41.   Because of the ________ of its ideas, the book was in wide circulation both at home and abroad.

A) originality

B) subjectivity

C) generality

D) ambiguity

 

42.   With its own parliament and currency and a common ________ for peace, the European Union declared itself—in 11 official languages—open for business.

A) inspiration

B) assimilation

C) intuition

D) aspiration

 

43.   America has now adopted more ________ European-style inspection systems, and the incidence of food poisoning is falling.

A) discrete

B) solemn

C) rigorous

D) autonomous

 

44.   Mainstream pro-market economists all agree that competition is an ________ spur to efficiency and innovation.

A) extravagant

B) exquisite

C) intermittent

D) indispensable

 

45.   In the late 19th century, Jules Verne, the master of science fiction, foresaw many of the technological wonders that are ________ today.

A) transient

B) commonplace

C) implicit

D) elementary

 

47.   His arm was ________ from the shark’s mouth and reattached, but the boy, who nearly died, remained in a delicate condition.

A) retrieved

B) retained

C) repelled

D) restored

 

48.   Bill Gates and Walt Disney are two people America has ________ to be the Greatest American.

A) appointed

B) appeased

C) nicknamed

D) nominated

 

49.   The ________ majority of citizens tend to believe that the death penalty will help decrease the crime rate.

A) overflowing

B) overwhelming

C) prevalent

D) premium

 

 

50.   We will also see a ________ increase in the number of televisions per household, as small TV displays are added to clocks, coffee makers and smoke detectors.

A) startling

B) surpassing

C) suppressing

D) stacking

 

51.   The advance of globalization is challenging some of our most ________ values and ideas, including our idea of what constitutes “home”.

A) enriched

B) enlightened

C) cherished

D) chartered

 

52.   Researchers have discovered that ________ with animals in an active way may lower a person’s blood pressure.

A) interacting

B) integrating

C) migrating

D) merging

 

53.   The Beatles, the most famous British band of the 1960s, traveled worldwide for many years, ________ cultural barriers.

A) transporting

B) transplanting

C) transferring

D) transcending

 

54.   In his last years, Henry suffered from a disease that slowly ________ him of much of his sight.

A) relieved

B) jeopardized

C) deprived

D) eliminated

 

55.   Weight lifting, or any other sport that builds up your muscles, can make bones become denser and less ________ to injury.

A) attached

B) prone

C) immune

D) reconciled

 

56.   He has ________ to museums hundreds of his paintings as well as his entire personal collection of modern art.

A) ascribed

B) attributed

C) designated

D) donated

 

57.   Erik’s website contains ________ photographs and hundreds of articles and short videos from his trip around the globe.

A) prosperous

B) gorgeous

C) spacious

D) simultaneous

 

58.   Optimism is a ________ shown to be associated with good physical health, less depression and longer life.

A) trail

B) trait

C) trace

D) track

 

59.   The institution has a highly effective program which helps first-year students make a successful ________ into college life.

A) transformation

B) transmission

C) transition

D) transaction

 

60.   Philosophers believe that desire, hatred and envy are “negative emotions” which ________ the mind and lead it into a pursuit of power and possessions.

A) distort

B) reinforce

C) exert

D) scramble

 

61.   The term “glass ceiling” was first used by the Wall Street Journal to describe the apparent barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate ________.

A) seniority

B) superiority

C) height

D) hierarchy

 

62.   Various efforts have been made over the centuries to predict earthquakes, including observing lights in the sky and ________ animal behavior.

A) abnormal

B) exotic

C) absurd

D) erroneous

 

63.   Around 80 percent of the ________ characteristics of most white Britons have been passed down from a few thousand Ice Age hunters.

A) intelligible

B) random

C) spontaneous

D) genetic

 

64.   Picasso gained popularity in the mid-20th century, which was ________ of a new attitude towards modern art.

A) informative

B) indicative

C) exclusive

D) expressive

 

65.   The country was an island that enjoyed civilized living for a thousand years or more with little ________ from the outside world.

A) disturbance

B) discrimination

C) irritation

D) irregularity

 

66.   Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and ________.

A) stability

B) capability

C) durability

D) availability

 

67.   Back in the days when people traveled by horse and carriage, Karl Benz ________ the world with his extraordinary three-wheeled motor vehicle.

A) inhibited

B) extinguished

C) quenched

D) stunned

 

68.   If we continue to ignore the issue of global warming, we will almost certainly suffer the ________ effects of climatic changes worldwide.

A) dubious

B) drastic

C) trivial

D) toxic

 

69.   According to the theory of evolution, all living species are the modified ________ of earlier species.

A) descendants

B) dependants

C) defendants

D) developments

 

70.   The panda is an endangered species, which means that it is very likely to become ________ without adequate protection.

A) intact

B) insane

C) extinct

D) exempt