Part Ⅲ Vocabulary (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 centre.?
41.After leaving school, Nigel decided to ?____? in the army.?
A) enroll B) sign?
C) register D) enlist?
42.Even at that early stage the school felt that she ?____ a good chance of passing her exams.?
A) stood B) achieved?
C) possessed D) took?
43.Although the coach had not thought her a good tennis player at first, she ?____? to be a champion.?
A) came round B) turned out?
C) turned up D) came out?
44.If she hadn't ?____? on the last question, her score on the test would have been perfect.?
A) slipped up B) slept up?
C) spilt up D) slipped on?
45.The ?____? of new scientific discoveries to industrial production methods usually makes jobs easier to do.?
A) addition B) association?
C) application D) affection?
46.The government ?____? the people to be economical of oil consumption.?
A) call in B) call up?
C) call on D) call off?
47.It's possible to ?____? from all the information give
n to us and to make various decisions.?
A) enclose B) generalize?
C) tackle D) withdraw?
48.She gets along very well with everyone; so she is the most ?____ member of our family.?
A) rusty B) impetuous ?
C) compatible D) imperious?
49.Immigrants, fleeing from political and religious persecution, came from nonindustrialized ?____? industrialized countries.?
A) also B) and too ?
C) as well as D) and both?
50.Mary is by no means learned; nor is she good at any practical trade. The only ?____? she possesses is her beauty.?
A) something valuable B) asset?
C) something pleasing D) womanly virtue?
51.He received a ?____? from the university in order to continue his research.?
A) credit B) grant?
C) prize D) reward?
52.Several of the off?shore islands are ?____? now that we have a motor?boat.?
A) available B) accessible?
C) convenient D) achievable?
53.The World Health Organization fights against ?____? diseases all over the world.?
A) inevitable B) influential ?
C) infectious D) inferior?
54.Of course, for years they ?____? moving to the country, getting away from the stress of city life, but nothing ever came out of that talk.?
A) talked to B) talked of?
C) talked over D) talked round?
55.The Indians see little ?____? for success and become frustrated, because they usually go to inferior school and often cannot adjust to life in the city.?
A) priority B) instinct?
C) insurance D) prospect?
56.Millions have been made by states, organizations, corporations and individuals ?____? gambling activities, and new millionaires are constantly created.?
A) sponsoring B) charging?
C) interesting D) founding?
57.Mother hasn't ?____? you for quite some time. She is beginning to think you must be ill.?
A) heard out B) heard of?
C) heard about D) heard from?
58.The three climbers can employ a guide to ?____? them on their way up the mountain.?
A) guide B) conduct?
C) lead D) bring ?
59.It was a horrible ride through pouring rain,?____? he had a puncture and for the last hour had to push the bicycle.?
A) as a matter of fact B) even so?
C) to make matters worse D) in fact?
60.Being without funds, Owen ?____? some means of obtaining financial help.?
A) cast back B) cast out?
C) cast about D) cast off?
61.The British ?____? with the French in building a plane that neither could afford by itself.?
A) associated B) cooperated?
C) communicated D) conflicted?
62.The thief ?____? to shot her if she screamed.?
A) banished B) implied?
C) indicated D) threatened?
63.Sorry, no, I wasn't talking to you. I ?____? just ?____?.?
A) was…thinking aloud B) was…thinking ahead?
C) was…thinking out D) was…thinking of?
64.Only thoroughly unpleasant people leave the ?____? of their picnics to spoil the appearance of the countryside.?
A) remains B) remainder?
C) rest D) remnants?
65.The headlights of the approaching car were so ?____? that the cyclist had to stop riding.?
A) gleaming B) dazzling?
C) visible D) light?
66.Whenever anything ?____? happens, crowd of people is certain to gather.?
A) famous B) sensational?
C) noted D) emotional?
67.One of the attractive features of the course was the way the practical work had been ?____? with the theoretical aspects of the subject.?
A) embraced B) adjusted?
C) alternated D) integrated?
68.He was usually very kind so that his sudden ?____? greatly surprised us.?
A) heartiness B) unhappiness ?
C) harshness D) uprightness?
69.One reason why science is so respected these days is that the image of t
he scientist is of one who collects data in a(n) ?____? search for truth.?
A) immense B) impartial?
C) punctual D) proportional?
70.They are ?____? in work, well aware a careless mistake will cost the company millions of pounds.?
A) rather casual B) pretty slow ?
C) meticulous D) really considerate??