17. This salad dish ____ better if you use fresh herbs and garlic.
(A) will be tasting
(B) tastes
(C) would have tasted
(D) tasted

48. What is the problem with the transcription of musical notation in the past? (A)Some scribes copied clefs carelessly when duplicating music scores. (B)A clef carried too much information and was therefore needed to be rewritten. (C)Scribes invented new symbols to replace old ones during the process of transcription. (D)Clefs were abbreviated because the characters were too long to be written on music staves.

49. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? (A)The musical notation for pitch was invented after the 10th century. (B)How the representation of the bass clef has been evolved is detailed in the passage. (C)In the past, the deficiency of printing limited the precision of how clefs on music staves were duplicated. (D)With the position on a music staff unchanged, a note on the tenor clef has a higher pitch than that on the alto clef.

50. According to the passage, how many types of clefs are prevalent nowadays? (A)Three (B)Four (C)Five (D)Six

16. A buyer’s market is a market _____ sellers are so eager to sell that they offer very favorable terms to buyers. (A) which in (B) in where (C) in which (D) which

18. Kimberly Pinkala will become vice-president in charge of marketing when John Brock ____. (A) will retire (B) retires (C) retired (D) will be retiring

19. ____ most people at work, David has a degree in computer science. (A) Likely (B) Likewise (C) Alike (D) Like

複選題20. Most of the foreign ambassadors arrived ___ limousines. (A) at (B) on (C) in (D) by

21. _____ you return from Vienna, you will have to fill out a trip report. (A) So that (B) Once (C) Since (D) The sooner

22. ____ economic indicators are of more concern to Americans than unemployment statistics. (A) A considerable amount of (B) Few (C) The few (D) A little

23. The body is composed of some hundred thousand million cells, ____ is complete in itself. (A) which (B) some of which (C) each of which (D) of which