38 After 20 years of living in a small village, the old man wanted a more______ way of life.
(A) derogatory
(B) metropolitan
(C) sinuous
(D) voluble

31 The______ principles of a country are usually stated in its constitution. (A) fundamental (B) beneficial (C) passionate (D) deceptive

32 The old house with all its beautiful furniture and pictures______ . (A) have sold (B) have been sold (C) has sold (D) has been sold

33 The authorities have chosen a group of smart detectives to set up a______ to investigate the murders that have caused social insecurity. (A) commission (B) compendium (C) constitution (D) congress

34______ Mediterranean tour marketing campaigns targeting Eastern Europe, Poles and Slovaks are flying to Tunisia for cheap doses of sun. (A) Fortunate to (B) Thanks to (C) With a view to (D) Thanks for

35 In Taiwan more and more middle-class families are______ traveling abroad in their vacations. (A) going in for (B) cut out for (C) embedded in (D) endowed with

36 This young boy______, other boys of his age that find theme parks their favorite weekend outing, likes to spend his weekends taking the residents of the nursing home out for a walk. (A) as much as (B) as well as (C) unlike (D) in spite of

37 The millions spent to give schools and universities online access is of little use unless students know how to retrieve useful information from the oceans of sludge on the Web. (A) Only when students learn to use the Internet critically is the investment for online access worthwhile. (B) Online access for students is very expensive and students should get as much information out of it as possible. (C) Money spent on online access for students is wasted if users don’t know how to store information. (D) Millions of people are now surfing on the Net as many students do to get information.

39 Indonesia is a bird paradise, but hundreds of its 366 protected species are threatened by______ destruction and illegal activity. (A) habitat (B) prohibition (C) residence (D) province

40 In a world where standstills have become all too common, constant ______is the key to business success. (A) application (B) evolving (C) initiation (D) offering

41 The higher the standard of living and the greater the national wealth, the______ . (A) greater the amount of paper used (B) greater used amount of paper is (C) amount of paper is used is greater (D) greater is the amount of paper is used

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