[1-18]. Choose the one that best fits in the blank.

1. The cells at the surface of the outer skin form a tough, waterproof shield which      most germs cannot _______.

   ① penetrate            ② inflect                 ③ alienate

   ④ violate             ⑤ transplant

2. On the island, lions, wolves, and other wild animals roamed, but contrary to what    you would expect, they were as _______ as pet cats or dogs.

   ① furious             ② docile                 ③ adverse

   ④ pesticidal           ⑤ fragrant

3. Jennifer is in _______ with her boss because she didn't finish an important project     by the deadline.

   ① a nutshell           ② the dark               ③ the same boat

   ④ the long run         ⑤ hot water

4. I must have been _______ my mind when I signed the contract. I can't live on     this small salary.

   ① beside       ② out of       ③ beyond       ④ over     ⑤ into

5. Steven is allergic to tobacco smoke, so he can't _______ smoking.

   ① put off             ② catch up with           ③ put up with

   ④ let up              ⑤ keep up with

6. I'm going to the gym to _______ on the exercise machine.

   ① work out           ② take up               ③ size up

   ④ pick out            ⑤ get along

7. The villagers tried again to make life difficult for her, but she remained _______.

   ① unhappy            ② frustrated              ③ undaunted

   ④ complied           ⑤ compelled

8. A: Mr. Kim looked pale and tired.

B: He told me that he was feeling a little _______.

   ① under the weather     ② on the ground           ③ on the go

   ④ behind the bar        ⑤ at the bottom of his heart

9. On July 4, 1776, after the committee had made some changes in a few phrases,      the Declaration was read, voted upon, and accepted _______.

   ① inadvertently         ② ubiquitously            ③ unanimously

   ④ impromptu          ⑤ contemporarily

10. I felt hostility flowing from the woman standing behind me in the supermarket      check-out line. She rocked back and forth on her heels _______ and drummed       on her handbag.

   ① composedly         ② cheerfully              ③ generously

   ④ impatiently          ⑤ resignedly

11. I prefer the _______ who knows what he wants: imported cheeses, exotic spices,     a whole leg of lamb, or early asparagus.

   ① gourmet            ② vegetarian             ③ mystic

   ④ hedonist            ⑤ glutton

12. On the other hand, in France for instance, all the evidence is written down         before the trial. This _______ pre-trial investigation is said to lessen the risk of      sending an innocent person for trial.

   ① piecemeal           ② prejudiced              ③ successive   

   ④ exhaustive           ⑤ indigenous

13. Williamsburg was no longer a center for new ideas and legislation; the famous      statesmen moved away, businesses declined or died out, and the population of the     town ________.

   ① geminated           ② bounced               ③ dwindled

   ④ procrastinated         ⑤ compromised

14. As a massive star begins to shrink, its gravitational field remains just as powerful     because there is still the same amount of matter. However, because the matter has     been so ________, the gravitational field becomes more and more intensely          focused.

   ① condensed           ② bestowed              ③ promulgated

   ④ tempered           ⑤ stiffened

15. One of the most comprehensive systems of sign language _______ among the        Native Americans of the Great Plains. It enabled the tribes with different            languages to communicate, especially in trade and war.

   ① deflected            ② maneuvered            ③ intrigued

   ④ expatiated           ⑤ flourished

16. Notoriously _____, except for her own fashions, Elizabeth hated war for its ____     wastefulness, yet embroiled England ineffectually in the long Continental struggles.

   ① parsimonious--costly   ② evil--devastating         ③ careful--precious 

   ④ negligent--penurious   ⑤ determined--awesome

17. The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby maintains that separation from the          parents during the sensitive _______ period from birth to three may _______ a      child's personality and predispose to emotional problems in later life.

    ① devotion--improve            ② attachment--scar

    ③ development--nourish         ④ recuperation--harm

    ⑤ regeneration--damage

18. Our behaviour over the week was so peculiar that by the third day the crowd       of  _______ onlookers had become _______ large.

    ① curious--unmanageably         ② bored--wonderfully

    ③ animated--inoffensively         ④ significant--oddly

    ⑤ uninformed--precariously

[19-23] Choose the one that is NOT correct in standard English.

19. The spinal column is alike the brain in that its main functions can be

         ①             ②            ③

  classified as either sensory or motor functions.

      ④                      ⑤

20. She had the common touch, able to rouse a crowd or charm a citizen. She                   ①          ②           ③

  had flattering portraits painted and copies widely distributing.

            ④                          ⑤

21. I seem to have been only like a boy, having played on the shore, and diverting                       ①                 ②

  myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary.

               ③       ④                                         ⑤

22. They were about as different as any three men are likely to be. Yet each in                   ①       ②                          ③                   

  his own way, intentional and not, taught us the most important lesson.

      ④             ⑤

23. The willow tree is one of the first trees to get its leaves in the spring and

         ①                     ②                         ③

  one of the last to lose it in the autumn.

           ④       ⑤

[24-27] Choose the one that best fits in the blank.

24. Even small movements are extremely important in interpersonal relationships. We can often tell, for example, when two people genuinely like each other and when they are merely being polite. These inferences, many of which are correct, are based primarily on _________ of the participants−the muscles around the eyes, the degree of eye contact, the way in which the individuals face each other, and so on.

  ① the politeness                  ② the personality    

  ③ nonverbal behaviors             ④ interpersonal greetings    

  ⑤ personal likes and dislikes

25. __________. Five is considered a most holy and lucky number in Egypt. But in Ghana, the Ashanti people consider five to be an unlucky number. To give someone five of anything is to wish the person evil. The ancient Greeks and Egyptians thought the number four was a perfect number symbolizing unity, endurance, and balance. However, the Chinese consider the number four to be unlucky because it sounds like the word for death.

  ① Each number has different symbols

  ② People believe that some numbers are unlucky

  ③ We should be careful not to use the number four

  ④ Superstitions regarding some numbers are convincing

  ⑤ Numbers don't have the same meaning in all cultures

26. If people could construct their mates, the mates would look, act, and think very much like themselves. By being attracted to people like ourselves, we are in effect validating ourselves, saying to ourselves that we are worthy of being liked, that we are