多选题The new composite material exhibits an extraordinary degree of ______, which enables it to be molded into almost any shape.
多选题Former astronaut Mae Jemison works to recruit more high school students to science and engineering by tirelessly ______ them to ______ careers in those fields.
多选题Industrialists seized economic power only after industry had ______
agriculture as the preeminent form of production; previously such power had
______ land ownership.
A. sabotaged
B. joined
C. supplanted
D. resided in
E. culminated in
F. threatened
多选题Dr. Allan was told informally of several intriguing cases that accorded with her theory, but this ______ evidence could not provide the confirmation that a more ______ series of experiments would.
多选题Paradoxically, Robinson's excessive denials of the worth of early
works of science fiction suggest that he has become quite ______ them.
A. enchanted by
B. enamored of
C. skeptical of
D. encouraged by
E. offended by
F. reflective about
多选题Nightjars possess a camouflage perhaps unparalleled in the bird world: by day they roost hidden in shady woods, so ______ with their surroundings that they are nearly impossible to ______.
多选题Carson presents her case so strongly and logically that only the prejudiced or the ______ will attempt to ______ her.
多选题The normally ______ Mr. Bell was uncharacteristically ______ in discussing the film in an interview last week.
多选题Although the commentator claimed to be politically neutral, she was quite obviously ______: her broadcasts always revealed an unmistakable, unreasoning ______ toward her pet political causes.
多选题As head of the National Education Association in 1965-66, Elizabeth Duncan Koontz advocated higher salaries for teachers because she believed that the more ______ teaching is, the greater its attraction for highly qualified people.
多选题The crafty child tricked his innocent brother, a particularly ______ and trusting boy, into committing a mischievous prank.
多选题During the voyage Dan relied on the stars" positions for guidance, demonstrating his skill at navigating by means of ______ cues.
多选题By divesting himself of all regalities, the former king ______ the
consideration that customarily protects monarchs.
A. merited
B. forfeited
C. debased
D. concealed
E. extended
多选题The employer blamed the staff member"s lack of productivity on ______ rather than incompetence, claiming that the man knew how to do his job but was too lazy to apply himself.
多选题His conduct at the state dinner was a cavalcade of blunders, one ______ following another until the evening ended.
多选题Fanatically committed to one political cause U Anderson was a ______，maintaining an exclusively ______ outlook.
多选题The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel
Brown were ______ not only because these results challenged old assumptions but
also because they called the ______ methodology into question.
A. provocative
B. predictable
C. intriguing
D. startling
E. projected
F. prevailing
多选题To keep their negotiations ______, the leaders of rival groups in the country arranged meetings that were ______.
多选题The conclusion of such a vast and complex book should have contained a ______ of the author"s ideas to ______ the general remarks he made in the introduction.
多选题The guest speaker on Oprah Winfrey" talk show offended the audience by first ______ them and then refusing to moderate these ______ remarks.