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Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.
1. Because she took the test with such speed, she made several silly mistakes.
2. Her anniversary had a quality that made it important because it was also her birthday.
3. Though the smallest basic units in
ice and steam are similar, their shapes are different.
4. They began the ceremony at 9:00 in the evening.
5. The closeness in space of her office is only a short distance from mine.
6. He could sleep late that day or get up early and start his work. He chose the second choice.
7. The noises on the computer sounded like they were made to sound like real ones.
8. Please judge the quality of his proposal before we decide to meet with him.
9. The best cure for a slightly injured foot is putting ice on it.
10. Most of the advertisements on TV are related to the development of drugs commercials.
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Famous Accident
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One of the greatest
pharmaceutical discoveries happened by accident. In his
haste to
go on vacation, Alexander Fleming had left his laboratory in a mess. The
essence of his
ongoing work involved a type of bacteria. An infection caused by the bacteria was often
terminal, and he was looking for a
remedy. He had left the bacteria out while he was away.
When
he returned from vacation, he found that his lab was covered in fungus. He started
cleaning up the mess. While he was cleaning, he had an
impulse to examine the fungus. He
saw that whenever the fungus was in close
proximity to the bacteria, the bacteria died.
Though
he was a messy scientist, his experiments were
precise. He thought that there
might be some
significance to the fungus.
He immediately commenced an experiment to
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