?1. Thomas Wolfe portrayed people so that you came to know their yearnings, their impulses, and

?? their warts----this was effective _____.

?? A. motivation???? B. point of view??? C. characterization??? D. background

?2. The appeal to the senses known as ______ is especially common in poetry.

?? A. imaginative??? B. imaginable????? C. ingenious??????? D. imagery

?3. If you've got a? complaint, the best thing is to see the person concerned and _____ with him.

?? A. tell it?????????? B. have it out????? C. say it??????????? D. have it known

4. There have been several attempts to introduce gayer colours and styles in men's clothing , but

? none of them____

? A. ha caught on?? B. has caught him out,??? C. has caught up?? D. take roots

5.The retired engineer plunked down $ 50,000 in cash for a mid-size Mercedes as? a present for his wife --a purchase ______ ,with money made in the stock market the? week before.

?? A. paid off??????? B. paid through??? C. paid cut?????? D. paid for

6.He has courage all right, but in matters requiring judgment, he has often been found

? sadly_____.

? A. lack it?????? B. absent??????? C. in need of it???? D. wanting

7. Danis Hayes raised the essential paradox and asked how people could have fought so hard

? against environmental degradation _____ themselves now on the verge of losing the war.

? A. only found???? B. finding only??? C. only to find???? D, have only found

8.The once separate issue of environment and development are now? ____? linked.

?A. intangible????? B. indispensable?? C. inextricably??? D. incredibly

9.The need to see that justice is done ____? every decision made in the courts.

?A. implants into?? B. imposes on???? C. impinges upon? D. imprecates upon

10. Two thirds of the US basketball players? are black, and the number would be greater__

??? the continuing practice of picking white bench warmers? for the sake of balance.

???? A. was it not because of????? B. had it not been for

???? C. ware it not for?????????? D. would it not have been for

?11. No one would have time to read? or listen? to an account of everything ____ going????? on in the world.

????? A. it is??????? B. there is??????? C. as is???????? D. what is

?12. If there is the need to compete in a crowd, to battle ______ the edge the surest strategy is to

??? develop the unexpected.

??? A. on???????? B. for???????? C. against?????? D. with

?13. Just as there are occupations that require college or even higher degrees _____.

??? occupations for which technical training? is necessary .

??? A. so too there are???? B. so also there are

??? C. so there are too???? D. so too are there

14. It is a myth that the law permits the Food and Drug Administration to ignore requirements for