【参考答案】：D
9. The maxim is so perfectly self ____ that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it.
A. accurate B. precise C. evident D. mature
【参考答案】：C
10. Albert Einstein’s ____ was stirred by the invisible force that guided the compass needle.
A. intelligent B. intellectual C. intellect D. intelligibility 【参考答案】：C
11. The corrupt mayor was finally _____ by the people.
A. unseated B. trapped C. released D. split 【参考答案】：A
12. The _____end of human acts is happiness in the sense of living well. A. original B. ultimate C. pressing D. vital 【参考答案】：B
13. There will be the visual images that I'm going to talk about in lecture, and that I will make _____ to you on the class's server.
A. comprehensible B. accessible C. understandable D. access 【参考答案】：B
14. The film star didn’t like the media _____into his past.
A. probing B. getting C. breaking D. coming 【参考答案】：A
15. Those great, imaginative thinkers looked deeply into the natural world, toward the very _____of life.
A. truth B. principle C. meaning D. essence 【参考答案】：D
16. Obama, however, continued to ______ a public campaign to press Republicans to pass his plan.
A. push over B. push to C. push for D. push in 【参考答案】：C
17. You’d better let me know as soon as there is a(n)____position in the branch office.
A. empty B. vacuum C. hollow D. vacant 【参考答案】：D
18. The company is facing a ______challenge in the next round of competition in the world market.
A. flexible B. consistent C. firm D. stiff 【参考答案】：D
19. A control over the population is _____to the sustainable development of China.
A. decisive B. crucial C. efficient D. offensive 【参考答案】：B
20. We take our skin for granted until it is burned ________ repair. A. beyond B. for C. without D. under 【参考答案】：A
21. The computer revolution may well change society as ______ as did the Industrial Revolution.
A. certainly B. insignificantly C. fundamentally D. comparatively 【参考答案】：C
22. A lot of ants are always invading my kitchen. They are a thorough ________.
A. nuisance B. trouble C. worry D. anxiety 【参考答案】：A
23. As we can no longer wait for the delivery of our order, we have to ________ it.
A. postpone B. refuse C. delay D. cancel
【参考答案】：D
24. Young people are not ________ to stand and look at works of art; they want art they can participate in.
A. conservative B. content C. confident D. generous 【参考答案】：B
25. Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is ________.
A. granted B. implied C. exaggerated D. remedied 【参考答案】：C
26. The clothes a person wears may express his ________ or social position.
A. curiosity B. status C. determination D. significance 【参考答案】：B
27. By law, when one makes a large purchase, he should have ________ opportunity to change his mind.
A. accurate B. urgent C. excessive D. adequate 【参考答案】：D