13 Andy’s company makes investment plans according to the prospects of the market. His job is to_____ future developments based on current trends.
(A) ambush
(B) extrapolate
(C) insinuate
(D) offset

9 These parents failed to have their children immunized_____ diphtheria. (A) for (B) against (C) toward (D) over

10 In the house where I grew up, it was our custom to leave the front door_____ , meaning that the door was closed but not locked. (A) on the spot (B) on and off (C) on an alert (D) on the latch

11 As an experienced globe-trotter, Louisa has a_____ outlook of life. She is certainly the best spokesperson for the United Nations. (A) cosmopolitan (B) diminutive (C) microscopic (D) prodigious

12 It angered the international media that certain industrialized countries_____ the issue of child labor in communist countries. Their ignorance put the lives of thousands of children in jeopardy. (A) knocked the bottom out of (B) laid their hands on (C) left their marks on (D) turned a blind eye to

14 In many ways one of the most remarkable phenomena among insects ____   the use of chemicals to bring the mates together. (A) are (B) be (C) being (D) is

15 Sublimity had to do with a feeling of weakness…. A landscape could arouse the sublime only when it suggested power, power greater than that of humans and threatening to them. (A) We feel a landscape is grand when we feel it is more powerful than we can manage. (B) A weak person always admires those who have greatest interests in landscaping. (C) The mountain looms when a man himself feels powerful in his mind. (D) A landscape becomes sublime for it may become a threat to a man who worships it.

16 These results have been achieved by a series of political maneuvers. (A) Political effects are the purpose of these results. (B) These results have achieved a series of political effects. (C) People have assessed the political significance of these results. (D) Political manipulations have been crucial in the shaping of these results.

17 (A) accomodate (B) aggravate (C) attribute (D) accomplish

18 (A) blocking (B) blocked (C) broaching (D) broached

19 (A) following suit (B) falling behind (C) fooling around (D) falling apart