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A：unexpected D：robust
B： feeble E：turbulent
C： swift F：predictable
答案：BD
Scholarly works on detective stories often begin with (i)______, suggesting that there is something vaguely wrong with adults who spend their time reading such fiction and certainly something (ii)______ those who devote energy to its analysis.
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A：chronologies D：awry in
B：apologies E：astute about
C：synopses F：courageous about
答案：BD
Due to the extraordinary circumstances, British business owners found themselves in a (i)______ position during the second world war, forced to accept interference from the government and to acquiesce to (ii)______ role for labor unions in negotiating the terms and conditions of the employment.
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A：defensive D：a traditional
B：dominant E：an enhanced
C：customary F：a diminished
答案：AE
Although trains may use energy more (i)_______ than do automobiles, the latter move only when they contain at least one occupant, whereas railway carriages spend a considerable amount of time running up and down tracks (ii)_______ , or nearly so.
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A：lavishly D：vacant
B：efficiently E：unimpeded
C：routinely F：overloaded
答案：BD
Historian Babara A. Engel’s task in writing a book about women in Russia must have been a (i)______ one, because the (ii)_______ the Russian empire’s peoples meant that Russian women could never be treated as a homogeneous group.
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A：motivating D：unity among
B：boring E：disinterest in
C：daunting F：diversity of
答案：CF
