39 A _____ 
hairline at the forehead is a part of the male aging process.
(A) conceding
(B) interceding
(C) proceeding
(D) receding

35 Apart from sheer size, India and China differ from neighboring “trading states” in another critical aspect: their ambition to be the regional superpower in South Asia and East Asia_____  . (A) aggressively (B) individually (C) provincially (D) respectively

36 You need to_____  the document before signing it. (A) undermine (B) fabricate (C) peruse (D) execute

37 J. K. Rowling, auther of the popular Harry Potter series, exhibits_____  control over her stories. (A) intrusive (B) inaccessible (C) impeccable (D) intrinsic

38 In my family with Chinese tradition, only Daddy and the oldest brother were allowed individual _____ . Daughters were all expected to be of one standard. (A) contributions (B) controversies (C) idiosyncrasies (D) consistencies

40 In America, “wellness” has become a huge industry _____ especially to the prosperous discontent of the baby-boomers. (A) proposing (B) catering (C) deferring (D) referring

41 From a distance it is a postcard image; get closer to Mt. Fuji, however, you will notice that Japan’s iconic mountain has a garbage problem, a stark contrast to a country known for its cleanliness. (A) Mt. Fuji maintains a beautiful postcard image and reinforces the clean image of Japan despite its garbage problem. (B) Suffering from a garbage problem, Mt. Fuji is no longer an icon of Japan, a country as beautiful as a postcard image. (C) Although Mt. Fuji is not as beautiful and clean as it appears from a distance, it still stands for the cleanliness of Japan. (D) Though a symbol of the country known for its cleanliness, Mt. Fuji is actually not as clean as it appears from a distance.

42 It seems a very simple thing to tell the truth, but, beyond all questions, there is nothing half so easy as lying. (A) Though it may appear simple, telling the truth is not as difficult as telling lies. (B) Though it may appear simple, telling the truth is certainly far more difficult than telling lies. (C) Though it may appear difficult, telling the truth is definitely less questionable than telling lies. (D) Though it may appear easy, telling lies is believed by honest people to be the most difficult thing.

43 Try to improve or optimize one of these global financial crisis parameters and you end up paying somewhere else along the line. (A) Improving one or two of the global financial crisis parameters is very likely to create more crisis parameters in the end. (B) The global financial crisis parameters are so intertwined that you can gain some here and lose some there. (C) To improve the global financial crisis parameters, you need to take care of them all at the same time instead of one at a time. (D) You need to pay close attention to the global financial crisis parameters before you can even improve or optimize one of them.

44 It is ironic that the very institutions carrying out the research that informs the public of global climate change are often not terribly good at acting on their own understanding. (A) The fact that research institutions, which provide us with information on global climate change, are not really good at applying their knowledge in actual practice is satirical. (B)Global climate change is terrible and it is ironic that much research has been done by research institutions but the public has found little use of the research result in their everyday life. (C) It is terrible to see that research institutions, which conduct research on and inform the public about global climate change, often fail to do what they preach. (D) That institutions carrying out the research which informs people about global climate change do not recycle natural resources in the research processes is ironically expected.

45 As luck would have it, there was typhoon on the day of graduation. (A) Fortunately, there was typhoon on the day of graduation. (B) Unfortunately, there was typhoon on the day of graduation. (C) I had good luck on the day of graduation. (D) I had bad luck on the day of graduation.