Directions:
Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)
1. Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic recovery ________ just around the corner was untrue.
[A] would be
[B] to be
[C] was（D）
[D] being
2. Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills ________ people each year than automobile accidents.
[A] seven more times
[B] seven times more
[C] over seven times（B）
[D] seven times
3. It’s easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes ________ place in our ever-changing world.
[A] taking
[B] to take
[C] take（A）
[D] taken
4. This is an exciting area of study, and one ________ which new applications are being discovered almost daily.
[A] from
[B] by
[C] in（C）
[D] through
5. ________ can be seen from the comparison of these figures, the principle involves the active participation of the patient in the modification of his condition.
[A] As
[B] What
[C] That（A）
[D] It
6. Although I had been invited to the opening ceremony, I was unable to attend ________ such short notice.
[A] to
[B] in
[C] with（D）
[D] on
7. California has more light than it knows ________ to do with but everything else is expensive.
[A] how
[B] what
[C] which（B）
[D] where
8. The solution works only for couples who are self-employed, don’t have small children and get along ________ to spend most of their time together.
[A] so well
[B] too well
[C] well as（D）
[D] well enough
9. Marlin is a young man of independent thinking who is not about ________ compliments to his political leaders.
[A] paying
[B] having paid
[C] to pay（C）
[D] to have paid
10. These proposals sought to place greater restrictions on the use and copying of digital information than ________ in traditional media.
[A] exist
[B] exists
[C] existing（A）
[D] to exist
Directions:
Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked [A], [B], [C], and [D]. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)
11. Your math instructor would have been [A] happy to give you a makeup examination had you gone [B] and explained [C] that your parents had been [D] ill at the time.（[D] were）
12. As the children become financially [A] independent of [B] the family, the emphasis on [C] family financial security will shift from protection to save [D] for the retirement years.（[D] saving）
13. Were [A] the Times Co. to purchase another major media company, there is no doubt that it could [B] dramatically transform a family-ran [C] enterprise that still gets 90% of its [D] revenues from newspapers.（[C] family-run）
14. Symposium talks will cover a wide range [A] of subjects from [B] over-fishing to physical and environment [C] factors that affect the populations [D] of different species.（[C] environmental）
15. Conversation calls for a [A] willingness to alternate the role of speaker with one [B] of listener [C], and it calls for occasional ‘digestive pauses’ by [D] both.（[B] that）
16. If two theories are equal to [A] their ability to account for [B] a body of data, the theory that does so [C] with the smaller number of assumptions is to be preferred [D].（[A] in）
17. The Committee adopted a resolution requiring [A] the seven automakers selling [B] the most cars in the state making [C] 2 percent of those vehicles emissions-free [D] by 1998.（[C] to make）
18. As long as [A] poor people, who in general are colored, are in conflict with [B] richer people, who in general are lighter [C] skin [D], there’s going to be a constant racial conflict in the world.（[D] skinned）
19. All those left undone [A] may sound greatly [B] in theory, but even the trust believer [C] has great difficulty when [D] it comes to specifics.（[B] great）
20. Even if [A] automakers modify commercially produced cars to run on [B] alternative fuels [C], the cars won’t catch on in a big way when [D] drivers can fill them up at the gas station.（[D] until）
Directions:
Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)
21. An important property of a scientific theory is its ability to ________ further research and further thinking about a particular topic.
[A] stimulate
[B] renovate
[C] arouse（A）
[D] advocate
22. Although architecture has artistic qualities, it must also satisfy a number of important practical ________.
[A] obligations
[B] regulations
[C] observations（D）
[D] considerations
23. Life insurance is financial protection for dependents against loss ________ the bread-winner’s death.
[A] at the cost of
[B] on the verge of
[C] as a result of（C）
[D] for the sake of
24. In education there should be a good ________ among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment.
[A] distribution
[B] balance
[C] combination（B）
[D] assignment
25. The American dream is most ________ during the periods of productivity and wealth generated by American capitalism.
[A] plausible
[B] patriotic
[C] primitive（A）
[D] partial
26. Poverty is not ________ in most cities although, perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas, it is more visible there.
[A] rare
[B] temporary
[C] prevalent（C）
[D] segmental
27. People who live in small towns often seem more friendly than those living in ________ populated areas.
[A] densely
[B] intensely
[C] abundantly（A）
[D] highly
28. As a way of ________ the mails while they were away, the Johnsons asked the cleaning lady to send little printed slips asking the senders to write again later.
[A] picking up
[B] coping with
[C] passing out（B）
[D] getting across
29. Tom’s mother tried hard to persuade him to ________ from his intention to invest his savings in stock market.
[A] pull out
[B] give up
[C] draw in（D）
[D] back down
30. An increasing proportion of our population, unable to live without advanced medical ________, will become progressively more reliant on expensive technology.
[A] interference
[B] interruption
[C] intervention（C）
[D] interaction
31. These causes produced the great change in the country that modernized the ________ of higher education from the mid-1860’s to the mid-1880’s.
[A] branch
[B] category
[C] domain（C）
[D] scope
32. Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the ________ in the financial system will drag down the economy.
[A] shallowness
[B] shakiness
[C] scantiness（B）
[D] stiffness
33. Crisis would be the right term to describe the ________ in many animal species.
[A] minimization
[B] restriction
[C] descent（D）
[D] decline
34. The city is an important railroad ________ and industrial and convention center.
[A] conjunction
[B] network
[C] junction（C）
[D] link
35. Prof. White, my respected tutor, frequently reminds me to ________ myself of every chance to improve my English.
[A] assure
[B] inform
[C] avail（C）
[D] notify
36. Researchers discovered that plants infected with a virus give off a gas that ________ disease resistance in neighboring plants.
[A] contracts
[B] activates
[C] maintains（B）
[D] prescribe
37. Corporations and labor unions have ________ great benefits upon their employees and members as well as upon the general public.
[A] conferred
[B] granted
[C] flung（A）
[D] submitted
38. The movement of the moon conveniently provided the unit of month, which was ________ from one new moon to the next.
[A] measured
[B] reckoned
[C] judged（B）
[D] assessed
39. The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was ________ to the issue at hand.
[A] irrational
[B] unreasonable
[C] invalid（D）
[D] irrelevant
40. Fuel scarcities and price increases ________ automobile designers to scale down the largest models and to develop completely new lines of small cars and trucks.
[A] persuaded
[B] prompted
[C] imposed（B）
[D] enlightened
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