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?

  The events of the evening _____ without difficulty despite the
  lack of planning on the part of the host.
  A) expired
  B) transpired
  C) retired
  D) ensured
  E) extorted

  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

  The protesters were concerned that the proposed legislation would
  have a(n)_____ effect on the state's nature preserves.
  A) scintillating
  B) deleterious
  C) insipid
  D) punctilious
  E) parsimonious

  _____ I got there at 9:15, just 15 minutes early. 10 minutes later I was
  still waiting for him. I began to get worried. Then I saw him coming
  towards me.
  A) Peter prefers to travel by bus.
  B) We have decided to go by bus.
  C) Buses leave from the centre of town every 15 minutes.
  D) Peter and I had agreed to meet at the bus stop.
  E) My father got to the bus stop first.

  The _____ nature of the song is supposed to be reminiscent of
  shepherds calling to their flocks at night.
  A) vocative
  B) endemic
  C) surreptitious
  D) preternatural
  E) inane

  Proposals to ban the pesticide DDT by 2007 have been dropped as it seemed likely that this would have an adverse effect on efforts to fight malaria. _____ Before that can happen, however, the poor countries must be helped to find and adopt suitable alternatives. Otherwise, the spread of malaria will continue uncontrolled.
  A) In some quarters, it is believed that DDT is actually not as harmful as it was once believed
  B) It is still agreed, however, that DDT must, eventually, be banned
  C) The various countries negotiating to limit persistent organic pollutants were all agreed on this
  D) Obviously, there are many safer insecticides
  E) The draining of mosquito breeding areas has also been effective in the control of malaria

  Frank feels such _____ towards his ex-business partner that he
  cannot stand to be in the same room with him.
  A) iniquity
  B) collusion
  C) avarice
  D) pallor
  E) animosity

  The fire caused _____ damage to the warehouse, which forced the
  owner to demolish the building.
  A) sanctified
  B) equitable
  C) preliminary
  D) irreparable
  E) pretentious

  I'm sorry that's not fair. It's no good _____.
   A) blaming me
   B) betraying me
   C) believing me
   D) beholding me