In what ________ to a last minute stay of execution, a council announced that emergency funding would keep alive two aging satellites.

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• 1The pursuit of leisure on the part of the employees will certainly not ________ their prospect of promotion.

  A.spur

  B.further

  C.induce

  D.reinforce

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• 2The local people were joyfully surprised to find the price of vegetables no longer ________ according to the weather.

  A.altered

  B.converted

  C.fluctuated

  D.modified

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• 3I was unaware of the critical points involved, so my choice was quite ________.

  A.arbitrary

  B.rational

  C.mechanical

  D.unpredictable

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• 4Several international events in the early 1990s seem likely to ________, or at least weaken, the trends that emerged in the 1980s.

  A.revolt

  B.revolve

  C.reverse

  D.revive

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• 5All the off-shore oil explorers were in high spirits as they read ________ letters from their families.

  A.sentimental

  B.affectionate

  C.intimate

  D.sensitive

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• 6The third sentence of Paragraph 1 implies that ________.

  A.people would be happy if they shut their eyes to reality

  B.the blind could be happier than the sighted

  C.over-excited people tend to neglect vital things

  D.fascination makes people lose their eyesight

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• 7In Paragraph 5, “the powerless” probably refers to ________.

  A.areas short of electricity

  B.dams without power stations

  C.poor countries around India

  D.common people in the Narmada Dam area

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• 8What is the myth concerning giant dams、

  A.They bring in more fertile soil.

  B.They help defend the country.

  C.They strengthen international ties.

  D.They have universal control of the waters.

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• 9What the author tries to suggest may best be interpreted as ________.

  A.“It’s no use crying over spilt milk”

  B.“More haste, less speed”

  C.“Look before you leap”

  D.“He who laughs last laughs best”

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• 10According to the author, the American economic situation is ________.

  A.not as good as it seems

  B.at its turning point

  C.much better than it seems

  D.near to complete recovery

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