As unemployment is currently a major social issue, _____ .
  A) the strikes have really crippled the industry and, consequently, the export of manufactured goods has come to a standstill
  B) the measures introduced had little effect on the improvement of the country's economic performance
  C) its worst economic effects have been partly softened by the government's introduction of unemployment compensation
  D) the economic prospect was far from encouraging
  E) people are not working as hard as their belief in the work ethic indicates that they should be

  Though Hong Kong used to be one of the world's most alluring shopping centers, _____ .
  A) competition seems to be growing even keener
  B) this was no longer the case
  C) it might have remained a fashionable holiday resort
  D) others did not share this opinion
  E) it is now one of its most expensive

  I need a new secretary. I had to get rid of the last one because she
  was so lazy. _____ I am not interested in whether she is good looking
  or not.
  A) I am now looking for someone who is hardworking.
  B) She used to arrive promptly at 8:30.
  C) I found a good one yesterday, too.
  D) My new secretary need not be hardworking.
  E) Would you like to work for me?

  _____ , it should not be assumed that a theory is "proved" by testing.
  A) Whereas many people think of science as a mechanical process of collecting facts and devising theories
  B) Although the testing of theories is a distinguishing feature of science
  C) Since physics is one of the major branches of science
  D) When the history of science tells us that long-held theories are replaced by new ones
  E) Insofar as the careful carrying out of experiments is a crucial part of scientific activity

  At concert halls, the center of the stage is increasingly being taken over by percussionists _____
  A) who were trying out a wide range of new instruments
  B) that there is now a vast array of instruments
  C) whose performance showed amazing virtuosity
  D) who used to stand at the back of the orchestra tapping out the rhythm
  E) so that a great range of new musical sound was being developed

  Before Freud shed light on dreams and extraordinary role of the subconscious, _____ .
  A) there are many who have grasped their significance
  B) educated people in particular regarded dreams as meaningless and pointless
  C) many traditional ways of interpreting dreams are being analyzed
  D) the relationship between stress and dreams would surely have been recognized
  E) many great writers still draw on the principles of human psychology

  Whenever I need something, the first place I go to is Dawson's
  store. There they sell just about everything. You can buy clothes
  there, things for the house and for the garden, and also sports
  equipment; They stock a wide variety of goods. Everything is a
  good quality, and prices are reasonable.
  Which Option summarize the passage :
  A) Most people can't afford to go to Dawson's.
  B) You can't find everything you need in Dawson's.
  C) In my opinion, Dawson's is an excellent store and not too
  expensive.
  D) Dawson's is famous for its goods but prices are high.
  E) The rich and the famous all shop at Dawson's.

  NaQuan had a terrible habit of boasting so much about his
  smallest accomplishments that his _____ became renowned
  throughout the small college campus.
  A) vainglory
  B) timidity
  C) diffidence
  D) tempestuousness
  E) mockery

  It took four men two hours to move the _____ sofa up three
  flights of stairs into our apartment.
  A) suave
  B) garrulous
  C) unwieldy
  D) pivotal
  E) quixotic

  Early settlers in America were not injured or hurt by the natives
  of this land. _____ It was only after they had lost their lands, hunting
  grounds, and were driven into poor lands, where staying alive was
  difficult, did they become the savage Indians of television.
  A) The Indians were living in the east of the Americas in those days.
  B) The natives in those days were quite different from the Indians.
  C) The cowboys of the wild west fought the Indians for may years
  before taking control of their lands.
  D) The first colonists were in fact aided by the Indians who lived in
  this area of the word.
  E) Staying alive was the only reason they had anything to do with
  the Indians.