17. Most large companies prefer customized computer software because it can be molded to fit the way a company does business，when off-the-shelf software often requires the company to alter its procedures to fit the software.
（A） when
（B） since
（C） whereas
（D） because
（E） insofar as
18. Stable interest rates on long-term bonds are the financial market's vote of confidence in the Federal Reserve keeping in control of inflation.
（A） in the Federal Reserve keeping in control of inflation
（B） that the Federal Reserve will keep inflation under control
（C） for the Federal Reserve， that it would keep control of inflation
（D） that inflation will be kept control of by the Federal Reserve
（E） that inflation would be kept control of by the Federal Reserve
19. The Forbidden City in Beijing，from which the emperors ruled by heavenly mandate，was a site which a commoner or foreigner could not enter without any permission，on pain of death.
（A） which a commoner or foreigner could not enter without any permission
（B） which a commoner or foreigner could enter without any permission only
（C） which no commoner or foreigner could enter without permission
（D） which， without permission， neither commoner or foreigner could only enter
（E） which， to enter without permission， neither commoner or foreigner could do
20. Rather than continue to produce most of the items necessary for subsistence，a growing number of farm families during the first decades of the nineteenth century began to specialize in the production of grain or cotton and to use the cash proceeds from selling their crops for buying necessities.
（A） selling their crops for buying
（B） the sales of their crops for buying
（C） their selling of crops so as to buy
（D） their selling crops for buying of
（E） the sale of their crops to buy
21. Although all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were not carried live，Soviet audiences have seen a great deal of coverage.
（A） all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were not carried live
（B） all the Communist party conference's Moscow proceedings were not carried live
（C） all the Communist party conference Moscow proceedings have not been carried alive
（D） not all the Communist party conference Moscow proceedings have been carried alive
（E） not all the proceedings of the Communist party conference held in Moscow were carried live
22. In 1933 the rubber，clothing，and shipbuilding industries put into effect a six-hour workday，believing it a seeming permanent accommodation rather than a temporary expedient for what many observers thought was an economy made over productive by advances in technology.
（A） believing it a seeming permanent accommodation rather than a temporary expedient for what many observers thought was
（B） believing it a seeming permanent accommodation instead of a temporary expedient for what many observers thought was
（C） believing that it was not a temporary expedient but a seeming permanent accommodation to what many observers thought of as
（D） not as a temporary expedient but as a seemingly permanent accommodation to what many observers thought was
（E） not as a temporary expedient but believing it a seemingly permanent accommodation for what many observers thought
23. Under the restructuring，the huge organization that operates the company's basic businesses will be divided into five groups，each with its own executive.
（A） each with its own executive
（B） all having their own executive
（C） each having their own executive
（D） with its own executive for each
（E） every one with an executive of their own
24. The record of the past is always incomplete，and the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects the preoccupations of their own time.
（A） the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects
（B） the historian writing about it will inevitably reflect
（C） a historian writing about it inevitably reflects
（D） writing about it， it is inevitable for historians to reflect
（E） historians in writing about it inevitably reflect
25. Scientists calculated that the asteroid，traveling at 46，000 miles an hour，is on an elliptical path that orbits the Sun once a year and regularly brings it back toward Earth.
（A） hour， is on an elliptical path that orbits the Sun once a year and regularly brings it
（B） hour， is orbiting the Sun once a year on an elliptical path that regularly brings it
（C） hour， once a year orbits the Sun， regularly bringing it on an elliptical path
（D） hour and orbiting the Sun once a year on an elliptical path， regularly bringing it
（E） hour， orbits the Sun on an elliptical path once a year and that regularly brings it
26. Promotions，retirements，deaths，and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
（A） Promotions， retirements， deaths， and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
（B） Promotions， retirements， and other actions which have been approved at the May meeting of the board of directors along with deaths， with be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
（C） To be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper are the promotions， retirements， deaths， and other actions which were approved at the board of directors' May meeting.
（D） Meeting in May，the promotions，retirements，and other actions approved by the board of directors，including obituaries，will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
（E） The July 15 issue of the company paper will report on promotions， retirements，and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting；the paper will also include obituaries.
27. The labor agreement permits staff reductions through attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up.
（A） attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up
（B） attrition and provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program to speed the attrition process
（C） attrition，which will be speeded up by providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program
（D） attrition，which，by their providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program，will speed the process
（E） attrition，which provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding the attrition process
28.Water and resource management problems will be at the head of the legislature's list of concerns for the coming session.
（A） Water and resource management problems
（B） Problems of managing water and resources
（C） Problems in the management of water and other resources
（D） Problems of water and other resource management
（E） Resource management problems， including water.
29. Once common throughout the Western plains，black-footed ferrets are thought to have declined in number as a result of the poisoning of prairie dogs， their prey.
（A） black-footed ferrets are thought to have declined in number as
（B） it is thought that the decline in number of black-footed ferrets is
（C） the decline in the number of black-footed ferrets is thought of as
（D） that black-footed ferrets have declined in their numbers is thought to be
（E） the numbers of the black-footed ferret are thought to have declined as
30. Citing evidence that the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere has increased more than seven percent in the last 30 years，many scientists have expressed a fear of destroying forests and continued use of fossil fuels will cause an irreversible shift in Earth's climatic pattern.
（A） many scientists have expressed a fear of destroying forests and continued use of
（B） many scientists have expressed a fear that destruction of forests and continued use of
（C） many scientists have expressed a fear that destruction of forests and continually using
（D） a fear that many scientists have expressed is that destroying forests and continually using
（E） a fear that many scientists have expressed is that destruction of forests and continual using of
31. Prompted by new evidence that the health risk posed by radon gas is far more serious than was previously thought，property owners are being advised by authorities to test all dwellings below the third floor for radon gas and to make repairs as needed.
（A） property owners are being advised by authorities to
（B） property owners are advised by authorities that they should
（C） authorities are advising property owners to
（D） authorities are advising property owners they
（E） authorities' advice to property owners is they should
KEY： CADDC ABDAA BADEB BCBCE EDAEB EBCAB C
