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. By the time you get to New York, I ________ for London.
A) would be leaving
B) am leaving
C) have already left
D) shall have left（D）

42. The article suggests that when a person ________ under unusual stress he should be especially careful to have a well-balanced diet.
A) is
B) were
C) be
D) was（A）

43. The lawyer advised him to drop the ________, since he stands little chance to win.
A) event
B) incident
C) case
D) affair（C）

44. Sometimes children have trouble ________ fact from fiction and may believe that such things actually exist.
A) to separate
B) separating
C) for separating
D) of separating（B）

45. He is quite sure that it’s ________ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days.
A) absolutely
B) exclusively
C) fully
D) roughly（A）

46. There was a big hole in the road which ________ the traffic.
A) set back
B) stood back
C) held up
D) kept down（C）

47. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee ________ to investigate the incident.
A) were set up
B) was set up
C) be set up
D) set up（C）

48. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play ________ roles in raising children.
A) incapable
B) indispensable
C) insensible
D) infinite（B）

49. Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication ________.
A) tragedy
B) vacuum
C) question
D) barrier（D）

50. There was such a long line at the exhibition ________ we had to wait for about half an hour.
A) as
B) that
C) so
D) hence（B）

51. There is no ________ to there house from the main road.
A) access
B) avenue
C) exposure
D) edge（A）

52. ________ energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for example, an earthquake.
A) Accumulated
B) Gathered
C) Assembled
D) Collected（A）

53. He wasn’t appointed chairman of the committee, ________ not very popular with all its members.
A) to be considered
B) considering
C) being considered
D) having considered（C）

54. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural ________.
A) tradition
B) transportation
C) transmission
D) transformation（D）

55. The ________ stuck on the envelope says “By Air”.
A) diagram
B) label
C) signal
D) mark（B）

56. Mobile telecommunications ________ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a contract signed between the two companies.
A) capacity
B) potential
C) possession
D) impact（A）

57. Reading ________ the lines, I would say that the Government are more worried than they will admit.
A) behind
B) between
C) along
D) among（B）

58. My brother’s plans are very ________; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.
A) arbitrary
B) aggressive
C) ambitious
D) abundant（C）

59. Things might have been much worse if the mother ________ on her right to keep the baby.
A) has been insisting
B) had insisted
C) would insist
D) insisted（B）

60. The statistical figures in that report are not ________. You should not refer to them.
A) accurate
B) fixed
C) delicate
D) rigid（A）

61. Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when ________ alone.
A) seen
B) is seen
C) to be seen
D) having been seen（A）

62. The football game comes to you ________ from New York.
A) lively
B) alive
C) live
D) living（C）

63. None of us expected the chairman to ________ at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.
A) turn in
B) turn over
C) turn up
D) turn down（C）

64. The mother didn’t know who ________ for the broken glass.
A) blamed
B) be blamed
C) to blame
D) would blame（C）

65. He ________ to his customers and halved the price.
A) leaked
B) drew
C) quoted
D) yielded（D）

66. Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to ________ storming into the boss’s office.
A) prevent
B) prohibit
C) turn
D) avoid（D）

67. All flights ________ because of the terrible weather, they had to go there by train.
A) having been canceled
B) had been canceled
C) having canceled
D) were canceled（A）

68. The author of the report is well ________ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.
A) informed
B) acquainted
C) enlightened
D) acknowledged（B）

69. The boy spent as much time watching TV as he ________ studying.
A) does
B) had
C) was
D) did（D）

70. The ships’ generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated ________ instead of mechanically.
A) manually
B) artificially
C) automatically
D) synthetically（A）