[meruchi]

1)The technical know-how, if not the political
-------, appears already at hand to feed the
world’s exploding population and so to -------
at least the ancient scourges of malnutrition and
famine.
(A) will. .weaken
(B) expertise. .articulate
(C) doubt. .banish
(D) power. .denounce
(E) commitment. .eradicate

SPOILER: d

2)In small farming communities, accident victims
rarely sue or demand compensation: transforming
a personal injury into a ------- someone else is
viewed as an attempt to ------- responsibility for
one's own actions.
(A) conspiracy against. .assume
(B) claim against. .elude
(C) boon for. .minimize
(D) distinction for. .shift
(E) trauma for. .proclaim

SPOILER: c

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3)Dominant interests often benefit most from
------- of governmental interference in business,
since they are able to take care of themselves if
left alone.
(A) intensification
(B) authorization
(C) centralization
(D) improvisation
(E) elimination

SPOILER: c