20. After a horrible start _____ a comedy tour, I began to think my whole life _____ a tragic mistake _____ a humorist.
(A) on / will be / to
(B) with / was / on
(C) to / had been / as
(D) in / would be / at
(E) with / would be / to

16. Of the thousands of varieties of bird species in North America, _____ bright red plumage, like the cardinal, are most often designated as state birds. (A) who have (B) which have (C) those that have (D) to have their (E) that have

17. _____ that carried the tradition of 19th century American Realism to perhaps its highest level of achievement. (A) Thomas Eakins (B) Thomas Eakins’ paintings (C) Why it was Thomas Eakins (D) Thomas Eakins and his paintings (E) It was the painter Thomas Eakins

18. Although he suffered from discrimination, Martin Luther King is a man who believed in reconciliation and only rarely _____ a grudge during his Civil Rights movement. (A) he carried (B) when he carried (C) that he carried (D) did he carry (E) he has carried

19. They haven’t _____ an AIDS vaccine. (A) yet developed (B) developed already (C) developing (D) developing yet (E) already developing

21. Scarcely had they settled themselves in their seats in the theater _____ the curtain went up. (A) when (B) than (C) which (D) what (E) that

22. _____, the white mountain goat is an extremely sure-footed animal that escapes from its predators by living in the most rugged, rocky landscapes. (A) Having rarely seeing (B) Rarely seeing (C) Been rarely seeing (D) Have rarely seen (E) Rarely seen

23. Professor Thompson _____ three books since 2011, and she is working on her fourth. (A) has writing (B) has been written (C) wrote (D) has written (E) writes

24. The hindsight bias refers to a pervasive human tendency for people to be remarkable adept at inferring a process _____ the outcome is known but be unable to predict outcomes _____ only the processes and precipitating events are known. (A) although / if (B) once / when (C) where / for (D) although / in case (E) how / if

25. How long a minute _____ depends on _____ side of bathroom door you are _____. (A) was / that / at (B) are / how / in (C) to be / whether / on (D) is / which / on (E) is / when / in

26. The following are five versions of one statement. Only one of them is completely correct. Which is it? (A) Thailand competes for investment of offering attractive tax and non-tax incentives, and by providing legal frameworks that facilitate investment and afford high levels of protection for investors. (B) Thailand competes for investment by offering attractive tax and non-tax incentives, and by providing legal frameworks that facilitate investment and afford high levels of protection for investors. (C) Thailand competes for investment by offering attractive tax and non-tax incentives, and by providing legal frameworks that facilitate investment and afforded high levels of protection for investors. (D) Thailand competes for investment by offering attractive tax and non-tax incentives, and by providing legal frameworks that facilitates investment and afford high levels of protection for investors. (E) Thailand compete for investment by offering attractive tax and non-tax incentives, and by providing legal frameworks that facilitate investment and afford high levels of protection for investors.