Part Ⅲ Vocabulary (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence
there are four choices marked A), D), 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.The doctors don't _______that he will live much longer.
A) articulate
B) anticipate
C) manifest
D) monitor
42.I suggest we put the scheme into effect, for it is quite_______.
A) eligible
B) sustainable
C) probable
D) feasible
43.The old gentleman was a very ________ looking person, with grey hair and gold spectacles.
A) respectful
B) respected
C) respective
D) respectable
44.This book is expected to _______ the best - seller lists.
A) promote
B) prevail
C) dominate
D) exemplify
45.That part of the city has long been ________ for its street violence.
A) notorious
B) responsible
C) historical
D) illegal
46.Under the guidance of their teacher, the pupils are building a model boat_______ by steam.
A) towed
B) pressed
C) tossed
D) propelled
47.Having finished their morning work, the clerks stood up behind their desks, ______themselves.
A) expanding
B) stretching
C) prolonging
D) extending
48.England's team, who are now superbly fit, will be doing their best next week to ______ themselves
for last year's defeat.
A) revive
B) retort
C) revenge
D) remedy
49.If you want to get into that tunnel, you first have to _______ away all the rocks.
A) haul
B) transfer
C) repel
D) dispose
50.It took us only a few hours to _______the paper off all four walls.
A) shear
B) scrape
C) stroke
D) chip
51.The famous scientist _______his success to hard work.
A) imparted
B) granted
C) ascribed
D) acknowledged
52.It is difficult to _______of a plan to end poverty.
A) speculate
B) conceive
C) ponder
D) reckon
53.Now the cheers and applause _______in a single sustained roar.
A) mingled
B) concentrated
C) assembled
D) permeated
54.Improved consumer confidence is ________ to an economic recovery.
A) crucial
B) subordinate
C) cumulative
D) satisfactory
55.Although the body is made up of many different tissues, these tissues are arranged in an _______
and orderly fashion.
A) incredible
B) intricate
C) internal
D) initial
56.If you work under a car when repairing it, you often get very_______.
A) waxy
B) slippery
C) sticky
D) greasy
57.The damage to his car was_______; therefore, he could repair it himself.
A) considerable
B) appreciable
C) negligible
D) invisible
58.My sister is quite _______ and plans to get an M. A. degree within one year.
A) aggressive
B) enthusiastic
C) considerate
D) ambitious
59.The manager tried to wave aside these issues as _______ details that would be settled later.
A) versatile
B) trivial
C) preliminary
D) alternate
60.His_______was telling him that something was wrong.
A) intuition
B) hypothesis
C) inspiration
D) sentiment
61.This book is about how these basic beliefs and values affect important _______ of American life.
A) fashions
B) frontiers
C) facets
D) formats
62.Parents often faced the _______ between doing what they felt was good for the development
of the child and what they could stand by way of undisciplined noise and destructiveness.
A) paradox
B) junction
C) dilemma
D) premise
63.Clark felt that his _______ in one of the most dramatic medical experiments of all time was worth
the suffering he underwent.
A) apprehension
B) appreciation
C) presentation
D) participation
64.As one of the youngest professors in the university, Miss King is certainly on the _______ of a
brilliant career.
A) threshold
B) edge
C) porch
D) course
65.The_______lawyer made a great impression on the jury.
A) protecting
B) guarding
C) defending
D) shielding
66.Very few people understood his lecture, the subject of which was very_______.
A) dim
B) obscure
C) conspicuous
D) intelligible
67.This movie is not ________ for children to see: it contains too much violence and too many
love scenes.
A) profound
B) valid
C) decent
D) upright
68.The wood was so rotten that, when we pulled, it _______ into fragments.
A) broke off
B) broke away
C) broke through
D) broke up
69.The detective and his assistant have begun to _______ the mysterious murder.
A) come through
B) look into
C) make over
D) see to
70.Sadly, the Giant Panda is one of the many species now in danger of_______.
A) extinction
B) migration
C) destruction
D) extraction