PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (15 MIN)
There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases phrase marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose one word or that best completes the sentence.
Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
51. The fact that during the first week the takings of the circus ______ not enough to cover the purchase of fodder for the animals frustrated all of us.
A. being B. is C. was D. were
52. Fruit pickers are paid at the _____ of ’4.00 an hour.
A. rate B. scale C. sum D. value
53. Fumes from the exhaust of an automobile are ______.
A. notorious B. anxious C. noxious D. delicious
54. George wasn’t in class today, Professor Brown excused him ______.
A. from attending B. of attending C. to attend D. attending
55. Class will _____ at a high temperature and will be in a liquid condition.
A. dissolve B. disappear C. melt D. evaporate
56. After several days’ investigation, the police found out one clue that voices were heard ______ for help from some very distant place that night.
A. to call B. called C. calling D. call
57. I ______ to the theatre with you to watch that movie but I was too busy at my paper at that time.
A. would go B. went C. was to have gone D. was to go
58. He appeared _____ with our team’s performance.
A. satisfying B. to be satisfying C. to satisfy D. satisfied
59. Sarah is the only one of all the students of this high school who ______ by Peking University.
A. are admitted B. was admitted C. were admitted D. is admitted
60. More than once, I believe everybody else in our company would agree with me, ______ him to make such promises but he never made it actually.
A. we heard B. we have heard C. have we heard D. and have heard
61. After ______ appeared to be an endless waiting, it was her turn to be examined.
A. that B. where C. which D. what
62. It is only when you overcome all difficulties and reach your goal ______ fully aware that the way to success is not paved with flowers.
A. do you become B. then you become C. that you become D. have you become
63. The chief reason for the spreading of the disease isn’t so much a fall in living conditions ______ a rise in it.
A. as B. like C. than D. but
64. Hamlet _____ his father’s death on his uncle.
A. reversed B. reverted C. revenged D. revealed
65. He _____ tennis every day since he ______ sixteen.
A. has played... is B. played... has been C. was playing...has been D. has been playing...was
66. He delivered _____ orders for a Chinese restaurant for the whole summer vacation so as to earn enough money for his tuition.
A. takeoff B. takeover C. takeup D. takeout
67. He does not _____ as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible.
A. equal B. match C. qualify D. fit
68. He finished _____ in the 1,500-meter run.
A. champion B. championship C. first D. No. one
69. He has been asked to account _____ his absence.
A. for B. on C. of D. about
70. He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any _____ on what he promises.
A. faith B. belief C. credit D. reliance
71. He is _____ the run from the police.
A. in B. off C. on D. after
72. He is an artist with seemingly unlimited _____.
A. creativity B. creature C. creation D. creative
73. He believed that the greatest of his _____ was that he’d never had a college education.
A. grieves B. misfortunes C. disasters D. sorrows
74. He knows the rules but does not know how to ______ it.
A. control B. direct C. apply D. run
75. He made a ____ inspection of the doors and the windows before leaving.
A. slowly B. leisurely C. carefully D. seriously
76. Ten days before, the Captain’s word was that every sailor, old or young, ______ by that new rules and regulations.
A. abide B. abode C. abiding D. was to abide
77. He made such a _____ contribution to the university that they are naming one of the new building after him.
A. genuine B. minimum C. modest D. generous
78. He must have had an accident, or he _____ then.
A. would have been here B. had to be here
C. should be here D. would be here
79. Every man and every woman kidnapped three days ago in South Africa ______ to being set free and to walking out of that room so eagerly now that they start shouting.
A. looking forward B. look forward C. looked forward D. looks forward
80. He often sat in a small bar drinking considerably more than _____.
A. he was in good health B. his health was good
C. his good health was D. was good for his health