Fuel scarcities and price increases ________ automobile designers to scale down the largest models and to develop completely new lines of small cars and trucks.

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• 1The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was ________ to the issue at hand.

  A.irrational

  B.unreasonable

  C.invalid

  D.irrelevant

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• 2The movement of the moon conveniently provided the unit of month, which was ________ from one new moon to the next.

  A.measured

  B.reckoned

  C.judged

  D.assessed

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• 3Corporations and labor unions have ________ great benefits upon their employees and members as well as upon the general public.

  A.conferred

  B.granted

  C.flung

  D.submitted

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• 4Researchers discovered that plants infected with a virus give off a gas that ________ disease resistance in neighboring plants.

  A.contracts

  B.activates

  C.maintains

  D.prescribes

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• 5Prof. White, my respected tutor, frequently reminds me to ________ myself of every chance to improve my English.

  A.assure

  B.inform

  C.avail

  D.notify

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• 6What were things like in 1980s when accidents happened、

  A.Customers might be relieved of their disasters through lawsuits.

  B.Injured customers could expect protection from the legal system.

  C.Companies would avoid being sued by providing new warnings.

  D.Juries tended to find fault with the compensations companies promised.

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• 7Manufacturers as mentioned in the passage tend to ________.

  A.satisfy customers by writing long warnings on products

  B.become honest in describing the inadequacies of their products

  C.make the best use of labels to avoid legal liability

  D.feel obliged to view customers’ safety as their first concern

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• 8The case of Schutt helmet demonstrated that ________.

  A.some injury claims were no longer supported by law

  B.helmets were not designed to prevent injuries

  C.product labels would eventually be discarded

  D.some sports games might lose popularity with athletes

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• 9The author’s attitude towards the issue seems to be ________.

  A.biased

  B.indifferent

  C.puzzling

  D.objective

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• 10We learn from the beginning of the passage that Web business ________.

  A.has been striving to expand its market

  B.intended to follow a fanciful fashion

  C.tried but in vain to control the market

  D.has been booming for one year or so

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