11. A hypothesis must not only account for what we already know, but it must also be ________ by continued observation.
7 m! _, C: C% \: e( M4 y% l+ C (A) refuted ' Z3 A- o# r, o. w3 m
(B) interrupted P) ~+ f- l: }1 G9 B! b* d
(C) verified
3 D; \$ I5 B% H% e( \* r6 M' { (D) discredited
+ M: ~( G8 s% O$ u& E (E) outmoded
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6 v6 x* L6 o" H6 o) `% K+ g) Y7 Z, A12. A journalist rather than a scholar, Mr. Cose seems nevertheless to be ________ most of the serious studies relevant to his topic. " e7 l; S" D( [% y" ?9 x
(A) overawed by
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(C) associated with
/ t% B; d9 ?: g1 E- A (D) wearied by 2 k+ |" x3 T/ r. y, y) o) ~0 T/ [- a( E
(E) familiar with
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& g! Q n; I; p" g5 @13. A leading philosopher of our time, Ludwig Wittgenstein, laid down a ________ to which good historians ________ : " Of that of which nothing is known nothing can be said." " ?6 y n$ s# `( N' Q
(A) burden ... protest
8 _$ ~. q" P3 K0 m" H, N5 Q6 Q (B) law ... amend
4 t% \" D4 W' I2 n (C) rule ... adhere
! d6 d, ~5 c/ t6 i1 u/ _# R# L! y (D) maxim ... succumb " E5 \7 ^. R& l3 W6 A
(E) weapon ... surrender
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6 D' y- [) f* @. O14. A major outbreak of food poisoning in 1993 underlined the serious ________ in the then-current system of food inspection.
- H: l; D% J7 u (A) expectations 0 G0 _# O& L! D5 a
(B) innovations
8 ^: x1 T8 |9 n0 E( ~" B8 P' P& |" d (C) objectivity + [8 D3 R1 U+ b$ g: f
(D) deficiencies
+ F) ?1 v% }5 Z& d% w# P (E) uniformity
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2 U+ a* x7 ]; ]* v% T+ R15. A man incapable of ________ action, he never had an opinion about something that he had not worked up beforehand, fashioning it with lengthy care.
X4 U1 o! |$ C% } Y, S) f (A) premeditated 1 L9 g) s% F+ l& V! C2 u
(B) coherent % o/ P5 [3 V% C% x; r
(C) spontaneous
1 d5 X& H( @' E& u- n* B (D) calculated 3 {/ B* ~) R/ p9 R' S
(E) self-conscious
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