41. It seems somewhat ___________ to expect anyone to drive 3 hours just
for a 20-minute meeting.
A) eccentric B) impossible C) absurd D) unique
42. This area of the park has been specially __________ for children, but
accompanying adults are also welcome.
A) inaugurated B) designated C) entitled D) delegated
43. The girl’s face __________ with embarrassment during the interview when
she couldn’t answer the tough question.
A) beamed B) dazzled C) radiated D) flushed
44. Slavery was __________ in Canada in 1833, and Canadian authorities
encouraged the slaves, who escaped from America, to settle on its vast virgin
land
A) diluted B) dissipated C) abolished D) resigned
45. Unfortunately, the new edition of dictionary is __________ in all major
bookshops.
A) out of reach B) out of stock C) out of business D) out of season
46. The hands on my alarm clock are __________, so I can see what time it
is in the dark.
A) exotic B) gorgeous C) luminous D) spectacular
47. Psychologists have done extensive studies on how well patients
__________ with doctors’ orders.
A) comply B) correspond C) interfere D) interact
48. In today’s class, the students were asked to __their mistakes on the
exam paper and put in their possible corrections.
A) cancel B) omit C)extinguish D)erase
49. The Government’s policies will come under close __ in the weeks before
the election.
A) appreciation B) specification C)scrutiny D)apprehension
50. Police and villagers unanimously __the forest fire to thunder and
lightning.
A) ascribed B) approached C)confirmed D)confined
51. In some remote places there are still very poor people who can’t afford
to live in __conditions.
A) gracious B) decent C)honorable D)positive
52. Since our knowledge is __ none of us can exclude the possibility of
being wrong.
A) controlled B )restrained C)finite D)delicate
53. You shouldn’t __your father’s instructions. Anyway he is an experienced
teacher.
A) deduce B) deliberate C)defy D)denounce
54. The company management attempted to __information that was not
favorable to them, but it was all in vain.
A) suppress B) supplement C)concentrate D)Plug
55. It is my hope that everyone in this class should __ their errors before
it is too late.
A) refute B) exclude C)expel D)rectify
56. The boy’s foolish question __his mother who was busy with housework and
had no interest in talking.
A) Intrigued B) fascinated C) irritated D)stimulated
57. Millions of people around the world have some type of physical, mental,
or emotional __ that severely limits their abilities to manage their daily
activities.
A) scandal B) misfortune C)deficit D)handicap
58. It is believed that the feeding patterns parents __ on their children
can determine their adolescent and adult eating habits.
A) compel B) impose C)evoke D)necessitate
59.If the value-added tax were done away with, it would act as a __ to
consumption.
A) progression B) prime C)stability D)stimulus
60. The bride and groom promised to __ each other through sickness and
health.
A) nourish B) nominate C)roster D)cherish
61. They’re going to build a big office block on that __ piece of land.
A) void B) vacant C)blank D)shallow
62. Without any hesitation, she took off her shoes, __up her skirt and
splashed across the stream.
A) tucked B) revolved C)twisted D)curled
63.Very few people could understand his lecture because the subject was
very __.
A) faint B) obscure C)gloomy D)indefinite
64. Professor Smith explained the movement of light__ that of water.
A) by analogy with B) by virtue of C)in line with D)in terms of
65. Tom is bankrupt now. He is desperate because all his efforts __
failure.
A) tumbled to B) hinged upon C)inflicted on D)culminated in
66. While fashion is thought of usually __ clothing, it is important to
realize that it covers a much wider domain.
A) in relation to B) in proportion to C)by means of D)on behalf of
67. The meaning of the sentence is __; you can interpret it in several
ways.
A) skeptical B) intelligible C)ambiguous D)exclusive
68. Cancer is a group of diseases in which there is uncontrolled and
disordered growth of __ cells.
A) irrelevant B) inferior C)controversial D)abnormal
69.At that time, the economy was still undergoing a __,and job offers were
hard to get.
A) concession B) supervision C)recession D)deviation
70.I could hear nothing but the roar of the airplane engines which __all
other sounds.
A) overturned B) drowned C)deafened D)smoothed
Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes)
Every week hundreds of CVs(简历) land on our desks.
We’ve seen it all: CVs printed on pink paper, CVs that are 10
pages long and CVs with silly mistakes in first paragraph. A S1
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good CV is your passport to an interview and ,ultimate , to
S2______________
the job you want Initial impressions are vital, and a badly presented
CV
could mean acceptance, regardless of what’s in it. S3______________
Here are a few ways to avoid end up on the reject pile.
S4______________
Print your CV on good-quality white paper.
CVs with flowery backgrounds or pink paper will
stand out upon all the wrong reasons S5_______________
Get someone to check for spelling and grammatical
errors, because a spell-checker will pick up every S6_______________
mistake. CVs with errors will be rejected-it shows
that you don’t pay attention to detail.
Restrict your self to one or two pages, and
listing any publications or referees on a separate sheet.
S7_______________
If you are sending your CV electronically, check the
formatting by sending it to yourself first. keep up S8______________
the format simple.
Do not send a photo unless specifically requested. If
you have to send on ,make sure it is one taking in a S9_____________
professional setting, rather than a holiday snap.
Getting the presentation right is just the first step. What
about the content? The Rule here is to keep it factual and
Truthful-exaggerations usually get find out. And remember
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