PART III    GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY [15 MIN.]
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
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42. The police arrested the wrong man mainly because they _____ the names given by the witness.
A. puzzled
B. confused
C. bewildered
D. perplexed
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43. I am _____ obliged to you for the many kindnesses you have known my son.
A. excitedly
B. exceedingly
C. evidently
D. excessively
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44. The highlight of his acting career was the opportunity of playing the _____ of Hamlet.
A. character
B. personality
C. play
D. part
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45. He narrowly _____ being seriously hurt, if not killed, by the explosion.
A. missed
B. failed
C. lost
D. dropped
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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
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47. Paul was so _____ that he took no credit to himself for his good work.
A. moderate
B. modest
C. medium
D. moral
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48. Although I spoke to him many times, he never took any _____ of what I said.
A. notice
B. attention
C. consideration
D. warning
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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
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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
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51. We must take a firm _____ against the lowering of educational standards.
A. stand
B. place
C. position
D. reason
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52. It never _____ my mind that he might refuse the request.
A. passed
B. filled
C. crossed
D. occurred
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53. At the sight of the police officer, the thief _____.
A. got to his feet
B. took to his heels
C. rose to his feet
D. dragged his heels
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