Part II Vocabulary and Structure

　　Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A) B) C) and D).Choose the answer that best completes. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line thought the center.

　　21. Marry has come; I will put ___________plate on the dining table.

　　A) a further B) a spare C) an extra D) more

　　22. After interviewing several workers, she came to a (an) ___________that their working conditions were very poor.

　　A) observation B) illustration C) conclusion D) qualification

　　23. He is a student of great intelligence and diligence. ___________, he is a top student in the class.

　　A) Undoubtedly B) Fortunately C) Nevertheless D) In spite

　　24. Silk and nylon look alike but they ___________ in origin and cost.

　　A) refer B) infer C) differ D) prefer

　　25. What we would like you to know is that we greatly ___________your timely help.

　　A) compliment B) appreciate C) thank D) attach

　　26. Mr. Brown had an unusual ___________: he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and

　　ended up as a school teacher.

　　A) position B) occupation C) profession D) career

　　27. It was ___________of you to get up to catch the first bus so that you could avoid traffic

　　jam.A) reasonable B) sensible C) sentimental D) sensitive

　　28. Her beauty can not ___________her stupidity.

　　A) make out of B) make for C) make at D) make up for

　　29. Community service can ___________ anything from gardening to helping in old people’s

　　homesA) involve B) ask C) insist D) remain

　　30. There seems to be an electrical problem. I’ll get someone to ___________it.

　　A) look at B) look into C) look upon D) look out

　　31. After the war, Germany became one of Europe’s most ___________ countries.

　　A) prosperous B) improved C) swift D) interested

　　32. New computers are soon out of date since newer models are ___________ constantly.

　　A) turned up B) turned over C) turned down D) turned out

　　33. The scene in the movie ___________him of his childhood.

　　A) recalled B) remembered C) recollected D) reminded

　　34 The football match was televised ___________from the Worker’s Stadium.

　　A) live B) living C) alive D) lively

　　35. Color-blind people often find it difficult to___________ blue and green.

　　A) compare B) contrast C) distinguish D) separate

　　36. Mike’s uncle insists ___________ in this hotel.

　　A) that he not stay B) staying not C) not to stay D) that he would not stay

　　37. The office was in darkness ___________ the light over his desk.

　　A) besides B) except C) except for D) rather than

　　38. The old lady sat in an armchair, her cat ___________ beside her.

　　A) lay B) lying C) lied D) laying

　　39. I appreciate ___________ to your home.

　　A) to have invited B) to be invited C) having invited D) being invited

　　40. We are living in an age ___________many things are done on the computer.

　　A) that B) which C) whose D) when

　　41. We could do nothing but ___________till he came back.

　　A) waiting B) wait C) to wait D) waited

　　42. ___________is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer.

　　A) As B) Which C) It D) That

　　43. The driver admitted that not only___________, but he didn’t have a driving license either.

　　A) he was not insured B) he was insured not C) was he not insured D) was not he insured18853146139

　　44. She hardly ever leaves the house after ten at night, ___________?

　　A) nor does she B) does she C) so does she D) doesn’t she

　　45. The reason Beethoven went away to the country is___________ he was gradually going

　　deaf.

　　A) since B) that C) because D) as

　　46. She wanted to know what ___________at the meeting.

　　A) has happened B) was happened C) had happened D) had been happened

　　47. Nobody but Smith and John ___________ in the lab yesterday.

　　A) were B) had been C) was be D) was

　　48. Mary has just bought herself ___________ dress.

　　A) a cotton expensive blue B) an expensive blue cotton

　　C) a blue expensive cotton D) a cotton blue expensive

　　49. Such an idea would never occur ___________ me.

　　A) to B) with C) from D) on

　　50. Alice, ___________where to find the book, asked her mother where the book was.

　　A) with no knowledge B) never know C) not knowing D) not to know