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The success of J.K. Rowling is ______, with her Harry Potter series making her a multi-millionaire in just a few years.
(A) eligible
(B) marginal
(C) confidential
(D) legendary

The high-tech company’s ______ earnings surely made its shareholders happy since they were getting a good return on their investment.
(A) robust
(B) solitary
(C) imperative
(D) terminal

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Have you been irritated by someone standing too close in line, talking too loud or making eye contact for too long? Or, they may have ______ you with the loud music from their earphones, or by taking up more than one seat on a crowded subway car. You feel unhappy because your personal space has been violated.
(A) offended
(B) controlled
(C) acquired
(D) supplied

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According to scientists, personal space involves certain invisible forces imposed on you through all the ______. For example, people may feel their space is being invaded when they experience an unwelcome sound, smell, or stare.
(A) angles
(B) events
(C) senses
(D) regions

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For instance, people often avoid eye contact with someone standing ______ them, or they pretend that these people are lifeless objects in their personal space.
(A) long before
(B) close to
(C) aside from
(D) soon after

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Given the opportunity, they may ______ to a corner, putting distance between themselves and strangers. Or, they may sit or stand equidistant from one another like birds on a wire.
(A) retreat
(B) explore
(C) dispense
(D) connect

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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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Nevertheless, ______ people have even heard his name.
(A) many
(B) some
(C) any
(D) few

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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