble

  C.in vain

  D.at stake

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• 10The growth of specialization in the 19th century might be more clearly seen in sciences such as ________.

  A.sociology and chemistry

  B.physics and psychology

  C.sociology and psychology

  D.physics and chemistry

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