多选题That his intransigence in making decisions ______ no open disagreement from any quarter was well known; thus, clever subordinates learned the art of ______ their opinions in casual remarks. A. elicited B. engendered C. brooked D. intimating E. instigating F. emending

多选题A firm ______ of peace, Montana congresswoman Jeannette Rankin was the only lawmaker to ______the United States" entry into both world wars.

多选题Around strangers, Ravi appeared ______; but once he was with his friends, his self-confidence returned, and he became more ______.

多选题The new governor attempted to win the public"s sympathy by ______ himself as the ______ inheritor of his predecessor"s fiscal mismanagement.

多选题Neurosurgeon Alexa Canady maintained that choosing a career was a visceral decision rather than ______ judgment; that is, it was not so much rational as ______.

多选题To end his lecture on time, Professor Bruke decided to ______ his final point and address it instead at the next class meeting.

多选题Mayor Hardy remains ______ in her ______, refusing to adopt an expedient silence on controversial issues of social importance.

多选题The critic noted that the ______ tone that characterizes much of the writer"s work stands in stark contrast to his gentle dispositions.

多选题Unlike the wild turkey, which can successfully fly for short distances, the domesticated turkey is completely ______ flight.

多选题The Muses are ______ deities: they avenge themselves without mercy on those who weary of their charms. A. rueful B. ingenuous C. solicitous D. vindictive E. dispassionate

多选题The Eighty Years" War, sometimes (i) ______ the Dutch War of Independence, started as a (ii) ______ against Philip II of Spain. Led by William of Orange, residents of the Low Countries (iii) ______ Spanish taxes and the presence of Spanish troops. Blank (i) A. alluded to B. talked about C. known as Blank (ii) D. revolt E. fiat F. tribunal Blank (iii) G. forfeited H. rejected I. hindered

多选题Once his integrity had been ______, the mayoral candidate was quick both to ______ these attacks and to issue counterattacks.

多选题The candidate"s comments during the debate were so ______ that not even his most vehement critics could seize on something to use against him.

多选题Information about Abigail and John Adams is so ______ because of the wealth of letters the couple exchanged during John"s frequent absences.

多选题The ______ with which merchants and landowners in early-nineteenth-century Maryland and Virginia ______ Joshua Johnston professional services attests to his artistic skill as a portrait painter.

多选题Most human behavior is ______: that is, it tends to ______ a norm.

多选题The molecules of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere affect the heat balance of the Earth by acting as a one-way screen. Although these molecules {{U}}allow radiation at visible wavelengths{{/U}}, where most of the energy of sunlight is concentrated, {{U}}to pass through{{/U}}, they absorb some of the longer-wavelength, infrared emissions radiated from the Earth's surface, radiation that would otherwise be transmitted back into space. For the Earth to maintain a constant average temperature, such emissions from the planet must balance incoming solar radiation. If there were no carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, heat would escape from the Earth much more easily. The surface temperature would be so much lower that the oceans might be a solid mass of ice. Today, however, the potential problem is too much carbon dioxide. The burning of fossil fuels and the clearing of forests have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide by about 15 percent in the last hundred years, and we continue to add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Could the increase in carbon dioxide cause a global rise in average temperature, and could such a rise have serious consequences for human society? Mathematical models that allow us to calculate the rise in temperature as a function of tile increase indicate that the answer is probably yes. Under present conditions a temperature of -18℃ can be observed at an altitude of 5 to 6 kilometers above the Earth. Below this altitude (called the radiating level), the temperature increases by about 6℃ per kilometer approaching the Earth's surface, where the average temperature is about 15℃. An increase in the amount of carbon dioxide means that there are more molecules of carbon dioxide to absorb infrared radiation. As the capacity of the atmosphere to absorb infrared radiation increases, the radiating level and the temperature of the surface must rise. One mathematical model predicts that doubling the atmospheric carbon dioxide would raise the global mean surface temperature by 2.5℃. This model assumes that the atmosphere's relative humidity remains constant and the temperature decreases with altitude at a rate of 6.5℃ per kilometer. The assumption of constant relative humidity is important, because water vapor in the atmosphere is another efficient absorber of radiation at infrared wavelengths. Because warm air can hold more moisture than cool air, the relative humidity will be constant only if the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere increases as the temperature rises. Therefore, more infrared radiation would be absorbed and reradiated back to the Earth's surface. The resultant warming at the surface could be expected to melt snow and ice, reducing the Earth's reflectivity. More solar radiation would then be absorbed, leading to a further increase in temperature. According to the passage, atmospheric carbon dioxide performs all of the following functions EXCEPT: A. absorbing radiation at visible wavelengths. B. absorbing infrared radiation. C. absorbing outgoing radiation from the Earth. D. helping to retain heat near the Earth's surface. E. helping to maintain a constant average temperature on the Earth's surface.

多选题Several things, however, suggest that the conventional view needs revising. {{U}}For example,{{/U}} the genus Lingula has an unbroken fossil record extending over more than half a billion years to the present. Thus, if longevity is any measure, brachiopods are the most successful organisms extant. Further, recent studies suggest that diversity among species is a less important measure of evolutionary success than is the ability to withstand environmental change, such as when a layer of clay replaces sand on the ocean bottom. The relatively greater uniformity among the existing brachiopod species may offer greater protection from environmental change and hence may reflect highly successful adaptive behavior. The passage makes use of which of the following? A. Specific examples. B. Analogy. C. Metaphor. D. Quotation. E. Exaggeration.

多选题Deer over growing has dramatically reduced plant ______ in many eastern United States forests; the few surviving plant species are that regrow quickly or that deer find ______.

多选题Scholars' sense of the uniqueness of the central concept of "the state" at the time when political science became an academic field quite naturally led to striving for a correspondingly ______ mode of study. A. thorough B. distinctive C. dependable D. scientific E. dynamic