PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) d< j+a1&
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5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. }IRD!
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6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. bjBXs;zr@\
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7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______ called "hot" and later "swing." A ;TNR
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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. :m0 pm@
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10. His ______ with computers began six months ago. *X 2dS
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11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them. {WuUzq`
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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. 3o^ oq
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14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. wQ/FJoB
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15. As the core of the management hoard, he can always come up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation's marketing strategies. +BE_K_56
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l6. They speak of election campaign polls as a musician might of an orchestra ______, or a painter of defective paint. v(2|n}qY
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17. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what ______much is what they do with it. r*!sA5
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l8. Any business needs ordinary insurance______ risks such as fire, flood and breakage. 0?",dTf3i
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19. As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media______. T/" 6iv\1
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20. There was little, if any, evidence to substantiate the gossip and, ______, there was little to disprove it. .VVY]>bJg@
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