Part III Vocabulary (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 center.

　　31. She met with no challenge because her arguments sound facts.

　　A) put forward B) rested on C) made for D) conjured up

　　32. The teacher tried to explain the problem but her explanation did not to the students.

　　A) get across B) come around C) go by D) make out

　　33. It was such a hot day that everyone swimming in the river.

　　A) tended to B) was inclined to C) made for D) felt like

　　34. Old Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will .

　　A) pull through B) pull up C) pull back D) pull out

　　35. We often advise him not to drink more wine is good for his health.

　　A) as B) than C) that D) but

　　36. Please your remarks to the topic under discussion.

　　A) confess B) confirm C) confuse D) confine

　　37. Several special programs were designed to disadvantaged youths aged 16-21 to become more responsible, employable, and productive.

　　A) resist B) insist C) persist D) assist

　　38. He was at the of his career when he was killed in a traffic accident.

　　A) glamour B) extreme C) bloom D) peak

　　39. When do you think the President will you in office?

　　A) locate B) confirm C）reinforce D）qualify

　　40. Mary went through the report carefully to all spelling mistakes from it.

　　A) diminish B) withdraw C) eliminate D) abandon

　　41. He arrived very late at night, in the early hours this morning.

　　A) in conclusion B) or rather C) on the whole D) by and large

　　42. Mother always taught me to be thrifty and not to live .

　　A) beyond my means B) out of place C) at my leisure D) around the clock

　　43. President Banda’s background as a doctor has given him into the medical problems that face the country.

　　A) a view B) a vision C) an insight D) a sight

　　44. In New York there is a shifting population of vagrants usually with an unhealthy for alcohol.

　　A) attitude B) aptitude C) appetite D) altitude

　　45. Cars and motorcycles are similar they are both privately owned means of transport.

　　A) so that B) in that C) for that D) in which

　　46. The exhibition of poor sportsmanship a sense of disgust in all who witnessed it.

　　A) rose B) arose C) aroused D) raised

　　47. When the nurse took his temperature, it was two degrees above .

　　A) regular B) ordinary C) average D) normal

　　48. The traveler looks like an Englishman, but his foreign accent gave him .

　　A) away B) out C) off D) over

　　49. We Americans do a lot of business lunch, but people here prefer to tell stories.

　　A) in B) over C) within D) without

　　50. He just cannot to the different life style here in America.

　　A) alter B) modify C) adapt D) adopt

　　51. The theory was attacked ten years ago when it was first _____, but gradually it was accepted.

　　A) promoted B) enhanced C) advanced D) conceived

　　52. _____preparations are now being made for the President’s official visit to three foreign countries.

　　A) Elaborate B) Graceful C) Royal D) Tedious

　　53. The bus is so crowded that there is _____sufficient room for you.

　　A) rarely B) seldom C) scarcely D) some

　　54. Poor health and lack of money may both be ______to educational progress.

　　A) restraints B) stains C) scarcities D) barriers

　　55. As for the Flat Earth theory, I believe I can _____it with my own experiences of navigation.

　　A). deny B) reject C) object D) refute

　　56. In the past decades, the farms of the world have succeeded in producing enough food to feed

　　_____all of the planet’s people.

　　A) relevantly B) externally C) utterly D) virtually

　　57. The poor girl couldn’t _____from her tears any more when her mother showed up.

　　A) withdraw B) hold C) withhold D) refrain

　　58. We would contact your nearest relative _____any accident occurring.

　　A) in the event of B) in the course of

　　C) in the place of D) in the light of

　　59. The doctors drew the conclusion that the young man’s blindness was________.

　　A) consistent B) partial C) internal D) temporary

　　60. The Second World War, _____the earlier one of 1914, prompted public concern about the physical and intellectual well-being of the country’s human resources.

　　A) so as B) as were C) as did D) same as

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