The nominating committee always meet behind closed doors, lest its deliberations become known prematurely.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

I demand to know how this vase_____________, and no one is leaving till I find out.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 33 to 37.

Left-handers are the odd ones out. Sure, lefties (33) _____________up about 10 percent of the population - but, frankly, it seems like society has forgotten about them. Just consider all of the right-handed gadgets, awkwardly designed desks, and cooking tools that fit comfortably only in your right hand, what (34) _____________someone to become a lefthand? Scientists aren’t exactly sure, but research points to a complex (35) _____________between genes and environment.

While no exact set of “leftie genes” have been discovered, people who dominantly use their left hands do have more left-handed family members. And researchers have found different brain wirings in righties vs. lefties. But no matter (36) _____________it is that drives someone to use their antipodal paw, science has also uncovered a particular set of personality traits that lefthanded people tend to have. So for all of you lefties, leftie-loving righties, and ambidextrous folks out there - it’s time to brush up on your left-handed knowledge and help (37) _____________an end to leftie discrimination once and for all.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

“Please, let my child go!” she begged the kidnapper.

Just think! Next month you’ll be_____________and it seems like only yesterday you were a baby.

John is feeling_____________because he hasn’t had enough sleep recently.

Jenny has an_____________command of Japanese cuisine.

Transgender people are denied the ability to join the armed forces due to discriminating policies implemented by the government.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Later a wine reception will be followed by a concert before guests tuck into a banquet.

The biologists have found more than one thousand types of butterflies in the forest, _____________its special characteristics.

The natives were angry when foreigners came to their country and took over their land.