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1.There are two versions of how Pakistan got its name, both true. The original is the more p_____.

巴基斯坦如何得名有兩種版本，都是真實的。最初的那個版本比較平淡一些。

2.A further proposal, to cut the salaries of senior public managers by 25%, has caused both anger and m_____.

面對將高級公共經理的薪資削減25%的新提案，有人憤怒，有人歡喜。

3.The extent to which Iraqi exports have steadied oil prices v_____ the cash-strapped and sanctions-crippled regime next door.

伊拉克出口穩定油價的作用之大，令囊中羞澀且被制裁掣肘的鄰國惱火不已。

4.Legal conferences can be s_____, especially in China, and a scholar from Beijing duly set the tone by asserting that "order is important in the market."

法律會議，特別是中國的法律會議，往往讓人昏昏欲睡。不出所料，一位來自北京的學者聲稱「在市場中秩序很重要」，為議定下了基調。

5.Even some of those who recoil at her x_____ turn out to loathe the world of finance even more.

甚至有些人本不喜歡她的仇外，到頭來卻對金融界更加憎惡。

6.The charges against the childless should be thrown out, along with other social c_____.

針對「無後」的指控應當和其他流言蜚語一樣被摒棄。

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