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 out     [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 ageinst 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]were it not for                    [C]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 A dministration to ignore requirements for _____ drugs while brand – name drugs still must meet these rigid tests .

[A]specific         [B]generic           [C]intricate     [D]acrid

15.The very biggest and most murderous wars during the industrial age were intra – industrial - wars that _____ Second Wave nations like Germany and Britain against one another.

[A]pitted       [B]drove       [C]kept      [D]embarked

16.The private life of having each individual make his or her own choice of beliefs and interest _____ without the overarching pubic world of the state ,which sustains a structure _____ of law appropriate to a self – determining association .

[A]is not possible               [B]would not be possible

[C]will not be possible          [D]cannot be possible

Christianity and the barbarian kingdoms of the west emerged the medieval version of politics _____ in turn evolved the politics of our modern world.

[A]of which     [B]from which    [C]on which    [D]by which

18.The Portuguese give a great deal of credit to one man for having promoted sea travel ,that man _____ Prince Henry the navigator ,who lived in the 15th century.

[A]was         [B]was called       [C]calling     [D]being

19.Grant was one of a body of men who were self – reliant _____ ,who cared hardly anything for the past but had a sharp eye for the future .

[A]on themselves            [B]on not making a fault

[C]to a fault               [D]to remain ahead

20.Huntington and many of its competitors are working to make remedial instruction a commodity as _____ and accessible as frozen yogurt .

[A]ubiquitous      [B]rational        [C]necessary     [D]credible

21.The scheme for rebuilding the city center _____ ,owing to the refusal of the refusal of a Council to sanction the expenditure of the money it would have required.

[A]fell down    [B]fell off    [C]fell out    [D]fell flat