For me, the highlight of this past week's science news was the images (1) ........ back from the Curiosity rover
a. thrown b. shot c. beamed d. fired
c. beamed
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The evidence has been ........ as well, as various clay minerals and iron oxides have been identified through hyperspectral imagery.
a. swelling b. expanding c. increasing d. mounting
d. mounting
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Nonetheless, I suspect that the image of definitely water-lain (4) ........ made geologists very happy.
a. sediments b. dross c. grounds d. matter
sediments
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Nonetheless, I suspect that the image made the heart of more than one geologist (5) ........ a beat.
a. slip b. lose c. skip d. jump
c. skip
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You could argue that the scientific exploration of the extra-terrestrial is, at least (6) ........ part, a search for meaning: to position us within a larger cosmology.
a. with b. in c. at d. for
b. in
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So it should come as no surprise that scientific images of planetary surfaces have ........ inspiration to a range of artists from Galileo to Hepworth.
a. offered b. provided c. given d.made
b. provided
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Galileo's first sketches of the moon through a telescope are ........ beautiful.
a. totally b. doubtlessly c. surely d. truly
d. truly
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His (1) ..... talent was already clearly evident as a young man ORDINARY
extraordinary
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He survived a somewhat unconventional ..... during which his eccentric father would often force him to take music lessons in the middle of the night. BRING
upbringing
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Throughout the 1790s he worked hard to secure the interest of wealthy patrons. Such patronage ..... him to concentrate on becoming a successful composer. ABLE
enabled
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Whatever his awe-inspiring musical (5) ....., however, his personal life was something of a disaster. ACHIEVE
achievement
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His day-to-day (6) ..... with people invariably turned out to be rather turbulent. RELATE
relationships
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Although he apparently fell in love with a number of society women, the identity of the girl who lay closest to his heart remains ..... to this day. ELUDE
elusive
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He had to come to terms with the crushing realisation that his increasing deafness was ..... CURE
incurable
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1. Tom will get a real wake up [ ] when he enters the world of work after being at university
2. Many young men answered the [ ] to arms and signed up for the war.
3. That car nearly drove into us, it was a really close [ ]
call
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1. You’d be [ ] off if you put some money aside every month.
2. The guidelines for the office’s policy on [ ] practice are displayed in the folder.
3. Come on! You need to put your [ ] foot forward if you wan
