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 Space Age _________ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union.
A) initiated B) originated
C) embarked D) commenced
42. John said that he didn’t quite _________ and asked me to repeat what I had said.
A) snatch up B) summon up
C) catch on D) watch out
43. When he tried to make a __________, he found that the hotel that he wanted was completely filled because of a convention.
A) complaint B) claim
C) reservation D) decision
44. A budget of five dollars a day is totally _________ for a trip round Europe.
A) inadequate B) incapable
C) incompatible D) invalid
45. In our highly technological society, the number of jobs for unskilled workers is _______.
A) shrinking B) obscuring
C) altering D) constraining
46. The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to _________ the consequences by saying that the damage was not as serious as reported.
A) decrease B) subtract
C) minimize D) degrade
47. If the world is to remain peaceful the utmost effort must be made by nations to limit local ___________.
A) collisions B) combats
C) contradictions D) conflicts
48. Satellite communications are so up-to-date that even when _________ in the middle of the Pacific, businessmen can contact their offices as if they were next door.
A) gliding B) cruising
C) piloting D) patrolling
49. In the past ten years skyscrapers have developed _______ in Chicago and New York city.
A) homogeneously B) simultaneously
C) spontaneously D) harmoniously
50. The court considers a financial ___________ to be an appropriate way of punishing him.
A) option B) duty
C) obligation D) penalty
51. I think that I committed a __________ in asking her because she seemed very upset by my question.
A) blunder B) revenge
C) reproach D) scandal
52. Even when textbooks are _________ through a school system, methods of teaching may vary greatly.
A) commonplace B) standardized
C) competitive D) generalized
53. They have always regarded a man of ____________ and fairness as a reliable friend.
A) robustness B) temperament
C) integrity D) compactness
54. All individuals are required to ____________ to the laws made by their governments.
A) obey B) conform
C) concede D) observe
55. The basic causes are unknown, although certain conditions that may lead to cancer have been ____________.
A) identified B) guaranteed
C) notified D) conveyed
56. It is very strange but I had an ___________ that the plane would crash.
A) inspiration B) intuition
C) imagination D) incentive
57. The changing image of the family on television provides _________ into changing attitudes toward the family in society.
A) insights B) presentations
C) revelations D) specifications
58. The town planning commission said that their financial outlook for the next year was optimistic. They expect increased tax ___________.
A) efficiency B) revenues
C) privileges D) validity
59. Bill is an example of a severely disabled person who has become ________ at many survival skills.
A) proficient B) persistent
C) consistent D) sufficient
60. The ties that bind us together in common activity are so _________ that they can disappear at any moment.
A) trivial B) fatal
C) tentative D) feeble
61. During the construction of skyscrapers, cranes are used to ________ building materials to the upper floors.
A) toss B) tow
C) hoist D) hurl
62. Diamonds have little _______ value and their price depends almost entirely on their scarcity.
A) extinct B) permanent
C) surplus D) intrinsic
63. The kitchen was small and __________ so that the disabled could reach everything without difficulty.
A) conventional B) compact
C) compatible D) concise
64. He will _________ resign in view of the complete failure of the research project.
A) doubtfully B) adequately
C) presumably D) reasonably
65. The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable ___________ his financial situation.
A) with respect to B) in accord with
C) regardless of D) in terms of
66. The original elections were declared ____________ by the former military ruler.
A) void B) vulgar
C) surplus D) extravagant
67. They stood gazing at the happy __________ of children playing in the park.
A) perspective B) view
C) landscape D) scene
68. An obvious change of attitude at the top towards women’s status in society will __________ through the current law system in Japan.
A) permeate B) probe
C) violate D) grope
69. When he realized he had been ___________ to sign the contract by intrigue, he threatened to start legal proceedings to cancel the agreement.
A) elicited B) excited
C) deduced D) induced
70. These areas rely on agriculture almost ___________, having few mineral resources and a minimum of industrial development.
A) respectively B) extraordinarily
C) incredibly D) exclusively