Part Ⅲ Vocabulary (20 minutes)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part.For each sentence there are four choices marked A),B),C)andD).Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

41.Others viewed the findings with______ ,noting that a ca-effect relationship between passive smoking and cancr remains to be shown.
A)caution
B)passion
C)optimism
D)deliberation

42.When supply exceeds demand for any product,prices are _______to fall.
A)thmely
B)liable
C)simultaneous
D)subject

43.The results are hardly_______ ;he cannot believe they are accurate.
A)crucial
B)liable
C)simultaneous
D)subject

44.The ball______ two or three times before rolling down the slope.
A)swayed
B)hopped
C)darted
D)bounced

45.Connie was told that if she worked too hard,her health would _______.
A)decay
B)hopped
C)darted
D)degrade

46.How much of your country's electrical supply is______ from water power?
A)deduced
B)derived
C)detached
D)declined

47.The glass vessels should be handled most carefully since they are_________ .
A)crisp
B)intricate
C)subtle
D)fragile

48.He blew out the candle and_______ his way to the door.
A)converged
B)wrenched
C)groped
D)strove

49.I have had my eyes tested and the report says that my_______ is perfect.
A)vision
B)horizon
C)outlook
D)perspective

50.The music aroused an _______feeling of homesickness in him.
A)intrinsic
B)intentional
C)intermittent
D)intense

51.This new printer is ________with all leading software.
A)competitive
B)cooperative
C)compatible
D)comparable

52.Many types of rock are_______ from volcanoes as solid,fragmentary material.
A)ejected
B)injected
C)propelled
D)flung

53.The person who _______this type of approach for doing research deserves our praise.
A)generated
B)originated
C)speculated
D)manufactured

54.More than 85 percent of French Canada's population speaks French as a mother tongue and ______to the Roman Catholic faith.
A)ascribes
B)subscribes
C)adheres
D)caters

55.In order to prevent stress from being set up in the metal,expansion joints are fitted which______ the stress by allowing the pipe to expand or contract freely.
A)reclaim
B)reconcile
C)rectify
D)relieve

56.Hill slopes are cleared of forests to make way for crops,but this only _____the crisis.
A)precedes
B)prevails
C)ascends
D)accelerates

57.He was looking admiringly at the photograph published by Collins in ________with the Imperial Museum.
A)combination
B)collaboration
C)connection
D)collection

58.The 1986 Challenger space-shuttle _______was caused by unusually low temperatures immediately before the launch.
A)dismay
B)disaster
C)expedition
D)controversy

59.I bought an alarm clock with a(n)______ dial,which can be seen clearly in the dark.
A)audible
B)amplified
C)supersonic
D)luminous

60.With prices________ so much,it is difficult for the school to plan a budget.
A)vibrating
B)swinging
C)fluctuating
D)fluttering

61. ________that the demand for power continues to rise at the current rate,it will not be long before traditional sources become inadequate.
A)Concerning
B)Regarding
C)Ascertaining
D)Assuming

62.We find that some birds _____twice a year between hot and cold countries.
A)migrate
B)emigrate
C)transfer
D)commute

63.As visiting scholars,they _______willingly to the customs of the country they live in.
A)submit
B)commit
C)conform
D)subject

64.The professor found himself constantly_______ the question:“How could anyone do these things?"
A)poring
B)pondering
C)presiding
D)presuming

65.In those days,executives expected to spend most of their lives in the same firm and ,unless they were dismissed for_______ ,to retire at the age of 65.
A)denial
B)deduction
C)integrity
D)incompetence

66.Her jewelry_______ under the spotlights and she became the dominant figure at the ball.
A)blazed
B)dazzled
C)glared
D)glittered

67.Weeks ______before anyone was arrested in connection with the bank robbery.
A)elapsed
B)expired
C)overlapped
D)terminated

68.Often such arguments have the effect of ______rather than clarifying the issues involved.
A)blocking
B)obscuring
C)tackling
D)prejudicing

69.He raised his eyebrows and stuck his bead forward and _______it in a single nod,a gesture boys used then for O.K.when they were pleased.
A)jerked
B)twisted
C)shrugged
D)tugged

70.She had recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the company's client data,which she intended to ______in starting her own business.
A)dwell on
B)base on
C)draw upon
D)come upon