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.We were only able to make a ______ estimate of annual cost. ?
A) coarse B) rough C) crude D) rude ?
42.It is ______ nonsense that we win the game by chance. ?
A) sheer B) shield C) shear D) sheet?
43.The diet should be perfectly ______ most people. ?
A) deficient in B) short of C) intent on D) adequate for?
44.The ______ student will have a chance to be successful if he has self-confidence in his mind. ?
A) common B) usual C) averageD) general?
45.Everybody has the general knowledge that the human body is a ______machine.?
A) delicate B) precise C) considerateD) sensitive ?
46.______ cars in traffic jams cause a great deal of pollution.?
A) Standing B) Stable C) Stationary D) still?
47.We are told that over the next few months our work ______ will change. ?
A) pattern B) scale C) grade D) rank?
48.You can pay for the house in ______ over a specified number of years.?
A) compensation B) substitution C) installments D) commission?
49.The fragile peace between the two countries was hanging by a ______ .
A) thread B) rope C) string D) cord ?
50.In general, native speaker will make ______ too when they use their native language.?
A) errors B) mistakes C) weaknesses D) flaws?
51.The organization publishes a regular ______ of world population statistics.?
A) themes B) leaflets C) digests D) insights ?
52.The government has an ______ to cut tax if he promised to do so. ?
A) impulse B) influence C) sympathy D) obligation?
53.In this company, most of the employees are women, but in the boards of corporations, women are in a ______ .?
A) minimum B) shortage C) scarcity D) minority?
54.I promised you that I’d help you, I’m not going ______ that. ?
A) in for B) along withC) back on D) through with?
55.I was trying to tell him what really happened, but he ______ me______.?
A) gave...up B) cut...short C) turn...out D) put...through
56.What others think I do not know, I can only ______ for myself.?
A) speak B) talk C) tell D) say ?
57.The team has been ______ down the league table and really needs some new players.?
A) declining B) lessening C) slipping D) descending?
58.They ______ the classroom by adding a new building to it in order to
hold more students.?
A) enhance B) enlarge C) strengthen D) magnify?
59.Do you think you could ______ that chocolate cake??
A) duplicate B) stimulate C) accelerate D) modify
60.On the computer keyboard, this is the key for ______.?
A) repelling B) constraining C) compelling D) deleting
61.We can ______ the dangers of driving if we obey all the rules of the road. ?
A) furnish B) minimize C) prolong
D) rectify ?
62.While I was on vacation abroad, my mail ______ in the box.?
A) accumulate B) assemble C) converge D) crowd?
63.Pressing this button, you can ______ the direction of movement of the machine.?
A) confuseB) perplex C) hamper D) reverse?
64.He’s given too much to his career, worked long hours, and ______ his own children.?
A) discard B) miss C) neglect D) omit ?
65.Tom hardly seems middle-aged, ______ old.?
A) less likely B) let alone C) much worseD) all else ?
66.The way in which information is transmitted has changed ______.?
A) dramatically B) startlingly C) enormouslyD) uniquely?
67.These are information that I really need to keep on ______.?
A) sequence B) segment C) pile D) file?
68.That’s one of the most astonishing economic ______ seen since the Second World War.?
A) transmissions B) transitions C) transformationsD) transaction ?
69.Relationships in our department provide a ______ of the fact that people of different nations and cultures can work together peacefully.?
A) demonstration B) manifestation C) implementation D) expedition?
70.The company is trying to increase its ______ of the market.?
A) circulation B) reproduction C) manipulation D) penetration?