[单项选择]Research has proven that unlike their sober ------- who slowed down after making a mistake to try to correct their actions, men who imbibe alcohol show no signs of such ------- behavior.
A. (A) adversaries... laudatory
B. (B) counterparts ... corrective
C. (C) protagonists ... conciliatory
D. (D) functionaries ... proper
E. (E) contemporaries ... edified

[单项选择]Research has proven that unlike their sober______who slowed down after making a mistake to try to correct their actions, men who imbibe alcohol show no signs of such______behavior.
A. (A) adversaries … laudatory
B. (B) counterparts … corrective
C. (C) protagonists … conciliatory
D. (D) functionaries … proper
E. (E) contemporaries … edified

[单项选择]The passage suggests that all research has proven that which of the following is true about the phenomenon of synesthesia
A. (A) The lack of synesthetic color differences tends to hinder synesthetics in the same tasks where the presence of real color differences assists nonsynesthetes.
B. (B) The presence of real color differences tends to assist nonsynesthetes in the same tasks where the lack of synesthetic color differences assists synesthetes.
C. (C) The presence of synesthetic color differences tends to assist synesthetics in the same tasks where the presence of real color differences hinders nonsynesthetes.
D. (D) The lack of synesthetic color differences tends to hinder nonsynesthetes in the same tasks where the presence of real color differences assists synesthetes.
E. (E) The presence of real color differences tends to assist synesthetes in the same tasks where the lack of synesthetic color differences hinders nonsynesthetes.

[单项选择]Since our research so far has not produced any answers to this problem, we need adopt a different ______ to it.
A. approach
B. way
C. means
D. method

[单项选择]The research led by Felix Warneken has proved that ______.

[单项选择]Research on friendship has demonstrated that ______.
A. every student has five to six friends
B. judges are always influenced by a pretty face
C. ugly people find it harder to make friends than beautiful people
D. we tend to grow fond of people if we dislike them at first sight

[单项选择]The research institute has recruited 25 university graduates ______ in science.
A. majored
B. majoring
C. having majored
D. have majored

[单项选择]Previous research has established the lupine wolf as the ------- of the modern canine, but when and where humans first domesticated the former into the latter remains unclear.
A. (A) competitor
B. (B) ally
C. (C) scion
D. (D) prey
E. (E) progenitor

[单项选择]The history of cancer research has shown that
A. miracle cancer drugs often turn up unexpectedly.
B. the mass media can wore wonders.
C. curing cancers in mice is much easier than in humans.
D. animals and humans are similar in behaviour.

[单项选择]Medical research has shown that the widespread of use of cigarettes contributes ______the increase of cancers.
A. towards
B. for
C. with
D. to

[单项选择]This research has attracted wide coverage in the ______ and has featured on BBC television's Tomorrow's World.
A. message
B. source
C. media
D. data

[单项选择]Much research has been done on interviews in general _____.

[单项选择]Our research has not shown us anything so far, so there is little ______ to continue with it.
A. impatience
B. incentive
C. impulse
D. initiative

[单项选择]Research has shown that ______.
A. Dropouts are substantially below Ph. D. s in financial attainment
B. the incentive factor is a minor one in regard to pursuing Ph. D. studies
C. the Ph. D. candidate is likely to change his field of specialization if he drops out
D. about one-third of those who start Ph. D. work do not complete the work to earn the degree