多选题Ramona practiced ceaselessly, but even such ______ efforts could not compensate for the poor performance of her teammates.
多选题No one is ______ about Stephens; he inspires either uncritical
adulation or profound ______ in those who work for him.
A. neutral.
B. infuriated.
C. worried.
D. consternation.
E. anxiety.
F. antipathy.
多选题Far from exhausting him, the more arduous work schedule seems to have ______ the convalescent doctor.
多选题He displayed a nearly pathological ______, insisting on knowing every detail of his friends" lives.
多选题More valuable and comprehensive than any previously proposed theory of the phenomenon, Salazar"s research has ______ the basis for all subsequent ______ in her field.
多选题In young children, some brain cells have a ______ that enables them to take over the functions of damaged or missing brain cells.
多选题Most politician find television ______ to the ______ of their messages: the medium plays an essential role in propagating their ideas.
多选题Mongolian gazelles are the dominant herbivore in Mongolia"s eastern steppe, but they are ______ by the ongoing loss of their habitat.
多选题Although visitors initially may find touring the city by subway to be ______, they are pleased to discover that subways are an inexpensive and ______ way to get around.
多选题Directions: Each of the following pieces of text contains one,
two, or three blanks. These blanks signify that a Word or set of words has been
left out. Below each piece of text are columns of choices. For each blank,
select the word or set of words from the corresponding column of choices that
best reflects the overall meaning of the text.
多选题Hypatia of Alexandria, a noted mathematician in Roman Egypt who also taught philosophy and astronomy, championed ______, deliberately ______ the mystical thinking and occult practices prevalent during her times.
多选题The two sisters selflessly dedicated their lives to the nursing profession: their ______ made them ______, ones whose ways are worthy of imitation.
多选题Cathedrals usually take decades, even centuries, to complete; thus, no one expected the National Cathedral to be built with ______.
多选题The senator delivered such ______ speech that her supporters, inspired by her obvious fervor, were moved to action.
多选题During decades of oppression, the people lost their will to resist and became ______, yielding readily to the government"s demands.
多选题His name has become synonymous with seduction, but many people fail to realize that Casanova was not a fictional character but rather a real, fascinating person. The book about his escapades is a memoir, not a novel. He was the son of an actress and her paramour, born in Venice in 1725. His patrons sent him to the University of Padua when he was only 12 years old, and he graduated with a degree in law, although he was far more interested in medicine. He became a professional gambler (not a good one}, and he lived off the kindness of patrons, moving from city to city across Europe, often one step ahead of the law or his own debts. It was in his later years that he began writing the enormous and unfinished memoir that would be his legacy. His chronicling of the famous people he met along his way makes his memoir a valuable document of an era.
多选题The frequent name changes that the country has undergone ______ the political turbulence that has attended its recent history.
多选题Lina Wertmuller"s film
Love and Anarchy
is a ______ its title, contemplating the two concepts without taking a position on them.
多选题Architect Maya Lin wants people to experience her commemorative monuments tactilely: that is, she wants them to ______ these structures.
多选题In some cultures the essence of magic is its traditional integrity; it
can be efficient only if it has been ______ without loss from primeval times to
the present practitioner.
A. conventionalized
B. realized
C. transmitted
D. manipulated
E. aggrandized