8 The medicine is used to help travelers quickly________their bodies’ internal clocks to a new time zone after a long flight.

(A)adjust

(B)restore

(C)screw

(D)transfer

9 With certain survival , these unusual plant species are able to live in the harsh environment. (A)compounds (B)encounters (C)intentions (D)strategies

10 The international relations of a nation with a foreign policy tend to be stormy and difficult, since such a nation looks for opportunities to fight rather than to negotiate. (A)bellicose (B)hospitable (C)pacific (D)solemn

11 Submarines have___________ dramatically since the early sketches of the Renaissance artist, Da Vinci, to the nuclear submarines of today. (A)ascended (B)diminished (C)evolved (D)penetrated

12 (A)profusion (B)desire (C)shortage (D)quality

13 (A)balances (B)alleviates (C)broadens (D)associates

14 (A)To begin with (B)From now on (C)Up to now (D)Until then

15 (A)if only (B)even when (C)so that (D)only because

16 The shortsighted effort to protect against every attempt by the government to enter an individual’s private sphere may actually do more harm than good to the cause of privacy. (A)An improvident protection against government intrusion into a person’s private sphere may be detrimental to the cause of privacy. (B)The effort to prohibit government interference with a citizen’s personal affairs is the first step toward total privacy protection. (C)To allow the government to keep an eye on an individual’s personal matters is an ill-advised privacy protection strategy. (D)The government’s effort to protect a person’s private sphere is not well-considered because it will harm rather than help the privacy cause.

17 The ceremonial celebration of the arrival of the period of puberty in girls is more rigidly adhered to than any ancient religious rite or social custom in vogue among the Apache. (A)In the Apache culture, the importance of the advent of female puberty surpasses all other time-tested religious rites or popular social customs. (B)Celebrating the beginning of puberty in girls is a very strict ceremony among the Apache, stricter even than other old holy ceremonies or popular social practices. (C)The Apache people give utmost importance to girls in their puberty, who are closely watched and protected in all religious ceremonies and social activities. (D)For the Apache, no other religious or social ceremonies are more important than the celebration of supreme beauty.

18 People have the tendency to attach human characteristics to nonhuman objects and animals. It reflects a drive to form social connections, even with objects made of metal and wire. (A)People are always fascinated by man-made objects that show human traits. (B)People form relationships with objects by giving them human qualities. (C)Animals and objects with human characteristics tend to make good pets. (D)Using technology to satisfy the human need for social connections is popular now.

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