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.


41. The last half of the nineteenth century ________ the steady improvement in the means of travel.
A) has witnessed
B) was witnessed
C) witnessed
D) is witnessed（C）

42. The shy girl felt ________ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teacher’s questions.
A) amazed
B) awkward
C) curious
D) amused（B）

43. Ann never dreams of ________ for her to be sent abroad very soon.
A) there being a chance
B) there to be a chance
C) there be a chance
D) being a chance（A）

44. It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you ________ it.
A) mustn’t have done
B) wouldn’t have done
C) mightn’t have done
D) didn’t have to do（D）

45. Frequently single-parent children ________ some of the functions that the absent adult in the house would have served.
A) take off
B) take after
C) take in
D) take on（D）

46. He gives people the impression ________ all his life broad.
A) of having spent
B) to have spent
C) of being spent
D) to spend（A）

47. A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial ________.
A) mark
B) feature
C) trace
D) appearance（B）

48. I’d rather you ________ make any comment on the issue for the time being.
A) don’t
B) wouldn’t
C) didn’t
D) shouldn’t（C）

49. All things ________, the planned trip will have to be called off.
A) considered
B) be considered
C) considering
D) having considered（A）

50. John Dewey believed that education should be a preparation for life, that a person learns by doing, and that teaching must ________ the curiosity and creativity of children.
A) seek
B) stimulate
C) shape
D) secure（B）

51. Criticism and self-criticism is necessary ________ it helps us to find and correct our mistakes.
A) by that
B) at that
C) on that
D) in that（D）

52. However, at times this balance in nature is ________, resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.
A) troubled
B) disturbed
C) confused
D) puzzled（B）

53. If she doesn’t tell him the truth now, he’ll simply keep on asking her until she ________.
A) does
B) has done
C) will do
D) would do（A）

54. The patient’s health failed to such an extent that he was put into ________ care.
A) tense
B) rigid
C) intensive
D) tight（C）

55. Does everyone on earth have an equal right ________ an equal share of its resources?
A) by
B) at
C) to
D) over（C）

56. Americans eat ________ as they actually need every day.
A) twice as much protein
B) twice protein as much twice
C) twice protein as much
D) protein as twice much（A）

57. In 1914, an apparently insignificant event in a remote part of Eastern Europe ________ Europe into a great war.
A) inserted
B) imposed
C) pitched
D) plunged（D）

58. The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, ________ is often the case in other countries.
A) as
B) what
C) so
D) that（A）

59. There are few electronic applications ________ to raise fears regarding future employment opportunities than robots.
A) likely
B) more likely
C) most likely
D) much likely（B）

60. We had to ________ a lot of noise when the children were at home.
A) go in for
B) hold on to
C) put up with
D) keep pace with（C）

61. What he said just now had little to do with the question ________ discussion.
A) on
B) in
C) under
D) at（C）

62. We need a chairman ________.
A) for whom everyone has confidence
B) in whom everyone has confidence
C) who everyone has confidence of
D) whom everyone has confidence on（B）

63. Over a third of the population was estimated to have no ________ to the health service.
A) assessment
B) assignment
C) exception
D) access（D）

64. Excuse me. If your call’s not too urgent, do you mind ________ mine first?
A) I make
B) if I make
C) me to make
D) that I make（B）

65. Professor Taylor’s talk has indicated that science has a very strong ________ on the everyday life of non-scientists as well as scientists.
A) motivation
B) perspective
C) impression
D) impact（C）

66. After a few rounds of talks, both sides regarded the territory dispute ________.
A) being settled
B) to be settled
C) had settled
D) as settled（D）

67. Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage ________.
A) relatively
B) actually
C) annually
D) comparatively（C）

68. We are all for your proposal that the discussion ________.
A) be put off
B) was put off
C) should put off
D) is to put off（A）

69. These goods are ________ for export, though a few of them may be sold on the home market.
A) essentially
B) completely
C) necessarily
D) remarkably（A）

70. The course normally attracts 20 students per year, ________ up to half will be from overseas.
A) in which
B) for whom
C) with which
D) of whom（D）