多选题Dr. Abraham often understated his accomplishments, even at times ______the way he had achieved his success against overwhelming obstacles.

多选题Edgar"s ______ at having bungled the simple assignment was clear from his trembling lips and averted eyes.

多选题Ellen respects Gary"s qualities of broad-mindedness and humanism; she cannot, however, ______ them with his ______ support of a political creed that seems to oppose precisely those qualities.

多选题Citing irrefutable evidence of corruption, the investigating committee ______ the senator for his ______.

多选题 Questions 18-20 are based on the following passage. The Quechua world is submerged, so to speak, in a cosmic magma that weighs heav- ily upon it. It possesses the rare quality ofLine being as it were interjected into the midst of (5) antagonistic forces, which in turn implies a whole body of social and aesthetic structures whose innermost meaning must be the administration of energy. This gives rise to the social organism known as the ayllu, the (10) agrarian community that regulates the pro- curement of food. The ayllu formed the basic structure of the whole Inca empire. The central idea of this organization was a kind of closed economy, just the opposite of (15) our economic practices, which can be described as open. The closed economy rested on the fact that the Inca controlled both the production and consumption of food. When one adds to this fact the reli- (20) gious ideas noted in the Quechua texts cited by the chronicler Santa Cruz Pachacuti, one comes to the conclusion that in the Andean zone the margin of life was minimal and was made possible only by the system of (25) magic the Quechua constructed through his religion. Adversities, moreover, were numerous, for the harvest might fail at any time and bring starvation to millions. Hence the (30) whole purpose of the Quechua administra- tive and ideological system was to carry on the arduous task of achieving abundance and staving off shortages. This kind of structure presupposes a state of unremitting anxiety, (35) which could not be resolved by action. The Quechua could not do so because his pri- mordial response to problems was the use of magic, that is, recourse to the unconscious for the solution of external problems. Thus (40) the struggle against the world was a struggle against the dark depths of the Quechua's own psyche, where the solution was found. By overcoming the unconscious, the outer world was also vanquished. (45) These considerations permit us to classify Quechua culture as absolutely static or, more accurately, as the expression of a mere state of being. Only in this way can we under- stand the refuge that it took in the germina- (50) tive center of the cosmic mandala as revealed by Quechua art. The Quechua empire was nothing more than a mandala, for it was divided into four zones, with Cuzco in the center. Here the Quechua ensconced himself (55) to contemplate the decline of the world as though it were caused by an alien and autonomous force.

多选题Led by Massasoit and William Bradford, the Wampanoag communities and Plymouth Colony created a military and economic ______, drawing upon one another"s resources for decades.

多选题People did not suddenly learn to use fire, but did so slowly over time with countless advances offset by ______ period.

多选题Some readers find the crime fiction of Patricia Highsmith to be ______ because her protagonists are not always punished for their ______.

多选题Although the development of new infrastructure (such public facilities as power plants, schools, and bridges) is usually determined by governmental planning, {{U}}sometimes this development can be planned more flexibly and realistically by private investors{{/U}} who anticipate profit from the collection of user fees. Such profits can contribute to the financing of more infrastructure if demand proves great enough, whereas the reluctance of developers to invest in such projects can signal that additional infrastructure is not needed. During the economic boom of the 1980's, for example, the state of Virginia authorized private developers to build a $300 million toll road. The passage implies that the "governmental planning" mentioned in line 4 may lead to which of the following problems? A. Improper use of profits derived from user fees. B. Unduly slow development of necessary new infrastructure. C. Unrealistic decisions about developing new infrastructure. D. Incorrect predictions about profits to be gained from user fees. E. Obstruction of private financing for the development of new infrastructure.

多选题The consumer advocate claimed that while drug manufacturers ______ the supposed advantages of their proprietary brands, generic versions of the same medications are often equally ______.

多选题Although in public life Simone de Beauvoir"s feminist stance was uncompromising, her personal life revealed a greater degree of ideological ______.

多选题Over the course of just a few years, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed parks, bridges, and ______ buildings in neighborhoods all over America.

多选题When the same parameters and quantitative theory are used to analyze both termite colonies and troops of rhesus macaques, we will have a unified science of sociobiology. Can this ever really happen? As my own studies have advanced, {{U}}I have been increasingly impressed{{/U}} with the functional similarities between insect and vertebrate societies and less so with the structural differences that seem, at first glance, to constitute such an immense gulf between them. Consider for a moment termites and macaques. Both form cooperative groups that occupy territories. In both kinds of society there is a well-marked division of labor. Members of both groups communicate to each other hunger, alarm, hostility, caste status or rank, and reproductive status. From the specialist's point of view, this comparison may at first seem facile—or worse. But it is out of such deliberate oversimplification that the beginnings of a general theory are made. The author's attitude toward the possibility of a unified theory in sociobiology is best described as which of the following? A. Guarded optimism. B. Unqualified enthusiasm. C. Objective indifference. D. Resignation. E. Dissatisfaction.

多选题Despite its past reputation for ______ land use planning, London today shows an unrivaled genius for ______ old and downtrodden areas and then promoting them as new trendy neighborhoods.

多选题Because of the ______ effects of the hot springs, tourists suffering from various ailments flocked to the village"s thermal pools.

多选题Darren"s sensitivity to his celebrity clients is nothing short of ______: he is able to ______ their needs before they themselves are fully aware of them.

多选题Since she believed him to be both candid and trustworthy, she refused to consider the possibility that his statement had been ______. A. irrelevant B. facetious C. mistaken D. critical E. insincere F. hypocritical

多选题Archaeologists have ______ a great variety of motifs ______ the walls of ancient synagogues still standing in Rome.

多选题As late as 1891 a speaker assured his audience that since profitable farming was the result of natural ability rather than ______, an education in agriculture was ______. A. effort B. luck C. learning D. useless E. vital F. intellectual

多选题By citing data from nations where female scientists earn less than equivalent male counterparts, the author attempted to ______ the claim that ______ still lingers in the scientific workplace.