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• 71Future generations of physicists may look at the__of their former ideas and seein it, not the relics of some extinct creature, but a crude, early, yet wholly __version of their more modern theories.(  )。

  A.mockery …distinct

  B.armature …laughable

  C.specter …congruous

  D.skeleton …recognizable

  E.treatment …suspect

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• 72The separation of religion from the state does not mean the establishment ofirreligion by the state, still less the imposition of__philosophy.(  )。

  A.a parochial

  B.a secular

  C.a liberal

  D.a pious

  E.an aristocratic

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• 73Although he was__in his efforts to persuade us of the justness of his cause, hispast history, __with failures, prevented us from being any more than skepticalat his words.(  )。

  A.tireless …marred

  B.sage …coupled

  C.resourceful …immaculate

  D.unassuming …tinged

  E.unyielding …touched

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• 74With legal migration, governments need to persuade voters that they are acceptingimmigrants who will be__for the country, rather than those who will __drain resources.(  )。

  A.beneficial …merely

  B.jingoistic …withal

  C.exotic …constantly

  D.amusing …ungraciously

  E.helpful …seldom

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• 75The thesis under consideration was fundamentally __ to the readers of thatmendacious publication, and I would therefore like to use this opportunity, to stakeout some of the basic arguments in need of__.(  )。

  A.coherent …restatement

  B.disavowed …availability

  C.misrepresented …clarification

  D.incomprehensible …dismissal

  E.irrelevant …subordination

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• 76In the 160 years in which “handedness” has been studied we have learned quite alot, but we still cannot precisely describe what causes humans__to use one handover the other, or why human populations are__toward right-hand use ratherthan left-hand use.(  )。

  A.infrequently …prejudiced

  B.habitually …neutral

  C.preferentially …biased

  D.perennially …disinterested

  E.invariably …indisposed

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• 77While the causes of the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction have received the mostattention, Alvarez’s paper points out work on the other major mass extinctions that may also be__for the tragedy.(  )。

  A.answerable

  B.indefensible

  C.pitiable

  D.reprehensible

  E.avoidable

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• 78Sadly, Americans of every ethnicity still demand ideological__among their ownkind—although we，re all multiculturalists now, we，re much more __discussingdiversity across the rainbow than within each color.(  )。

  A.conformity …comfortable

  B.hegemony …cantankerous

  C.resonance …sensitive

  D.subservience …catholic

  E.reflection …generous

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• 79The reality of governance is rarely__; institutions do not operate according tomechanical laws, they evolve organically.(  )。

  A.static

  B.noble

  C.protean

  D.documented

  E.inconsistent

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• 80The real problem is not the economic crisis that dominates the headlines, but a pairof intertwined long-term concerns：__ the shrinking work force, and money squandered on life support for industries and backward regions.(  )。

  A.relevant

  B.moribund

  C.nascent

  D.deserving

  E.thriving

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