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 answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. It is not difficult to ______ the idea that machines man communicate information to us.
A) admit
B) receive
C) accept
D) convince
42. I have not the least ______ of hurting your feelings.
A) concept
B) intention
C) mind
D) purpose
43. As the shortage of certain metals approaches, others must be found to take their______
A) share
B) place
C) role
D) shape
44. The new power station is reported ______ within three years.
A) to have completed
B) to have been completed
C) having Been completed
D) to complete
45. Mary is in bed with a fever and she can't hope to ________ the cold in a few day.
A) get over
B) get away
C) get off
D) get out
46. Although the weather was very had, the buses still ran on
A) list
B) plan
C) scheduce
D) arrangement
47. The situation today is obviously quite different from ______ it was only 50 years ago.
A) what
B) which
C) when
D) such
48. Soon, Americans hope, the rains will return and ease the hardship ______ U.S.farmers.
A) faced
B) faces
C) facing
D) to face
49. Ever since the family moved to the suburbs last year, they ______ better health.
A) could have enjoyed
B) have been enjoying
C) had enjoyed
D) are enjoying
50. It is much easier to talk about social change than to ________
A) bring it on
B) bring it about
C) buring it up
D) bring it out
51. Jane was hit on the head by the robber and was knocked______
A) mindless
B) unaware
C) brainless
D) unconscious
52. He likes doing some reading at home to the cinema.
A) than to go
B) than going
C) more than going
D) rather than to go
53. ______ neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to a summer school.
A) Accused of
B) Accusing of
C) That he was accused of
D) To be accused of
54. I bought a new house last year, but I ______ my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.
A) did not sell
B) do not sell
C) had not sold
D) have not sold
55. She didn't regret paying 200 dollars for the bookcase. As a matter or a fact, she would galdly have paid ______ for it.
A) as much twice
B) much as twice
C) as twice much
D) twice as much
56. By the time you get to Beijing tomorrow, I__________for Shanghai.
A) am leaving
B) should have left
C) will leave
D) have already left
57. It was essential that all the necessary documents ______ to the president's office being the end of this month.
A) be handed in
B) must be handed in
C) should
D) had been handed in
58. The car is quite ______ of petrol.
A) economic
B) economical
C) saving
D) sparing
59. The traffic was very heary; otherwise I _______ here 50 minutes sooner.
A) would be
B) should be
C) had been
D) would have been
60. ______ his great wealth, he always remained a man of simple tastes.
A) Except for
B) With regard to
C) Despite
D) Although
61. The socks were too small and it was only by ______ them that he managed to get them on.
A) spreading
B) extending
C) lengthening
D) stretching
62. Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings ______ with one another.
A) associate
B) connect
C) communicate
D) correspond
63. As a small boy, he was slow ______ learning to read and write.
A) on
B) with
C) in
D) about
64. Tony was_______a mile of the hotel when he ran out of petrol.
A) within
B) inside
C) about
D) off
65. It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it will prove to be worth the money ______
A) in the long run
B) in conclusion
C) at long last
D) at the end
66. I don't know why he ______ in the middle of a sentence.
A) broke off
B) broke out
C) broke through
D) broke away
67. I'm sorry Andy didn't want to go to the conference, ______ willing to go we would have paid all his expenses.
A) Being
B) Was he
C) He had been
D) Had he been
68. The minister was the person ______
A) whom the state dinner was given in honour
B) for whom the state dinner was given honour
C) whose honour the state dinner was given
D) in whose honour the state dinner was given
69. The young driver looked over the engine carfully lest it ______ on the way.
A) goes wrong
B) would go wrong
C) went wrong
D) should go wrong
70. John had been working hard and ______
A) so his brother had
B) so had his brother
C) so was his brother
D) so his brother did
