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1.Although scientists claim that the seemingly______ language of their reports is more precise
than the figurative language of fiction, the language of science, like all language, is
inherently______.
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A ornamental

D allusive

B subjective

E unintelligible

C literal

F complex

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2.Unlike many recent interpretations of Beethovens piano sonatas, the recitalists

performance was a delightfully free and introspective one;nevertheless, it was also, seemingly
paradoxically, quite _____.
(A) appealing
(B) exuberant
(C) idiosyncratic
(D) unskilled
(E) controlled

1+unlike+nevertheless

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paradoxicallythe recitalists performancefree and introspective
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controlled
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3.Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly removed from the______of
society, the conventionality of academe.
(A) ethos
(B) idealism
(C) romance
(D) paradoxes
(E) commonplaces

1+without
2-nseeming,appearwithout,
unworldly without
unworldly remove from commonplaces
E commonplace E conventionality

12.2.
4.New research on technology and public policy focuses on how seemingly______design features,
generally overlooked in most analyses of public works projects or industrial machinery, actually
___social choices of profound significance.
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Blank (ii)
A insignificant

D mask

B ingenious

E represent

C innovative

F hasten

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2-nseeminglyactuallyactuallyseemingly
+overlooked
design features overlooked
A insignificant
seemingly design features
... D mask choices of profound significance
AD.
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5.Scientists who are on the cutting edge of research must often violate common sense and make
seemingly _________ assumptions because existing theories simply do not _________newly
observed phenomena.
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A absurd

D undermine

B inexact

E explain

C tarnished

F emulate

1
2-nseemingly,actuallyinherently...
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simplyexisting theories newly
phenomenaE explain notexisting theories
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12.1.
6.The Gibsons were little given to ________ in any form; not one of them was afraid of
_________, of being and seeming unlike their neighbors.
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A conformism

D mediocrity

B excellence

E singularity

C humility

F absurdity

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seeming
being,being and seeming unlike their neighbors
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E singularity

A conformism AE.
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7.The sheer diversity of tropical plants represents a seemingly______source of

raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized.
(A) exploited
(B) quantifiable
(C) controversial
(D) inexhaustible
(E) remarkable

(F) infinite

1+of which
2-nseemingly,only,seeminglyseeminglyonly
a few D inexhaustible
F infinite
12.2.