A. charming French small

B. French small charming

C. small French charming

D. charming small French

29. The school board is made up of parents who ________ to make decisions about school affairs.

A. had been elected

B. had elected

C. have been elected

D. have elected

30. They promised to develop a software package by the end of this year, ________ they might have.

A. however difficult

B. how difficult

C. whatever difficulty

D. what difficulty

31. The judges gave no hint of what they thought, so I left the room really ________.

A. to be worried

B. to worry

C. having worried

D. worried

32. The students are looking forward to having an opportunity ________ society for real-life experience.

A. explore

B. to explore

C. exploring

D. explored

33. I have no idea ________ the cell phone isn‟t working, so could you fix it for me?

A. what

B. why

C. if

D. which

34. Young people may risk ________ deaf if they are exposed to very loud music every day.

A. to go

B. to have gone

C. going

D. having gone

35. Sophia got an e-mail ________ her credit card account number.

A. asking for

B. ask for

C. asked for

D. having asked for

36. I cannot hear the professor clearly as there is too much noise ________ I am sitting.

A. before

B. until

C. unless

D. where

37. ________ at the photos, illustrations, title and headings and you can guess what the reading is about.

A. To look

B. Looking

C. Having looked

D. Look

38. An ecosystem consists of the living and nonliving things in an area ________ interact with one another.

A. that

B. where

C. who

D. what

39. Among the crises that face humans ________ the lack of natural resources.

A. is

B. are

C. is there

D. are there

40. Some people care much about their appearance and always ask if they look fine in ________ they are

wearing.

A. that

B. what

C. how

D. which

Section B

Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

As infants, we can recognize our mothers within hours of birth. In fact, we can recognize the 41 of our mother‟s face well before we can recognize her body shape. It‟s 42 how the brain can carry out such a function at such a young age, especially since we don‟t learn to walk and talk until we are over a year old. By the time we are adults, we have the ability to distinguish around 100,000 faces. How can we remember so many faces when many of us find it difficult to 43 such a simple thing as a phone number? The exact process is not yet fully understood, but research around the world has begun to define the specific areas of the brain and processes 44 for facial recognition.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe that they have succeeded in 45

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