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 that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41.Since the most commonly accepted test is the TOEFL exam, most institutions will expect a ____ TOEFL score for admission.
A) minimal B) maximal
C) minimum D) maximum
42.It was believed that his death ____ with the robbery of the bank downtown.
A) accompanied B) coincided
C) correlated D) conformed
43.Does Emerson find his career full and ____ as a basketball player?
A) conflicting B) charming C) rewarding D) awarding
44.The local government gave the first ____ to education after the war.
A) projection B) protection C) profession D) priority
45.The professor ____ his habit of getting up early in the morning to do writing all his life.
A) projection B) retained C) retailed D) revitalized
46.The news of our team winning the match was really ____, and millions of people came out to celebrate the victory.
A) overwhelming B) accelerating C) prompting D) preceding
47.What the government should do urgently is to take actions to ____ the economy.
A) brook B) blush C) boost D) brood
48.The explosion in the mine was ____ by a careless miner who lit a match.
A) triggered B) claimed C) hampered D) protested
49.The mass newspaper depended significantly more on advertising ____ than did their predecessors.
A) revenues B) incomes C) avenues D) outcomes
50.Some minerals are quite common, others are regionally ____, and still others are rare on the earth.
A) attributed B) distributed C) contributed D) scattered
51.The most successful way to solve the language problem while a foreign play is being performed is ____ translation.
A) instantaneous B) spontaneous
C) simultaneous D) homogeneous
52.The hostess ____ in the contract that the rent should be paid in cash at the beginning of each month.
A) assumed B) submitted C) exposed D) specified
53.This year, the number of accidents has ____ that of last year.
A) overtaken B) overweighed C) overcome D) overshadowed
54.You must ____ yourself or they will continue to bully you, so you will go on living in disgrace.
A) assess B) assert C) maintain D) promote
55.While both plans were perfectly sensible, only one seemed ____ in China's particular situation.
A) available B) feasible C)resolvable D) presumable
56.A good teacher must know how to ____ his ideas to the students, as generally agreed by educational experts.
A) transmit B) transfer C) convey D) communicate
57.If you keep on taking on more work than you can do, your health will ____.
A) decline B) degrade C) degenerate D) deteriorate
58.The director tried to wave aside these issues as ____ details that would be settled later.
A) preliminary B) primary C) trivial D) alternative
59.As one of the youngest professors in the university, Miss King is certainly on the ____ of a brilliant career.
A) end B) edge C) threshold D) course
60.During the famine of 1943, millions of peasants ____ to the cities because they could not make a living in the countryside.
A) immigrated B) emigrated C) migrated D) generated
61.I'm sorry to inform you that you application has been declined. Our manager thought you were not ____ for the post.
A) legible B) eligible C) valid D) literate
62.Visitors to Britain are sometimes surprised to learn that newspapers there have such a large ____.
A) issue B) distribution C) coverage D) circulation
63.This line was carrying equal number of eastbound and westbound trains, and they ____ regularly.
A) altered B) alternated C) switched D) exchanged
64.The three astronauts have splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, only six miles from the aircraft carrier that was ____ for the recovery mission.
A) dispatched B) deposited C) deployed D) delivered
65.Pubs have fanciful names like "The Red Lion" or "The Pig and Whistle" and they often have picture on a signboard outside to ____ the name.
A) justify B) illustrate C) modify D) clarify
66.There are two main requirements before the fifth generation computer can become a reality and it is these that scientists are ____.
A) anticipating B) tackling C) manipulating D) speculating
67.College students in this city have set up "the Cleaner Air Society" to help urban citizens become aware of the ____ to our environment.
A) conditions B) situations C) dangers D) threats
68.When you get a minor burn, pour some cold water on it, which will help ____ the pain of the burn.
A) relieve B) relax C) reveal D) release
69.The library published a collection of books recently made ____ to the public.
A) acceptable B) accessible C) accommodable D) accountable
70.For 14 years after her spouse's death, she saw the ____ meaning of her life as nourishing her son and safeguarding her husband's works.