1. The committee member have not decided which of the two strategies they should adopt to successfully complete the task.

① expedite    ② employ    ③ manipulate    ④ abandon

2. In her speech, she offered several compelling examples to support her ideas.

① controversial    ② illusionary    ③ doubtful    ④ unavoidable

3. By 1844, Darwin had convinced himself that species are not immutable, but worked on to get further evidence.

① equitable    ② ineligible    ③ edible    ④ changeable

4. The people are completely indifferent as to two wins the local election since there has been so long a struggle between the major and minor parties.

① unfettered    ② not interested    ③ undifferentiated    ④ not knowledgeable

5. Thousands of products become obsolete in the electronic industry every year.

① beneficial    ② available    ③ outmoded    ④ updated

6. Regardless of the increasing importance of women in the labor field and the campaign for equal rights, it is interesting to note that women in some countries still consider homemaking the most important of their responsibilities.

① to make it up    ② to put down    ③ to write up    ④ to be aware

7. Virtual reality holds exciting potential for 'exposure therapy,' in which patients are encouraged to relive traumatic memories.

① painful    ② puerile    ③ hallucinatory    ④ drastic

8. The American auto industry, the epitome of arrogance to customers, is an awful candidate for a bailout.

① expectancy    ② essence    ③ protocol    ④ pronoun

10. Reckless distribution of complicated derivative products throughout the global market, detached from the real economy, put the global financial market into crisis.

① unoriginal    ② disingenuous    ③ foreign    ④ speculative

11. Stronger commitment was promised for digital technologies, particularly services and devices to speed the convergence between broadcasting and telecommunications.

① congregation    ② optimum    ③ union    ④ renovation

12. Harold Pinter ended his Noble Prize acceptance speech with these words, "I believe that, despite the enormous odds which exist, unflinching, unswerving, fierce intellectual determinations as citizens to define the real truth of our lives and our societies is a crucial obligation which devolves upon us all. It is, in fact, mandatory."

① compulsory    ② charitable    ③ arbitrary    ④ commendable

13. The Korean economy has been going downhill for some time and economic indexes have fallen to dire levels.

① deflated    ② extraordinary    ③ appalling    ④ tragic

14. The government will ease some "anti market" housing regulations soon, in a bid to stimulate the sluggish property market, a top official said yesterday.

① retrograding    ② morose    ③ hazardous    ④ listless

15. Time was, notional crises stimulated saving. But thrift today has a negative, miserly connotation.

① misfiring    ② stingy    ③ ominous    ④ generous

16. Annual investments in genetic engineering firms down slightly this year to the world's economic recession

① went    ② reduced    ③ declined    ④ jumped

17. The forensic team took blood from the suspect to send it to the national science lad.

① selection    ② model    ③ sample    ④ example

18. Throwing a litter from cars is by law and you will be fined heavily when caught.

① forbidding    ② permitted    ③ prohibited    ④ admitted

19. The things that we would like to avoid like pain, despair, and ongoing disputes are the reality that we must undertake, and the things that we would like to live with, like wealth and money, are those that we must . they are the shadows of desire.

① induce    ② release    ③ compel    ④ perpetrate

20. The president-elect, who has struggled to give up cigarettes, still sneaks an occasional smoke. That cigarettes can ensnare someone as disciplined as Obama speaks to their .

① addiction    ② capacity    ③ delusion    ④ contagion

21. Methane is made by decaying plants or found in the burps, belcher and other of animals termites to cattle and peopler.

① assault     ② fusion     ③ cataracts     ④ emissions

22. Intel Corp, the world's biggest market of semiconductors, said fourth-quarter profit dropped 90percent other the recession demand and forced the company to write down the value of its investments.

① curbed     ② vilified     ③ churned     ④ emissions

23. Congress laid the foundation for an economic recovery plan, clearing the way for a new of bailout cash for the financial industry.

① withdrawal     ② deposit     ③ infusion     ④ transplant

24. Refugee flower are up after years of decline as violence in hot sport around the globe.

① derails     ② deregulates     ③ frustrates     ④ flares

25. Just as China's economic boom fueled a roaring demand for raw materials across the world, so too did it a frenzy for recyclable paper, plastic and metals.

① exceed     ② contain     ③ spur     ④ extinguish

26. Super-industrialism, the next stage of eco-technological development, requires even higher since masses of workers have to constantly move again to new places for jobs whenever necessary.

① settlement     ② mobility     ③ demand     ④ responsibility