2 blank text completion

[exploregre]

1. His writing in the New York Times provoked a lot of feedback, much of it suggesting that he had been far too____(i)________ that while the situation may be grim, it’s not ____(ii)________ and that the last thing scientists should do is to stop looking for ways to keep recalcitrant weed alive.
 
 
(i)  apocalyptic , dire , villainous
(ii) pessimistic , panglossian ,  long-lasting
 
2.The strategy to employ surrogate for warranting the efficiency of the new HIV medicine is clever, but also ____________: the surrogate’s body system is quite _____________ dynamic human body consisting of unique DNA.
 
(i) little bit tenacious ,craftily manipulated , quite challenging
(ii) paralleled with, dissimilar to, contingent on
 
 
answers:

1.b,d  2. c,e

 

 

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[Yetanotherdegree]

These are awful! You are missing things like articles and other basic features of English grammar.

[obviousbicycle]

wait what? I don't get it.

[exploregre]

@ Yetanotherdegree

 

Hey thanks for your feedback, by the way, these are taken from Newyorker.com, and hope that grammar is not issue here.

Edited August 25, 2013 by exploregre