1. The genetic fingerprinting technique, which wasdeveloped in the UK and is now used as a ---- oflegal identification, determines the pattern ofcertain parts of the genetic material DNA that isunique to each individual.

A) benefit     B) structure    C) sufficiency     D) combination    E) means

2. In existentialism, it is argued that people areresponsible for, and the ---- judge of, theiractions.

A) expansive      B) sole     C) previous    D) irresistible    E) prevalent

3. By the start of the 1990s, popular music hadbecome ---- globalized, with seventy per cent ofall production resting in the hands of just fivecompanies.

A) possibly     B) rarely    C) negligently     D) significantly    E) respectively

4. The League of Nations, established in Geneva in1920, included representatives from statesthroughout the world, but was severely weakenedby the US decision not to become a member, andhad no power to ---- its decisions.

A) impress B) compelC) accomplish D) implicateE) enforce

5. In the resort areas of Greece, travel agents offer awide range of excursions on air-conditionedcoaches ---- qualified guides.

A) accompanied by     B) put up with    C) adapted to     D) designed for    E) turned into

6. The ruins of ancient Troy ---- as breath-taking asthose of Ephesus or Aphrodisias, but, for anyonewho has ever read Homer’s Iliad or Odyssey, theyhave a romance few places on Earth ----.

A) have not been / hoped to have matched

B) had not been / would hope to match

C) may not be / can hope to match

D) are not / hoped to match

E) could not have been / hope to match

7. Nineteenth-century military helmets ---- than theynow appear, but even at their best they ---- theway to the future of head protection.

A) have been better designed / do not point

B) could be better designed / would not point

C) are better designed / will not point

D) may have been better designed / did not point

E) can be better designed / had not pointed

8. Cabbage ---- as early as 2000 B.C., and thecommercial varieties now ---- Brussels sprouts,common cabbage, sprouting broccoli, andkohlrabi.

A) might have been cultivated / have included

B) had been cultivated / included

C) would be cultivated / used to include

D) would have been cultivated / can include

E) was cultivated / include

9. Foreign policy is composed of the goals sought,values set, decisions made and actions taken ----states and the national governments acting ----their behalf.

A) by / on    B) about / for    C) at / from     D) over / between    E) in / among

10. A priori knowledge ---- Western philosophy isknowledge that is independent ---- all particularexperiences, as opposed to a posterioriknowledge, which derives from experience alone.

A) at / for    B) in / of    C) through / by     D) beside / towards    E) with / from

12. The Danish poet and novelist Jeppe Aakjær grewup in the Jutland farming area and ---- was wellaware of the harsh conditions endured by farmlabourers in his country.

A) on the contrary     B) even so    C) so     D) still    E) nevertheless

13. ---- the US and Brazil both occupy the Americancontinent, the northern location of the former andthe southern location of the latter plainly mark areal distinction and bring important policyconsequences.

A) As long as     B) Now that     C) Only if    D) After     E) Although

14. ---- Windsor Castle, occupying ---- area of 287hectares, is among the most beautiful royalresidences in Europe.

A) The / an     B) This / such an    C) An / the     D) The most / such    E) That / Some

15. Geometry is usually divided into pure geometry,which roughly embraces the plane and solidgeometry dealt with by Euclid, and analytical orcoordinate geometry, ---- problems are solvedusing algebraic methods.

A) in that     B) in which     C) by whom    D) which     E) whichever