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The interviewees were trying very hard to ______ the interviewers that they were very capable and should be given the job.
(A) credit
(B) impress
(C) relieve
(D) acquire

After the first snow of the year， the entire grassland disappeared under a ______ of snow.
(A) flake
(B) blossom
(C) blanket
(D) flash

Peter likes books with wide ______， which provide him with enough space to write notes.
(A) angles
(B) margins
(C) exceptions
(D) limitations

At the beginning of the semester， the teacher told the students that late assignments would receive a low grade as a ______.
(A) hardship
(B) comment
(C) bargain
(D) penalty

Various studies have been ______ in this hospital to explore the link between a high-fat diet and cancer.
(A) conducted
(B) confirmed
(C) implied
(D) improved

Intense， fast-moving fires raged across much of California last week. The ______ firestorm has claimed the lives of thirty people.
(A) efficient
(B) reliable
(C) massive
(D) adequate

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It is believed that taking breaks from a problem can help ___17___ a moment of insight or stimulate new ideas.
(A) spark
(B) carve
(C) drill
(D) grind

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That is why some of the most successful companies in the world， such as 3M and Google， encourage their employees to ___18___ all sorts of relaxing activities， such as playing pinball and wandering about the campus.
(A) refer to
(B) answer for
(C) take part in
(D) put up with

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Another way to increase creativity is to take risks. This is because many breakthroughs come up when people venture ___20___ their usual routines or areas of expertise.
(A) into
(B) without
(C) under
(D) beyond

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Matter of Trust， a nonprofit organization， has an innovative solution for removing the large-scale oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010， using the ultimate renewable ___22___: human hair， of which there is an unlimited supply.
(A) equipment
(B) ingredient
(C) product
(D) resource