5. The indigenous plant was proved to be innocuous even for the newly arriving settlers.
(A) harmful
(B) worthless
(C) valuable
(D) harmless
(E) invisible

Part I. Vocabulary Decide which ONE is closest in meaning to the underlined word, and choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.1. The team stunned its opponent 1-0 on Friday in a pulsating World Cup tie marked by a cluster of yellow cards, a player’s sending off and another player’s missing a second-half penalty kick. (A) qualified (B) postponed (C) animated (D) steady (E) famous

2. The area affected by the eruption of Iceland Volcano is sparsely populated, but the knock-on effects have been considerable. (A) densely (B) scantily (C) proportionally (D) frequently (E) unequally

3. Last August, a typhoon pummeled the island, causing thousands of people to evacuate from their homes. (A) pacified (B) battered (C) gilded (D) bifurcated (E) pleaded

4. In response to customers’ complaints, Facebook’s recent amendment of its privacy policy was considered to be false contrition. (A) remorse (B) intrusion (C) control (D) alarm (E) profit

6. Many youngsters are voracious readers of comic books. (A) greedy (B) profane (C) vulnerable (D) wary (E) rural

7. The manager succinctly described our mission. (A) submissively (B) meticulously (C) exuberantly (D) tersely (E) multitudinously

8. Even though suspicion fell on his associates, Edward’s integrity remained unquestioned. (A) advocate (B) prologue (C) uprightness (D) metastasis (E) ordeal

9. Tabloid newspapers offer their readers lurid accounts of violent crimes and tragedies. (A) gruesome (B) tepid (C) prudish (D) remedial (E) sluggish

10. Huge subterranean holes now gape beneath cities in northern China as aquifers are depleted. (A) concede (B) open (C) adopt (D) solve (E) destine

11. We saved a whole week of our trip to _____ the sights of Paris. (A) wear out (B) leave up to (C) fall behind (D) soak in (E) see off