PART I VOCABUIARY (10%) Y)68
Directions: There are 20 sentences in this part. Beneath each sentence there are 4 words or phrases marked A) B), C) and D). Choose the one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. r ?<?0j
1. The picnic ______at last after being twice postponed. Mtaky=l8~I
A) came off B) came up C) put on D) went on *+%$OH,
2. Lenny advises me to have a _____of brandy because it will make me less nervous in my presentation. DfjDw/{U3L
A) bit B) lick C) sip D) flavor vt#&YXu{A
3. Adams hadn't a______ what the speaker was talking about most of the time because the class was in chaos
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A) guess B) thought C) concept D) clue 7O~hA*Z
4. The National Geographic Society headquarters ,______in Washington, D.C, is well-known for its magazine. J;k8 a2$_
2;7n0LOs} A) located B) placed C) stood D) positioned \;Sl5*kr
5. The baby keeps______---She must be getting a terrible cold n){u!z)Al
A) sneezing B) sniffing C) yawning D) spitting S" PJ@E}^E
6. When them was a short _____in the conversation, I asked if anyone would like anything to drink. _=K\E0I.m
A) blank B) space C) pause D) interval b2^O$l
7. Hotel rooms must be ______by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter. +FC+nE}O
A) departed B) abandoned C) vacated D) displaced h$d`Jmaq
8. Tom read it through quick so as to get the ______of it before setting down to a thorough study. +vYVx<uTQ
A) detail B) essence C) gist D) core (r-PkfXvIf
9. The priest made the ______of the cross when he entered the church hM[I}$M&O
A)mark B)signal C) sign D) gesture D.YT u$T
10. For many patients, institutional care is the most _______and beneficial form of care 36d6KS 7
A) appropriate B) pertinent C) acute D) persistent $*7AG
11. Among all the changes resulting from the ______entry of women into the work force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the least important wx^1lC2
A) massive B) quantitative C) surplus D) formidable [ak[ZXC,
12. In the Export Commodities Fair the ______of fine china attracted much attention of customers from all over the world. 5r^u7k
A) succession B) army C) string D) procession GC@U['
13. We realized that he was under great ______,so we took no notice of his bad temper. |Gt]V`4
A) emotion B) stress C) crisis D) nervousness `llSHsIkXb
14. His ideas are invariably condemned as ______by his colleagues. vl5r~F
A) imaginative B) ingenious C) impractical D) theoretical << aAYkx<
15 .The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to ______government spending. b$}@0
A) finance B) expand C) enlarge D) budget ETaLE[T%1
16. Taking photographs is strictly ______here, as it may damage the precious cave paintings. ig?Tj4kD
A) forbidden B) rejected C) excluded D) denied (ChL$!x
17. Doctors' efforts to develop a new way to see the brain working have so far ______with satisfaction. 5x}OrfDU
A) found B) shown C) given D) met mTZgvPJ!
18. The study also showed that, ______to what many people believe, if you skip breakfast, you will not lose weight at all. -;t]e6[
A) contrary B) identical C) equivalent D) hostile E"b"VB
19. The viewers of the poet's most recent book ______his reputation. ^BQ*l5K
A) enlarged B) enriched C) enhanced D) encouraged g/ x\#W
20. The student couldn't ______what the teacher was trying to explain. !J+< M~o}
A) grip B) seize C) grasp D) snatch #zw 'H9l