6 While most people prefer quietness, some enjoy hanging around noisy places with a lot of  _____  going on.
(A) activities
(B) instructions
(C) communities
(D) reservations

2 Trying to do everything perfectly may______ your failure to complete your assignment on time. (A) result in (B) take to (C) make out (D) fall upon

3 In the Cold War, the United States, Japan and other non-Communist countries in East Asia sought to_____ China and to stop the spread of communism through a web of defense alliances. (A) contain (B) convert (C) divert (D) dilute

4 Not only does corporate Europe have more fat to strip, European____ has also opened up the possibility for major cross-border mergers and takeovers. (A) consumption (B) integration (C) plantation (D) redemption

5 Polls constantly show that corruption is the top complaint of ordinary Chinese. From time to time, the Chinese government executes particularly _______offenders, to no apparent avail. (A) conscientious (B) egregious (C) ingenious (D) presumptuous

7 Corruption offers yet another confirmation of the ________ attributed to Thomas Jefferson that “the government is best which governs least.” (A) argot (B) dictum (C) hearsay (D) mantra

8 An intimacy with Dr. Johnson, the great literary ________of the day, was the crowning object of his aspiring and somewhat ludicrous ambition. (A) acronym (B) itinerary (C) luminary (D) pseudonym

9 Young people are the future. The gains of our democracy would be______________  if we did not properly educate our children and youth. (A) embellished (B) nullified (C) rectified (D) furnished

10 ______ people who suffer depression do not isolate themselves from social contact, they may be severely torn by suicidal tendency. (A) Despite (B) Since (C) Although (D) If

11 Winking in Europe and America implies that the winker and the winkee share secrets or at least a private understanding of an issue. (A) Winking in Europe and America is a facial gesture to signify something unbelievable. (B) Winking in Europe and America is a facial gesture to signify something uncomfortable. (C) When people share some secret, they will close both eyes in Europe and America. (D) In Europe and America, people will blink one eye to suggest that the secret is shared.

12 All things in the world are impermanent, and to be ignorant of this fact is to be trapped in an endless cycle of craving, frustration, and suffering. (A) If we keep wishing things of the world will last forever, we cannot be happy. (B) Our suffering and frustration come from our knowledge of the world. (C) Nothing in the world is permanent. That understanding drives us to endless suffering. (D) Our ignorance of the world traps us in cycles of misery.