47 What does the sentence “the Muslim world turned in on itself” suggest?
(A) self-enclosure
(B) submission
(C) self-pity
(D) inferiority

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.

46 The crusades had a negative impact on the Muslim world, and this idea is suggested by the word _____ in the passage. (A) genuine (B) revolution (C) holy (D) decadence

48 According to the passage, the Muslim world has been caught in the dilemma between self-identity and _____. (A) obscurantism (B) westernization (C) alternation (D) traditionalism

49 What does the word “barbarians” in the second paragraph refer to? (A) Iranians. (B) Turks. (C) Arabians. (D) Franks.

50 Which of the following words best describes the influence of the crusades on the Arab world? (A) Long-lasting. (B) Temporary. (C) Insignificant. (D) Transitional.

31 Please read the author’s____ on pages i-iii before beginning to read the novel. (A) prologue (B) epilogue (C) dialogue (D) catalogue

32 It is____ to use a generic term such as “people” to refer only to white people and then racially label everyone else. (A) ethnocentric (B) anthropological (C) egocentric (D) authentic

33 ____down with heavy packages, Susie decided to hail a taxi. (A) Weighed (B) Weighing (C) To weigh (D) Weigh