多选题 Directions: For each of the following sentences, select the two answers of the six choices given that, when substituted in the sentence, both logically complete the sentence as a whole and create sentences that are equivalent to one another in meaning,
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多选题 From papayas in Hawaii to canola in Canada, the spread of pollen or seeds from genetically engineered plants is evolving from ______ scientific worry into a significant practical problem.

A. a toxic
B. a theoretical
C. a radical
D. an abstract
E. an overblown
F. an analogous

【正确答案】 B、D

【答案解析】The spread of genetically engineered matter has become "a significant practical problem." Thus, it is no longer merely a theoretical (hypothetical; lacking practical application) or abstract worry.

多选题 When facts are ______ and data hard to come by, even scientists occasionally throw aside the professional pretense of objectivity and tear into each other with shameless appeals to authority and arguments that are unabashedly ad hominem.

A. elusive
B. established
C. demonstrable
D. ineluctable
E. uncertain
F. relevant

【正确答案】 A、E

【答案解析】Under certain circumstances scientists attack each other with ad hominem arguments (personal attacks) and shameless appeals to authority. When is this likely to occur? When facts are established or demonstrable or ineluctable (unavoidable) or relevant? Hardly. Under such circumstances they would rely on the facts to establish their case. It is when facts prove elusive (hard to pin down) or uncertain that they lose control and, in doing so, abandon their pretense of objectivity.

多选题 You may wonder how the expert on fossil remains is able to trace descent through teeth, which seem ______ pegs upon which to hang whole ancestries.

A. novel
B. reliable
C. flimsy
D. specious
E. inadequate
F. academic

【正确答案】 C、E

【答案解析】If "you may wonder" how the expert reaches his conclusions, it appears that it is questionable to rely on teeth for guidance in interpreting fossils. Choices C and E, flimsy and inadequate, create the element of doubt that the clause tries to develop. Choice D, specious, also creates an element of doubt; however, nothing in the context justifies the idea that the reasoning is specious or false. Note that here you are dealing with an extended metaphor. Picture yourself hanging a heavy winter coat on a slim wooden peg. Wouldn't you worry that the peg might prove inadequate or flimsy?

多选题 During the military takeover, the constitution was not abolished, but some of its clauses temporarily were ______ as the armed forces took over the administration.

A. suspended
B. notarized
C. under construction
D. put in abeyance
E. left undefined
F. widely promulgated

【正确答案】 A、D

【答案解析】If armed forces take over a country's administration, then that country is under military law rather than constitutional law. However, in this military takeover, the constitution has not been abolished or stamped out. Instead, some of its provisions merely have been suspended (rendered inoperative for a time) or put in abeyance (temporarily set aside).

多选题 Woolf ______ conventional notions of truth: in her words, one cannot receive from any lecture "a nugget of pure truth" to wrap up between the pages of one's notebook and keep on the mantelpiece forever.

A. anticipates
B. articulates
C. makes light of
D. mocks
E. pays heed to
F. puts up with

【正确答案】 C、D

【答案解析】The second clause presents an example of literary mockery or sarcastic jesting. The abstract idea of preserving a nugget of pure truth is appealing; the concrete example of setting it up on the mantelpiece makes light a for mocks the whole idea.

多选题 Directions: The next questions are based on the content of the following passages. Read each passage and then determine the best answer choice for each question. Base your choice on what the passages state directly or imply, not on any information you may have gained elsewhere. For each of Questions 6-10, select one answer choice unless otherwise instructed.
Question 6 is based on the following passage.
Contemporary literary scholars have come to discard the once-conventional image of English theater in the time of Elizabeth I as an anomalous literary wonder, a sudden flowering of creativity rooted not in the dramatic traditions of England but the theater of ancient Greece and Rome. While acknowledging the debt of the Elizabethan playwrights to the dramas of Terence, Plautus, and Seneca, and to the Poetics of Aristotle, the majority of theater scholars today regard Elizabethan drama as being organically related to traditional English drama, above all to the medieval cycles of mystery and morality plays.
Directions: For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply. Which of the following is NOT consistent with the passage above?

A. Theater historians have significantly altered their views of the origins of Elizabethan drama.
B. England had a native dramatic tradition antedating the Elizabethan era.
C. Although Elizabethan drama deals with English subject matter, it derives its form and method solely from classical Greek and Roman theater.
D. Once envisioned as a historical and literary anomaly, Elizabethan drama now is interpreted as part of a historical continuum.
E. Modern theater scholars view Elizabethan drama as a direct offshoot of Greek and Roman dramatic traditions.

【正确答案】 C、E

【答案解析】The passage asserts that literary scholars now reject the idea that Elizabethan drama has its roots in classical Greek and Roman drama. Therefore, it would be inconsistent with the passage to assert Statement C ("Although Elizabethan drama deals with English subject matter, it derives its form and method solely from classical Greek and Roman theater"). Likewise, it would be inconsistent with the passage to assert Statement E ("Modern theater scholars view Elizabethan drama as a direct offshoot of Greek and Roman dramatic traditions").

多选题 Question 7 is based on the following passage.
The current trend toward specialization in nearly all occupational groups is exactly the opposite of what the educational system needs. World problems today are so diverse, complex, and interrelated that only the generalist stands a chance of understanding the broad picture. Unless our schools stress a truly broad, liberal education, the world will crumble around us as we each expertly perform our own narrow function. Each of the following, if true, would weaken the conclusion drawn above, EXCEPT:

A. Many of the world's problems can be solved only by highly specialized experts working on specific problems.
B. Relatively few generalists are needed to coordinate the work of the many specialists.
C. Specialization does not necessarily entail losing the ability to see the broad picture.
D. Increasingly complex problems require a growing level of technical expertise that can be acquired only through specialization.
E. Even the traditional liberal education is becoming more highly specialized today.

【正确答案】 E

【答案解析】Choice E does not weaken the argument, because the argument specifically calls for "a truly broad, liberal education." Choice E, however, merely refers to "the traditional liberal education," which is not necessarily the truly broad and liberal education the author has in mind. Choice A weakens the argument: it exposes the argument's failure to acknowledge that many specific problems may be solved by persons who don't understand the broad picture. Choice B weakens the argument: it exposes the assumption that because generalists are needed, a//persons should be educated as generalists. Choice C weakens the argument: it exposes the false dichotomy between specialization and seeing the broad picture. Choice D weakens the argument: it attacks the implicit assumption that fewer specialists are needed.