Part III Vocabulary and Structure (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 that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

31. Although punctual himself, the professor was quite ________ used late for his lecture.
A) to have students
B) for students’ being
C) for students to be
D) to students’ being（D）

32. You should have been more patient ________ that customer; I’m sure that selling him the watch was a possibility.
A) of
B) with
C) for
D) at（B）

33. Neither of the young men who had applied for a position in the university ________.
A) has been accepted
B) have been accepted
C) was accepted
D) were accepted（C）

34. This box is too heavy, ________ give me a hand?
A) would you mind
B) would you please
C) will you like to
D) will you please to（B）

35. ________ he works hard, I don’t mind when he finishes the experiment.
A) As soon as
B) As well as
C) So far as
D) So long as（D）

36. As early as 1647 Ohio made a decision that free, tax-supported schools must be established in every town ________ 50 households or more.
A) having
B) to have
C) to have had
D) having had（A）

37. People appreciate ________ with him because he has a good sense of humor.
A) to work
B) to have worked
C) working
D) having worked（D）

38. The man was put in the soft-padded cell lest he ________ himself.
A) injure
B) had injured
C) injured
D) would injure（C）

39. We love peace, yet we are not the kind of people to yield ________ any military threat.
A) up
B) to
C) in
D) at（B）

40. Although he knew little about the large amount of work done in the field, he succeeded ________ other more well-informed experimenters failed.
A) which
B) that
C) what
D) where（A）

41. If tap water were as dangerous as some people think, ________ would be getting sick.
A) a lot of more us
B) more a lot of us
C) a lot of us more
D) a lot more of us（A）

42. Living in the central Australian desert has its problems. ________ obtaining water is not the least.
A) for which
B) to which
C) of which
D) in which（B）

43. Which sport has the most expenses ________ training equipment, players’ personal equipment and uniforms?
A) in place of
B) in terms of
C) by means of
D) by way of（B）

44. They are going to have the serviceman ________ an electric fan in the office tomorrow.
A) install
B) to install
C) to be installed
D) installed（D）

45. I’m sure he is up to the job ________ he would give his mind to it.
A) if only
B) in case
C) until
D) unless（A）

46. The car ________ halfway for no reason.
A) broke off
B) broke down
C) broke up
D) broke out（B）

47. The newcomers found it impossible to ________ themselves to the climate sufficiently to make permanent homes in the new country.
A) suit
B) adapt
C) regulate
D) coordinate（C）

48. A ________ to this problem is expected to be found before long.
A) result
B) response
C) settlement
D) solution（A）

49. You have nothing to ________ by refusing to listen to our advice.
A) gain
B) grasp
C) seize
D) earn（D）

50. As a result of careless washing the jacket ________ to a child’s size.
A) compressed
B) shrank
C) dropped
D) decreased（B）

51. He hoped the firm would ________ him to the Paris branch.
A) exchange
B) transmit
C) transfer
D) remove（A）

52. Having decided to rent a flat, we ________ contacting all the accommodation agencies in the city.
A) set about
B) set down
C) set out
D) set up（D）

53. The relationship between employers and employees has been studied ________.
A) originally
B) extremely
C) violently
D) intensively（A）

54. ________ their differences. The couple were developing an obvious and genuine affection for each other.
A) But for
B) For all
C) Above all
D) Except for（C）

55. One day I ________ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college.
A) came across
B) came about
C) came after
D) came at（C）

56. She was complaining that the doctor was ________ too much for the treatment he was giving her.
A) expending
B) offering
C) costing
D) charging（C）

57. The manager spoke highly of such ________ as loyalty, courage and truthfulness shown by his employees.
A) virtues
B) features
C) properties
D) characteristics（D）

58. Since the matter was extremely ________, we dealt with it immediately.
A) tough
B) tense
C) urgent
D) instant（B）

59. You don’t have to be in such a hurry, I would rather you ________ on business first.
A) would go
B) will go
C) went
D) have gone（B）

60. When I try to understand ________ that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.
A) why it does
B) what it does
C) what it is
D) why it is（C）