30. "The novelist frequently incorporates elements of magical realism into her work, blending the ordinary with the extraordinary. This technique allows her to explore complex social issues in a more imaginative and compelling way."

Question: The phrase "blending the ordinary with the extraordinary" is used primarily to:

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(A) define the term "magical realism" in the context of the passage
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(B) provide evidence that the novelist's work is imaginative
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(C) contrast the author's style with that of other novelists
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(D) summarize the main theme of the novelist's work

Part III: Cloze Test (20%)

Choose the best answer for each blank.

Passage A: Questions 31-35

(Adapted from "Life under Apartheid: Demeaning, Often Brutal" by Michael Pearson and Tom Cohen, CNN)

Though white Europeans had long ruled in South Africa, the formal system of apartheid came into existence after World War II. The country's National Party—led by the _31_ of European settlers known as Afrikaners—ushered it into existence after sweeping into power on a campaign calling for stricter racial controls amid the heavy _32_ of Blacks into South African cities.

Between 1949 and 1953, South African lawmakers passed a series of increasingly oppressive laws, beginning with prohibitions on blacks and whites marrying in 1949 and culminating _33_ laws dividing the population by race, reserving the best public facilities for whites and creating a separate, and _34_, education system for blacks.

One of the laws, the Group Areas Act, forced blacks, Indians, Asians, and people of mixed heritage to live in separate areas, sometimes dividing families. Blacks had to live in often barren tribal homelands or townships near cities, often in _35_ areas. Whites got the best agricultural areas, the choicest city addresses. A system of passes and identity papers controlled where blacks could travel and work.