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11-6. Galaxy Zoo set a standard for citizen-scientist participation project. Zealous volunteers (i) _the projects organizers by classifying an entire catalog of galaxies years ahead of schedule.(ii) _by the (iii) _of the volunteers, Galaxy Zoo team was inspired to pursue lines of research they had never even imagined.Blank(i)Blank(ii)Blank(iii)A. beguiled D. baffledG. insoucianceB. forestalled E. buoyed H. stoicismC. astonishedF. embarrassed I. alacrity 27-1.Since many African farmers face a soil fertility problem, providing funding for fertilizer seems_; closer examination of the data raises some troubling questions, however.A.imprudentB.expensiveC.unimpeachableD.modernE.Worrisome28-6. The journey to (i), when it starts from a vantage as (ii)as Dunsanys, is often as(iii)as the path to glory. How did a writer of such talent and renown wind up nearly forgotten?Blank(i)Blank(ii)Blank(iii)A. obscurity D. eminentG. unfathomable B. normalcy E. reactionary H. cyclical C. genius F. egalitarian I. mundane 30-4. The benefits offered by information technology do not (i)_the need for individual reasoning; for example, Internet user should not allow the reasoning process to be (ii)_the mere accumulation raw data.Blank(i)Blank(ii)A. disguiseD. preceded byB. signalE. supplemented withC. diminishF. supplanted by32-4.The mood of the times is no longer one of (i)_over our scientific achievements. Doubts and worries beset technical and scientific specialist, as well as the public at large. I do not consider such worries (ii)_, though they are often based on intuitive feeling rather than on strictly logical arguments.Blank(i)Blank(ii)A. widening skepticismD. unfoundedB. uncritical joyE. sacrosanctC. false humilityF. foreordained32-10.An apparent paradox led the scientists to pursue their present line of research. They were struck by the fact that a single mathematics formula can be used to describe physical phenomena that appear to be so_.A.rudimentaryB.interdependentC.interrelatedD.complexE.heterogeneousF.dissimilar36-5.There are two opposing theories about mountain formation and climate over the past 40 million years: either the surge of mountain building (i)_the global cooling or vice versa. The first of these two theories asserts that widespread mountain building cooled (ii)_mountains and climate. For example, mountain glaciers tent to be (iii)_: once established, they increase the reflectivity of the surface, thus lowering temperatures and allowing more ice to form.Blank(i)Blank(ii)Blank(iii)A. supersededD. disparity betweenG. unpredictableB. haltedE. feedback betweenH. staticC. causedF. complexity ofI. self-perpetuating38-5. The building affairs minister rightly recognizes that the current planning systemunder which the government controls every aspect of constructioncreates disastrous developments, but she is wrong to propose the opposite: the wholesale (i) _of the building market. Such a complete (ii) _of responsibility on the part of the state can hardly be in the publics interest.Blank(i)Blank(ii)A. liberalizationD. abnegationB. preservationE. recapitulationC. regulationF. accretion41-9. For certain economists, “pure” economic theory, that is, economic theory_a specific social structure, is impossible, much like a concept of anatomy that investigates no specific species.A.attuned toB.abstracted fromC.derived fromD.divorced fromE.sensitive toF.analyzed in48-8.During the eighteenth century, improvements in their material circumstances did not necessarily mean expanded independence for women elite families and, arguably, the social conventions of gentility_more of their time and energy.A.providedB.justifiedC.demandedD.grantedE.exactedF. rationalized63-3. Throughout much of the twentieth century, common scientific sense seemed to dictate that animals could not make a choice based on radical or aesthetic criteria. Such choices were (i) _the mental capacity of humans. Scientists who (ii)_this animal-human cognitive divided were often accused of anthropomorphism.Blank(i)Blank(ii)A. reserved forD. acceptedB. inconsistent withE. transgressedC. similar toF. exacerbated63-8.In a field of egotists, Bloomfield is_, often praising her competitors and punctuating her correspondence with self-deprecating remarks.A.unassumingB.complimentaryC.acerbicD.ingenuousE.cuttingF.modest81-6. Those who took Clarks old-mannered compliance for obsequiousness (i)_ him: his apparent (ii)_ veiled a fervent (iii)_ of the authority that others exercised over him, one that he occasionally expressed by discreetly sabotaging their most important projects.Blank (i)Blank (ii)Blank (iii)A. misconstrued D. cynicism G. veneration B. condemned E. acquiescence H. justification C. respected