20. Rumor has it that at the present moment Jackson is being far too ____ with company funds, which might lead to some potential financial crisis for the company.
(A) mouldy
(B) racy
(C) frugal
(D) prodigal
(E) savoury  

16. Submissions are given a(n) _____ check, to ensure that at least they meet the requirements of a scientific paper. (A) cursory (B) elegiac (C) fallacious (D) oblivious (E) susceptible

17. This Italian designer is famous for her _____ costumes, such as black cape and vinyl trousers handcrafted to include 10,000 pearls. (A) anonymous (B) flamboyant (C) mandatory (D) respiratory (E) volatile

18. A prodigiously talented and _____ chef, Alice always travels from place to place in the city to find inspiration. (A) pejorative (B) penurious (C) perilous (D) peripatetic (E) petrifying

19. Peter Molly, whose _____ restaurant Molly serves luxurious food, has lost many customers since the pandemic. (A) vertiginous (B) eponymous (C) presumptuous (D) spurious (E) unscrupulous

II. Grammar and Structure: 10 points  A. Please choose the best answer to complete each sentence.21. Divorce can be, ____ its initial devastation, a step toward new health and a good life. (A) despite (B) though (C) owing to (D) except for (E) so as to

22. On the first day of school we were welcomed by the teachers, ____ were experts in linguistics. (A) each of whom (B) most of them (C) most of whom (D) and much of them (E) and most of whom

23. A rhetorical question requires neither information nor response. ____, the principal purpose is to achieve a rhetorical effect, such as showing disagreement. (A) Likewise (B) Simultaneously (C) Moreover (D) Rather (E) Accordingly

24. The spiral is one of the oldest geometric shapes found in the ancient world. The petroglyphs of the symbols ____ back to the Neolithic period. (A) are dating (B) have been dated (C) were dated (D) date (E) which dated

25. ____ from the psychiatry raised some eyebrows at that time. (A) That Billy Milligan was released (B) Billy Milligan had released (C) With Billy Milligan being released (D) Of Billy Milligan had been released (E) Billy Milligan was released 

B. For each sentence, please choose ONE underlined part that contains ungrammatical use of English.26. Others raise concerns   about   precedents: if the government   wipes   out current student loans, future  college students   may have   an incentive to take on debts,   hoping   they will also   forgive  . (A)about (B)wipes out (C)may have (D)hoping (E)forgive