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37. His selling a painting for 100,000 dollars has been the highest

attainment

 of his career.

A) desire

B) spectacle

C) achievement

D) joy

E) expectation

38. Psychologists believe that the 

attraction 

of gambling stems from the

thrill and tension of taking a chance.
A) action

B) manner

C) repulsion

D) appeal

E) advance

39. The actor raised his voice in order to be 

audible

 in the balcony.

A) musical

B) dramatic

C) solitary

D) heard

E) appreciated

40. Many countries nowadays restrict the exportation of 

authentic

artifacts.
A) particular

B) rare

C) tentative

D) costly

E) genuine

41. The department chairmen refused to 

authorize 

the requisition.

A) request

B) transfer

C) grant

D) project

E) invalidate

42. The notices on the wall at the airport are not 

available 

for the

passengers’ perusal.
A) offered

B) accessible

C) acceptable

D) accountable

E) arbitrary

43. The driver tried to 

avert

 the accident by bringing the car to a sudden

halt, but to no avail.
A) cause

B) control

C) minimize

D) prevent

E) witnessed

44.

Avid 

pop music lovers stand in lines for hours to get a ticket to a

jazz concert.
A) bored

B) lunatic

C) eager

D) tedious

B) crazy

45. Reading daily newspapers makes us 

aware 

of what is going on in

the world.
A) knowledgeable

B) ignorant

C) alike

D) dependent

E) related

46. Some hotels in the United States have imposed a 

ban 

on cigarette

smoking.
A) restriction

B) guarantee

C) fin

D) Punishment

E) prohibition

47. All students should 

bear in mind

 that these books must be read by

mid-semester.
A) remember

B) memorize

C) decide

D) overlook

E) declare

48. The Arabic term from which the word “coffee’ derives originally

referred to the bitter quality of the

 beverage 

itself.

A) plant

B) substance

C) drink

D) infusion

E) liquid

49. Autistic people usually have unexpected and 

bizarre

 responses to

their environment.
A) inconspicuous

B) ordinary

C) usual

D) passionate

E) strange

50. If you never do any work, you’ll only have yourself to 

blame

 when

you cannot live comfortably.
A) accuse

B) approve

C) to appreciate

D) deplore

E) pity

51. Some of the main roads will be closed until the 

blizzard

 ends.

A) snowstorm

B) hurricane

C) tornado

D) thunderstorm

E) disorder

52. The enemy’s attempt at a 

blockade

 of the port was unsuccessful.

A) expedition

B) opening

C) landing

D) closure

E) probe

53. The use of fertilizers and improved methods of controlling plant and

animal diseases has 

boosted 

farm product.

A) exaggerated

B) supplemented

C) increased

D) extended

E) submitted

54. I hate people 

breaking in

 on a conversation without waiting for the

speaker to stop talking.
A) Interrupting

B) withdrawing from

C) seizing

D) regarding

E) allowing

55. The young man earned the reputation of a 

brilliant

 lawyer during

two fabulous law cases.
A) remarkable

B) shining

C) studious

D) mediocre

E) promising

56. Before taking a test on vocabulary, one had better 

brush up

 on his

or her vocabulary.
A) outline

B) translate

C) revise

D) review

E) memorize

57. We were shocked by the 

brutality

 of the hooligans. They were simply

like a herd of violent animals.
A) politeness

B) foolishness

C) eagerness

D) happiness

E) cruelty

58. The 

bulk

 of the wheat exported from Brazil comes from the southern

part.
A) majority

B) surplus

C) best

D) profitability

E) unity

59. George Washington’s great grandfather came to live in America 

by

accident

.

A) due to a calamity

B) unintentionally

C) adversely

D) decisively

E) unwittingly

60. Further arms limitations talks were 

called off

 when Congress failed

to ratify the treaty.
A) cancelled

B) postponed

C) scheduled

D) interrupted

E) announced

61. A 

careful

 teacher spends hours preparing for classes and correcting

students papers.
A) creative

B) leading

C) skillful

D) conscientious

E) honest

62. The monetarist 

case 

has been vividly expressed by Milton Friedman.

A) issue

B) argument

C) example

D) strongbox

E) oddment

63. The hurricane that hit the city had a 

catastrophic 

effect because

most of the buildings were constructed of wood.
A) categories

B) disastrous

C) frightening

D) blowing

E) strenuous

64. I have a 

cavity

 that causes me a lot of pain.

A) burn on the arm

B) hole in a tooth

C) cut on the leg

D) bruise on the body

E) injury on the body

65. Picasso was a 

celebrated 

Italian painter.

A) artistic

B) colorful

C) well-known

D) knowledgeable

E) elusive

66. The judge let the university student off with 

clemency

 and a stern

warning.
A) vengefulness

B) revenge

C) brutality

D) mercy

E) culmination

67. For order to grow out of the 

chaos 

of the universe took millions of

years.
A) adjustment

B) change

C) confusion

D) oscillation

E) nebulosity

68. The cost of imported products can be increased with a special 

charge

called a tariff.
A) rate

B) debt

C) regulation

D) fee

E) currency

69. The 

charges 

brought against the old politician finally hurt nothing

but his vanity, as suggested by his supporters.
A) assumptions

B) prospects

C) accusations

D) images

E) defenses

70. The two leaders had a 

chat 

before beginning formal negotiations.

A) disagreement

B) serious discussion

C) heated argument

D) friendly, unimportant talk

E) high-level conference

71. A nursery school is school 

chiefly

 for three or four-year old children.

A) primarily

B) exclusively

C) originally

D) designed

E) certainly

72. We were asked to list the 

chronology 

of events in the War of

Independence on our history test.
A) catastrophe

B) time sequence

C) disaster

D) discrepancy

E) revolution

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