35.
(A) policies
(B) forecasts
(C) commitments
(D) infrastructures

36. (A) withdraw (B) ebb (C) deflate (D) elevate

37. (A) poured into (B) pumped into (C) dwindled off (D) shrunk off

38. (A) commodities (B) distributions (C) payrolls (D) transactions

39. (A) and nor (B) but it (C) neither (D) as

40. Mexican agricultural workers, often officially classified as illegal aliens, live in camps that show on no county map and that would pass no health inspection if any official should seek them out. (A)Mexican agricultural workers are often classified as illegal aliens and are responsible for inspecting their health. (B)The illegal aliens who live in the camps would pass the health inspection if only they could find an official. (C)Even if the illegal Mexican workers could be found, the camps they live in wouldn＇t pass the health inspection. (D) Mexican agricultural workers arranged illegal aliens to live in the camps where no officials could find them.

41It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. (A)A knowledgeable man speaks, while a wise man listens. (B)One must have provincial knowledge for speaking and special wisdom for listening. (C)One should not speak if he lacks knowledge; one could not listen even if he has wisdom. (D) In a province, knowledge can speak and in privilege, wisdom listens.

42Office politics is easy to recognize in particular situations but difficult to describe in general terms. (A)Office politics is not a very hard subject, but few people know the nature of it. (B)It may be hard to define office politics, but people know when it happens. (C)A general term has not been found yet to describe the essence of office politics. (D) The campaign office always knows when is the right time to talk about politics.

43It is generally believed that prodigies are half born, half made, and mostly discovered and given proper upbringing at an early age. (A)Half of prodigies are children who are born with certain talents and the other half are made through their upbringing. (B)Gifted children will eventually turn into prodigies, especially those whose inborn gifts are discovered at an early age. (C)Children who are born with certain talents have a good chance to become prodigies if they are brought up under professional care. (D) For gifted children to become prodigies, their inborn gifts need to be found early and be fostered in time.

44According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? (A)If we conserve energy, it will last forever. (B)“Worldwide energy problem＂ means different energy consumptions between western and eastern countries. (C)Every country in the world will suffer from the same energy crisis. (D) The problem of energy consumption is caused by pollution.

45According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? (A)After 2080, all appliances and vehicles will not use traditional energy. (B)Nuclear energy will probably become one of the alternative fuels in our future. (C)Scientists＇ efforts to solve energy problems did not prove successful until 1999. (D) Fossil is a kind of solar energy that generates electricity and causes no pollution.

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