Part II Vocabulary (20 minutes, 10 points, 0.5 for each)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

11. The tendency of the human body to reject foreign matter is the main obstacle to successful organ transplantation.

A factor

B constituent

C break

D barrier

12. Whenever you need Tom, he is always there whether it be an ear or a helping hand, so you can always lean on him.

A benefit from

B count on

C stand for

D stick to

13. The news reports completely overlooked the more profound political implications of the events.

A foresaw  

B neglected

C explored

D assessed

14. Teachers and nurses who deal with children are obliged to report cases of suspected child abuse to authorities.

A reminded

B expected

C requested 

D compelled

15. Your grade will be based in large part on the originality of your ideas.

A popularity

B creativity

C feasibility

D flexibility

16. We suspect there is a quire deliberate attempt to sabotage the elections and undermine the electoral commission.

A conscious

B desperate

C intentional

D clumsy

17. So strange were the circumstances of my story that I can scarcely believe myself to have been a party to them.

A hardly 

B just

C almost

D definitely

18. Smoke particles and other air pollutants are often trapped in the atmosphere, thus forming dirty fog.

A caught

B constrained

C concealed

D concentrated

19. Employees in chemical factories are entitled to receive extra pay for doing hazardous work,

A poisonous

B difficult

C harmful 

D dangerous

20. Curt Carlson, the wealthiest man in Minnesota, owned a hotel and travel company with sales reaching in the neighborhood of $9 billion.

A precisely

B merely

C approximately 

D substantially

Section B

Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

21. Susan never took any cookery courses; she learned cooking by ____ useful tips from TV cookery programs.

A bringing up 

B picking up

C putting up

D pulling up

22. The President _____ his deputy to act for him while he was abroad.

A promoted

B substituted

C displaced 

D authorized

23. It ____ without saying that consumers would be happier if prices were lower.

A takes

B appears

C goes 

D makes

24. The world economic recession put an ____ end to the steel market upturn that began in 2002.

A irregular