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[单项选择]In refuting the alarmists, the author advances his argument by first challenging ______.
A. the source and amount of their data
B. the targets of their observation
C. the system of measurement
D. their definition of violence
[单项选择]The author uses the term "Ironically" in line 29 to indicate that a weather map's appearance
A. ( is not important to newspaper publishers
B. ( does not always indicate how much information it provides
C. ( reflects how informative a newspaper can be
D. ( often can improve newspaper sales
[单项选择]The term "abate" in Line 9, Para. 2 possibly means ______.
A. vanish
B. terminate
C. fall
D. flourish
[单项选择]The term" parochialism" (Line 3, Para. 3 ) most possibly means ______.
A. open-mindedness
B. provincialism
C. superiority
D. discrimination
[单项选择]The term "subjects" (line 7, para. 3) refers to ______.
A. waves
B. dreams
C. volunteers
D. instruments
[单项选择]What does the term "tidy" in Line 3, Para. 5 possibly mean
A. neat and orderly.
B. substantial and considerable.
C. adequate and valuable.
D. minute.
[单项选择]What does the term "dog" in Line 3, Para. 1 most possibly mean
A. Punish.
B. Protest against.
C. Follow closely and bother.
D. Safeguard and protect.
[单项选择]What does the term "furiously" (Line 1, Para. 8) possibly mean
A. Irrationally.
B. Angrily.
C. Vigorously.
D. Desperately.
[单项选择]The term "brick and mortar banks" (Line 3, Para. 2) refers to ______.
A. banks with dependable reputations
B. banks with competitive interest rates
C. hanks with traditional walk in services
D. banks with reliable on-line services
[单项选择]The author uses the term preadaptation to describe traits that______.
A. were useful to earlier human beings but have since lost their utility
B. appeared in response to the need to learn a natural language and the use of tools
C. humans currently exhibit but that developed in response to conditions of an earlier age
D. are disadvantageous to creatures whose way of life is primarily technical and social
[单项选择]The author uses the term "common ground of understanding" to refer to _____________.
[单项选择]The author uses the term "presymbolic language" to mean probably ______.
A. language used in accurate reports
B. language that lacks an elaborate grammatical structure
C. language that our ancestors use prehistorically
D. language that is of little informative value
[单项选择]The passage uses the term "vegetative forms" to refer to ______.
A. plants that infest human habitations
B. the fact that bacteria are really vegetables
C. the growing stage of the bacteria as opposed to the dormant stage
D. the difficulty in classifying the . types of bacteria
