40 At the roots of my hair a ______ sensation began and ran down the surface of my flesh, leaving me goose- fleshed and cold.
(A) tingling
(B) tempering
(C) twittering
(D) twinkling

36 When celebrating a new year, we often wish others happiness, ______ , and good health. (A) resistance (B) prosperity (C) temptation (D) succession

37 One benefit of working past the normal retirement age is the ability to ______ current standard of living by increasing lifetime income. (A) maintain (B) mandate (C) manifest (D) manufacture

38 Sadly, their recent, truncated live shows bore no evidence of new material with which to ______ their success. (A) sustain (B) suppress (C) suspect (D) suspend

39 Patrick is such a good-natured person; he practices ______ faithfully and is always more than ready to help needy people. (A) altruism (B) cynicism (C) euphemism (D) metabolism

41 (A) instead of (B) in terms of (C) in place of (D) in spite of

42 (A) was harvesting (B) has harvested (C) had harvested (D) has been harvested

43 (A) descend (B) deflate (C) deprive (D) deteriorate

44 (A) in the meantime (B) in some respects (C) on the other hand (D) for the time being

45 (A) Although (B) Despite (C) However (D) Nonetheless

46 Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the text above? (A) At the beginning, there were less than 1,000 colleges with 160,000 students existing in the US. (B) In the 1830s, state colleges and universities were set up to train teachers for the explosive growth of K–12 education. (C) Junior colleges were usually set up by city school systems starting in the 1930s. (D) Community colleges were renamed from junior colleges as low-cost institutions with a strong component of vocational education.