“Ourlifeis______awaybydetail.Simplify,simplify.”ThatdictumofHenryDavidThoreau's,echoingfromthedaysofsteamboatsandox-drawnplows,hadlonghauntedme. A: frittered B: quenched C: reproached D: scouted

I gave the letter to the local press and they ______ from it. A: quit B: quoted C: qualified D: quenched

In the as-quenched state, martensite is very hard and so brittle that a heat treatment known as_________must be accomplished sequently. A: normalizing B: annealing C: tempering D: austempering