1. We have no alternative        than to follow the sense of our own experence.

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ⓐ other	ⓑ rather	ⓒ more	ⓓ better	ⓔ more

2. The changes in the organization were so gradual that they seemed almost        .

ⓐ hasty	ⓑ spontaneous	ⓒ imperceptible	ⓓ distorted	ⓔ omitted

3. John was bright but lazy and because of his        was never promoted to senior partner.

ⓐ novelty	ⓑ perjury	ⓒ zeal	ⓓ indemnity	ⓔ indolence

4. He is very        and can speak on the telephone for hours.

ⓐ flighty	ⓑ pertinent	ⓒ taciturn	ⓓ talkative	ⓔbrusque

5. The number of manufactures of those goods is increasing and competition is        .

ⓐ exciting	ⓑ slack	ⓒ keen	ⓓ direct	ⓔswift

6. I didn't know the words to the song, so I could only        the tune while the other sang.

ⓐ hum	ⓑ mutter	ⓒ whine	ⓓ hiss	ⓔ whistle

7. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions; indeed, we almost have a natural           doing so.

ⓐ repugnance to	ⓑ aptitude for	ⓒ ignorance of	ⓓ reaction after	ⓔinterest in

8. Judging by the        of new talent of Broadway and the large number of revivals, we may assume that the era of the American musical is over.

ⓐ temerity	ⓑ versatility	ⓒ laxity	ⓓ verbosity	ⓔpaucity

9. The public generally looks at extramarital affairs as a disturbing but        they've seen among friends, neighbors, maybe even engaged in themselves.

ⓐ ununderstandable matter	ⓑ all too common practice	ⓒ unconstitutional crime

ⓓ heavily criticized fault	ⓔ extremely anti-social behavior

10. Her acceptance speech was        , eliciting thunderous applause at several points.

ⓐ tedious	ⓑ well-received	ⓒ cowardly	ⓓ uninteresting	ⓔ poorly written

11. In the seventeenth century, direct flouting of a generally accepted system of values was regarded as         , even as a sign of madness.

ⓐ adventurous	ⓑ frivolous	ⓒ impermissible	ⓓ irrational	ⓔ willful

12. In many censuses, the interviewer asks if each interviewee can read and write in order to find out what proportion of the population is     .

ⓐemployed	ⓑaged	ⓒmarried	ⓓin school	ⓔilliterate

13. Although leprosy is not a highly contagious disease, those who have contracted it have always been pariahs and        by others.

ⓐ ostracized	ⓑ accepted	ⓒ sheltered	ⓓ admonished	ⓔ lauded

14. Psychologists agree that human beings have a strong need to        their time; having too much idle time can be as stressful as having none at all.

ⓐ threaten	ⓑannihilate	ⓒ structure	ⓓpunctuate	ⓔremand

15. Although the novel was not well written, it was such an exciting story that I was completely        and could not put it down.

ⓐ disenchanted	ⓑ enthralled	ⓒ indecisive	ⓓ disgruntled	ⓔ skeptical

16. According to recent studies, prices in supermarkets are considerably higher in the inner city, thus        the poor who receive assistance to buy the food.

ⓐ reprimanding	ⓑ intimidating	ⓒ alleviating	ⓓ assuaging	ⓔexploiting

17. Cigarette smoking in the United States by high school seniors has actually dropped since 1975,       to general belief.

ⓐ proportional	ⓑ contrary	ⓒ according	ⓓ true	ⓔdue

18. Today educators don't so much teach children as sort them by performance for easy        into high schools, universities and ultimately the workforce.

ⓐ degradation	ⓑ gratification	ⓒ integration	ⓓ gravitation	ⓔ attestation

19. For decades, tightly woven families, Confucian traditions and homogeneous society allowed the        country to rise from the ashes of World War Ⅱ.

ⓐ afflunet	ⓑ destitute	ⓒ remote	ⓓ prodigal	ⓔ independent

20. The ability to compose music depends on a solid background in theory, but the musical talent is essentially              and cannot be taught.

ⓐ destroyed	ⓑ experienced	ⓒ innate	ⓓ forgotten	ⓔ assured

21. Although there are more female students at the college than male students, the women seem to have a(n)                influence on the student government.

ⓐ enormous	ⓑ negligible	ⓒ productive	ⓓ venerable	ⓔ active

22. Since the actor who played the lead was somewhat        the property manager had to let out the costumes and have the furniture used in the production reinforced.

ⓐ winsome	ⓑ virulent	ⓒ fragile	ⓓ corpulent	ⓔ flirtatious

23. In the Greek City State, for the first time, the idea was formulated that a man should govern himself under law, and that he should not be a subject but a         citizen.

ⓐ courageous	ⓑ frugal	ⓒ free	ⓓwealthy

24. Security forces moved in to protect government building in Algeria as furious protesters blamed authorities for the high      in

the country's worst flood for 40 years.

ⓐ corruption rate	ⓑ growth of the population	ⓒ tendency to use arms

ⓓ frequency of revolution	ⓔ death toll

25. The unexplained murder of separatist leader Theys Eluay sparked unrest in the province of Papus, formerly known as Iran Jaya, as        grew of involvement by the indonesian military.

ⓐ murder	ⓑ explanation	ⓒ suspicion	ⓓ fire	ⓔ demonstration

26. The dispute came to court in October, where the judge ordered both sides to reach a(n)        , against the expectations of both parties who equally felt they could defeat each other.

ⓐ appeal to High Court	ⓑ unanimous decision	ⓒ pending judgement	`

ⓓ amicable settlement	ⓔ unilateral concession

27. Along with the possibility of the extinction of mankind by nuclear war, the central problem of our age has therefore become the        of man's total environment with such substances of incredible potential for harm.

ⓐ change	ⓑ contamination	ⓒ preservation	ⓓ consumption

28. During the remaining short period of his life, the prisoner maintained a sullen and obstinate silence; he expressed no        for his crime; nor evinced the least desire to see any member of his family.

ⓐ contrition	ⓑ wonder	ⓒ compliment	ⓓ celebration	ⓔ burrow

29. The more things a man is interested in, the more opportunities of happiness he has, and        he is at the mercy of fate, since if he loses one thing he can fall back upon        .

ⓐ the more - two  ⓑ so - more	ⓒ the less - another ⓓ thus - either

30. While it's true that the economy is much bigger than it's ever been and we are far wealthier than we've ever been as a country, it's not necessarily        for the typical family.

ⓐ the anomaly	ⓑ the matter	ⓒ the falsity	ⓓ the case	ⓔ the exception

31. Richard Seed, a Chicago physicist, who provoked controversy earlier this year by announcing plans to clone humans, says the first person he will try to        is himself.

ⓐ imitate	ⓑ civilize	ⓒ cultivate	ⓓ extinguish	ⓔ copy

32. Rampant public corruption continues to plague many developing nations, weakening democratic institutions,

economic growth and deepening poverty.

ⓐ leading	ⓑ stimulating	ⓒ accentuating	ⓓ stifling	ⓔ inspiring

33. In the ever increasingly cruel society today, one can easily verify its        process within the material affluence and utilitarian convenience.

ⓐ flourishing	ⓑ dehumanizing	ⓒ clarifying	ⓓ visualizing	ⓔ socializing

34. While the flash points of Korea and Cambodia are tending toward relative relaxation, the nuclear tests of India and Pakistan have brought new        factors to the security in the region.

ⓐ viable	ⓑ mutual	ⓒ stationary	ⓓ affirmative	ⓔ unstable

35. One reason the computer revolution is so exciting is that it represents authentic history being made in our lifetimes, not another anniversary of something big that we        .

ⓐ detested	ⓑ enjoyed	ⓒ located	ⓓ missed	ⓔ quitted

36. Doctors who help patients end their live frequently fail to consult with another physician and sometimes don't even involve the patient int their decision, a new study of        has found

ⓐ diabetes	ⓑ migraine	ⓒ euthanasia	ⓓ stroke	ⓔ insomnia

37. The nineteenth century witnessed contrasts among the rates of economic development of different regions of the world; while some countries made rapid        in development, large areas of the world remained in conditions of relative economic stagnation, of the world remained in conditions of relative economic stagnation.

ⓐ debts	ⓑ changes	ⓒ measures	ⓓ sacrifices	ⓔ strides

38. Self-motivation, empathy, and optimism are all factors that make up emotional intelligence and, if you score high in those ares you're bound to lead a healthier, happier life than those who are not as        .

ⓐ morally right	ⓑ emotionally skilled	ⓒ physically strong

ⓓ intellectually experienced	ⓔ psychologically immature

39. Husbands and wives teach each other and learn from each other. Many of the troubles and misunderstandings of married life are caused because they forget this. Husbands and wives should realize that they are not equally        in all things.

ⓐ partial	ⓑ unable	ⓒ profound	ⓓ compound	ⓔ competent

40. The adventures of an atom of carbon, for instance, inside a human body are striking enough - coming into our system perhaps in a grain of starch in bread, circulating through the body as part of one of millions of molecules of sugar dissolved in the blood, used as fuel by one of our muscles when it contracts, getting back into the blood as part of molecule of dissolved carbon dioxide, and finally        from our lungs as carbonic acid gas.

ⓐ discharged	ⓑ absorbed	ⓒ converted	ⓓ dissolved