38 Scientists have been searching for better, faster and cleaner ______sources of energy in order to create better lives and help solve the pollution problem.
(A) allusive
(B) allocative
(C) alternative
(D) allergic

31 Looking left and right, the thief walked cautiously down the hallway to ______the security guards. (A) afford (B) avoid (C) assign (D) assure

32 In Philadelphia, a new kind of trash can is______ waste management via cutting down on air pollution and potentially saving the city millions in the process. (A) revolutionizing (B) comprehending (C) comforting (D) rendering

33 Obviously, Joe thought too highly of himself and enjoyed behaving ______to draw the attention of people around him. (A) concordantly (B) pretentiously (C) recursively (D) sporadically

34 On a clear night in the countryside, we have a very good chance to see many stars ______in the sky. (A) colliding (B) glistening (C) retrieving (D) smothering

35 Dolphins and sharks are natural enemies. Sharks are______ of dolphins, and will kill and eat young dolphins if they can. (A) predators (B) protectors (C) successors (D) survivors

36 A person’s facial expressions and gestures ______powerful messages that go beyond words. (A) alleviate (B) conceal (C) evolve (D) transmit

37 Fans waited outside the movie theater, hoping to catch a______ of their favorite stars. (A) glitter (B) cold (C) glimpse (D) clue

39 My sister has a ______memory. She remembers every single thing she sees and hears, and she never forgets. (A) remarkable (B) pristine (C) compulsive (D) reluctant

40 We essentially know the world in terms of a specific cultural package or preconception, and we are so unaware of it that the most liberal of us go through life with a kind of ethnocentricity that automatically rules out all other ways of seeing the world. (A) We pursue diversity in our lives and are always aware of different cultures. (B) We have a clear understanding that we need to incorporate different cultures in our ways of life. (C) We are born into a cultural preconception that we call reality and never question it. (D) Most of us go through life not knowing that we are liberated by cultural package.

41 Locational changes have been made possible by easy access to IT networks, so much so that financial and office functions no longer require spatial proximity. (A) Companies and offices do not require a great amount of space simply because of the availability of Internet connection. (B) The spread of IT networks has resulted in a change in financial and office functions, as well as in locations. (C) IT networks that are widespread in the modern world have helped reduce the running cost of businesses. (D) Locational changes are made possible due to widespread Internet connection; financial and office functions no longer require physical adjacency.

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