Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Select the correct choice for each blank.
Proclamation of 1763 was declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, mainly intended to (26)_____ the Indians by checking the encroachment of white settlers on their lands. After Indian (27)_____ had resulted in the start of Pontiacs War (1763-64), British authorities determined to (28)_____ intercolonial rivalries and abuses by dealing with Indian problems (29)_____. To this end, the (30)_____ organized new British territories in America —— the provinces of Quebec, East and West Florida, and Grenada (in the Windward Islands) —— and a vast British-administered Indian reservation west of the Appalachians, from south of Hudson Bay to north of the Florida. It forbade all white settlement (31)_____ Indian territory, ordered those settlers already there to withdraw, and strictly limited future settlement. For the first time in the history of European colonization in the New World, the proclamation (32)_____ the concept of Indian land titles, prohibiting (33)_____ of patents to any lands claimed by a tribe (34)_____ the Indian title had first been (35)_____ by purchase or treaty. Although (36)_____ to alter western boundaries, the proclamation was nevertheless offensive to the colonies as (37)_____ interference in their affairs. Treaties following Pontiacs War drew a more acceptable line of settlement, and the balance of territory north of the Ohio River was added to Quebec in 1774. The proclamation, however, failed to (38)_____ the westward movement of pioneers, (39)_____ disregard of its provisions (40)_____ decades of continued Indian warfare throughout the area.
26. A) facilitate B) dilapidate C) conciliate D) distillate
27. A) grimaces B) grievances C) grime D) groans
28. A) reduce B) deduce C) overthrow D) subdue
29. A) as a rule B) as a token C) as a whole D) as a judge
30. A) procession B) proclamation C) procedure D) probation
31. A) on B) in C) at D) for
32. A) fortified B) formalized C) formulized D) formulated
33. A) issuance B) assurance C) innocence D) insurance
34. A) lest B) if C) unless D) provided
35. A) distinguished B) extinguished C) distinguishing D) extinguishing
36. A) not intending B) not intended C) not extending D) not extended
37. A) done B) undone C) due D) undue
38. A) stem B) branch C) shoot D) bough
39. A) its B) which C) whose D) who
40. A) revoked B) evoked C) revolved D) evolved
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. When they heard the _____ for help that rang through the building, the firemen rushed into it.
A) emergency
B) fight
C) noise
D) appeals
42. The viewers of the poet's most recent book _____ his reputation.
A) enlarged
B) enriched
C) enhanced
D) encouraged
43. Do not _____ across a main road without first looking to the right and the left.
A) advance
B) proceed
C) march
D) progress
44. The aeroplane _____ soon after taking off.
A) crushed
B) clashed
C) smashed
D) crashed
45. The study also showed that, _____ to what many people believe, if you skip breakfast, you will not lose weight.
A) contrary
B) identical
C) equivalent
D) hostile
46. Large companies are _____ smaller firms by buying their shares.
A) taking off
B) taking up
C) taking over
D) taking on
47. With a school record like yours, I'm puzzled why you didn't _____ a university scholarship.
A) take for
B) care for
C) stand for
D) try for
48. The old family _____ in China has undergone some changes since liberation.
A) pattern
B) form
C) shape
D) construction
