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  1.Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both labor and management.

  (A) enforce . . useful

  (B) end . . divisive

  (C) overcome . . unattractive

  (D) extend . . satisfactory

  (E) resolve . . acceptable

  2.Because King Philip's desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeth's insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------.

  (A) reconciliation . . assured

  (B) warfare . . avoidable

  (C) ruination . . impossible

  (D) conflict . . inevitable

  (E) diplomacy . . simple

  3.There is no doubt that Larry is a genuine ------- : he excels at telling stories that fascinate his listeners.

  (A) braggart

  (B) dilettante

  (C) pilferer

  (D) prevaricator

  (E) raconteur

  4.A discerning publishing agent can ------- promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad.

  (A) supplant

  (B) dramatize

  (C) finagle

  (D) winnow

  (E) overhaul

  5.Although some think the terms "bug" and "insect" are ------- , the former term actually refers to ------- group of insects.

  (A) parallel . . an identical

  (B) precise . . an exact

  (C) interchangeable . . a particular

  (D) exclusive . . a separate

  (E) useful . . a useless

  6.The novel's protagonist, a pearl diver, na?vely expects that the buyers will compete among themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they ------- to ------- him.

  (A) venture . . reward

  (B) pretend . . praise

  (C) conspire . . reimburse

  (D) refuse . . cheat

  (E) collude . . swindle

  7.The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to ------- the book by producing a fuller account.

  (A) invalidate

  (B) objectify

  (C) incite

  (D) celebrate

  (E) enrich

  8.Ramona had never visited Niagara Falls, but she could appreciate their splendor ------- through the descriptions of others.sat

  (A) vicariously

  (B) heedlessly

  (C) innocuously

  (D) mystically

  (E) voluminously

  9.Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ---------- seemed impossible; the project's inauspicious start made its final success all the more ---------- .

  (A) concentration . . incidental

  (B) disagreement . . incongruous

  (C) collaboration . . predictable

  (D) hostility . . dazzling

  (E) cooperation . . remarkable

  10.Joshua's radical ideas were frowned on by most of his coworkers, who found them too ------- for their conservative tastes.

  (A) heretical

  (B) meticulous

  (C) precise

  (D) incoherent

  (E) sagacious

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predictable [pri'diktəbl]

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adj. 可预知的

 
insistence [in'sistəns]

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n. 坚持,强调,坚决主张

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desirable [di'zaiərəbl]

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adj. 值得有的,令人满意的,有吸引力的
n

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remarkable [ri'mɑ:kəbl]

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adj. 显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的

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phrase [freiz]

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n. 短语,习语,个人风格,乐句
vt. 措词

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promising ['prɔmisiŋ]

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adj. 有希望的,有前途的

 
disagreement [.disə'gri:mənt]

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n. 不合,争论,不一致

 
initially [i'niʃəli]

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adv. 最初,开头

 
braggart ['bræɡət]

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n. 吹嘘;好自夸者;大言者 adj. 自夸的;吹牛的

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identical [ai'dentikəl]

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adj. 相同的,同一的

 

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