A）justify　　B）testify

　　C）rectify　　D）verify

　　27.I'm very glad to know that my boss has generously agreed to _____ my debt in return for certain services .

　　A）take away　　B）cut out

　　C）write off　　D）clear up

　　28.Some journalists often overstate the situation so that their news may create a great _____ .

　　A）explosion　　　B）sensation

　　C）exaggeration　　D）stimulation

　　29.According to what you have just said,am I to understand that his new post _____ no responsibility with it at all? .

　　A）shoulders　　B）possesses

　　C）carries　　　D）shares

　　30.Sometimes the student may be asked to write about his _____ to a certain book or article that has some bearing on the subject being studied .

　　A）comment　　　B）reaction

　　C）impression　　D）comprehension

　　31.Please _____ yourself from smoking and spitting in public places,since the law fotbids them .

　　A）restrain　　B）hinder

　　C）restrict　　D）prohibit

　　32.Without telephone it would be impossible to carry on the functions of _____ every business operation in the whole country .

　　A）practically　　B）preferably

　　C）precisely　　D）presumably

　　33.Preliminary estimation puts the figure at aroun$110 billion, _____ the $160 billion the President is struggling to get through the Congress .

　　A）in proportion to　　B）in reply to

　　C）in relation to　　　D）in contrast to

　　34.He is planning another tour abroad,yet his passport will _____ at the end of this month .

　　A）expire　　　B）exceed

　　C）terminate　　D）cease

　　35.All the off-shore oil explorers were in high spirits as they read _____ letters from their families .

　　A）sentimental　　B）affectionate

　　C）intimate　　　D）sensitive

　　36.Several international events in the early 1990s seem likely to _____ ,or at least weaken,the trends that emerged in the 1980s .

　　A）revolt　　　B）revolve

　　C）reverse　　D）revive

　　37.I was unaware of the critical points involved,so my choice was quite _____ .

　　A）arbitrary　　　B）rational

　　C）mechanical　　D）unpredictable

　　38.The local people were joyfully surprised to find the price of vegetables no longer _____ according to the weather .

　　A）altered　　　　B）converted

　　C）fluctuated　　D）modified

　　39.The pursuit of leisure on the part of the employees will certainly not _____ their prospect of promotion .

　　A）spur　　　B）further

　　C）induce　　D）reinforce

　　40.In what _____ to a last minute stay of execution,a council announced that emergency funding would keep alive two aging satellites .

　　A）applies　　　B）accounts

　　C）attaches　　D）amounts

　　Part II Cloze Test

　　Directions:For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A）,B）,C）,D）. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET I by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. （10 points）

　　Until recently most histroians spoke very critically of the Industrial Revolution. They 41 that in the long run industrialization greatly raised the standard of living for the 42 man. But they insisted that its 43 results during the period from 1750 to 1850 were widespread poverty and misery for the 44 of the English population. 45 contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to 1750, when England was still a 46 agricultural country, a period of great abundance and prosperity.