Part III             Vocabulary and Structure        (20 minutes)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

41. It is not difficult to ______  the idea that machines man communicate information to us.
A) admit           
B) receive           
C) accept           
D) convince

42. I have not the least ______ of hurting your feelings.
A) concept          
B) intention         
C) mind            
D) purpose

43. As the shortage of certain metals approaches, others must be found to take their______
A) share            
B) place             
C) role             
D) shape

44. The new power station is reported  ______  within three years.
A) to have completed                      
B) to have been completed
C) having Been completed                  
D) to complete

45. Mary is in bed with a fever and she can't hope to ________  the cold in a few day.
A) get over         
B) get away        
C) get off          
D) get out

46. Although the weather was very had, the buses still ran on
A) list              
B) plan             
C) scheduce         
D) arrangement

47. The situation today is obviously quite different from ______ it was only 50 years ago.
A) what            
B) which            
C) when            
D) such

48. Soon, Americans hope, the rains will return and ease the hardship ______ U.S.farmers.
A) faced           
B) faces            
C) facing           
D) to face

49. Ever since the family moved to the suburbs last year, they ______ better health.
A) could have enjoyed                     
B) have been enjoying
C) had enjoyed                            
D) are enjoying

50. It is much easier to talk about social change than to ________
A) bring it on                           
B) bring it about
C) buring it up                            
D) bring it out

51. Jane was hit on the head by the robber and was knocked______
A) mindless         
B) unaware          
C) brainless         
D) unconscious

52. He likes doing some reading at home          to the cinema.
A) than to go                             
B) than going
C) more than going                        
D) rather than to go

53.  ______ neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to a summer school.                                   
A) Accused of                             
B) Accusing of
C) That he was accused of                 
D) To be accused of

54. I bought a new house last year, but I ______ my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.
A) did not sell                           
B) do not sell
C) had not sold                          
D) have not sold

55. She didn't regret paying 200 dollars for the bookcase. As a matter or a fact, she would galdly have paid ______ for it.
A) as much twice                           
B) much as twice
C) as twice much                          
D) twice as much

56. By the time you get to Beijing tomorrow, I__________for Shanghai.
A) am leaving                             
B) should have left
C) will leave                              
D) have already left

57. It was essential that all the necessary documents ______ to the president's office being the end of this month.
A) be handed in                           
B) must be handed in
C) should                                 
D) had been handed in

58. The car is quite  ______  of petrol.
A) economic        
B) economical       
C) saving           
D) sparing

59. The traffic was very heary; otherwise I _______ here 50 minutes sooner.
A) would be        
B) should be        
C) had been         
D) would have been

60.   ______ his great wealth, he always remained a man of simple tastes.
A) Except for      
B) With regard to   
C) Despite         
D) Although

61. The socks were too small and it was only by ______  them that he managed to get them on.
A) spreading       
B) extending        
C) lengthening      
D) stretching

62. Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings ______ with one another.
A) associate         
B) connect          
C) communicate     
D) correspond

63. As a small boy, he was slow ______ learning to read and write.
A) on              
B) with            
C) in              
D) about

64. Tony was_______a mile of the hotel when he ran out of petrol.
A) within           
B) inside            
C) about            
D) off

65. It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it will prove to be worth the money ______
A) in the long run                          
B) in conclusion
C) at long last                            
D) at the end

66. I don't know why he ______ in the middle of a sentence.
A) broke off                              
B) broke out
C) broke through                         
D) broke away

67. I'm sorry Andy didn't want to go to the conference, ______ willing to go we would have paid all his expenses.
A) Being                                
B) Was he
C) He had been                           
D) Had he been

68. The minister was the person ______
A) whom the state dinner was given in honour
B) for whom the state dinner was given honour
C) whose honour the state dinner was given
D) in whose honour the state dinner was given

69. The young driver looked over the engine carfully lest it ______ on the way.
A) goes wrong                              
B) would go wrong
C) went wrong                             
D) should go wrong

70. John had been working hard and ______
A) so his brother had                      
B) so had his brother
C) so was his brother                      
D) so his brother did