He often quoted“reason over passion” as maxim in _____ the longstanding division among Canada's Englishspeaking majority and the Frenchdescended minority concentrated in his home province of Quebec.

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• 1He _____ a wellmeant but unsuccessful campaign to ease EastWest tensions calling for arms reduction and a summit of the nuclear powers.

  A.embarked on

  B.reckoned on

  C.caught on

  D.dwelt on

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• 2If it is left _____ , this fastspreading disease is likely to affect millions of Asian and African children, including more and more injured grownups.

  A.unchecked

  B.uncontrolled

  C.aggravated

  D.contaminated

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• 3Although Oriental ideas of woman's _____ to man prevailed in those days, she did dare to meet with man on equal basis.

  A.contribution

  B.sacrifice

  C.subordination

  D.obedience

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• 4The consolidation of the crumbling walls and towers has been carried out _____ a program agreed with the Department of the Environment.

  A.in case of

  B.in accordance with

  C.in place of

  D.in charge of

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• 5A complete investigation into the accident should lead to improved standards and should _____ new operating procedures.

  A.attribute

  B.result in

  C.match with

  D.proceed with

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• 6To develop _____ , to train themselves to behave logically and truthfully, and to listen and respond to their partners, actors often practice improvisation.

  A.simultaneity

  B.spontaneity

  C.grace

  D.excellence

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• 7You can't help but hear commercials; every few minutes the program is interrupted to give you one advertising _____ .

  A.so on and so forth

  B.more or less

  C.something or other

  D.sooner or later

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• 8Mobility is one of the characteristics often _____ executives, and they must accustom themselves to moving quite regularly.

  A.demanded of

  B.asked for

  C.expected from

  D.called for

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• 9The telegraph opened up the possibility of establishing almost _____ communication and thereby offered many practical advantages to people in all walks of life.

  A.distant

  B.instantaneous

  C.immediate

  D.transient

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• 10Louis Brailele designed a form of communication enabling people to _____ and preserve their thoughts by incorporating a series of dots which were read by the finger tips.

  A.retain

  B.visualize

  C.convey

  D.transfer

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