Part III Vocabulary and Structure
41. The police accused him of setting fire to the building but he denied _______ in the area on the night of the fire.
A) to be B) to have been C) having been D) be
42. The schoolmaster _______ the girl's bravery in his opening speech.
A) applauded B) enhanced C) elevated D) clapped
43. The place did not appear to be popular, for it was completely deserted, and in any case ______ to traffic.
A) inadequate B) inaccessible C) incompatible D) insignificant
44. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ________ to its burning temperature.
A) is heated B) will be heated C) be heated D) would be heated
45. The secret agent concealed her mission, therefore many local people were _________ was a good person.
A) betrayed B) driven C) deceived D) convinced
46. Why this otherwise excellent newspaper allows such an article to be printed is _______ me.
A) above B) outside C) beside D) beyond
47. When business is _______, there is cet6w.com increase in unemployment.
A) degraded B) depressed C) reduced D) lessened
48. As far as the rank of concerned an associate professor is ______ to a professor though they are almost equally knowledgeable
A) attached B) subsidiary C) previous D) inferior
49. This book will show the readers _______ can be used in other contexts.
A) how that they have observed B) that how they have observed C) how what they have observed D) that they have observed
50. The plane ______, and it's exploding as it hit the ground.
A) smashed B) crushed C) plunged D) crashed
51. He believed that the greatest of his ______ was that he'd never had a college education.
A) grieves B) misfortunes C) disasters D) sorrows
52. _______ your opinions are worth considering, the committee finds it unwise to place too much importance on them.
A) As B) Since C) Provided D) While
53. That local government leaders are making every effort to _____ the problem of poverty.
A) abolish B) tackle C) remove D) encounter
54. Although Asian countries are generally more _____ in social customs than Western countries, there have several notable examples of women in both China and India.
A) conservative B) confidential C) comprehensive D) consistent
55. _______the claim about German economic might, it is somewhat surprising how relatively small the German economy actually is.
A) To give B) Given C) Giving D) Having given
56. Although the two players are ____ in the tennis court, they are really good friends
A) partners B) enemies C) rivals D) companions
57. The girl was ____ a shop assistant, but now a manager in a large department store.
A) preliminarily B) presumably C) formally D) formerly
58. I don't think this question is subordinate _________ the main aim of our company.
A) With B) to C) for D) on
59. While admitting that this forecast was ______ uncertain, the scientists warned against treating it as a cry of wolf.
A) anyhow B) somewhere C) somewhat D) anyway
60. The United States is trying to ______ the problems created by the energy crisis.
A) put up with B) submit to C) comply with D) cope with
61. Some people viewed the findings with caution, noting that a cause relationship between passive smoking and cancer remains ________.
A) to be shown B) to have shown C) to have been shown D) being shown
62. The economic crises in that country have threatened the _____ of the government.
A) stability B) capability C) persistence D) permanence
63. Although most birds have only a negligible sense of smell they have _____ vision.
A) vigorous B) exact C) acute D) vivid
64. Rebecca _________ me earlier if she did not like her house she bought last month.
A) told B) would tell C) had told D) would have told
65. By moving the radar beam around slowly in circles. We can ______ the surroundings.
A) explore B) expose C) exploit D) expand
66. The Washington Monument is a hollow shaft without a break _______ its surface except for the tiny entrance.
A) in B) with C) from D) to
67. The traffic police were searching for evidence to prove the accused man's ______, but in vain.
A) mistake B) guilt C) fault D) defeat
68. The world's greatest sporting event, the Olympic Games, upholds the amateur
69. ideal that _______ matters is not winning but participating.
A) anything B) it C) what D) everything
69. Very few scientists __________ completely new answers to the world's problems.
A) come up with B) come out C) come round D) come up to
70. The police are suspicious _______ his words because he already has a record.
A) to B) at C) on D) of