Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences it: this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose cite ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. Some people believe that since oil is scarce, the ________ of the motor industry is uncertain. (1分)
A. terminal |
B. benefit | C. fate | D. estimate |
2. To speed up the ________ of letters, the Post Office introduced automatic sorting. (1分)
A. treatment |
B. delivery | C. transmission | D. departure |
3. These overseas students show great ________ for learning a new language. (1分)
A. enthusiasm |
B. authority | C. convention | D. faith |
4. The defense lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the ________ of the murder committed last month. (1分)
A. observers |
B. witnesses | C. audiences | D. viewers |
5. Politically these nations tend to be ________, with very high birth rates but poor education and very low levels of literacy. (1分)
A. unstable |
B. reluctant | C. rational | D. unsteady |
6. The chairman was blamed for letting his secretary ________ too much work last week. (1分)
A. take to |
B. take out | C. take away | D. take on |
7. “You try to get some sleep. I’ll ________ the patient’s breakfast, “said the nurse. (1分)
A. see to |
B. stick to | C. get to | D. lead to |
8. The London Marathon is a difficult race. ________, thousands of runners participate every year. (1分)
A. Therefore |
B. Furthermore | C. Accordingly | D. Nevertheless |
9. The bank refused to ________ him any money, so he had to postpone buying a house. (1分)
A. credit |
B. borrow | C. loan | D. lease |
10. The more a nation’s companies ________ factories abroad, the smaller that country’s recorded exports will be. (1分)
A. lie |
B. spot | C. stand | D. locate |
11. Being ignorant of the law is not accepted as an ________ for breaking the law. (1分)
A. excuse |
B. intention | C. option | D. approval |
12. Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred rockets and missiles at military ________ in the coastal city. (1分)
A. goals |
B. aims | C. targets | D. destinations |
13. It is said in some parts of the world, goats, rather than cows, serve as a vital ________ of milk. (1分)
A. storage |
B. reserve | C. resource | D. source |
14. “This light is too ________ for me to read by. Don’t we have a brighter bulb some where”; said the elderly man. (1分)
A. mild |
B. dim | C. minute | D. slight |
15. We have arranged to go to the cinema on Friday, but we can be ________ and go another day. (1分)
A. reliable |
B. probable | C. feasible | D. flexible |
16. We are quite sure that we can ________ our present difficulties and finish the task according to schedule. (1分)
A. get across |
B. get over | C. get away | D. get off |
17. ________ recent developments we do not think your scheme is practical. (1分)
A. In view of |
B. In case of | C. In memory of | D. In favor of |
18. Jessica was ________ from the warehouse to the accounting office, which was considered a promotion. (1分)
A. delivered |
B. exchanged | C. transferred | D. transformed |
19. Mr. Smith asked his secretary to ________ a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing. (1分)
A. inject |
B. install | C. invade | D. insert |
20. There’s the living room still to be ________, so that’s my next project. (1分)
A. abandoned |
B. decorated | C. dissolved | D. assessed |
21. The old paper mill has been ________ to make way for a new shopping centre. (1分)
A. cut down |
B. kept down | C. turn down | D. held down |
22. It may be necessary to stop ________ in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons. (1分)
A. at a distance |
B. at intervals | C. at case | D. at length |
23. You can hire a bicycle in many places. Usually you’ll have to pay a ________. (1分)
A. fare |
B. fund | C. deposit | D. deal |
24. My grandfather had always taken a ________ interest in my work, and I had an equal admiration for the stories of his time. (1分)
A. splendid |
B. weighty | C. vague | D. keen |
25. ________ quantities of water are being used nowadays with the rapid development of industry and agriculture. (1分)
A. Excessive |
B. Extensive | C. Extreme | D. Exclusive |
26. John cannot afford to go to university, ________ going abroad. (1分)
A. nothing but |
B. anything but | C. not to speak of | D. nothing to speak of |
27. Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ________ taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place. (1分)
A. involve |
B. compose | C. enclose | D. attach |
28. If you don’t like to swim, you ________ as well stay at home. (1分)
A. should |
B. may | C. can | D. would |
29. Dr. Smith was always ________ the poor and the sick, often providing them with free medical care. (1分)
A. reminded of |
B. absorbed in | C. tended by | D. concerned about |
30. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth ________ of American Independence. (1分)
A. ceremony |
B. occasion | C. occurrence | D. anniversary |