28.If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be motivated to work hard, with the result that incomes from taxation might actually _____ .
A)shrink B)delay C)disperse D)sink
29.American companies are evolving from massproduction manufacturing to _____ enterprises.
A)moveable B)changing C)flexible D)varying
30.If you know what the trouble is, why don＇t you help them to _____ the situation?
A)simplify B)modify C)verify D)rectify
31.I can't _____ what has happened to the vegetables, for they were freshly picked this morning.
A)figure out B)draw out C)look out D)work out
32.I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat _____ .
A)disapproval B)rejection C)refusal D)decline
33.From this material we can _____ hundreds of what you may call direct products.
A)derive B)discern C)diminish D)displace
34.She had clearly no _____ of doing any work, although she was very well paid.
A)tendency B)ambition C)intention D)wilngness
35.What seems confusing or fragmented at first might well become _____ a third time.
A)clean and measurable B)notable and systematic
C)pure and wholesome D)clear and organic
36.The public opinion was that the time was not _____ for the election of such a radical candidate as Mr. Jones.
A)reasonable B)ripe C)ready D)practical
37.Hudson said he could not kill a living thing except for the _____ of hunger.
A)sensation B)cause C)purpose D)motive
38.For the new country to survive, _____ for its people to enjoy prosperity, new economic policies will be required.
A)to name a few B)let alone C)not to speak D)let's say
39.Foreign disinvestment and the _____ of South Africa from world capital markets after 1985 further weakened its economy.
A)displacement B)elimination C)exclusion D)exception
40.When a number of people _____ together in a conversational knot, each individual expresses his position in the group by where he stands.
A)pad B)pack C)squeeze D)cluster
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 the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (10 points)
Manpower Inc., with 560,000 workers, is the world's largest temporary employment agency. Every morning, its people 41 into the offices and factories of America, seeking a day's work for a day's pay. One day at a time 42 industrial giants like General Motors and IBM struggle to survive 43 reducing the number of employees, Manpower, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is booming.
44 its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part timers and temporary workers. This "45" work force is the most important 46 in American business today, and it is 47 changing the relationship between people and their jobs. The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive 48 avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens 49 by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans. For workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of 50 that came from being a loyal employee.
