多选题Directions: Each of the following sentences or groups of sentences contains one, two, or three blanks. These blanks signify that a word or set of words has been left out, Below each sentence are columns of words or sets of words. For each blank, pick the one word or set of words from the corresponding column that best completes the text.

多选题The study of biology, once considered the key to solving nature"s mysteries, has instead served to emphasize nature"s incredible ______.

多选题Horgan argues that many scientists today are gripped by a profound unease, ______ that results from current social uncertainties.

多选题Guests at the party found the general merriment infectious and were won over by the party"s ______.

多选题Though usually ______ in her praise, the teacher was ______ in acknowledging Chandra"s achievements: she could not say enough positive things.

多选题A judicious biography must be ______ representation that depicts both the strengths and the weaknesses of the subject, avoiding the two extremes of ______ and indictment.

多选题Toughened hiring standards have not been the primary cause of the present staffing shortage in public schools. The shortage of teachers is primarily caused by the fact that in recent years teachers have not experienced any improvements in working conditions and their salaries have not kept pace with salaries in other professions. Which of the following, if true, would most support the claims above? A. Many teachers already in the profession would not have been hired under the new hiring standards. B. Today more teachers are with a higher educational level than in the past. C. Some teachers have cited higher standards for hiring as a reason for the current staffing shortage. D. Many teachers have cited low pay and lack of professional freedom as reasons for their leaving the profession. E. Many prospective teachers have cited the new hiring standards as a reason for not entering the profession.

多选题Elena, who strongly favored the proposal, was understandably ______ when an influential committee member expressed a view ______ to her own.

多选题The biographer now displays greater ______ in her work: she explores the feelings and motives of her subjects with deeper insight than she once did.

多选题The ______ of impact craters on Venus suggests that erosion may have smoothed its surface over the past billion years.

多选题Unlike Colin, whose ______ for dramatic presentation captivated his audiences, Nick was not ______ speaker.

多选题A long-standing theory about the migration of green turtles was ______ by an innovative marine biologist who graciously defused potential ______ by dedicating her work to the original researcher.

多选题The first Moon explorers were rarely expansive in describing their surroundings: on the contrary their reports tended to be ______.

多选题Some interactive computer games are so elaborately contrived and require such ______ strategies that only the most ______ player can master them.

多选题The widely documented ______ between these two diseases has prompted scientists to undertake studies to determine if treating one can ______ the other.

多选题Doug was both ______ and ______; he possessed penetrating acuity and discernment and was also extremely humble.

多选题The breathing spell provided by the ______ arms shipments should give all the combatants a chance to reevaluate their positions. A. plethora of B. moratorium on C. reciprocation of D. concentration on E. development of

多选题In the 1960"s Americans ______ Jean Toomer"s 1923 book Cane when an interest in Black culture ______ many of them to read the classics of Black fiction.

多选题Johnson"s writing is considered ______ and ______ because it is filled with obscure references and baffling digressions.

多选题Because Alejandra and Raina have never allowed their differences of opinion to come between them, their friendship remains ______.