1. Even the president is not really the CEO. No one is. Power in a corporation is concentrated and vertically structured. Power in Washington is ______________ and horizontally spread out.
WKa~[j|-K a. prudent b. reversible c. diffuse d. mandatory
?|B&M\}g O2dW6bt i3'9>"` 2. In describing the Indians of the various sections of the United States at different stages in their history, some of the factors which account for their similarity amid difference can be readily accounted for, others are difficult to _______________.
.O}% 9kS^Abtk :I^;jdL a. refine b. discern c. embed d. cluster
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b-Q>({=i K':;%~I a. say
dNL(G%Qj+" b. transmission
3c6b6 c. decay
iaE^a^* d. contention
c?&X?< 4. It can hardly be denied the proliferation of so-called dirty books and films has, to date, reached
almost a saturation point. People do not acknowledge the _______________ fact that children
are bound to be exposed to ―dirty words‖ in a myriad of ways other than through the public
airwaves.
OL,TFLn4 a.irrefutable
UH-*(MfB b. concrete
8~z~_TD6m@ c. inevitable
?FF4zI~ d. haphazard
OGg># vj,s 5. A condition is an essential term of the contract. If a contract is not performed, it may constitute a
substantial breach of contract and allow the other party to _______________ the contract, that is,
treat the contract as discharged or terminated.
ll.N^y;a a. repudiate
64G[|" j D b. spurn
[)zP6\I c. decline
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27O|).yKX 6. Each of us shares with the community in which we live a store of words as well as agreed
conventions ______________ these words should be arranged to convey a particular message.
_zn.K&I-*k a. as the way by which
c. as to the way in which
D" rK( b. by the way in which
d. in the way of which
~8P!XAU56% 7. Rarely ______________ a technological development _______________ an impact on many
aspects of social, economic, and cultural development as greatly as the growth of electronics.
^!ZC?h!rG a. has… had
6NM:DI\% b. had…had
vMt/u?oB c. has…has
(b~T]3Es d. have…had
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FC,_ 8. If early humans ______________ as much as they did, they probably ______________ to evolve
into different species.
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;=se a. did not move and intermingle…would continue
b. would not move and intermingle…had continued
c. had not moved and intermingled…would have continued
d. were not to move and intermingle…could have continued
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in--passing the gossiping girlfriends, blocking out the whistles of boys who had already
completed their run and now were hanging out on the grassy hill, I ran--pushing hard, breathing
shallowly, knowing full well that I was going to have to hear about it from my disapproving
friends for the next few days.
dx&'fe*? a. not until…when
Q$1bWUS& b. not until…that
f'-i o<. c. until…when
uRRQyZ d. until…that
3U.88{y 10.One impediment ______________ the general use of a standard in pronunciation is the fact
_____________ pronunciation is learnt naturally and unconsciously, while orthography is
learnt deliberately and consciously.
a. in…which b. of …in which
%g$V\zmU c. on…that
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P+PR<ZoI{f Section B (5 points)
=K{"{5Wb y?m/*hh` FsV'Cu@!U a. division
5rRN- b. turmoil
`U)hjQ~pP c. fusion
+!z{5: d. consolidation
') gi% 2. Concerning speculation, philosophy looks upon things from the broadest possible perspective;
for criticism, it has the twofold role of questioning and judging everything that pertains either
to the foundations or to the superstructure of human thinking.
T:Hr&ws4 a. inebriates
)XakJU^o b. forsakes
KgOqbSJ c. relates
L %K\C d. emaciates
#H{<gjs] 13. Meeting is, in fact, a necessary though not necessarily productive psychological side show.
Perhaps it is our civilized way to moderating,if not preventing, change.
ll6wpV0m a. promoting
}YMy6eW4 b. impeding
j!4et; c. tempering
)V ;mwT!Q d. arresting
lR[qqFR 14. The truth about alliances and their merit probably lies somewhere between the travel utopia
presented by the players and the evil empires portrayed by their critics.
aj}sc/Qa a. collaboration
ryCI>vJz b. worth
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0ywN? c. triumph
`v}%33$hA d. defect
k.^coI5 15. But Naifeh and Smith reveal a keen intellect, an avid reader and a passionate observer of other
artists’ work who progressed from labored figure studies to inspired outbursts of creative energy.
Far from an artistic flash in the pan, he pursued his calling with dogged determination against
nearly insurmountable odds.
mG`e3X6@- a. insuperable
(v|}\?L b. unsurpassable
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TJ'[-- d. invaluable
S_v'hlrrT Section C (5 points)
:.d:9Z|_ 16. One of the most important non-legislative functions of the U.S. Congress is the power to
`|#Qx3n% investigate, which is usually delegated to committees—either standing committees, special
ivz>dJ ?T .G(llA} committees set for a specific purpose, or joint committees consisting of members of both houses
A B <