12. A. A painter

　　13. C. Make inquiries elsewhere

　　14. C. He has gained some weight lately

　　15. D he doesn’t like abstract paintings

　　16. B she may have put her notebook amid the journals

　　17. A she wants to get some sleep

　　18. B his chance of getting the job is slim

　　19. A. he can manage his time more flexibly

　　20. D. searching the website

　　21 D. to utilize its retired employees’ resources

　　22. C. See a piece of property

　　23. B It is a small one with a two –bedroom house

　　24. C. it may not be big enough for raising corn

　　25. A. Finance

　　26. A. to introduce the chief of the city’s police force

　　27. D he holds a master’s degree in criminology

　　28. B. to get police officers closer to the local people

　　29. C. effective

　　30 .B. there are numerous languages in existence

　　31. C it is something we are born with

　　32. D how children learn to use language

　　33. B she was an engineer

　　34. C. adjusting them to different audience

　　35. A whether spacemen carry weapons

　　36. trend

　　37. phenomenon

　　38 scene

　　39 offences

　　40 murder

　　41 particularly

　　42 explosion

　　43 Associated

　　44. changing national boarders, greater economic growth and the lack of accepted social ideas of right and wrong

　　45. are now facing the sort of cultural variety that has been accompanied Americans for most of its history.

　　46. failure to recognize and plan for diversity can lead to serious crime problems.