23. ______ the opponents of Julius Caesar were steadfast in their struggle against him, the tale of Julius Caesar is filled with ambition, glory, and ultimately, tragedy.
(A) Now that
(B) However
(C) In terms of
(D) In spite of
(E) Because of

19. Like all parents of modest personality, they stopped ______ their desire to shop for themselves when they began to have children and needed to save more money. (A) intriguing (B) monitoring (C) indulging (D) designating (E) moralizing

20. Such diagnostic failures are treated as anomalous events because they do not conform to ______ patterns, because they divert from standard models. (A) amused (B) injected (C) amplified (D) projected (E) ejected 

21. ______ the philosophy that medicine is a human experience, Dr. Mars placed the course “Medicine in Society” in the core curriculum of the medical school. (A) Holding (B) Held (C) Having hold (D) To have held (E) To be held

22. K. Danner Clouser warns that medical students ______ by those who live in the medical world are easily trapped in conceptual ghettos, a world segregated from the common world of the patients. (A) who trained (B) trained (C) have trained (D) have been trained (E) are being trained

24. Catching the Big Fish comes as a revelation to the legion of fans ______ personal vision, and it is equally compelling to those who wonder how they can nurture their own creativity. (A) who have longed to better understand the author’s (B) have longed to better understand the author’s (C) with a longing to better understand the author (D) whose longing to better understand the author (E) that have better understood the author

25. Human ingenuity and the laws of physics are a dynamic combination which seems to have no limits. The question of whether life and intelligence exist elsewhere in the universe ______ planetary systems are common or a unique aberration of our own star. (A) results in how (B) builds on where (C) dominated by that (D) hinges on if (E) interacts with that

26. Once you stray outside the mosque, there is nothing more indicative of Arabia than the customs and tradition ______ by Dubai. (A) wrap up in the life style representing (B) wrapped up in the life style represented (C) wrapping up in the life style represent (D) wrap up in the life style representation (E) wrapped up in the life style represent

27. ______ calculators makes it harder to succeed in business. (A) Not know how to use (B) Not knowing what to use (C) Not knowing which to use (D) Not known to use (E) Not knowing how to use

28. ______, you can succeed at a job interview and get the job you want. (A) As you following three simple steps (B) By following three simple steps (C) By follow three simple steps (D) By followed three simple steps (E) By three simple steps follow

29. ______ most climate experts, forest preservation must be part of the world’s response to global warming as well. (A) Above all (B) Despite (C) Other (D) Until (E) According to