1. The volcanic-eruption theory, like the impact theory, accounts for the presence of iridium in sedimentary deposits; it also (i)___ matters that the meteorite-impact theory does not. Although iridium is extremely rare on the Earth’s surface, the lower regions of the Earth’s mantle have roughly the same composition as meteorites and (ii)___ large amounts of iridium, which in the case of a diapir (iii)___ would probably be emitted as iridium hexafluoride, a gas that would disperse more uniformly in the atmosphere than the iridium-containing matter thrown out from a meteorite impact.
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A explains D contain G eruption
B belies E dispel H precipitation
C provides F neutralize I manipulation
2. Leaders of the new Royal Society of London in the 1660s insisted that authentic science (i)___ actual experiments performed, observed, and recorded by the scientists themselves. Rejecting the traditional contempt for manual operations, these scientists, all members of the English (ii)___, were not to think themselves (iii)___ the mucking about with chemicals, furnaces, and pumps; rather, the willingness of each of them to become, as Boyle himself said, a mere “drudge” and “under-builder” in the search for God’s truth in nature was taken as a sign of their nobility and Christian piety.
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A segregate from D prigs G demeaned by
B depend upon E laymen H interested in
C overshadowed by F upper class I familiar to
3. Granted, apart from medical licenses, the principal sources of information regarding medical practitioners available to researchers are wills, property transfers, court records, and similar (i)___, all of which typically underrepresent women because of restrictive medieval legal traditions. Nonetheless, the (ii)___ researchers choose when they define their investigations may contribute to the problem. Studies focusing on the upper echelons of “learned” medicine, for example, tend to (iii)___ healers on the legal and social fringes of medical practice, where most women would have been found.
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A persisting D disprove G detachment
B ridicule E applaud H management
C controlling F preclude I reprehension
4. To date, (i)___ pollution and regulating ocean resources have still not been comprehensively addressed by law, but international law—established through the customs and practices of nations—does not (ii)___ such efforts. And two recent developments may actually lead to future international rules providing for ecosystem (iii)___.
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A profit D parameters G enhance
B documents E prerequisite H involve
C mechanisms F impairment I exclude
5. The history of global diversity suggests that biological diversity was hard won and a long time in coming. Furthermore, this pattern of increase was (i)______ by five massive extinction episodes. The most recent of these, during the Cretaceous period, is by far the most famous. But the cretaceous crisis was (ii)_____ compared with the Permian extinctions 240 million years ago, during which between 77 and 96 percent of marine animal species (iii)______. It took 5 million years, well into Mesozoic times, for species diversity to begin a significant recovery.
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A primary D extremely solemn G relegated
B intangible E remarkably successful H provoked
C evasive F surprisingly convoluted I invigorated
정답 : 1. BDI
2. AEH
3. CEG
4. CDH
5. BDI