Deprived of the financial means to remain independent，Thomas Edison was compelled to _____ employment as a night telephone operator.

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• 1Such apartments as she saw were either disgustingly dirty or _____ dear,or both.

  A.exceedingly

  B.substantially

  C.unaccountably

  D.excessively

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• 2In a sense，tennis and Taijiquan are similar in that they both require your full attention，and if done _____ ，take your mind off daily problems and preoccupations.

  A.successfully

  B.consecutively

  C.conscientiously

  D.compulsorily

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• 3She had on the dress that I used to admire more than anything else in her possession a light blue one _____ prettily with lace.

  A.ornamented

  B.trimmed

  C.furnished

  D.decorated

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• 4Researchers _____ that genes may determine the strength of the immune system，which could help explain how an infectious disease could have a hereditary link.

  A.speculate

  B.estimate

  C.evaluate

  D.anticipate

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• 5It is true that there are still abundant reserves of metals which have not yet been _____ ，but it is necessary to take steps to ensure that alternative materiasls are substituted whenever possible.

  A.utilized

  B.mobilized

  C.acquired

  D.cultivated

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• 6Under her administration，claim the critics， _____ high－rise construction has destroyed the character of the city's downtown，darkening its streets and driving business.

  A.rapid

  B.rampant

  C.speedy

  D.random

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• 7When the tank can carrying poisonous gas ran off the rails，the firemen tried to _____ the village from all traffic.

  A.dismiss

  B.insulate

  C.isolate

  D.expel

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• 8The first paragraph uses several examples to convey the ideas that _____ .

  A.the introduction of machines into agricultural work created rebellions on the part of the farmers

  B.the use of internal-combustion engine as a shief power source for the farm produced great influence

  C.the mechanization of agricultural work after 1850 gradually robbed many farmers of their work

  D.ingenious improvements were made in farming machines in the 1860s to yield production

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• 9In the first sentence of the second paragraph，the word“skyrocketed”most probably means _____ .

  A.became various

  B.was updated

  C.increased rapidly

  D.remained the same

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• 10In the tropical areas， _____ .

  A.mechanization is not yet used in agriculture

  B.agriculture is accepted fastest

  C.a lot of farm work is still done in the old way

  D.mechanization is avoided to save primitive forest

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