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Listening Comprehension Section 18. (A) Their teacher is insane.

Time 30-40 minutes CD 3, Track 1 (B) The woman must be joking.
1. (A) put more money in his banking account (C) The teachers child made her mad.
(B) stop complaining so much (D) The teacher was very upset.
(C) get a new job 19. (A) that they weren't leaving until dark
(D) take a loan from the bank (B) that they were waiting for Paul's arrival
2. (A) after 9 (C) that others were going too
(B) before 9 (D) that they weren't visiting the park
(C) before 20. (A) a campground
(D) after 12 (B) a kitchen
3. (A) It is more difficult than calculus. (C) an apartment
(B) It is easier than calculus. (D) a zoo
(C) It is too difficult to speak. 21. (A) why they're going to Jim's
(D) It is similar to calculus. (B) how they'll get to the gym
4. (A) the man (C) why they're going to the rear door
(B) the recently elected board (D) how Jim hurt his back
(C) the president 22. (A) cooking instructor
(D) the inhabitants (B) chemistry lab instructor
5. (A) in a writing class (C) fire fighter
(B) in a math class (D) home appliance salesperson
(C) in a cooking class 23. (A) Her blouse was professionally ironed.
(D) in a chemistry lab (B) It's not a very nice blouse.
6. (A) at an airport (C) Her blouse needs cleaning.
(B) in a car (D) The blouse was cleaned, not ironed.
(C) in a restaurant 24. (A) at a lumber mill
(D) in a drugstore (B) at a lake
7. (A) The man should find it. (C) in a dock area
(B) It costs a lot of money. (D) at a swimming pool
(C) It's a good model. 25. (A) Charles does a lot but his grades suffer.
(D) It's a good deal. (B) Charles makes the most of his time.
8. (A) He is going to the graduation. (C) She does not understand Charles.
(B) He will die before he graduates. (D) She wonders how he got his jobs.
(C) He is only kidding about graduating 26. (A) Dawn made them all laugh.
(D) He won't go to graduation. (B) It lasted until very late.
9. (A) see the man later (C) Everyone was home very early.
(B) travel to Colorado with the man (D) Dawn broke something at the end.
(C) travel through the mountains 27. (A) She went swimming on the date.
(D) travel to see the man (B) Bruce needs some exercise.
10. (A) His biochemistry test went well (C) She doesn't want to talk about it.
(B) The woman put a smile on his face (D) She's seeing Bruce again soon.
(C) The woman shouldn't ask him a question. 28. (A) that the man's graduation was unlikely
(D) Biochemistry makes him smile. (B) that he's doing exceptionally well
11. (A) two days ago (C) that the graduation class is large
(B) yesterday (D) that the man should stop gambling
(C) tomorrow 29. (A) He is becoming violent.
(D) two days from now (B) He should come in from the yard.
12. (A) Rhonda (C) He is not speaking directly.
(B) John (D) He is lying to her about it.
(C) the man 30. (A) call him if she needs help
(D) Chip (B) stop writing for the day
13. (A) Ron's brother (C) seek help for her problem
(B) Ron and his brother (D) finish her project as planned
(C) the woman Part В CD 3, Track 2
(D) the man 31. (A) become a trainer for a sports team
14. (A) the man (B) pick fruit in Europe
(B) the woman (C) help a professor perform research
(C) Elana (D) become an assistant professor
(D) Ethel 32. (A) if he will lend her some money
15. (A) She cannot eat any more. (B) if he will give her a job
(B) She didn't mean to break the dish. (C) if he knows of any job opportunities
(C) The fish doesn't look right. (D) if he needs to borrow money
(D) She will meet him. 33. (A) She is a research assistant.
16.(A) dean of a college (B) She went to Europe with the man.
(B) college professor (C) She did not return to school.
(C) college student (D) She told Brenda news about the man.
(D) college registrar 34. (A) She is good with money.
17. (A) that a crash has blocked the road (B) She won't have a lot of money.
(B) that he use an automated teller (C) The man should provide for her.
(C) that she has some cash ready (D) She threw away most of her money.
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Time – 25 min. Part A
35. (A) purchase items for his trip 1. ---- was a wife and mother, Anne Bradstreet found time to
(B) lend the woman some gear write poetry about her life in the American colonies.
(C) tell the woman something (A) She (B) Despite she (C) Although she (D) Though both she
(D) raft down the Colorado river 2. The worst snowstorm in American history was -----.
36. (A) last week (A) of 1888 a three-day blizzard
(B) two days ago (B) in 1888 there was a three-day blizzard
(C) the day after tomorrow (C) three-day blizzard in 1888
(D) yesterday (D) the three-day blizzard of 1888
37. (A) She doesn't believe he will do it. 3. Tombstone, Arizona, --—- the OK Corral shoot-out, is a well-
(B) She wants him to shop for her. known tourist attraction.
(C) She would like to come with him. (A) the scene of (B) that is the scene of
(D) She doesn't like it. (C) where was the scene of (D) there the scene of
38. (A) shop very quickly 4. Glassware is formed either by blowing the molten glass into
(B) cancel his trip shape —— it into a mold.
(C) drive to the embarkation point (A) and by pouring (B) or by pouring
(D) plan another trip (C) besides pouring (D) or to pour
Part C CD 3, Track 3 5. Luxury items in medieval times, ——.
39. (A) an American company (A) only the nobility used forks
(B) a type of work schedule (B) only the nobility's using of forks
(C) a method of systems analysis (C) forks were used only by the nobility
(D) a term for increased productivity (D) forks used only by the nobility
40.(A) Employees must work certain hours and can select others. 6. There was no official quartermaster in the Revolutionary
(B) Employees can only work the minimum time set by the Army, so everyone carried —— own provisions.
company. (A) their (B) his or her (C) its (D) our
(C) Each employee decides how long and when to work. 7. —— the president's appearance and charisma that gave him his
(D) Employees work only forty hours a week. initial "honeymoon" period with the voters.
41.(A) Employees are often late to work. (A) It seems to have been (B) It seems
(B) They don't have to allow employees to leave early. (C) There seems to have been (D) There seems to be
(C) They are in a special minority. 8. —— from the cash machine, you must have a valid card and
(D) Employees are more productive. the proper code number.
42.(A) extremely productive individuals (A) For getting (B) To get money
(B) employees who prefer rigid schedules (C) Having got money (D) To have gotten
(C) those with heavy outside demands 9. To Vice President Agnew, resignation, rather than
(D) those who will be absent anyway impeachment, seemed ——.
43.(A) bands of native Alaskans who migrated south (A) the only thing doing (B) the thing only doing
(B) European tribes that lived in the Bering Straits (C) the only thing to do (D) the thing only to do
(C) descendants of Siberian nomads 10. —— Nebraska nor Iowa has any coastline.
(D) survivors of groups who were not killed during the Ice Age (A) Either (B) Neither (C) Both (D) Together
44. (A) a passage that became flooded during the Ice Age 11. The Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest, who were
(B) a long wooden bridge built by the Indians excellent artisans, designed pottery, cloth, household items,
(C) a deposit left by a glacier and ——.
(D) the dried-up Bering Straits emptied of water (A) goods leather (B) good in leather
45. (A) They were fleeing the cold. (C) leathers good (D) leather goods
(B) They were looking for water. 12. Only infrequently -—- arthritis lead to total incapacitation.
(C) They were following animals. (A) is (B) are (C) does (D) such
(D) They were looking for new pasture land. 13. Not all historical sites that are found -----.
46. (A) They share common ancestry. (A) are highly publicized (B) highly publicized
(B) They eat the same food. (C) of high publicity (D) to be highly publicized
(C) Only the North Americans have survived. 14. Photographs should -—- only under proper conditions.
(D) They keep in regular contact. (A) exposure (B) to be exposed
47. (A) a police officer (C) exposes (D) be exposed
(B) a hotel clerk 15. Theodore Hesburgh is well known as the president of the
(C) the resident advisor in a dormitory University of Notre Dame, but --—- an accomplished athlete,
(D) the host father of an international student traveler, and author.
48. (A) four (A) additionally he (B) he is also
(B) two (C) is more (D) is too including
(C) one Part B
(D) fifteen 16. Some scientists believe that dinosaurs become extinct
A B
49. (A) Students are forbidden to use the kitchenettes at night.
(B) Meals are provided in the cafeteria. when a huge asteroid fell on the Earth.
C D
(C) The kitchenettes are dirty. 17. Earthquakes that occur under or near the ocean can to
(D) The kitchenettes contain precooked food. A B C
50. (A) to orient new students generate tidal waves known as tsunamis.
(B) to learn how to avoid fires in the kitchenette D
(C) to learn how to do laundry 18. It is a well-known fact that most people resists change.
(D) to become independent A B C D
19. Before the invention of railroads, the only mean of land
A B C
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transportation was the horse.
 D
38. Modern airplanes are able to flу very highly because they
20. Roses were originally cultivated by an early Egyptians A B C
A B C have pressurized cabins.
around 4000 B.C. D
D 39. Queen Victoria, who reigned in 1837 to 1901, ruled
21. Bentwood, who is a wood that has been artificially formed A B
A B England during its transition from an agricultural to an
into a curve, is usually used for making furniture. C D
C D industrial society.
22. It is much more easier to obtain a college education these 40. Spencer Tracy is remembered for his serious dramatic
A B C A B
days than it was years ago. roles, as well for his comedy films with Katharine Hepburn.
D C D
23. Even though the difference between the percentages of
A B
male and female doctors has narrowed appreciably in Reading Comprehension
C Questions 1-10 refer to the following passage.
recent years, the number of men in that profession is Elizabeth "Betsy" Ross (1752-1836) was
likely to remain the highest. a Philadelphia seamstress, and, according to
D legend, the designer of the first American
24. At one time, alligators up to 19 feet in long inhabited the Line flag, the "Stars and Stripes," a rectangle of
A B C D (5) red and white stripes with a circle of stars in
southeastern United States. one corner. The legend other role began in
25. In spelunking terminology, the term A "twilight zone" 1870, when her grandson William J. Canby
A
presented a paper about Ross at a meeting
refers to the not dark completely section of a cave.
B C D of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
26. Perhaps was the complimentary biography he had (10) According to Canby's paper, General
A B George Washington visited Ross's home
written about Lincoln that secured Dean Howell's 1861 frequently, and Ross sewed clothes for him.
C One day, George Washington came to her
appointment as U.S. consul in Italy. house and asked that she design a flag for
D (15) the soon-to-be-independent American
27. Nutritional needs can be convenience represented by a nation. Ross made alterations to the rough
A B
pyramid, with the most important foods at the bottom. sketch that Washington gave her and
C D created the first American flag.
28. An oligopoly is a small combination of business interests Canby's story has become part of
A B (20) American folklore, but there are doubts
that work with one the other to control a product or service. about its accuracy. To begin with, his story
C D was recorded 94 years after the events it
29. A determined hunter, a wolf may cover dozens of miles describes and was told to him when he was
A B
a small boy. Canby says Ross and
the day in search of its prey. (25) Washington's meeting took place in June of
C D
30. Gloucester, along with many other New England coastal 1776, but historians have found no mention
A B of meetings about a flag in government
towns, depended with the success of the cod harvest. records, or in Washington's personal diaries
C D and writings. Finally, Canby asserted that
31. Every cell carry genetic material that can produce a (30) the Betsy Ross flag was in use soon after the
A B C signing of the Declaration of Independence
complete organism. in 1776, but Congress did not officially
D
adopt national colors until 1777.
32. The metric system serves a simple, universal standard of
A B C Ross may not have designed the Stars and
measurement. (35) Stripes, but she definitely made flags of
D some kind for the new American state. The
33. The Dakota, being one of the oldest buildings in New minutes of the State Navy Board of
A Pennsylvania for May 29, 1777, refer to "an
York City, it was designated a historical landmark. order on William Webb to Elizabeth Ross
B С D (40) for fourteen pounds twelve shillings, and
34. Skiing on the Alps calls for a pair of well-exercised legs two pence, for making ship's colours."
A B C
and a thickly padded pocketbook.
D 1. What is the best title for the passage?
35. A budget is a detailing statement of revenues and (A) William Canby and the First American Flag
A B (B) The Making of the First American Flag
expenditures for a certain period of time. (C) Betsy Ross and the American Flag: Fact or Fiction?
C D (D) The Life of A Colonial American Seamstress
36. For half century, George Dallas played a prominent 2. According to the passage, what was the relationship between
A B
George Washington and Betsy Ross?
role in local, regional, and national political events. (A) They were friends.
C D
37. Amber, one of the first substances used decorating, is a (B) They were romantically involved.
A B C (C) Betsy Ross did work for him.
fossilized resin. (D) George Washington was her landlord.
D 3. The word rough in line 16 is closest in meaning to which of the
following?
 (A) unfinished (B) inappropriate (C) bumpy (D) hard (A) Fun with Auroras
4. According to the author, Canby's story (B) Auroras: Why they Appear and What they Look Like
(A) is extremely accurate (B) cannot be verified (C) The Aurora Borealis: Fact and Fiction
(C) has been forgotten (D) is definitely false (D) The Solar Wind and Its Effect on the Solar System
5. The author implies that Canby's story may be inaccurate because 12. The word precisely in line 7 is closest in meaning to
(A) he might not accurately have recounted events that (A) exactly (B) truthfully (C) pointedly (D) correctly
happened long before he was born 13. Auroras are mainly caused by
(B) he deliberately falsified historical documents (A) solar activity
(C) George Washington was uninterested in flag design (B) a cosmic light show
(D) Betsy Ross never made clothes for George Washington (C) the northern and southern hemispheres
6. The word mention in lines 26-27 could best be replaced by (D) atmospheric phenomena
which of the following? 14. According to the passage, the suns corona changes
(A) honor (B) sound (C) amount (D) report hydrogen gas into which of the following substances?
7. The term colors in line 33 is closest in meaning to which of (A) oxygen (B) nitrogen (C) light (D) plasma
the following? 15. The word collide in line 21 is closest in meaning to
(A) nation (B) Congress (C) flag (D) record (A) fall (B) hit (C) scatter (D) stick
8. Which of the following conclusions about Betsy Ross could 16.Where in the passage does the author define the term corona?
best be drawn from this passage? (A) line 6 (B) line 7 (C) line 8 (D) line 9
(A) Ross wanted to be remembered for her work on 17. The word dazzling in line 29 could best be replaced by
America's first Hag. which of the following?
(B) Ross made flags, but she may not have designed the (A) attractive (B) pleasant (C) stable (D) spectacular
Stars and Stripes. 18. Which of the following generalizations about auroras could
(C) Ross was well paid for her work as a flag designer. best be drawn from the passage?
(D) Ross met several times with George Washington, but (A) They do not occur often enough to be studied by scientists.
he never gave her a sketch of the Stars and Stripes. (B) They are brilliant displays of light resulting from particles
9. The word minutes in line 37 is closest in meaning to thrown from the sun's corona.
(A) time (B) record (C) payment (D) script (C) Though they are not precisely understood, scientists can
10. Where in the passage does the author tell when the Congress predict exactly what form they will take and how long they will
officially adopted the new flag? last.
(A) line l (B) lines 6-7 (C) lines 32-33 (D) line 38 (D) The Earth's magnetic field shields the poles from auroral
displays.
Questions 11—19 refer to the following passage. 19. As the auroral display comes to a close, it appears to
The aurora is an atmospheric phenomenon (A) contract toward the poles
occurring near the earth's poles. Known as (B) arc sharply in random direction
aurora borealis or "northern lights" in the (C) turn greener
Line northern hemisphere, and as aurora australis or (D) develop a shimmering red border
(5) "southern lights" in the southern hemisphere,
it is a kind of cosmic light show. Questions 20-29 refer to the following passage.
Although their causes are not precisely Andy Warhol, known chiefly as a painter,
known, auroras seem to result from solar activ was a leader of the Pop art movement of the
ity. The sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, can 1960s. Working in a collective known as "The
(10) be extremely hot, up to several million degrees. Line Factory," he used the process of silk screening
Such heat causes atoms to dissolve, and (5) to reproduce recognized American cultural
changes hydrogen into plasma—free electrons images and icons, such as soap pad boxes and
and protons. Holes in the sun's magnetic field celebrity photographs. This mechanical process
allow this plasma to escape. As the sun rotates, made the point that the painted image was
(15) it throws plasma outward in a spiral. The plasma mundane and the artist detached.
moves further and further away from the sun, (10) Warhol is also known for his films, such as
eventually reaching Earth's orbit. When the Chelsea Girls (1966) and Blue Movie (1969).
plasma particles get caught in the earth's Some of his movies are incredibly long—more
magnetic field, they travel to the magnetic than 24 hours. In 1966 in New York City,
(20) poles, where, at heights of several hundred Warhol worked with the Factory and the rock
kilometers, they collide with oxygen and nitrogen (15) band the Velvet Underground to produce a
atoms. This energetic activity knocks away multimedia event called "Andy Warhol Uptight."
electrons to leave ions in excited states. The He produced the Velvet Undergrounds
ions emit radiation and create color. Then the first album in 1967 and took part in the
(25) light show begins. Exploding Plastic Inevitable, a
The longest lasting aurora form is the arc, (20) twelve-person team that produced multimedia
which may remain in the sky for several hours. events combining film, photographs, music,
An aurora can also appear as a curtain, ray, or lights, and dance.
band. In the dazzling auroral substorm, an His main contributions to modern
(30) aurora's shape may change dramatically. Green American art are his invention of the artist as
lights can fill the sky towards the pole, and end (25) an impersonal agent and his role as a catalyst ,
in a shimmering, folded arc with a red border for many other artists. After he was shot and
at the bottom. The bottom of the arc or fold nearly killed in 1968, Warhol was less active.
often takes a sharper form than the top part. He died in 1987.
(35) Towards the end of the display, the shapes
pale and gradually drift towards the pole. 20. What is the main topic of this passage?
(A) the Pop art movement of the 1960s
11. What is the best title for the passage? (B) the collective known as "The Factory"
 (C) the art and life of Andy Warhol (B) its spiraling arms
(D) the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (C) a compact nucleus
21. In lines 7—8, what does "this mechanical process" refer to? (D) its initial rotation around one point in space
(A) image (B) icon (C) box (D) silk-screening 32. According to the passage, a "protogalaxy"
22. "Made the point" in line 8 could best be replaced by which (A) consists of billions of spherical clouds
of the following? (B) results from an "ellipsoidal" galaxy
(A) inserted (B) ignored (C) implied (D) provided (C) is a great mass of gaseous materials
23. The word mundane in line 9 is closest in meaning to (D) ignores the law of angular momentum
(A) big (B) fascinating (C) simple (D) ordinary 33. All of the following are true about an ellipsoidal galaxy
24. According to the passage, Warhol worked in all of the as it ages EXCEPT
following media EXCEPT (A) It becomes flatter.
(A) collage (B) music (C) painting (D) film (B) It contracts.
25. Which recording group does the passage say Andy (C) It creates more hydrogen.
Warhol supported? (D) It develops more congested centers.
(A) Uptight (B) Exploding Plastic Inevitable 34. According to the passage, the effects of the law of the
(C) The Velvet Underground (D) The Chelsea Girls conservation of angular momentum
26. In line 25, the word catalyst means (A) create congestion at the galaxy's core
(A) activating force (B) destructive tendency (B) scatter galactic matter into space
(C) unwilling participant (D) prolific composer (C) flatten and contract the galaxy
27. When was Warhol nearly killed? (D) predict the decreasing speed of rotation
(A) 1987 (B) 1968 (C) 1966 (D) 1963 35. According to the passage, a "spiral" galaxy
28. Which of the following statements would the author of (A) can be easily observed with the naked eye
this passage most probably agree with? (B) is an evenly dispersed network of galactic matter
(A) Warhol has had great impact with his ideas about the (C) is created by the accelerating rotation of an "ellipsoidal"
modern artist's role in society. galaxy
(B) Andy Warhol's silkscreens are his greatest contribution to (D) is shaped more or less like a sphere
modern American art.
(C) An attack on his life ended Warhol's career before he 36. In line 24, compact most nearly means
attained success. (A) twisted (B) static (C) oblong (D) dense
(D) Since Andy Warhol did his artwork in collaboration with 37. The purpose of the passage is to describe
others, his achievements do not mean very much. (A) three theories of galactic formation
29. All of the following statements about Andy Warhol are (B) the most famous theory of the evolution of galaxies
true EXCEPT (C) how the laws of physics influence the behavior of galaxies
(A) He was a pop artist. (D) the conservation of angular momentum
(B) He directed movies. 38. The paragraph following this would most likely be about
(C) He died of a gunshot wound. (A) how other types of galaxies are formed
(D) He was supportive of many artists. (B) what an "arm" is
(C) the role of gravity in the creation of galaxies
Question 30—38 refer to the following passage. (D) how materials scatter in a galaxy
The best-known theory of galactic evolution
is the one originated in the 1920s by Edwin P. Questions 39-50 refer to the following passage.
Hubble. According to this theory, With the rise of the great metropolis in the
Line a galaxy begins as a vast accumulation of industrial era, city planning in the United States
(5) gases, chiefly hydrogen and helium, rotating passed out of the hands of the architect
about a central point. Thanks to the mutual Line and into the hands of the technical expert.
gravitational attraction of matter, this (5) Unlike the architect, who thought of the city
"protogalaxy" slowly condenses into as a work of art to be built up with an eye
millions or, more often, billions of stars, col- towards beauty, the modern technocrat has
(10) lected in a gigantic, roughly spherical cloud. always taken a purely functional approach to
This is what Hubble called an "ellipsoidal" city planning; the city exists for the sole pur-
galaxy. (10) pose of serving the needs of its inhabitants. Its
Over many more millions of years, gravity outward appearance has no important value.
slowly causes such a galaxy to contract, Over the span of a few centuries, this new
(15) flatten, and become increasingly congested breed of urban planner has succeeded in forever
near its center. Due to the law of the conservation changing the face of American cities. A visit
of angular momentum, it also begins to (15) to any large city confirms this grim fact. Even
rotate more and more rapidly. The centrifugal a casual observer could not fail to notice that
force thus generated finally scat- the typical urban landscape is arranged along
(20) ters much of the material from the galaxy's the lines of a tedious chessboard pattern, with
outer edges many thousands of light years its four-cornered intersections and long,
into surrounding space. This is how the familiar (20) straight, and dull streets.
"spiral" galaxy, with its characteristic Strict building codes have resulted in an
compact nucleus and its widely dis- overabundance of unsightly neighborhoods in
(25) persed, spiraling outer arms, is formed. which there is only slight variation among
structures. Rows of squat concrete apartment
30. The word originated in line 2 is closest in meaning to (25) houses and files of gigantic steel and glass
(A) cultivated (B) begun (C) declared (D) proposed skyscrapers have almost completely replaced
31. According to Hubble, one characteristic of a galaxy at its older, more personal buildings. Moreover, the
origin is lovely natural surroundings of many cities are
(A) its conspicuous lack of hydrogen and helium no longer a part of the urban landscape. For
(30) the most part, the hills and rivers that were
once so much a part of so many metropolitan
settings have been blotted out by thoughtless
construction. The lone bright spot in this
otherwise bleak picture is that currently there is a
(35) rebirth of interest in architecture. Enrollments
in graduate architectural programs are the
highest they have been in years. Hopefully, this
trend will continue and help pave the way for
a more beautiful America of the future.

39. The primary purpose of this passage is to

(A) show the accomplishments of the modern technical expert
(B) point out the failures of old-fashioned architects
(C) argue for the preservation of natural surroundings
(D) communicate the author's preference for architects over
technocrats
40. The architect had always considered cities to be
(A) a functional place of dwelling
(B) a work of art
(C) in need of many tall skyscrapers
(D) a place for experimentation
41. The tone of this passage can best be described as
(A) disapproving (B) conciliatory
(C) apologetic (D) sorrowful

42. The reference to a "purely functional approach to city

planning" in lines 8-9 serves to
(A) demonstrate that architects and technocrats should cooperate
(B) imply that architects are unconcerned about human comfort
(C) show that this approach is to be desired
(D) stress the difference between architects and technocrats
43. The word span in line 12 most nearly means
(A) extension (B) days (C) bridge (D) stretch
44. The word face in line 14 most nearly means
(A) appearance (B) expression (C) conflict (D) value
45. In the second paragraph, the description of cities can best be
described as
(A) tolerant (B) unflattering (C) regulated (D) monotonous
46. According to the passage, what is a consequence of strict
building codes?
(A) an unsightly regularity of building styles
(B) more neighborhoods than are necessary
(C) a lack of interested building observers
(D) a return of the old-time architect
47. We can infer from the passage that the author sees modern
architecture as
(A) necessary (B) impersonal (C) lovely (D) valuable
48. The expression blotted out in line 32 is closest in meaning to
(A) taken away (B) omitted (C) blocked out (D) made useless
49. It is most likely that the author would support which of
the following?
(A) an effort to enforce disregarded building codes
(B) programs increasing the public's appreciation for architecture
(C) plans to build fewer parks
(D) a return to eighteenth-century living styles
50. The passage ends in a spirit of
(A) anger (B) disgust (C) accusation (D) hope
END OF TEST.