Part III???????????? Vocabulary and Structure??????? (20 minutes)
41. When Mohammed, a friend of mine from the Middle East, first went to the United Kingdom to
attend the university,?? _______with women in the same class.
???? A) he'd never before studied???????? B) he would never before study
???? C) he couldn't before study???????? D) he hasn't before studied
42. America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it _______ before the
???? West was settled.
???? A) did??????????? B) has??????????? C) was???????????????? D) would
43. The cars were _______ because it was impossible to go any further in the fog.
???? A) sacrificed????? B) transported??? C) removed?????????? D) abandoned
44. The new designs of the Christmas stamps are always waited for with keen _______
???? A) irritation????? B) anucipation??? C) reception?????????? D) prediction
45. Buck Helm, a retired salesman, survived????????? alive for 90 hours in his car.
???? A) burying?????? B) having buried? C) being buried?????? D) to be buried
46. We have had to raise our prices because of the increase in the cost of _______? materials.
???? A) raw?????????? B) rough???????? C) original??????????? D) primitive
47. Indeed, almost every scientist now finds it impossible to read all the works relevant to his
???? own subject, _______ extensively outside of it.
???? A) much less to read??????????????? B) much more to read
???? C) much less reading??????????????? D) still more reading
48. It is up to the Government to tackle the air pollution problem and?? _______ measures in
???? line with the council's suggestions.
???? A) set about????? B) work out????? C) fill up????????????? D) bring over
49. All that day my father was in????????? as he had lost his wallet.
???? A) great anxiety? B) ill humour???? C) ambition?????????? D) hospitality
50. We preferred to postpone the meeting?? _______? it without the presence of our president.
???? A) to holding??????????????????? B) than to hold
???? C) rather than held???????????????? D) rather than hold
51. Many people, if not most, _______ literary taste as an elegant accomplishment, by acquiring which they will complete themselves, and make themselves finally fit as members of a
???? correct society.
???? A) look into????? B) look down???? C) look in???????????? D) look on
52. What a good listener is able to do is to process what he hears on the basis of the context _______
???? A) it occurs in????????????????????? B) occured in it
???? C) occurring in it??????????????????? D) it occurring in
53. The car accident was _______ to the driver's violation of the traffic regulations.
???? A) assigned????? B) contributed??? C) attributed???????? D) transferred
54. She is a very? _______? student. She' s always talking about travelling to outer space.
???? A) imaginary???? B) imagining???? C) imaginable???????? D) imaginative
55. His lectures on Roman history would do credit _______a real expert.
A) in?????????? B) of?????????? C) to??????????????? D) with
56. My grandpa gave me a watch, which is made of gold, _______ I keep to this day.
???? A) and thus????? B) and which???? C) so???????????????? D) and
57. I have devoted four weekends to writing papers and now I feel I????????? a rest.
???? A) conceive?????? B) preserve?????? C) deserve??????????? D) receive
58. I found myself? _______ to the spot where the experiment was being performed whenever
????? I had some time to spare.
????? A) draw????????? B) drawing?????? C)drew?????????????? D) drawn
59. The construction of a 5 - million- ton iron and steel works is now under. _______
????? A) consideration? B) contribution?? C) continuation??????? D) conclusion
60. Mary found it difficult to????????? Jim's father when he disapproved of their marriage.
????? A) stand for????? B) stand up to??? C) stand by????????? D) stand out
?61. President Banda's background as a doctor has given him into the medical problems that face
the country.
????? A) a view??????? B) a vision?????? C) a sight??????????? D) an insight
?62. I wish _______? to Stockholm when I was in Sweden. I hear it's a beautiful city.
????? A) I went??????? B) I have gone?? C) I had gone???????? D) having gone
?63. He? _______ his job in order to engage in full - time writing.
?????? A) upheld??????? B) resigned from? C) undertook????????? D) took over
?64. The West is traditionally the land of the pioneers and the cowboys, where ___ could
?????? be easily made in cattle or land.
?????? A) fortunes?????? B) property?????? C) opportunities?????? D) treasure
? 65. I didn't send out my application form last week, but I _______
?????? A) had to??????? B) would do????? C) should have??????? D) might have to
? 66. Vostok is close to the coldest spot in the world, where an _______ minus 128.6 F was
?????? recorded in 1983.
?????? A) unreliable???? B) incredible???? C) extra????????????? D) impossible
? 67. It is human nature to think back to a Golden Age __ one's country was strong and
??????? respected.
??????? A) unless???????? B) provided????? C) as???????????????? D) when
? 68. I don' t mind a bit if you bring your friends in for a drink but it is rather too much when
??????? sixteen people arrive _______ for dinner.
??????? A) unusually???? B) excessively??? C) unexpectedly?????? D) consequently
?? 69. Faced with all the difficulties, the girl? _______ her mother for comfort.
??????? A) turned over?? B) turned from?? C) turned up????????? D) turned to
?? 70. David is the __ holder of the world 5. 000 meter world record, but there is no guarantee
that he will in the Olympic Games.
???????? A) prevailing???? B) predominant?? C) current??????????? D) decisive