40. His _____ and unwillingness to learn from others prevent him from being an effective member of the team.

A. arrogance B. advantage

41. We must try to create a more caring, more _____ society.

A. compassionate B. competitive

42. It was _____ and she did not know enough to analyze each problem properly.

A. encouraging B. exhausting

43. Although each TV series will be rated on the basis of its usual content, the ratings can _____ from

week to week.

A. flow B. fluctuate

44. This _____ factor means that there is often a connection in appearance and temperament between parents and

children.

A. historical B. hereditary

45. Though she _____ and pleaded, he refused to go to the dance.

A. coaxed B. admonished

46. Jack managed to get 147 tapes and 100 books plus lots of magazines through customs in a(n) _____

way.

A. incredulous B. miraculous

47. These days people are becoming more and more _____ about the food they eat.

A. sophisticated B. selective

48. The question of going to the United States for a doctor’s degree _____ his mind.

A. preoccupied B. intruded

49. In the last twenty years, breakthroughs in technology have _____ advanced the way we communicate,

bringing us computers, cell phones and the Internet.

A. profoundly B. deeply

50. In our culture, we are accustomed to sophisticated prescription drugs containing a _____ of chemical

ingredients.

A. plenty B. variety

51. We cannot _____ the country’s telecommunications to unqualified people.

A. trust B. entrust

52. Imagine how many times restaurants and merchants had to change their posted prices during the _____ 1970s,

when prices almost doubled.

A. inflationary B. extraordinary

53. Compared with the _____ period last year, average temperatures have been low.

A. corresponding

B. related