1.The popularity of pseudoscience and quack1 medicines in the nineteenth century suggests that people were very ____, but the gullibility2 of the public today makes citizens of yesterday look like hard-nosed ____.
cautious.. educators
sophisticated.. realists
rational.. pragmatists
naive3.. idealists
credulous4.. skeptics
2.Having sufficient income of her own constituted for Alice ____ independence that made possible a degree of ____ in her emotional life as well.
a material.. security
a profound.. conformity
a financial.. economy
a psychological.. extravagance
an unexpected.. uncertainty5
3.The success of science is due in great part to its emphasis on ____ : the reliance on evidence rather than ____ and the willingness to draw conclusions even when they conflict with traditional beliefs.
causality.. experimentation
empiricism.. facts
objectivity.. preconceptions
creativity.. observation
conservatism.. assumptions
4.Given the failure of independent laboratories to replicate6 the results of Dr. Johnson's experiment, only the most ____ supporters of her hypothesis would be foolish enough to claim that it had been adequately ____
fastidious.. defined
partisan7.. verified
vigilant8.. publicized
enlightened.. researched
fervent9.. undermined
5.One virus strain that may help gene10 therapists cure genetic11 brain diseases can enter the peripheral12 nervous system and travel to the brain, ____ the need to inject the therapeutic13 virus directly into the brain.
suggesting
intensifying
elucidating
satisfying
obviating14
6.Artificial light ____ the respiratory activity of some microorganisms in the winter but not in the summer, in part because in the summer their respiration15 is already at its peak and thus cannot be ____
stimulates16.. lessened
inhibits17.. quickened
reflects.. expanded
elevates.. measured
enhances.. increased
7.Even those siblings18 whose childhood was ____ familial feuding19 and intense rivalry20 for their parents' affection can nevertheless develop congenial and even ____ relationships with each other in their adult lives.
scarred by.. vitriolic
dominated by.. intimate
filled with.. truculent
replete21 with.. competitive
devoid22 of.. tolerant
8.Because they have been so dazzled by the calendars and the knowledge of astronomy possessed23 by the Mayan civilization, some anthropologists have ____ achievements like the sophisticated carved calendar sticks of the Winnebago people.
described
acknowledged
overlooked
defended
authenticated24
9.Aptly enough, this work so imbued25 with the notion of changing times and styles has been constantly ____ over the years, thereby26 reflecting its own mutability.
appreciated
emulated
criticized
revised
reprinted
10.Even though formidable winters are the norm in the Dakotas, many people were unprepared for the ____ of the blizzard27 of 1888.
inevitability
ferocity
importance
probability
mildness
