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Traditional Chinese medical practices include ______ remedies, which use plants, plant parts, or a mixture of these to prevent or cure diseases.
(A) herbal
(B) frantic
(C) magnetic
(D) descriptive

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France, home to such major fashion houses as Chanel, Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent, has joined Italy, Spain, and Israel in adopting laws against super-skinny models on catwalks or in ads. The French government has passed a bill that will ______ the use of excessively skinny models. Modeling agencies violating the law can receive a fine of up to US$81,000, with up to six months in jail for staff involved.
(A) forecast
(B) represent
(C) criminalize
(D) distinguish

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According to French officials, the measure aims to ______ the glorification of dangerously thin models.
(A) put up with
(B) crack down on
(C) give in to
(D) look out for

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Under the approved legislation, models will have to present a medical ______ that proves they are healthy before being allowed to work in the fashion industry.
(A) coverage
(B) certificate
(C) operation
(D) prescription

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Moreover, they will be ______ regular weight checks. Modeling agencies will have to produce a medical report showing that their models have maintained a certain body mass-to-height ratio.
(A) subject to
(B) accustomed to
(C) blessed with
(D) familiar with

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Modeling agencies will have to produce a medical report showing that their models have maintained a ______ body mass-to-height ratio. This bill is expected to change young women’s view on the ideal female form.
(A) healthy
(B) pleasant
(C) frequent
(D) distinctive

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Enzymes can either launch a reaction or speed it up. In the absence of enzymes, reactants may take hundreds of years to convert into a usable product, if they are able to do so ______.
(A) at all
(B) at hand
(C) at first
(D) at ease

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In 1902 Sir Archibald Garrod was the first to attribute a ______ to an enzyme defect, which he later referred to as an “inborn error of metabolism.” Today, newborns are routinely screened for certain enzyme defects such as PKU and galactosemia.
(A) disease
(B) balance
(C) measure
(D) statement

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Hundreds of years ago, a savory idea-called the century egg-was hatched in rural China. As the story goes, a farmer found naturally preserved duck eggs in a muddy pool of water and slaked lime. After surviving a tasting, he set out to replicate them manually, resulting in a ______ that would endure for centuries as a comfort food in Hong Kong, China and parts of Southeast Asia.
(A) provokes (B) exotic (C) delicacy (D) dates back (E) refreshed (F) implies (G) appetizing (H) mixture (I) goes by (J) unchanged (K) challenge (L) favor

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Though details of the century egg’s discovery are undocumented, scientists estimate that it ______ more than 500 years to the Ming Dynasty.
(A) provokes (B) exotic (C) delicacy (D) dates back (E) refreshed (F) implies (G) appetizing (H) mixture (I) goes by (J) unchanged (K) challenge (L) favor