death.

　　（A） so despised that it was

　　（B） so despised to be

　　（C） so despised it had been

　　（D） despised enough that it was

　　（E） despised enough as to be

　　19 Researchers have questioned the use of costly and experimental diagnostic tests to identify food allergies， such as milk， that supposedly disrupt normal behavior.

　　（A） to identify food allergies， such as

　　（B） to identify food allergies， like

　　（C） to identify food allergies， such as to

　　（D） for identifying food allergies， like that of

　　（E） for identifying food allergies， such as for

　　20 Biologists believe that they have found one of the substances that tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain quiescent in the earliest phases of an embryo's development.

　　（A） tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain

　　（B） tell individual genes both at which time they should become active or should remain

　　（C） tells individual genes both when to become active or remain

　　（D） tells individual genes both when to become active or when to remain

　　（E） will tell an individual gene both about when it should become active and remain

　　21 Unlike the lives of Pushkin， Gogol， Tolstoi， and Dostoevski， subjects of other Troyat biographies， Chekhov belongs to the twentieth century， an age of fretfulness and melancholy skepticism.

　　（A） Unlike the lives of Pushkin， Gogol， Tolstoi， and Dostoevski， subjects of other Troyat biographies， Chekhov belongs

　　（B） Chekhov， unlike the other Troyat biographies of Pushkin， Gogol， Tolstoi， and Dostoevski， belongs

　　（C） The life of Chekhov， unlike the lives of the subjects of other Troyat biographies， Pushkin， Gogol， Tolstoi， and Dostoevski， belongs

　　（D） Chekhov and his life， unlike that of the other Troyat biographies—— Pushkin， Gogol， Tolstoi， and Dostoevski， belong

　　（E） The life of Chekhov， unlike that of other Troyat biographies of Pushkin， Gogol， Tolstoi， and Dostoevski， belongs

　　22 The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina， Sarajevo's population on the eve of the First World War was 51，919.

　　（A） Bosnia-Herzegovina， Sarajevo's population

　　（B） Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo， whose population

　　（C） Bosnia-Herzegovina is Sarajevo， with a population

　　（D） Bosnia-Herzegovina， Sarajevo having a population that

　　（E） Bosnia-Herzegovina， the population of Sarajevo

　　23 The growing demand for housing， traffic congestion， and longer commuting trips has all but

　　eliminated the cost advantage of owning a house in many rural communities.

　　（A） The growing demand for housing， traffic congestion， and longer commuting trips has

　　（B） Traffic congestion， the growing demand for housing， and longer commuting trips has

　　（C） Longer commuting trips， traffic congestion， and the growing demand for housing has

　　（D） Traffic congestion， longer commuting trips， and the growing demand for housing have

　　（E） The growing demand for housing， as well as traffic congestion and longer commuting trips， have

　　24 The investor who is uncertain about the future is more likely to put money into blue-chip stocks or treasury bills than into gold.

　　（A） than into

　　（B） than they do

　　（C） than they are

　　（D） as into

　　（E） as

　　25 According to the Better Business Bureau， if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest， it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.

　　（A） if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest， it

　　（B） if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price， it

　　（C） failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest

　　（D） failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest

　　（E） failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest

　　26 In its most recent approach， the comet Crommelin passed the Earth at about the same distance and in about the same position， some 25 degrees above the horizon， that Halley's comet will pass the next time it appears.

　　（A） that Halley's comet will pass

　　（B） that Halley's comet is to be passing

　　（C） as Halley's comet

　　（D） as will Halley's comet

　　（E） as Halley's comet will do

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