The local people were joyfully surprised to find the price of vegetables no longer ________ according to the weather.

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• 1I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite ________.

  A.arbitrary

  B.rational

  C.mechanical

  D.unpredictable

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• 2Several international events in the early 1990s seem likely to ________, or at least weaken, the trends that emerged in the 1980s.

  A.revolt

  B.revolve

  C.reverse

  D.revive

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• 3All the off-shore oil explorers were in high spirits as they read ________ letters from their families.

  A.sentimental

  B.affectionate

  C.intimate

  D.sensitive

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• 4He is planning another tour abroad, yet his passport will ________ at the end of this month.

  A.expire

  B.exceed

  C.terminate

  D.cease

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• 5Preliminary estimation puts the figure at around $110 billion, ________ the $160 billion the President is struggling to get through the Congress.

  A.in proportion to

  B.in reply to

  C.in relation to

  D.in contrast to

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• 6The pursuit of leisure on the part of the employees will certainly not ________ their prospect of promotion.

  A.spur

  B.further

  C.induce

  D.reinforce

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• 7In what ________ to a last minute stay of execution, a council announced that emergency funding would keep alive two aging satellites.

  A.applies

  B.accounts

  C.attaches

  D.amounts

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• 8The third sentence of Paragraph 1 implies that ________.

  A.people would be happy if they shut their eyes to reality

  B.the blind could be happier than the sighted

  C.over-excited people tend to neglect vital things

  D.fascination makes people lose their eyesight

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• 9In Paragraph 5, “the powerless” probably refers to ________.

  A.areas short of electricity

  B.dams without power stations

  C.poor countries around India

  D.common people in the Narmada Dam area

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• 10What is the myth concerning giant dams、

  A.They bring in more fertile soil.

  B.They help defend the country.

  C.They strengthen international ties.

  D.They have universal control of the waters.

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