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Some scientists say that it is still not too late to minimize the effects of climate change_____enough money and effort are invested in correct projects.
A. in case
B. so that
C. even if
D. provided that
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After months of testing, the Russian space scientists ______ a space suit that works better than any other in history .
A. came to
B. came up with
C. came out with
D. came up to
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It is advisable that the room ______ before Christmas.
A. should decorate
B. were decorated
C. is decorated
D. be decorated
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Most of us would maintain that physical ______ does not play a major part in how we react to the people we meet.
A. attractiveness
B. attract
C. attractive
D. attraction
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To preserve that _________, it was necessary to preserve the people that had created it.
A. civilize
B. civilization
C. civility
D. civil
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Daisy has spent the last two weekends _____ hundreds of photographs so that she can put them in separate albums.
A. playing at
B. sorting out
C. cutting off
D. filling up
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Many people think Steve stole the money.
A. The money is thought to be stolen by Steve.
B. Steve is thought to have stolen the money.
C. Many people think the money is stolen by Steve.
D. It was not Steve who stole the money.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Question. Some scientists have distorted the effects of climate change. They were accused of that.
A. Some scientists were accused of having falsify the effects of climate change.
B. Some scientists were accused of having been honest about the effects of climate change.
C. Although some scientists have distorted the effects of climate change, they were not accused.
D. Some scientists were accused of having falsified the effects of climate change.
• Read the following passage and mark the letter (A, B, C, or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
BERTHA
Fifty feet below downtown Seattle, the world's largest (1) _________ machine, nicknamed Bertha after the city's (2) _________ mayor, lies still. This (3) _________ vehicle weighs 7,000 tons, stretches nearly 330 feet long, and has a 60-foot diameter. When fully (4) _________, Bertha has an intrepid crew of 25. In early August, Bertha began carving out a two-mile road tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way viaduct, an ugly double-decker motorway that has been (5) _________ Seattle's waterfront since the 1950s.
Dozens of (6) _________ were considered, including twin tunnels, another elevated roadway, and even scrapping the highway in favor of improved surface roads and better public transport. As it happens, (7) _________ dithered long enough for tunneling technology to develop (8) _________ facilitating another option: a single tunnel large enough to accommodate two levels of multi-lane traffic. Many local (9) _________ are against Bertha, but she has already chewed up and spit out one politician. As the new mayor settles into his new role, he will surely be hoping that Bertha (10) __________ finds her appetite for muck, not mayors.
1, A. tunnel-drilling B. drill-hole C. tunnel-boring D. soil-drilling
2, A. increasing B. progressing C. progressive D. progression
3, A. remarkable B. extraordinary C. noteworthy D. impressive
4, A. operating B. operational C. operative D. postoperative
5, A. mutilating B. disfigured C. deformed D. disfiguring
6, A. replacements B. alternatives C. surrogates D. substitutions
7, A. politicians B. legislators C. lawmakers D. policymakers
8, A. satisfactorily B. abundantly C. adequately D. sufficiently
9, A. delegators B. commissioners C. legislatures D. representatives
10, A. speedily B. quickly C. rapidly D. precipitately
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I assume that you are acquainted ________this subject since you are responsible ________writing the accompanying materials.
A. to/for
B. with/for
C. to/to
D. with/with