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Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A., B., C. and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

41. We have greatly _____ in our understanding of the human body and its various functions.

A. ameliorated B. achieved C. improved D. advanced

42. _____ , her proposal was quite reasonable; but in practice, we just can't make it work.

A. In part B. In certain extent

C. In a way D. In a manner

43. At last his firm was _____ up by a multinational corporation.

A. swallowed B. devoured C. swigged D. gulped

44. It is _____ by the economists that the unemployment rate will take a downward turn next year.

A. foretold B. forecast C. predicted D. prophesied

45. The board deemed it urgent that these invitations _____ first thing tomorrow morning.

A. had to be put in the mail

B. must be put in the mail

C. be put in the mail

D. should have been put in the mail

46. Foreign disinvestment and the _____ of South Africa from world capital markets after 1985 further weakened its economy.

A. exception B. exclusion C. displacement D. elimination

47. They tried very hard to persuade him to change his mind but met with a flat_____.

A. decline B. rejection C. disapproval D. refusal

48. I just can't _____ how he managed to finish his report so soon. He said he was only halfway through it yesterday!

A. figure out B. work out

C. look out D. draw out

49. By the nineteenth century, embroidery on men's clothing had _____ disappeared except for the occasional decorative vest and tie.

A. unfortunately B. virtually C. promptly D. universally

50. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always _____ with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.

A. being combined B. having combined

C. to combine D. combined

51. Physics is the present-day equivalent of _____ used to be called natural philosophy, _____ from most of present-day science arose.

A. which. what B. that. which

C. what. which D. what. that

52. The mayor was asked to give a rough _____ of the cost of the construction of the new bridge.

A. assessment B. evaluation C. announcement D. estimate

53. On no account _____ ever leave the baby at home alone.

A. should you B. you should

C. shall you D. you shall

54. _____ is the center of our planetary system was considered as heresy by the church in the Middle Ages.

A. It is the sun and not the earth

B. That the sun and not the earth

C. Being the sun and not the earth

D. The sun and not the earth

55. _____ that incident, I'd rather not talk about it.

A. As B. As with C. As about D. As for

56. He _____ a lot of previous cases in his criminal law presentation.

A. quoted B. cited C. drew D. recalled

57. They have got no information _____ the plane is to take off.

A. as to B. as to when

C. the time D. as to know

58. She is planning to spend _____ in Europe this summer so that she can collect more information she needs for her thesis.

A. sometime B. some time

C. some times D. sometimes

59. The reason that his property was confiscated by the country, it _____, was that he was involved in a lot of fraudulent activities during the war.

A. was turned out B. was being turned out

C. being turned out D. turned out

60. You should know better than _____ the African jungles all by yourself.

A. to explore B. exploring

C. having explored D. to be exploring

61. I was talking with Professor Andrews on the phone the other day when suddenly we got _____.

A. hung up B. cut down C. cut off D. cut back

62. I'd rather you _____ by train because the weather forecast said there would be heavy snow tomorrow.

A. went B. should go C. will go D. go

63. I have said nothing like that. He intentionally _____ my ideas to achieve his personal ends.

A. revised B. distracted C. contradicted D. distorted

64. Please put the dictionary back in place when you are _____ it.

A. completed B. done with

C. over with D. finished using

65. Don't disturb him. He's _____ his review for his English exam.

A. at B. with C. beyond D. on

66. There is a _____ difference among the cabinet members' opinions.

A. tremendous B. abundant C. fundamental D. awful

67. The medication the nurse gave me seems to have helped, but it's making me awfully_____.

A. drowsy B. unaware C. dreamy D. unconscious

68. It is strictly that access to classified dossiers (秘密文件) is denied to all but a few top _____ ranking officials.

A. secured B. regulated C. resolved D. determined

69. Travelers are advised to use traveler's checks, which provide a secure _____ to carrying all the money in cash.

A. substitute B. alternative C. selection D. displacement

70. Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 and enjoyed great fame in Germany until the rise of Nazism _____ he was expelled from Germany because he was a Jew.

A. when B. who C. then D. which