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

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  

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

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

27. Neurologists believe that each virus is   capable of   crossing into the brain   and damages   the fragile  structures   controlling   the co-ordination of movement,   knew as   the basal ganglia, initiating a  process of degeneration   which can lead to   Parkinson’s. (A)capable of (B)and damages (C)controlling (D)knew as(E) which can lead to

28.   According   to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, the virus   detected   in   a flock of   commercial pullet chickens   in   Franklin County   was impacted   250,000 birds. (A)According to (B)detected (C)a flock of (D)in (E)was impacted

29. Critics have   called into a question   the   legality   of a railway project that,   if approved  , would connect  key cities on the eastern side of the country, a situation   which   will make travel   more convenient  . (A)called into a question (B) legality(C)if approved(D)which (E)more convenient

30.   Rebuilding   alliances may   be central   to the president’s global strategy,   but   in Europe, as elsewhere, the world has changed. For example, European allies   have upped   their   defense   spend to fight  against their common enemies.(A)Rebuilding(B)be central(C)but(D)  have upped(E)defense spend