Part III Vocabulary (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. He asked us to ________ them in carrying through their plan.
　　A) provide
　　B) arouse
　　C) assist
　　D) persist（C）
　　42. A good many proposals were raised by the delegates, ________ was to be expected.
　　A) that
　　B) what
　　C) so
　　D) as（D）
　　43. He was such a ________ speaker that he held our attention every minute of the three-hour lecture.
　　A) specific
　　B) dynamic
　　C) heroic
　　D) diplomatic（B）
　　44. Arriving home, the boy told his parents about all the ________ which occurred in his dormitory.
　　A) occasions
　　B) matters
　　C) incidents
　　D) issues（C）
　　45. The opening between the rocks was very narrow, but the boys managed to ________ through.
　　A) press
　　B) squeeze
　　C) stretch
　　D) leap（B）
　　46. They are trying to ________ the waste discharged by the factory for profit.
　　A) expose
　　B) exhaust
　　C) exhibit
　　D) exploit（D）
　　47. The manager urged his staff not to ________ the splendid opportunity.
　　A) drop
　　B) miss
　　C) escape
　　D) slide（B）
　　48. ________ I admire David as a poet, I do not like him as a man.
　　A) Much as
　　B) Only if
　　C) If only
　　D) As much（A）
　　49. Because of a ________ engagement, Lora couldn’t attend my birthday party last Saturday.
　　A) pioneer
　　B) premature
　　C) prior
　　D) past（C）
　　50. The continuous rain ________ the harvesting of the wheat crop by two weeks.
　　A) set back
　　B) set off
　　C) set out
　　D) set aside（A）
　　51. Not having a good command of English can be a serious ________ preventing you from achieving your goals.
　　A) obstacle
　　B) fault
　　C) offense
　　D) distress（A）
　　52. It’s very ________ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep.
　　A) concerned
　　B) careful
　　C) considerable
　　D) considerate（D）
　　53. Many a player who had been highly thought of has ________ from the tennis scene.
　　A) disposed
　　B) disappeared
　　C) discouraged
　　D) discarded（B）
　　54. She’s fainted. Throw some water on her face and she’ll ________.
　　A) come round
　　B) come along
　　C) come on
　　D) come out（A）
　　55. All their attempts to ________ the child from the burning building were in vain.
　　A) regain
　　B) recover
　　C) rescue
　　D) reserve（C）

　　56. Computer technology will ________ a revolution in business administration.
　　A) bring around
　　B) bring about
　　C) bring out
　　D) bring up（B）
　　57. The university has launched a research center to develop new ways of ________ bacteria which have become resistant to drug treatments.
　　A) regulating
　　B) halting
　　C) interrupting
　　D) combating（D）
　　58. The ________ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly the gap between researchers and teachers.
　　A) joint
　　B) intensive
　　C) overall
　　D) decisive（C）
　　59. The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the ________ in which people communicate across time and space.
　　A) route
　　B) transmission
　　C) vision
　　D) manner（B）
　　60. When I go out in the evening I use the bike ________ the car if I can.
　　A) rather than
　　B) regardless of
　　C) in spite of
　　D) other than（A）
　　61. There is no ________ evidence that people can control their dreams, at least in experimental situations in a lab.
　　A) rigid
　　B) solid
　　C) smooth
　　D) harsh（B）
　　62. Every culture has developed ________ for certain kinds of food and drink, and equally strong negative attitudes toward others.
　　A) preferences
　　B) expectations
　　C) fantasies
　　D) fashions（A）
　　63. It is reported that Uruguay understands and ________ China on human rights issues.
　　A) grants
　　B) changes
　　C) abandons
　　D) backs（D）
　　64. Only a few people have ________ to the full facts of the incident.
　　A) access
　　B) resort
　　C) contact
　　D) path（A）
　　65. His trousers ________ when he tried to jump over the fence.
　　A) cracked
　　B) split
　　C) broke
　　D) burst（B）
　　66. So far, ________ winds and currents have kept the thick patch of oil southeast of the Atlantic coast.
　　A) governing
　　B) blowing
　　C) prevailing
　　D) ruling（C）
　　67. The author was required to submit an ________ of about 200 words together with his research paper.
　　A) edition
　　B) editorial
　　C) article
　　D) abstract（D）
　　68. As the old empires were broken up and new states were formed, new official tongues began to ________ at an increasing rate.
　　A) bring up
　　B) build up
　　C) spring up
　　D) strike up（C）
　　69. Many patients insist on having watches with them in hospital, ________ they have no schedules to keep.
　　A) even though
　　B) for
　　C) as if
　　D) since（A）
　　70. Some plants are very ________ to light; they prefer the shade.
　　A) sensible
　　B) flexible
　　C) objective
　　D) sensitive（D）