42 According to the passage, which of the following was most probably the pretended subject of the alchemists’ studies in the Middle Ages?
(A)Air
(B)Dust
(C)Silver
(D)Water

31 Prior to the 1970s, musicologists generally considered Western art music as the ______ of absolute genius unrelated to the social being of the composer. (A)fruit (B)gist (C)origin (D)sound

32 Over 100 people suffered from food poisoning; some of them treated early enough were free of ______within hours and on the road to recovery. (A)sympathies (B)symposiums (C)symptoms (D)synthesis .

33 Children’s teeth start growing around the ninth month, which allows them to ______their diet beyond food in liquid form like milk or juice. (A)calculate (B)convince (C)dispossess (D)diversify

34 Jason Wu, who designed the gown the U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama wore to her husband’s inauguration ball, has ______his family for encouraging him to pursue his interest. (A)credited (B)designated (C)exposed (D)recognized

35 The most common workplace ______for doctors and nurses is needlestick injuries, and about 800,000 such injuries occur annually in the United States. (A)annoyance (B)hazard (C)interruption (D)plague

36 Working for a mean, stingy boss, the staff talked ______about their unreasonably heavy workload and low pay. (A)bountifully (B)efficiently (C)effectively (D)resentfully

37 Bobby Fischer, who began playing chess as a boy and soon developed his own style, often ______attacked his opponents, forcing them to play defensively. (A)diversely (B)futilely (C)mercifully (D)relentlessly

38 A hasty ______which results from a conclusion with insufficient evidence is unreliable. Unless typical samples are provided, a small number of samples prove nothing. (A)discharge (B)generalization (C)persistence (D)understatement

39 The director of the museum posted some______ information about newly-found ancient cadavers, including how old they were and where they were found. (A)exclusive (B)exotic (C)redundant (D)rudimentary

40 What does “Poverty could be addressed by targeted subsidies, off-peak discounts, and other measures.” mean? (A)Poverty is specific funds, off-peak discounts, and other metrics. (B)Poverty could be targeted at subsidies, off-peak discounts, and other measures. (C)Targeted money, off-peak discounts, and other factors of poverty could be addressed. (D)We could deal with poverty by using designated grants, off-peak discounts, and other methods.

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