18 What does the word “outcry” in this passage mean?
(A)Bitter weeping
(B)Strong and public protest
(C)Common dissatisfaction
(D)Universal agony

1 _______up-to-date financial information is important to stock investors. (A)Access to (B)Accession to (C)Departure from (D)I nsistence on

2 The new sports center doesn’t quite come up to my_______ . (A)interest (B)inquiry   (C)intention  (D)expectation

3 The company is in dire need of this new contract. Not getting it will result in a major_______ for the company. (A)catastrophe (B) discrepancy (C) lamentation (D)monopoly

4 Jane’s business is thriving due to the_______ attitude of her employees. (A)preposterous (B)fortuitous (C) meretricious (D)tenacious

5 We should assess the limitations of technology rather than encourage its unlimited_______ as our galloping technology outstrips our capacity to handle it wisely. (A)deprivation (B) appreciation (C) colonization (D) expansion

6 The greatest ambition of modern societies has been to institute a comprehensive reversal of equation, to strip away both inherited privilege and inherited under-privilege in order to make rank dependent on individual achievement. (A)The most ambitious project modern societies have been working toward is to contain the influence of heredity over one’s chances of success. (B)The most ambitious project modern societies have been working toward is to make sure that one’s success should be built upon his/her ability to make the most of inheritance. (C)The most ambitious project modern societies have been working toward is to break with an immutable state of being: one’s social status should lie in his/her hard work rather than inheritance. (D)The most ambitious project modern societies have been working toward is to reduce the gap between the privileged class and the underprivileged class.

7 Any comic book fan knows that a hero at the height of his powers is a few panels removed from mortal danger, and that hubris has a way of summoning new enemies out of the shadows. (A)Every comic book fan knows that grave danger is relatively distant from a hero when he is powerful, and that his new enemies from the dark side will yield to his call. (B)Each comic book fan knows that serious danger can cause death to a hero on doomsday without his metallic protective gear, and that his ego will call up new enemies from the dark, leading to his downfall. (C)All comic book fans know that there is always an imminent deadly danger in the next few pages when the hero is in his heyday and that his arrogance foreshadows the approaching of new enemies from the dark. (D)Any comic book fan knows that the hero is separated from grave danger by his protective shield in his heyday, and that his enemies from the dark will gather together under his authority.

8 He may be henpecked this morning, but he rules the roost during the rest of the year. (A)He is the ruler of the country although he makes a mistake this morning. (B)He is the ruler of the country although he listens to his wife this morning. (C)He is the ruler of the household despite the mistake he makes this morning. (D)He is the ruler of the household despite the fact that he has to listen to his wife this morning.

9 The key ingredients of happiness could not be material or aesthetic, but must always be stubbornly psychological. (A)Happiness lives in your mind mostly. (B)The most important condition for happiness is neither substantial nor abstract. (C)Those with psychological strength will experience less happiness. (D)Happiness has key ingredients, including not only material comforts but aesthetic feelings.

10 Bill didn’t seem to be cut out for journalism; he was too embarrassed to talk to anybody. (A)It seemed that Bill was not really interested in journalism; talking to people always made him uneasy. (B)Bill didn’t appear to be suited in his nature for being a journalist; it was so uncomfortable for him to talk to anybody. (C)Bill seemed to be afraid of being a news reporter and he felt so humiliated that he did not dare to talk to others. (D)It appeared that Bill was isolated from journalism for a long time and talking to other people made him uncomfortable.

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