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theory is its ability to ________ further research and further thinking about a particular topic.

[A] stimulate

[B] renovate

[C] arouse

[D] advocate

22.   Although architecture has artistic qualities, it must also satisfy a number of important practical ________.

[A] obligations

[B] regulations

[C] observations

[D] considerations

23.   Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss ________ the bread-winner’s death.

[A] at the cost of

[B] on the verge of

[C] as a result of

[D] for the sake of

24.   In education there should be a good ________ among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment.

[A] distribution

[B] balance

[C] combination

[D] assignment

25.   The American dream is most ________ during the periods of productivity and wealth generated by American capitalism.

[A] plausible

[B] patriotic

[C] primitive

[D] partial

26.   Poverty is not ________ in most cities although, perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas, it is more visible there.

[A] rare

[B] temporary

[C] prevalent

[D] segmental

27.   People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in ________ populated areas.

[A] densely

[B] intensely

[C] abundantly

[D] highly

28.   As a way of ________ the mails while they were away, the Johnsons asked the cleaning lady to send little printed slips asking the senders to write again later.

[A] picking up

[B] coping with

[C] passing out

[D] getting across

29.   Tom’s mother tried hard to persuade him to ________ from his intention to invest his savings in stock market.

[A] pull out

[B] give up

[C] draw in

[D] back down

30.   An increasing proportion of our population, unable to live without advanced medical ________, will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology.

[A] interference

[B] interruption

[C] intervention

[D] interaction

31.   These causes produced the great change in the country that modernized the ________ of higher education from the mid-1860’s to the mid-1880’s.

[A] branch

[B] category

[C] domain

[D] scope

32.   Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the ________ in the financial system will drag down the economy.

[A] shallowness

[B] shakiness

[C] scantiness

[D] stiffness

33.   Crisis would be the right term to describe the ________ in many animal species.

[A] minimization

[B] restriction

[C] descent

[D] decline

34.   The city is an important railroad ________ and industrial and convention center.

[A] conjunction

[B] network

[C] junction

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