Exercise 6
1.
Within the next decade, sophisticated telescopes now orbiting the Earth will determine whether the continents really are moving, ______the incipient ______among geologists about the validity of the theory of continental drift.
2.
A major goal of law, to deter potential criminals by ______ wrongdoers, is not served when the penalty is so seldom invoked that it ceases to be a ______threat.
3.
The successful ______ of an archaeological site requires scientific knowledge as well as cultural______.
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.
5. Although the minuet appeared simple, its ______ steps had to be studied very carefully before they could be gracefully ______ in public.
6.
Documenting science’s ______ philosophy would be______, since it is almost axiomatic that many philosophers use scientific concepts as the foundations for their speculations.
答案:
1.
Within the next decade, sophisticated telescopes now orbiting the Earth will determine whether the continents really are moving, ______the incipient ______among geologists about the validity of the theory of continental drift.
Blank (i | Blank (ii |
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A evolution | D awareness |
B reconstruction | E sensitivity |
C synthesis | F aesthetics |
2.
A major goal of law, to deter potential criminals by ______ wrongdoers, is not served when the penalty is so seldom invoked that it ceases to be a ______threat.
Blank (i | Blank (ii |
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A forestalling | D consensus |
B escalating | E rift |
C engendering | F rumors |
3.
The successful ______ of an archaeological site requires scientific knowledge as well as cultural______.
lank (i | Blank (ii |
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A punishing | D deceptive |
soliciting | E credible |
C imitating | F ambiguous |
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.
Blank (i | Blank (ii |
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A influence on | D elementary |
B reliance on | E superfluous |
C differences from | F difficult |
5. Although the minuet appeared simple, its ______ steps had to be studied very carefully before they could be gracefully ______ in public.
Blank (i | Blank (ii |
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A intricate | D discussed |
B rudimentary | E revealed |
C entertaining | F executed |
6.
Documenting science’s ______ philosophy would be______, since it is almost axiomatic that many philosophers use scientific concepts as the foundations for their speculations.
Blank (i | Blank (ii |
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A insignificant | D mask |
B ingenious | E represent |
C innovative | F hasten |
答案:
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