PART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [15 MIN]
There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
51. We often advise him not to drink more wine __________is good for his health.
A. as B. than C. that D. but
52. It is necessary that an efficient worker __________his work on time.
A. accomplishes B. can accomplish
C. accomplish D. has accomplished
53. My father will be here tomorrow, but at first I thought that he __________ today.
A. was coming B. is coming
C. will come D. come
54. Without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion for we need to have factual knowledge __________ our thinking.
A which to be based on B. which to be base upon
C. upon which to base D. to which to be based
55. I didn't call to make my airline reservation, but I __________.
A. should have B. may have
C. must have D. shall have
56. It’s the first time that she has been to the United States, __________?
A. isn't she B. hasn't she
C. isn't it D. hasn't it
57. I think that the labor bill will pass; it's ____________that it will.
A. almost surely B. very likely
C. near positive D. quite certainly
58. An increase in a nation's money supply, without an accompanying increase in economic activity, __________result in higher prices.
A. tends B. tends the
C. tending to D. will tend to
59. X-rays are able to pass through objects and thus make __________details that are otherwise impossible to observe.
A. it visible B. visibly
C. visible D. they are visible
60. Prices for bikes at that store run__________250 dollars.
A. as high as B. as high to
C. so high to D. so high as
61. He will not be __________ to vote in this year's election.
A. enough old B. as old enough
C. old enough D. enough old as
62. Thomas Jefferson's achievements as an architect rival his contributions __________a politician.
A. such B. more C. as D. than
63. According to the conditions of my scholarship, after finishing my degree__________.
A. my education will be employed by the university
B. employment will be given to me by the university
C. the university will employ me
D. I will be employed by the university
64. If Bob's wife won't agree to sign the papers, ____________.
A. neither he will B. neither will he
C. neither won't he D. he won't neither
65. _____ is generally accepted, economic growth is determined by the smooth development of production.
A. What B. That C. It D. As
66. A violent revolution having broken out, all the ports of that country were laid under a(n) ______.
A. boycott B. embargo C. embark D. ban
67. Since_________ can't work in the United States without a permit, so it is of great importance for them to present their credentials to the government.
A. emigrants B. expatriates C. migrants D. immigrants
68. Most investors are taught at the very beginning that there is no place for __________in investment markets.
A. feeling B. emotion C. passion D. sentiment
69. I__________ my ordinary income by doing some part-time work.
A. compliment B. Complement C. supplement D. implement
70. Before the statue could be __________to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built.
A. transformed B. transported C. transferred D. transmitted
71. The final document was, of course, supposed to mend the damage __________upon the world by the war,
A. imposed B. impressed C. compelled D. compressed
72. Roger, who __________in courage, is highly respected by all his peers in the villages.
A. bounds B. possesses C. declares D. abounds
73. The tourists are told that the remotest village in this area is only_________ by a river.
A. accessible B. available C. obtainable D. achievable
74. He__________ interrupted me by asking irrelevant questions.
A. continually B. continuously C. consistently D. constantly
75. Being a man of _________ and public spirit. Mr. Russell labored zealously to advance the interest of the community and was much interested in bringing new manufacturing interests to Waterloo.
A. firm B. enterprise C. company D. corporation
76. When people do things wrong we should try hard to forgive them, as the idiom goes, “To ______ is human.”
A. refer B. confer C. defer D. err
77. Although gaining a job as a real __________agent or broker may be relatively easy, beginning agents and brokers may face competition from well-established, more experienced ones.
A. property B. estate C. house D. assets
78. The constitution of the State required that property should be __________for taxation at its market value.
A. estimated B. appraised C. evaluated D. valued
79. On June 15, 1909, after Scott finished his rushed plans for his________ to the South Pole, he departed from England.
A. tour B. voyage C. expedition D. excursion
80. The government authority had to __________oil and other products so that it would not run out during war.
A. share B. fare C. provide D. ration