PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
　　There are twenty-five sentences in this section.    Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.    Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.
　　41. The Committee had met many times, but had not come up with _____ to the problem.
　　A) a way
　　B) an idea
　　C) a solution
　　D) a method
　　42. The police arrested the wrong man mainly because they _____ the names given by the witness.
　　A) puzzled
　　B) confused
　　C) bewildered
　　D) perplexed
　　43. I am _____ obliged to you for the many kindnesses you have known my son.
　　A) excitedly
　　B) exceedingly
　　C) evidently
　　D) excessively
　　44. The highlight of his acting career was the opportunity of playing the _____ of Hamlet.
　　A) character
　　B) personality
　　C) play
　　D) part
　　45. He narrowly _____ being seriously hurt, if not killed, by the explosion.
　　A) missed
　　B) failed
　　C) lost
　　D) dropped
　　46. In the _____ of my not being there to meet you, our representative will take you to your hotel.
　　A) possibility
　　B) occurrence
　　C) occasion
　　D) event
　　47. Paul was so _____ that he took no credit to himself for his good work.
　　A) moderate
　　B) modest
　　C) medium
　　D) moral
　　48. Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any _____ of what I said.
　　A) notice
　　B) attention
　　C) consideration
　　D) warning
　　49. It is no easy thing to _____ the meaning of every idiom in English.
　　A) get by
　　B) get in
　　C) get on
　　D) get at
　　50. The book only _____ the causes of the war and does not do justice to the influence of the slave trade.
　　A) counts on
　　B) touches on
　　C) takes on
　　D) pulls on
　　51. We must take a firm _____ against the lowering of educational standards.
　　A) stand
　　B) place
　　C) position
　　D) reason
　　52. It never _____ my mind that he might refuse the request.
　　A) passed
　　B) filled
　　C) crossed
　　D) occurred