A. neck-less B. neck-lace

　　C. reckless D. rack-less

　　16. Home to _____ and gangsters, officials and laborers, refugees and artists, the city was, in its prime, a metropolis that exhibited all the hues of the human character.

　　A. magnates B. magnets

　　C. machines D. magnitudes

　　17. His _____ behavior made everyone nervous. He was always rushing to open doors and perform other small tasks, apologizing unnecessarily for any inconvenience that he might have caused.

　　A. oblivious B. observant

　　C. obsequious D. obsolescent

　　18. He was completely __________ by her tale of hardship.

　　A. taken away B. taken down

　　C. taken in D. taken up

　　19. Americans who consider themselves _____ in the traditional sense do not usually hesitate to heap criticism in domestic matters over what they believe is oppressive or wasteful.

　　A. pedestrian B. penchant

　　C. patriarch D. patriotic

　　20. As technological advances put more and more time between early school life and the young person's final access to specialized work, the stage of _____ becomes an even more marked and conscious period.

　　A. adolescence B. adjacency

　　C. advantage D. adventure

　Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement

　　This part consists of 15 sentences in which one word or phrase is underlined.Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, Cand D. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic meaning of the sentence.

　　There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　21. That boy is suffering from unrequited love and pines away.

　　A. fervent B. obsessive

　　C. secret D. unreturned

　　22. For a long time in that vast region, this law was in abeyance.

　　A. in active use B. in doubt

　　C. in discussion D. in disuse

　　23. A court-martial has but recently decided to acquit him.

　　A. declare he is not guilty B. pardon him

　　C. condemn him D. persecute him

　　24. There are more people who are obese today than 20 years ago.

　　A. gainfully employed B. upwardly mobile

　　C. excessively overweight D. privately educated

　　25. As a conductor, Leonard Bernstein is famous for his intensely vigorous and exuberant style.

　　A. enthusiastic B. nervous

　　C. painful D. extreme

　　26. When insects feed on decaying plant material in a compost pile, they help turn it into useful garden soil.

　　A. available B. organic

　　C. distasteful D. decomposing

　　27. Researchers have discovered that dolphins are able to mimic human speech.

　　A. import B. imitate

　　C. impair D. humor

　　28. The dichotomy postulated by many between idealism and realism is one of the standard clichés of the ongoing debate over international affairs.

　　A. division into two parts B. combination of two parts

　　C. disparity D. contradiction

　　29. Attempts have been made for nearly three decades to increase the amount of precipitation from clouds by seeding them with salt or silver iodide.