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options for each blank. 1. As a step towards protesting against the spiraling prices, the farmers have decided to stage a picket in an effort to_________. (1) show their virility (2) make themselves heard (3) curb the prices (4) topple the government Science is a sort of news agency comparable ______ to other news agencies. (1) principally (2) in principle (3) in principal (4) in spirit and form Most political leaders acquire their position by causing a large number of people to believe that these leaders are ________ by altruistic desires. (1) actuated (2) convinced (3) categorized (4) led Everyone will admit that swindling ones fellow beings is a necessary practice; upon it is based the r eally sound commercial success formula ________. (1) sell what you cannot buy back. (2) buy what you will sell to another at a higher price. (3) buy cheap and sell dear. (4) sell what you can, do not buy from a competitor. Simple arithmetic tells us that there is more ______ than _______. (1) imitation, innovation (2) improvisation, improvement (3) impractically, knowledge (4) improbability, probability As far as the ordinary man is concerned, his religious ______ arises mainly due to his _______. (1) fanaticism, belief (2) tolerance, background (3) intolerance, ignorance (4) inclination, education (5) prejudice, stupidity In August 2001, President George W. Bush told Americans that he worried about a ____ that devalues life, and that he believed that, as President of the United States, he has an _____ obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world. (1) religion, superior (2) law, inconsequential (3) nation, unforeseen (4) culture, important (5) rule, essential Particularly at a time when standard _____ is not available for most Chinese stroke patients, few will wait to try acupuncture until its role is confirmed or _____ by reliable evidence. (1) medication, rejected (2) tests, approved (3) treatment, disprove (4) procedure, challenged (5) rehabilitation, refuted _______ cuisine seems to have been restored to China after being virtually wiped out during the Cultural Revolution (against Capitalism) as a _______ symptom.

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(1) Chinese, bland (2) Haute, bourgeois (3) Kitsch, proletariat (4) Continental, harmful (5) Western, proletariat 10. The___ end of the movie was ___ by one and all. The last scene ____ the social message regarding the ______ changes to be faced in the future. (1) climactic, climatic, complimented, complemented (2) complemented, climactic, complimented, climatic (3) climactic, complimented, complemented, climatic (4) climatic, complimented, climactic, complemented