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1.Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being _______.

A) laid out

B) laid off

C) laid down

D) laid aside

2. Starting with the ________ that there is life on the planet Mars, the scientist

went on to develop his argument.?

A) premise

B) pretext

C) foundation

D) presentation

3. Cultural ________ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation to another.

A) translation

B) transition

C) transmission

D) transaction

4. The ________ of the scientific attitude is that the human mind can suceeed in understanding the universe.

A) essence

B) texture

C) content

D) threshold

5. In some countries, students are expected to be quiet and ________ in the classroom.

A) skeptical

B) faithful

C) obedient

D) subsidiary


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