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.
4l. It was that the restaurant discriminated against black customers.
A) addicted C) assaulted
B) alleged D) ascribed
42. The medicine -- his pain but did not care his illness.
A) activated C) mediated
B) alleviated D) deteriorated
43. He is the only Person who can in this case, because the other witnesses were killed
mysterious1y
A) testify C) accuse
B) charge D) rectify
44. Professor Hawking is -- as one of the world’s greatest living physicists.
A) dignified C) acknowledged
B) clarified D) illustrated
45. The financial problem of this company is further -- by the rise in interest rates.
A) increased C) reinforced
C) strengthened D) aggravated
46. We shall probably never be able to -- the exact nature of these sub-atomic particles.
A) assert C) ascertain
B) impart D) notify
47. All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colourful
balloons slowly into the sky.
A) ascending C) escalating
B) elevating D) lingering
48. Many years had -- before they returned to their original urban areas.
A) floated C) skipped
B) elapsed D) proceeded.
49. What you say now is not -- with what you said last week.
A) consistent. C) permanent
B) persistent D) insistent
50. Military orders are -- and cannot be disobeyed.
A) defective C) alternative
B) conservative D) imperative
5l. Some educators try to put students of similar abilities into the same class because they believe this kind of -- grouping is advisable.
A) homogeneous C) spontaneous
B) instantaneous D) anonymous
52. Even sensible men do -- things sometimes.
A) abrupt C) acute
B) absurd D) apt
53. The commission would find itself -- at every turn if its members couldn't reach an agreement.
A) collided C) crumbled
B) savaged D) hampered
54. Grain production in the word is -- but still millions go hungry.
A) staggering C) soaring
B) shrinking D) suspending
55. He developed a -- attitude after years of frustration in his career
A) sneaking C) drastic
B) disgusted D) cynical
56. They believed that this was not the -- of their campaign for equality but merely the beginning.
A) climax C) pitch
B) summit D) maximum
57. Several guests were waiting in the -- for the front door to open.
A) porch C) inlet
B) vent D) entry
58. As the mountains were covered with a of cloud, we couldn't see their tops.
A) coating C) veil
B) film D) shade
59. We couldn't really afford to buy a house so we got it on fore purchase and paid monthly
A) investments C) arrangements
B) requirements D) installment
60. The magician made us think he cut the girl into pieces but it was merely an
A) illusion C) image
B) impression D) illumination
6l. A good education is an you can fall back on for the rest of your life.
A) asset C) inventory
B) ethic D) obligation
62. Giving a gift can convey a wealth of meaning about your appreciation of their and the importance you place upon the relationship.
A) solidarity C) superiority
B) priority D) hospitality
63. The designer has applied for a -- for his new invention.
A) tariff C) version
B) discount D) patent
64. The toy maker produces a -- copy of the space station, exact in every detail.
A) minimal C) miniature
B) minimum D) minor
65. An energy tax would curb ordinary air pollution, limit oil imports and cut the budget .
A) disposition C) defect
B) discrepancy D) deficit
66. They have decided to w physical punishment in all local schools.
A) put away C) do away with
B) breakaway from D) pass away
67. Astronauts are -- all kinds of tests before they are actuaI1y sent up in a spacecraft.
A) inclined to C) prone to
B) subjected to D) bound to
68. Individual sports are run by over 370 independent governing bodies whose functions usually include -- rules, holding events, selecting national teams and promoting international links.
A) drawing on C) drawing up
B) drawing in D) drawing down
69. Up until that time. his interest had focused almost on fully mastering the skills and techniques of his craft.
A) restrictively C) inclusively
B) radically D) exclusively
70. All the ceremonies at the 2000 Olympic Games had a unique Australian flavor,
of their multicultural communities.
A) noticeable C) conspicuous
B) indicative D) implicit
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