50 On the last line of the last paragraph, what does “this” refer to?
(A)The rise of interest rates
(B)The availability of credit cards
(C)The spread of debt
(D)The United States

31 Mary’s absence made her mother feel lonely and _____. (A)conceited (B)devoted (C)neglected (D)resolved

32 Jesus Christ in the West and Confucius in the East both had a lot of _____who were influenced by their teachings and tried to follow their good examples. (A)descendants (B)offsprings (C)siblings (D)disciples

33 Nearly 1,000 tornadoes ripped across the U.S. heartland in 2011, killing more than 500 people and _____$9 billion in damage. (A)evolving (B)inflicting (C)conjuring (D)meditating

34 The dynamic workforce of design professionals has enabled the industry to perform well and gain customer_____ . (A)patronage (B)consumption (C)supplement (D)warranty

35 Student numbers are growing as the economy places knowledge at a _____, and traditional blue-collar jobs migrate in search of lower wages and production costs. (A)pendulum (B)premium (C)uranium (D)vacuum

36 The “Hero Worship” phenomenon among young people has long been studied by sociologists, and there is a_____ of information about this on the Internet and in books. (A)sustenance (B)gluttony (C)dichotomy (D)plethora

37 The world’s cities are_____ at the seams: by 2050, an estimated 6.4 billion people—compared to about 3.5 billion today—will be living in cities. (A)crawling (B)bursting (C)flocking (D)melting

38 The task of the scientist is to see what the case is rather than to make up a case. (A)The task of the scientist is to see and to invent. (B)The responsibility of the scientist is to look for a case. (C)The task of the scientist is to investigate instead of inventing a case. (D)The task of the scientist is seeing and believing.

39 To compensate for all the greenhouse gases his plane trips spewed into the atmosphere, Mr. Grover began paying Climate Care to help make the world a little greener. (A)Mr. Grover was aware of the environmental burden his air travels have created, so he started to contribute fees to Climate Care to help reduce greenhouse gases. (B)Mr. Grover was charged by Climate Care, which found him guilty for his role in producing the greenhouse effect when he traveled by plane. (C)Mr. Grover’s plane trips inevitably spewed a lot of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. He felt so guilty that he decided to travel only with Climate Care. (D)The goal of Climate Care was to accelerate the global warming process, a cause supported by many environmentally insensitive persons like Mr. Grover.

40 Whether or not the artistic quality of the bullfight outweighs the moral question of the animals’ suffering is something that each person must decide for themselves. (A)Everyone has his/her interpretation on whether the beauty of the bullfight is more important than the suffering of the bull. (B)People in our society are forced to decide whether the artistic quality of the bullfight is more valuable than the suffering of the animal. (C)Whether the bullfight is an art or a moral issue is a question to which each person has an answer. (D)In our society, some consider the bullfight an artistic performance rather than an act of murder and of inflicting pain.

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