43 Why didn’t the author’s mother meet with Dr. Barrett at the hotel?
(A) Dr. Barrett refused to meet with her.
(B) Dr. Barrett was not the person she looked for.
(C) Dr. Barrett had left a few hours before she arrived.
(D) Dr. Barrett had been dead for years before she arrived.

31 The old man had the ______ to save money during his teaching career so as not to be dependent on irregular Social Security checks after his retirement. (A) foresight (B) initiation (C) stinginess (D) thrift

32 China has never______what it says its right to take Taiwan by force if peaceful blandishments fail. (A) announced (B) denounced (C) pronounced (D) renounced

33 The judge decided to______ their marriage when she found out the groom had already had a wife. (A) nullify (B) multiply (C) liquefy (D) petrify

34 Marlon expects to successfully ______ his boxing title in the next Olympics. (A) acquit (B) defend (C) forsake (D) match

35 There can be______ scarier experience than to be chased by wild animals. (A) no (B) such (C) any (D) not

36 The drought has set off “water wars”, pitting farmers against city dwellers and one state against another. (A) Water shortage has triggered quarrels between farmers and city dwellers and between states. (B) In many states, farmers and city dwellers have had different opinions about what might have caused the drought. (C) A series of droughts in one state after another have caused the wars between farmers and city dwellers. (D) In one state after another, farmers started a series of campaigns against city dwellers in order to solve the drought problem.

37 Rather than walling off the neighborhoods surrounding them, structures of modern shopping malls welcome in the natural terrain and relate to local history. (A) Modern shopping malls are welcomed in natural as well as historical sites. (B) Modern shopping malls are not isolated structures; they blend naturally and historically into their surroundings. (C) Without high walls blocking modern shopping malls from their neighborhoods, they are welcomed in various areas. (D) To welcome people in all areas, modern shopping malls do not build high walls around them.

38 I don’t think John would support us. He was just paying us ______ service. (A) lip (B) air (C) civil (D) express

39 (A) and (B) as (C) but (D) or

40 (A) acquire (B) constitute (C) institute (D) manipulate

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