A) link
B) break
C) ally
D) bridge
49. Some research workers completely ________ all those facts as though they never existed.
A) ignore
B) leave
C) refuse
D) miss
50. Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime ________.
A) stage
B) scene
C) location
D) occasion
51. The most basic reason why dialects should be preserved is that language helps to ________ a culture.
A) retain
B) relate
C) remark
D) review
52. Companies are struggling to find the right ________ between supply and demand, but it is no easy task.
A) equation
B) formula
C) balance
D) pattern
53. Mass advertising helped to ________ the emphasis from the production of goods to their consumption.
A) vary
B) shift
C) lay
D) moderate
54. Because of his excellent administration, people lived in peace and ________ and all previously neglected matters were taken care of.
A) conviction
B) contest
C) consent
D) content
55. I know you’ve got a smooth tongue, so don’t talk me ________ buying it.
A) away
B) down
C) out
D) into
56. Showing some sense of humor can be a(n) ________ way to deal with some stressful situation.
A) effective
B) efficient
C) favorable
D) favorite
57. The situation described in the report ________ terrible, but it may not happen.
A) inclines
B) maintains
C) sounds
D) remains
58. The company is trying every means to ________ the wholesale price of its products.
A) pull down
B) put down
C) set down
D) bring down
59. The mayor ________ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims.
A) rewarded
B) awarded
C) credited
D) prized
60. The native Canadians lived in ________ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life.
A) coordination
B) acquaintance
C) contact
D) harmony
61. Many people are asking whether traditional research universities in fact have any future ________.
A) at all
B) so far
C) in all
D) on end
62. I was impressed ________ the efficiency of the work done in the company.
A) in
B) about
C) with
D) for
63. Now in Britain, wines take up four times as much ________ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits.
A) block
B) land
C) patch
D) space
64. His hand shook a little as he ________ the key in the lock.
A) squeezed
B) inserted
C) stuffed
D) pierced
65. For professional athletes, ________ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books.
A) access
B) attachment
C) appeal
D) approach
66. In the long ________, the new information technologies may fundamentally alter our way of life.
A) view
B) distance
C) jump
D) run
67. All the arrangements should be completed ________ your departure.
A) prior to
B) superior to
C) contrary to
D) parallel to
68. We need to create education standards that prepare our next generation who will be ________ with an even more competitive market.
A) tackled
B) encountered
C) dealt
D) confronted
69. In the late seventies, the amount of fixed assets required to produce one vehicle in Japan was ________ equivalent to that in the United States.
A) rudely
B) roughly
C) readily
D) coarsely
70. Many people believe we are heading for environmental disaster ________ we radically change way we live. |
