Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes, 10 points)

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked ABCD. Choose the one that best complete the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

11. According to the Constitution, any national agreement has to be ____ by a two-thirds majority in parliament.

A approached

B appointed

C approved

D appreciated

12. The issue of e-commerce did not ____ any detailed discussions at the conference.

A take delight in

B give rise to

C give way to

D take advantage of

13. Can you ____ an insect having eight eyes and still having poor eyesight?

A imagine

B suppose

C think

D expect

14. Fingerprints from an unchangeable ____ despite changes in the individual’s appearance or age.

A mark

B sign

C remark

D signature

15. I think their plan will work, but they themselves are very ____ about it.

A certain

B suspicious

C confident

D doubtful

16. His failure to pay his debts ____ their opinion that he was not to be trusted.

A confirmed

B checked

C convinced

D tested

17. Our government strongly holds the principle that we will _____ be the first to use nuclear weapons.

A by my means

B by all means

C by no means

D by every means

18. The two soldiers spent many years together, fighting ____ and sharing their victories and disappointments.

A face to face

B side by side

C back to back

D step by step

19. Being aware of the potential objections, they launched a ____ reform at the beginning stage.

A humble

B modest

C timid

D middle

20. The union threatened a strike but called it ____ at the last minute.

A off

B out

C back

D up

21. A new material ____, we have good reason to be optimistic.

A developed

B being developed

C was being developed

D was developed

22. It is illegal in some countries that children ____ unattended at home.

A be left

B left

C are leaving

D being left

23. On the large board in the main hall of the airport, you can easily find the different destinations ____ which airlines can take you.

A in

B of

C to

D by

24. No unfit actually faced with water scarcity ____ appreciate the value of water to a region.

A one can

B one cannot

C can one

D cannot one

25. Most people don’t think of a stamp as a receipt, but that is ____ it really is – a proof of just bow much money you have paid in advance for mail delivery.

A what

B why

C how

D who

26. Without water from the Nile River, Egypt ____ a farming country and become a desert.

A will cease to be

B would cease to be

C will cease being

D would cease being

27. Although he refused to act on my suggestion, he had to admit that ____ what I said.

A it was something in

B there was something as

C it was something as

D there was something in