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DOCTORAL CANDIDATES 9X%H$>s
14farch 2007 d4[mR~XXT
PAPER ONEPAPER ONE @5Zg![G
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PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) 10`]&v]T
1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable. NJ ];Ck
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2. In fear for their lives and in ______of their freedom, thousands of enslaved women and children fled to the Northern States on the eve of the American Civil War. fAHf}j
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B. view 0ghW};[6
C. vision ;(1Xb
D. pursuit PW)Gd +y
3. If I could ensue a reasonably quick and comprehensive solution to the crisis in jXCSD@?]K
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4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering. h:qt?$]J
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5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. ~0 5p+F)
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6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. "?r=n@Kv
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7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______ called "hot" and later "swing." miCW(mbO8
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8. The depth of benefits of reading varies in ______ the depth of one's one’s experience +2WvGRC
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9. Whatever the questions he really wanted to ask at the reprocessing plant, though, he would never allow his personal feelings to ______ with an assignment.
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10. His ______ with computers began six months ago. ,m^@S
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11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them. nKP[U=ac
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12. Some of the words employed by Shakespeare in his works have become______ and are no longer used in the present days. n
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13. One of the main ways to stay out of trouble with government agents is to keep a law______ away from those situations wherein you call attention to yourself. qq)Dh'5*e,
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14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. RH+'"f
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B. sensational wGXnS"L!
C. sentimental ##6_kcL:6G
D. potential vw'`t6
15. As the core of the management hoard, he can always come up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation's marketing strategies. 3e<FlH{
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l6. They speak of election campaign polls as a musician might of an orchestra ______, or a painter of defective paint. I^5T9}>Q
A. in pace :OF:(,J
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