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(A)decomposition
(B)productivity
(C) reconstruction
(D)sensibility 

8 A tax relief program _____ qualifying homeowners for increases in local property taxes on their primary residences. (A)circumvents (B) reimburses (C) perpetrates (D)intersects 

9 The regulations allow you to bring back only one liter of alcoholic _____ duty-free for personal use. (A)obsession (B) beverage (C) paradox (D) execution

10 Regulatory mandates include tariff and duty _____ , security clearances, registration requirements, filings and shipment documentation. (A) assessments (B) consortium(C) resemblance (D) plausibility

11 (A)paradoxically (B)ironically (C)) fruitfully(D) amicably 

13 (A)stimulating(B) killing(C) kneading(D)shooting 

14 (A)wastes(B) museums (C)pastries  (D)libraries

15 (A)erased (B)arrested (C) cloned  (D)damaged

16 According to the passage, which of the following is true about the books on feng shui? (A)Before the mid-20th century, almost no one talked about feng shui in the United States. (B)The missionaries and colonial administrators were strong practitioners of feng shui. (C)The first English book on feng shui was written by the author of the passage. (D)Chinese scholars in the United States began to teach people what feng shui was in the 1970s.

17 When did feng shui become popular among Western people? (A)In the early 19th century. (B)In the late 19th century. (C)In the early 20th century. (D)In the late 20th century.

18 According to the author, what is feng shui? (A)A dinner party conversation. (B)An interior decoration. (C)A practical science. (D)A source material.