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The reliable production of usable energy through the controlled fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium remains an elusive dream: even the most ardent efforts to achieve it have thus far been _____________.
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The television network seems to regard its longest-running comedy show as _____________, keeping it in the schedule even as the humor it churns out is notoriously hit-or-miss.
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Science is a seemingly inexhaustible source of _____________, yet paradoxically scientists have been portrayed in recent decades as rather conservative—resisting innovation in their discipline sometimes to the point of dogmatism.
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The novel`s heroine shows a remarkable (i) _____________ to worship at the altar of youth; in her world, youth is (ii) _____________ , while age, by contrast, confers competence and wisdom.
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Defying expectation, the electorate seems poised to (i) _____________ a number of political tenets so (ii) _____________ that they are often paraded as fact.
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In the solar system, collisions involving cosmic objects are among the most _____________ processes shaping surfaces: images of many solar system objects show a proliferation of impact craters formed throughout the past 4.5 billion years.
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Select the sentence that describes the evidence from which the argument derives an explanation of a phenomenon.
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According to the passage, which of the following details regarding the lotus-shaped ewer supports the claim of the "other authorities" about the dating of that ewer?
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Which of the following issues would it be most helpful to resolve in order to choose between the two explanation offered?
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The author suggests which of the following about motivated reasoning?
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Which of the following is an assumption on which the editorial's argument depends?
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Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
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According to the passage, the source of the “compelling vision" and “inspiring political rhetoric" was
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Which of the following conclusions regarding royal proclamations can reasonably be drawn from the passage?
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Which of the following most logically completes the argument?
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The passage indicates that in contrast to the works of Simms, the works of Melville and of Poe
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According to the passage, scholars have not given sensationalism serious consideration because they believe sensationalism
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In the argument given, the two highlighted portions play which of the following roles?
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It can be inferred that the author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the Bill of Rights?
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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