19 What is the meaning of “dismal” in line 16?
(A) hopeful
(B) cheerful
(C) hopeless
(D) compelling

1 The typewriter was the____ of today’s electronic keyboard. Nowadays, word processing is done by the computer instead of a typewriter. (A) entrepreneur (B) predecessor (C) sanctuary (D) contingency

2 All can take a walk in the park,____ age and sex. (A) vis-à-vis (B) regardless of (C) on the verge of (D) on account of

3 If the dam were to fail, it could cause ____flooding in a huge part of the country. (A) catastrophic (B) rhetorical (C) vertical (D) emotional

4 The environmental protection league____ that recycling bins be placed on the sidewalk. (A) proposes (B) interrogates (C) creates (D) abuses

5 (A) accidents (B) exports (C) farces (D) segments

6 (A) bumping into (B) going into (C) looking for (D) making out

7 (A) Despite (B) To begin with (C) In spite of (D) Instead of

8 (A) attached (B) remarkable (C) curious (D) intelligent

9 (A) prevent (B) seduce (C) disprove (D) strengthen

10 When humans find themselves censored, silenced, or frustrated by limits of their native tongues, they learn new languages. (A) Humans learn new languages when they lose interest in their native languages. (B) Given the fact that their native languages are obsolete in daily life, humans learn new languages. (C) Humans learn new languages when they find their native tongues inadequate for communication. (D) Humans learn new languages when they discover that their native tongues are forbidden.

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