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Lesson 1 Vocabulary A 1. There has been much opposition from some social groups, ( ) from the farming community. A. straightforwardly B. notably C. virtually D. exceptionally 2. The ( ) view in Britain and other Western countries associates aging with decline, dependency, isolation, and often poverty. A. predominant B. credulous C. inclusive D. sustainable 3. But gifts such as these cannot be awarded to everybody, either by judges or by the most ( ) of governments. A. tough B. demanding C. diverse D. benign 4. The foreman read the ( ) of guilty fourteen times, one for each defendant. A. prejudice B. verification C. verdict D. punishment 5. They fear it could have an ( ) effect on global financial markets. A. sizeable B. adverse C. beneficial D. consequential 6. The UN threatened to ( ) economic sanctions if the talks were broken off. A. engage B. pursue C. abandon D. invoke 7. There are at least four crucial differences between the new ( ) and the old government. A. regime B. hegemony C. complex D. federation 8. These questions ( ) a challenge to established attitude of superiority toward the outside world. A. evolve B. constitute C. tolerate D. aroused 9. Because of this, a strong administrative ( ) was needed to plan the use of scarce resources , organize production and regulate distribution. A. apparatus B. constitution C. insistence D. extinct 10. I learnt that there are no genuinely ( ) animals in this area, all the animals were brought here from other places. A. endangered B. domesticated C. indigenous D. extinct B The book concludes with a review of the possible impact of more intimate computers, for good or ill, in various areas of human life. Moreover, it had become clear from the opinion polls that the unpopularity of the new tax was being laid at the door of the government which had introduced it, rather than the local authorities who were responsible f