1. Thomas Wolfe portrayed people so that you came to know their yearnings, their impulses, and

   their warts----this was effective _____.

   A. motivation     B. point of view    C. characterization    D. background

 2. The appeal to the senses known as ______ is especially common in poetry.

   A. imaginative    B. imaginable      C. ingenious        D. imagery

 3. If you've got a  complaint, the best thing is to see the person concerned and _____ with him.

   A. tell it           B. have it out      C. say it            D. have it known

4. There have been several attempts to introduce gayer colours and styles in men's clothing , but

  none of them____

  A. ha caught on   B. has caught him out,    C. has caught up   D. take roots

5.The retired engineer plunked down $ 50,000 in cash for a mid-size Mercedes as  a present for his wife --a purchase ______ ,with money made in the stock market the  week before.

   A. paid off        B. paid through    C. paid cut       D. paid for

6.He has courage all right, but in matters requiring judgment, he has often been found

  sadly_____.

  A. lack it       B. absent        C. in need of it     D. wanting

7. Danis Hayes raised the essential paradox and asked how people could have fought so hard

  against environmental degradation _____ themselves now on the verge of losing the war.

  A. only found     B. finding only    C. only to find     D, have only found

8.The once separate issue of environment and development are now  ____  linked.

 A. intangible      B. indispensable   C. inextricably    D. incredibly

9.The need to see that justice is done ____  every decision made in the courts.

 A. implants into   B. imposes on     C. impinges upon  D. imprecates upon

10. Two thirds of the US basketball players  are black, and the number would be greater__

    the continuing practice of picking white bench warmers  for the sake of balance.

     A. was it not because of      B. had it not been for

     C. ware it not for           D. would it not have been for

 11. No one would have time to read  or listen  to an account of everything ____ going      on in the world.

      A. it is        B. there is        C. as is         D. what is

 12. If there is the need to compete in a crowd, to battle ______ the edge the surest strategy is to

    develop the unexpected.

    A. on         B. for         C. against       D. with

 13. Just as there are occupations that require college or even higher degrees _____.

    occupations for which technical training  is necessary .

    A. so too there are     B. so also there are

    C. so there are too     D. so too are there

14. It is a myth that the law permits the Food and Drug Administration to ignore requirements for