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B[注释]本题考查动词短语的用法。COPING WITH是“处理”。[A]PICKING UP是“拾起”；[C]PASSING OUT是“昏倒；死”；[D]GETTING ACROSS是“使通过”。
[A]picking up
[B]coping with
[C]passing out
[D]getting across
29、Tom's mother tried hard to persuade him to from his intention to invest his savings in stock market.
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D
[注释]本题涉及动词短语及其搭配用法。BACK DOWN是“放弃”。[A]PULL OUT是“拔出，挖出”；[B]INTERRUPTION是“中断，打断”；[C]DRAW IN是“到站”。
[A]pull out
[B]give up
[C]draw in
[D]back down
30、An increasing proportion of our population, unable to live without advanced medical , will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology.
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C
[注释]本题考查词义辨析。INTERVENTION是“介入”。[A]INTERFERENCE“干涉，干预”，[B]INTERRUPTION是“中断，打断”；[D]INTERACTION是“相互作用”。
[A]interference
[B]interruption
[C]intervention
[D]interaction
31、These causes produced the great change in the country that modernized the of higher education from the mid-1860's to the mid-1880's.
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C
[注释]本题考查词义辨析。DOMAIN是“领域，范围”。[A]BRANCH是“分支”；[B]CATEGORY是“种类，目录”；[D]SCOPE是“范围（活动的）”。
[A]branch
[B]category
[C]domain
[D]scope
32、Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the in the financial system will drag down the economy.
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B
[注释]本题考查一般的词汇知识。SHAKINESS是“不稳定”。[A]SHALLOWNESS是“浅薄”；[C]SCANTINESS是“贫乏”；[D]STIFFNESS是“僵硬”。
[A]shallowness
[B]shakiness
[C]scantiness
[D]stiffness
33、Crisis would be the right term to describe the in many animal species.
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D
[注释]本题考查词义辨析。DECLINE是“减少，下降”。[A]MINIMIZATION是“缩到最小”；[B]RESTRICTION是“限制”；[C]DESCENT是“降下，下降”。
[A]minimization
[B]restriction
[C]descent
[D]decline
34、The city is an important railroad and industrial and convention center.
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C
[注释]本题考查词义辨析。JUNCTION是“交叉点”。[A]CONJUNCTION是“结合，联合”；[B]NETWORK“网络”；[D]LINK“连接，环节”。
[A]conjunction
[B]network
[C]junction
[D]link
35、Prof. White, my respected tutor, frequently reminds me to myself of every chance to improve my English.
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C
[注释]本题考查词义搭配。AVAIL OF是“利用”。[A]ASSURE是“使确信，向……保证”；[B]INFORM是“告诉，通知”；[D]NOTIFY“通知”。
[A]assure
[B]inform
[C]avail
[D]notify
36、Researchers discovered that plants infected with a virus give off a gas that disease resistance in neighboring plants.
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