Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)

41. A word processor is much better than a typewriter in that it enables you to enter and _______your text more easily

A) register                         B) edit

C) propose                          D) discharge

42. We don’t know why so many people in that region like to wear dresses of such ______colors

A) low                              B) humble

C) mild                             D) dull

43. The news has just _____ that the president is going to visit China next month

A) come down                         B) come  up

C) come out                          D) come about

44. The ______ that exists among nations could certainly be lessened if misunderstanding and mistrust were removed

A) tension                           B) strain

C) stress                            D) intensity

45. The other day , Mum and I went to St. James’s Hospital , and they did lots and lots of tests on me , most of them _____ and frightening

A) cheerful                          B) horrible

C) hostile                           D) friendly

46. In the Mediterranean seaweed is so abundant and so easily harvested that it is never of great _.

A) fare                              B) payment

C) worth                             D) expense

47. The writer was so ____ in her work that she didn’t notice him enter the room

A) absorbed                          B) abandoned

C) focused                           D) centered

48. Actually, information technology can ______ the gap between the poor and the rich.

A) link                              B) break

C) ally                              D) bridge

49. Some research workers completely ______ all those facts as though they never existed.

A) ignore                            B) leave

C) refuse                            D) miss

50. Computer power now allows automatic searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime ______.

A) stage                             B) scene

C) location                          D) occasion

51. The most basic reason why dialects should be preserved is that language helps to ______ a culture

A) retain                            B) relate

C) remark                            D) review

52. Companies are struggling to find the right _______between supply and demand, but it is no easy task

A) equation                          B) formula

C) balance                           D) pattern

53. Mass advertising helped to _______ the emphasis from the production of goods to their consumption

A) vary                              B) shift

C) lay                               D) moderate

54. Because of his excellent administration, people lived in peace and _____ and all previously neglected matters were taken care of.

A) conviction                        B) contest

C) consent                           D) content 

55. I know you’ve got a smooth tongue, so don’t talk me ______ buying it

A) away                              B) down

C) out                               D) into

56. Showing some sense of humor can be a(n) _______ way to deal with some stressful situation

A) effective                         B) efficient

C) favorable                         D) favorite

57. The situation described in the report ______ terrible, but it may not happen

A) inclines                          B) maintains

C) sounds                            D) remains

58. The company is trying every means to ______ the wholesale price of its products

A) pull down                         B) put down

C) set down                          D) bring down

59. The mayor ______ the police officer a medal of honor for his heroic deed in rescuing the earthquake victims

A) rewarded                          B) awarded

C) credited                           D) prized

60. The native Canadians lived in _______ with nature, for they respected nature as a provider of life

A) coordination                       B)   acquaintance

C) contact                            D)   harmony

61. Many people are asking whether traditional research universities in fact have any future _______.

A) at all                             B) so far

C) in all                             D) on end

62. I was impressed _______ the efficiency of the work done in the company

A) in                                 B) about

C) with                               D) for

63. Now in Britain, wines take up four times as much ______ in the storehouse as both beer and spirits

A) block                              B) land

C) patch                              D) space

64. His hand shook a little as he _______ the key in the lock

A) squeezed                           B) inserted

C) stuffed                            D) pierced

65. For professional athletes, _______ to the Olympics means that they have a chance to enter the history books

A) access                             B) attachment

C) appeal                             D) approach

66. In the long _________, the new information technologies may fundamentally alter out way of

A) view                               B) distance

C) jump                               D) run

67. All the arrangements should be completed _______ your departure.

A) prior to                           B) superior to

C) contrary to                        D) parallel to

68. We need to create education standards that prepare our next generation who will be _______ with an even more competitive market

A) tackled                            B) encountered

C) dealt                              D) confronted

69. In the late seventies, the amount of fixed assets required to produce one vehicle in Japan was ______ equivalent to that in the United States

A) rudely                             B) roughly

C) readily                            D) coarsely

70. Many people believe we are heading for environmental disaster ______ we radically change way we live

A) but                                B) although

C) unless                             D) lest