多选题Rumors, embroidered with detail, live on for years, neither denied nor
confirmed, until they become accepted as fact even among people not known for
their ______.
A. insight
B. obstinacy
C. introspection
D. tolerance
E. credulity
多选题Evan imperiously demanded that he be awarded a much-needed raise or be dismissed, ______ that ______ when he was summarily terminated.
多选题His goal was to ______ the committee"s deliberations, and a measure of his success was the ease with which a decision was reached.
多选题In an effort to ______ the ______ theater, the troupe members contributed thousands of dollars to keep the playhouse operating.
多选题Created to serve as perfectly as possible their workaday ______, the
wooden storage boxes made in America's Shaker communities are now valued for
their beauty.
A. environment
B. owners
C. function
D. reality
E. circumstances
多选题The author ______ the last act of her play to appease those critics who ______ the work for its brevity.
多选题The signs that the skeleton had been tampered with were so ______ that the archaeologist almost failed to notice them.
多选题Because curiosity is deemed the ______ of the scientific temperament, theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, renowned for his ceaseless questioning，was regarded by some as an ______ of the scientific spirit.
多选题The senator never formally declared her opposition to the proposed legislation; instead, she engineered a series of ______ actions that ultimately ______ passage of the bill.
多选题Over the years the anthropologist"s opinions had ______: he refused to tolerate new ideas and nothing could change his mind.
多选题A trained anthropologist raised in an Alutiiq community, Sven Haakanson has stressed the importance of indigenous communities ______ anthropologists so that such communities can take an active role in ______ their own cultural heritage.
多选题Ballads often praise popular figures who have performed feats that many perceive as ______, such as defending the poor or resisting ______ authority.
多选题Because marine algae indirectly remove atmospheric carbon dioxide, a major ______ in marine algae populations might result in ______ levels of carbon dioxide.
多选题Former news anchor Dan Rather had ______ for colorful ______: for example, he once described a political race as "Spandex tight".
多选题Nothing in the essay is ______: every sentence contributes in an essential way to the overall meaning.
多选题The editorial claimed that the gubernatorial candidate lacked worldly wisdom and that this ______ would likely be his undoing.
多选题The candidate ______ the media"s charge of political inexperience by citing his broad background in both local and state government.
多选题Even though Charlie was in apparently good health, the doctor prescribed for him some ______ medication due to his familial history of high blood pressure.
多选题Because the monkeys under study are ______ the presence of human
beings, they typically ______ human observers and go about their business.
A. habituated to
B. ambivalent about
C. inhibited by
D. seek
E. welcome
F. disregard
多选题Canaries are often said to have ______ voices because they make such sweet harmonious sound.