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 answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
? 41.____ allow the vegetable to go bad, he sold them at half price.
? A) More than C) Other than
? B) Rather than D) Better than
? 42.Today, housework has been made much easier by electrical ____.
? A) facilities C) instruments
?B) appliances D) equipment
? 43.He ____ him what he asked.
? A) denied C) ignored
? B) refuted D) deprived
? 44.The book does not ____ children.
? A) submit to C) confess to
? B) appeal to D) consent to
? 45.We have every size of shoe in ____.
? A) storing C) sale
? B) stock D) shop
? 46.I ____ this man with receiving stolen goods.
? A) accuse C) scold
? B) charge D) blame
? 47.You've made a mistake—you've ____ the word.
? A) left out C) left behind
? B) left off D) left for
? 48.Scientists first ____ the idea of the atomic bomb in the 1930s.
? A) competed C) consumed
? B) conceived D) concealed
? 49.You may take an oral or written exam ____ what you prefer.
? A) according as C) accordingly
? B) according to D) in accord
? 50.The desks and seats can be ____ to the height of any child.
? A) adopted C) adjusted
? B) shifted D) corrected
? 51.No further discussion ____ , the meeting was brought to a close.
? A) arising C) arousing
? B) raising D) rising
? 52. ____ , the British working class is better off today than it was a generation ago.
? A) By and large C) By no means
? B) In detail D) By and by
? 53.Every man has the right to live where he wants to, ____ the colour of his skin.
? A) regardless of C) in case of
? B) prior to D) for the sake of
? 54.The potato crop of 1946 was ____ that of 1945.
? A) superior than C) more superior to
? B) superior to D) more superior than
? 55.Books are ____ to scholars.
? A) indispensable C) bound to
? B) indifferent D) accustomed to
? 56. ____ such a difficult task, we must redouble our efforts.
? A) To face with C) Faced with
? B) We are facing D) Facing with
? 57.Either of these young ladies ____ perfectly qualified to teach Greek, Latin and French.
? A) were C) is
? B) are D) have been
? 58.Your hair needed ____ ;I am glad you had it cut.
? A) cut C) to cut
? B) cutting D) being cut
? 59.Studying hard is more rewarding ____.
? A) than to be lazy C) than to be like a lazy person
? B) than being lazy D) than it is to be lazy
? 60.The Latin class had twenty students, ____ had had much
better language training than I.
? A) most of which C) most of them
? B) which D) most of whom
? 61.I wish that he ____ to the movies with me yesterday.
? A) went C) was gone
? B) could go D) could have gone
? 62. ____ , the more necessary it is to break it up into a
number of parts which the reader can visualize.
? A) The more complex a subject becomes
? B) The more becomes a subject complex
? C) A subject becomes the more complex
? D) The more subjects become essential
? 63.Close the door, ____ ?
? A) will you C) shall you
? B) do you D) don't you
? 64. ____ at the railway station when it began to rain.
? A) Hardly had he arrived C) No sooner did he arrive
? B) Hardly he had arrived D) No sooner arrived he
? 65.The storm ____ , they had to live in a cave.
? A) has destroyed their hut C) having destroyed their hut
? B) to destroy their hut D) being destroyed
? 66. ____ the number of paid holidays enjoyed by most employees in the company, three weeks of vacation seems generous.
? A) Compared with C) Comparing with
? B) Compared D) Comparing
? 67.It was going to be some time ____ he would see his father again.
? A) since C) until
? B) when D) before
? 68.He is younger than ____.
? A) any other boy in the class
? B) any boy in the class
? C) all boys in the class
? D) you and me as well as the class
? 69.The establishment of the company shall start from the day
____
the business license of the company is issued.
? A) which C) in which ? B) on which D) whenever
70.You ____ me because I didn't say that.
? A) must misunderstand C) must have misunderstood
? B) must be misunderstanding D) had to misunderstand