The biology students were assigned the task of testing the _____ ,
  but did not have enough time to prove its validity.
  A) lexicon
  B) hypothesis
  C) motif
  D) platitude
  E) genesis

  _____ . The study found that the morale was low among secretaries. Many of them claimed that they felt a lack of respect for their work and that they were not treated as full members of the company's executive team. The study also revealed that they were under-utilized.
  A) First of all, we have made a list of tasks that secretaries can perform in addition to the more traditional tasks of typing and filing
  B) The changes we have made in the personnel system of the company were in part the result of a study conducted about secretaries over a six-month period
  C) In addition to the language training that has been offered, the company is designed a training program on office management for secretaries
  D) In upgrading office efficiency, managers also play an Important role by recognizing and appreciating the work and career aspirations of secretaries
  E) The questionnaire didn't provide them with any useful information

  _____ you get magnificent views of the oak-covered slopes of these coastal mountain ranges that rise up from the Pacific.
  A) If only the new road had been opened
  B) As they headed for San Francisco
  C) However unfairly the state of the roads was being attacked
  D) Even though a great deal of money went into constructing the road
  E) As you drive along the coast road

  _____ , but it is not the only one.
  A) Newspaper prices have risen dramatically in recent years
  B) Most diseases are caused by germs and bad hygiene
  C) Technological competition is a serious problem for the book industry
  D) The printing press was invented by Johann Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany in the fifteenth century
  E) The judge rebuked the witnesses for their disrespectful behavior during the trial

  Ignacio's pain was so _____ that he called 911.
  A) remiss
  B) rapacious
  C) genteel
  D) resolute
  E) acute

  All I ask is that you _____.
   A) give me just one last chance
   B) give me just one last occasion
   C) give me just one last time
   D) give me just one last series

  The task of building the cabin was a _____ one, but Rob was up
  to the challenge.
  A) laborious
  B) venerable
  C) archaic
  D) cynical
  E) unbiased

  Sometimes it's good to get away after a long busy week and
  relax. As often as I can, I spend a quiet weekend with my aunt
  who lives on the coast. _____ I always come back rested and ready to
  work again.
  A) Unfortunately she expects me to help her run the hotel.
  B) There, the air is clean and it is always quiet and peaceful.
  C) So next weekend I shan't be able to go.
  D) The house is always crowded and noisy.
  E) She is old and cannot live by herself.

  Read and complete the passage with the correct option.
  
  Brain Linguistic Systems
  
  Neurocognitive Linguistics is an attempt to understand the linguistic system of the human brain. The object of investigation is the mental system that supports our language processing. _____. That is the basic challenge facing neurocognitive linguistics. But since our linguistic systems are housed in our brains, we have no choice but to treat language as a mental phenomenon.
  
   A) Man has always been fascinated by amazing facts about his own brain
   B) Of course, this mental system is not directly observable
   C) There have been numerous kinds of research done on the brain structure
   D) There was one single professor famous for his ideas about the function of the brain
   E) The structure of a human brain is totally different from that of an animal

  If you will not do your work of your own _____ , I have no choice
  but to penalize you if it is not done on time.
  A) predilection
  B) coercion
  C) excursion
  D) volition
  E) infusion