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 centre.
41. Trees are a renewable resource that when managed properly can _____ our needs indefinitely.
[A] sustain [B] retain [C] maintain [D] obtain
42. The Prime Minister refused to _____ on the rumor that he had planned to resign.
[A] explain [B] comment [C] remark [D] talk
43. I ______ them that both the issues mentioned by my friend will be considered at the public inquiry.
[A] insure [B] reserve [C] persuade [D] assure
44. It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are to _____ free medical care.
[A] entitled [B] granted [C] presented [D] promised
45. The increase in student numbers ________ many problems for the university.
[A] forces [B]presses [C] provides [D] poses
46. We may have been poor, but we were always ______ dressed.
[A] respectably [B] respectfully [C] politely [D] respectively
47. I am not _____ with beautiful dreams, I want beautiful realities.
[A] conservative [B] confident [C] content [D] generous
48. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is _____ loud continuous noise.
[A] associated with [B] filled with [C] subjected to [D] attached to
49. People enter the organization from a(n) _____ range of social, economic, and educational backgrounds.
[A] extensive [B] influential [C] diverse [Dl peculiar
50. The agreement is not _____, because one of the people who signed it is not lawfully old enough to do so.
[A] operative [B] effective [C] legal [D] valid
51. After everyone was seated the chairman ______to announce his plans.
[A] progressed [B] promoted [C] proceeded [D] proposed
52. Teacher's notes give practical _____ on developing reading skills, together with ideas for implementing play-reading in class.
[A] notions [B] hints [C] perceptions [D] phases
53. His sudden _____ greatly surprised all of us as he was always a very kind man.
[A] unhappiness [B] heartiness [C] harshness [D] uprightness
54. She packed her bags, then called the airport and made a(n) _____ on the last flight out of Los Angeles.
[A] conservation [B] reservation [C] preservation [D]observation
55. If you are a public figure you can't afford to be too _____ to criticism.
[A] sensible [B] sensitive [C] rational [D] reasonable
56. His spending on pleasure and luxuries is rather high in _____ to his income.
[A] comparison [B] calculation [C] association [D] proportion
57. I had difficulty in _____ myself from telling her what I thought of her.
[A] restraining [B] retaining [C] reserving [D] restricting
58. The book gives a brief ____ of the course of his research up till now.
[A] outline [B] reference [C] frame [D] outlook
59. Many species of animals have now _____ from the face of the earth.
[A] dissolved [B] vanished [C] faded [D] escaped
60. Within days of being appointed office manager he had ________ on the staff.
[A] compelled [B] imposed [C] opposed [D] compressed
61. Advertising was _____ never used, even in the early 1970s when the use of search by companies was much less widespread.
[A]precisely [B] progressively [C] practically [D] presumably
62. I think you can take a(n) _____ language course to improve your English.
[A] intermediate [B] middle [C] medium [D]mid
63. The chairman of the company said that new techniques had ______ improved their production efficiency.
[A] violently [B] severely [C] radically [D] extremely
64. Which format a participant should choose will depend upon his or her _____ stage, work situation and individual learning style.
[A] employment [B] career [C] vocation [D] profession
65. But there are no convincing reasons for believing that this would have a _____ effect on economic performance.
[A] partial [B] preferable [C] beneficial [D] liable
66. The company has just _____ its plans for the coming year, including the opening of new offices in Paris.
[A] revealed [B] relieved [C]revised [D] reversed
67. The _____ between rich and poor is wider in the South than in the rest of the country.
[A] difference [B] distinction [C] gap [D] variation
68. Any investigation which covers a long ____ of time is bound to encounter certain special problems.
[A] rank [B] span [C] scope [D] scale
69. Nevertheless, the United States maintained its military _____ in some African and Western Asian countries despite international protest.
[A] attachment [B] involvement [C] interaction [D] communication
70. Bachelor's degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries _____ from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement.
[A] altering [B] ranging [C] differing [D] separating
