Part III 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 answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
31. The theory was attacked ten years ago when it was first , but gradually it was accepted______.
A) promoted B) enhanced C) advanced D) conceived

32. preparations are now being made for the President’s official_____ visit to three foreign countries.
A) Elaborate B) Graceful C) Royal D) Tedious

33. The bus is so crowded that there is sufficient room for you_____.
A) rarely B) seldom C) scarcely D) some

34. Poor health and lack of money may both be to educational progress____.
A) restraints B) stains C) scarcities D) barriers

35. As for the Flat Earth theory, I believe I can it with my own experiences of navigation.
A. deny B) reject C) object D) refute

36. In the past decades, the farms of the world have succeeded in producing enough food to feed all of the planet’s people.
A) relevantly B) externally C) utterly D) virtually

37. The poor girl couldn’t from her tears any more when her mother showed up.
A) withdraw B) hold C) withhold D) refrain

38. We would contact your nearest relative _____any accident occurring.
A) in the event of B) in the course of
C) in the place of D) in the light of

39. The doctors drew the conclusion that the young man’s blindness was ______
A) consistent B) partial C) internal D) temporary

40. The Second World War, the earlier one of 1914, prompted public concern about the physical and intellectual well-being of the country’s human resources.
A) so as B) as were C) as did D) same as

41. She met with no challenge because her arguments sound facts.
A) put forward B) rested on C) made for D) conjured up

42. The teacher tried to explain the problem but her explanation did not to the students.
A) get across B) come around C) go by D) make out

43. It was such a hot day that everyone swimming in the river.
A) tended to B) was inclined to C) made for D) felt like

44. Old Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will .
A) pull through B) pull up C) pull back D) pull out

45. We often advise him not to drink more wine is good for his health.
A) as B) than C) that D) but

46. Please your remarks to the topic under discussion.
A) confess B) confirm C) confuse D) confine

47. Several special programs were designed to disadvantaged youths aged 16-21 to become more responsible, employable, and productive.
A) resist B) insist C) persist D) assist

48. He was at the of his career when he was killed in a traffic accident.
A) glamour B) extreme C) bloom D) peak

49. When do you think the President will you in office?
A) locate B) confirm C)reinforce D)qualify

50. Mary went through the report carefully to all spelling mistakes from it.
A) diminish B) withdraw C) eliminate D) abandon

51. He arrived very late at night, in the early hours this morning.
A) in conclusion B) or rather C) on the whole D) by and large

52. Mother always taught me to be thrifty and not to live .
A) beyond my means B) out of place
C) at my leisure D) around the clock

53. President Banda’s background as a doctor has given him into the medical problems that face the country.
A) a view B) a vision C) an insight D) a sight