This part consists of 15 sentences in which one word or phrase is underlined. Below each sentence, there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C, D. You are to select the ONE choice that can replace the underlined word without causing any grammatical error or changing the principal meaning of the sentence. There is only one right answer. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　21. She bustled about with an assumption of authority.

　　A. air B. supposition C. appearance D. face

　　22. Table tennis is easy to learn, and, by the same token, boys don't need a lot of space to practice it.

　　A. by the same rule B. symbolically

　　C. moreover D. by logic

　　23. The old man sat before the fire in a trance, thinking of his past life.

　　A. in a special position B. in a cozy state

　　C. in a sleepy state D. in a meditative state

　　24. Only the élite of society attended the reception for the new governor.

　　A. those thought of as the best people

　　B. the intellectuals

　　C. the white-collar people

　　D. the officials

　　25. She embellished the simple dress with colorful embroidery.

　　A. made B. decorated C. sewed D. improved

　　26. He felt cheap about rushing to get in line before the old lady carrying heavy parcels.

　　A. felt inferior and ashamed

　　B. felt not worthwhile of doing something

　　C. felt bad about doing something

　　D. felt unhappy about doing something

　　27. Only individual benefactors and ad hoc grants have made possible the ecological surveys already undertaken.

　　A. additional B. governmental C. special D. organizational

　　28. The dichotomy postulated by many between morality and interests, between idealism and realism, is one of the standard clichés of the ongoing debate over international affairs.

　　A. division into two parts B. combination of two parts

　　C. disparity D. contradiction

　　29. Miguel's perplexity is understandable ― he's an all-purpose maintenance man at a midtown-Manhattan residential building.

　　A. all out B. versatile C. prolific D. capable

　　30. Take the stalemate between the administration and the oil companies for example.

　　A. case B. deadlock C. conflict D. contradiction

　　31. The sense of mistrust is compounded by smaller annoyances that leave the families feeling as though no one in authority cares about them.

　　A. offset B. intensified C. diminished D. annulled

　　32. The very ubiquity of electronic communications can have a surprising downside, notes Richard Kohn, a military historian at the University of North Carolina: a wife becomes accustomed to frequent e-mail from her husband, until he can't get to a computer. And then her anxiety increases.

　　A. failure B. underside C. drawback D. consequence

　　33. The President took a drubbing from much of the press which had breathlessly reported that a deal was in the bag.

　　A. was sure to be made B. was being considered