Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
41. The company ______a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.
A) is promised B) has been promising
C) is promising D) promised
42. The doctor was asked to go back to the hospital because of ______ case.
A) an operation B) an emergency C) a treatment D) an incident
43. Life is a candle ______ to burn ever brighter.
A) being meant B) meaning C) to mean D) meant
44. Mrs. I,ackey was awakened by the ringing of the bedside phone 12 hours after her husband's boat had been ______
A) wrecked B) collapsed C) decayed D) fired
45. No one needs to feel awkward in ______ his own customs.
A) pursuing B) following C) chasing D) seeking
46. It's time ______ about the traffic problem downtown.
A) something was done B) everything is done
C) anything will be done D) nothing to be done
47. When they had finished playing, the children were made to ______ all the toys they had
taken out.
A) put off B) put out C) put up D) put away
48. There is an undesirable ______ nowadays to make films showing violence.
A) direction B) tradition C) phenomenon D) trend
49. My father did not go to New York; the doctor suggested that he ______ there.
A) not to go B) hadn't gone C) not go D) wouldn't go
50. Most people who travel in the course of their work are given traveling ______
A) income B) allowances C) wages D) pay
51. He failed to supply the facts relevant ______ the case in question.
A) for B) with C) to D) of
52. Young people's social environment has a ______effect on their academic progress.
A) gross B) solid C) complete D) profound
53. In Britain, and on the Continent too, the Japanese are sometimes viewed ______a threat
to domestic industries.
A) like B) with C) for D) as
54. The service operates 36 libraries throughout the country, while six ______ libraries
specially serve the countryside.
A) mobile B) drifting C) shifting D) rotating
55. Physics is the present - day equivalent of ______ used to be called natural philosophy,
from which most of present - day science arose.
A) that B) all C) which D) what
56. Before he started work, I asked the builder to give me an ______ of the cost of repairing
the roof.
A) assessment B) estimate C) announcement D) evaluation
57. We often advise him not to drink more wine ______is good for his health.
A) as B) than C) that D) but
58. When Jack was eighteen he______going around with a strange set of people and staying out very late.
A) took to B) took for C) took up D) took on
59. Although not an economist himself, Dr. Smith has long been a severe critic of the
government' s ______ policies.
A) economical B) economy C) economic D) economics
60. We grow all our own fruit and vegetables, ____ saves money, of course.
A) which B) as C) that D) what
61. It is rather ____ that we still do not know how many species there are in the world to-
day.
A) misleading B) embarrassing C) boring D) demanding
62. ____ is the center of our planetary system was a difficult concept to grasp in the Mid-
dle Ages.
A) It is the sun and not the earth B) Being the sun and not the earth
C) The sun and not the earth D) That the sun and not the earth
63. A friendship may be ____ , casual, situational or deep and lasting.
A) identical B) original C) superficial D) critical
64. Just as the builder is skilled in the handling of his bricks, v the experienced writer
is skilled in the handling of his words.
A) as B) thus C) so D) like
65. A good teacher must know how to ____ his ideas.
A) convey B) display C) consult D) confront
66. I'd rather you ____ those important documents with you.
A) don't take B) didn't take C) won't take D) not take
67. To call the music of another music-culture "primitive" is ____ one's own standards
on a group that does not recognise them.
A) putting B) emphasizing C) forcing D) imposing
68. The prisoner has been ____ of many privileges that average citizens enjoy.
A) ensured B) informed C) deprived D) convinced
69. Every camera we sell comes with a two- year ____
A) guarantee B) safety C) confirmation D) conservation
70. While in London, we paid a visit to the hospital founded ____ the nurse FlorenceNightingale.
A) in line with B) in favour of C) in honour of D) in place of
