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Alan Turing was one of the leading scientific geniuses of the 20th century. Many scholars consider him the father of modern computer science. He was also the man who cracked the ______ uncrackable Enigma code used by Nazi Germany. His code-breaking turned the tide of World War II and helped save two million lives.
(A) eventually
(B) precisely
(C) concernedly
(D) supposedly
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Turing displayed signs of high intelligence in math and science at a young age. By the time he was 23, he had already come up with the idea of what ______ the modern computer-the Turing machine.
(A) would become
(B) should become
(C) could have become
(D) had become
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He was gay, which was then a crime in Britain. ______ being hailed as one of the crucial figures in defeating the Nazis, Turing was convicted of “gross indecency.”
(A) Because of
(B) Instead of
(C) In addition to
(D) With respect to
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This ______ drove him to commit suicide in 1954, at the age of 41. Nearly 60 years after his death, Queen Elizabeth II granted Turing a formal pardon for his conviction, upon an online petition signed by prominent scientists and technology leaders around the world.
(A) compromise
(B) procession
(C) humiliation
(D) supplement
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The Great Sphinx in the Giza desert is a mythological creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human being. This monumental ______ is often regarded as a national symbol of Egypt, having guarded the famous Egyptian pyramids for 4,000 years.
(A) movable (B) installed (C) diversified (D) problem (E) aged (F) planning (G) measured (H) constructing (I) exact (J) deteriorating (K) statue (L) religious
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Nevertheless, the stone creature does not look like it did 4,000 years ago; wind, water, pollution, and human contact have slowly ______ the rock.
(A) movable (B) installed (C) diversified (D) problem (E) aged (F) planning (G) measured (H) constructing (I) exact (J) deteriorating (K) statue (L) religious
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Scientists are now trying to restore it. They not only want it to look like it did when it was first built but also are looking for ways to keep it from ______ more than it has.
(A) movable (B) installed (C) diversified (D) problem (E) aged (F) planning (G) measured (H) constructing (I) exact (J) deteriorating (K) statue (L) religious
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Fixing the Sphinx, however, is not an easy job. It takes several years of ______ before the work begins.
(A) movable (B) installed (C) diversified (D) problem (E) aged (F) planning (G) measured (H) constructing (I) exact (J) deteriorating (K) statue (L) religious
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Each stone in the Sphinx is carefully ______. Scientists use computers to help figure out the size and shape of each stone.
(A) movable (B) installed (C) diversified (D) problem (E) aged (F) planning (G) measured (H) constructing (I) exact (J) deteriorating (K) statue (L) religious
