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Instrumental leaders attempt to minimize tension and conflict.

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Instrumental leaders attempt to minimize tension and conflict.

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Instrumental leaders cultivate a more personal relationship.

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Instrumental leaders emphasize the completion of tasks.

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Instrumental leaders may enjoy a more distant respect.

[单项选择]What accounts for the heightened political tension in Zimbabwe now（　）.
A. Global economic crisis.
B. External intervention.
C. Suppression of opposition leaders.
D. Military rebellions.

[填空题]Organic agriculture helps to minimize the greenhouse effect and global warming through its ability to ______.

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Business and government leaders also consider the inflation rate to be an important general indicator. Inflation is a period of increased spending that causes rapid rises in prices. (51) your money buys fewer goods so that you get (52) for the same amount of money as before, inflation is the problem. There is a general rise (53) the price of goods and services. Your money buys less. Sometimes people describe inflation as a time when "a dollar is not worth a dollar anymore".
Inflation is a problem for all consumers. People who live on a fixed income are hurt the (54) . Retired people, for instance, cannot count on an increase in income as prices rise. Elderly people who do not work face serious problems in stretching their incomes to (55) their needs in time of inflation. Retirement income (56) any fixed income usually does not rise as fast as pri
A. live up to
B. catch up on
C. put up with
D. keep up with