Section I Structure and Vocabulary

Part A

Directions:

Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)

Example:

I have been to the Great Wall three times ________ 1979.

[A] from

[B] after

[C] for

[D] since

The sentence should read, "I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979." Therefore, you should choose [D]

Sample Answer

[A] [B] [C] [■]

1. As I'll be away for at least a year, I'd appreciate ________ from you now and then telling me how everyone is getting along.

[A] hearing

[B] to hear

[C] to be hearing

[D] having heard

2. Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, ________ to find it locked.

[A] just

[B] only

[C] hence

[D] thus

3. Doctors see a connection between increase amounts of leisure time spent ________ and the increased number of cases of skin cancer.

[A] to sunbathe

[B] to have sunbathed

[C] having sunbathed

[D] sunbathing

4. Unless you sign a contract with the insurance company for your goods, you are not entitled ________ a repayment for the goods damaged in delivery.

[A] to

[B] with

[C] for

[D] on

5. On a rainy day I was driving north through Vermont ________ I noticed a young man holding up a sign reading "Boston".

[A] which

[B] where

[C] when

[D] that

6. Christie stared angrily at her boss and turned away, as though ________ out of the office.

[A] went

[B] gone

[C] to go

[D] would go

7. The roles expected ________ old people in such a setting give too few psychological satisfactions for normal happiness.

[A] of

[B] on

[C] to

[D] with

8. Talk to anyone in the drug industry, ________ you'll soon discover that the science of genetics is the biggest thing to hit drug research since penicillin was discovered.

[A] or

[B] and

[C] for

[D] so

9. It wasn't so much that I disliked her ________ that I just wasn't interested in the whole business.

[A] rather

[B] so

[C] than

[D] as

10. Countless divorced politicians would have been elected out of office years ago had they even thought of a divorce, let alone ________ one.

[A] getting

[B] to get

[C] gotten

[D] get

Part B

Directions:

Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked [A], [B], [C], and [D]. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)

Example:

A number of [A] foreign visitors were taken [B] to the industrial exhibition, which [C] they saw [D] many new products.

Answer [C] is wrong. The sentence should read, "A number of foreign visitors were taken to the industrial exhibition, where they saw many new products." So you should choose [C].

Sample Answer

[A] [B] [■] [D]

11. Having isolated [A] on a remote island, with [B] little work to occupy [C] them, the soldiers suffered from boredom and low spirits [D].

12. If the letter to be mailed [A] was placed [B] on the writing table an hour ago, it is [C] certain being [D] there now.

13. The ruling [A] party could even lose its [B] majority in the lower house of parliament, started [C] a period of prolonged struggling [D].

14. The mechanisms at [A] work are manifest [B] in the tendency for such physical activity to [C] utilize the potential [D] harmful constituents of the stress response.

15. In [A] the long run, however, this hurry to shed [B] full-time staff may be more [C] harmful to industry as it is to [D] the workforce.

16. See to it [A] that you include in [B] the examination paper whatever [C] questions they didn't know the answer [D] last time.

17. Most newspapers, while devoting [A] the major part of its [B] space to recent events, usually manage to find room [C] on the inside pages for articles on [D] some interesting topics.

18. One sign by which [A] you are making progress in an art [B] such as painting or photography is that [C] you begin to realize how much there is [D] to learn.

19. The ideal listener stays both inside and outside [A] the music at the moment it is played and enjoying [B] it almost as much as [C] the composer at the moment he composes [D].

20. Continued [A] exposure to stress has been linked to worsened [B] functioning of the immune system, leaving [C] a person more liable for [D] infection.

Part C

Directions:

Beneath each of the following sentences, there four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)

Example:

The lost car of the Lees was found ________ in the woods off the highway.

[A] vanished

[B] scattered

[C] abandoned

[D] rejected

The sentence should read, "The lost car of the Lees was found abandoned in the woods off the highway." Therefore, you should choose [C].

Sample Answer

[A] [B] [■][D]

21. He spoke so ________ that even his opponents were won over by his arguments.

[A] bluntly

[B] convincingly

[C] emphatically

[D] determinedly

22. France's ________ of nuclear testing in the South Pacific last month triggered political debates and mass demonstrations.

[A] assumption

[B] consumption

[C] presumption

[D] resumption

23. The 215-page manuscript, circulated to publishers last October, ________ an outburst of interest.

[A] flared

[B] glittered

[C] sparked

[D] flashed

24. His efforts to bring about a reconciliation between the two Parties ________.

[A] came off

[B] came on

[C] came round

[D] came down

25. The system was redesigned to embrace the network and eventually ________ it in a profitable direction.

[A] adapt

[B] control

[C] install

[D] steer

26. The capital intended to broaden the export base and ________ efficiency gains from international trade was channeled instead into uneconomic import substitution.

[A] secure

[B] extend

[C] defend

[D] possess

27. It is announced that a wallet has been found and can be ________ at the manager's office.

[A] declared

[B] obtained

[C] reclaimed

[D] recognized

28. When I ________ my senses, I found myself wrapped up in bed in my little room, with Grandma bending over me.

[A] woke up

[B] took to

[C] picked up

[D] came to

29. The American society is ________ an exceedingly shaky foundation of natural resources, which is connected with the possibility of a worsening environment.

[A] established on

[B] affiliated to

[C] originated from

[D] incorporated with

30. I am not ________ with my roommate but I have to share the room with her, because I have nowhere else to live.

[A] concerned

[B] compatible

[C] considerate

[D] complied

31. At first, the ________ of color pictures over a long distance seemed impossible, but, with painstaking efforts and at great expense, it became a reality.

[A] transaction

[B] transmission

[C] transformation

[D] transition

32. When the committee ________ to details, the proposed plan seemed impractical.

[A] got down

[B] set about

[C] went off

[D] came up

33. ________ to some parts of South America is still difficult, because parts of the continent are still covered with thick forests.

[A] Orientation

[B] Access

[C] Procession

[D] Voyage

34. Mr. Smith had an unusual ________: he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and ended up as a school teacher.

[A] profession

[B] occupation

[C] position

[D] career

35. The mayor is a woman with great ________ and therefore deserves our political and financial support.

[A] intention

[B] instinct

[C] integrity

[D] intensity

36. The English weather defies forecast and hence is a source of interest ________ to everyone.

[A] speculation

[B] attribution

[C] utilization

[D] proposition

37. The fact that the golden eagle usually builds its nest on some high cliffs ________ it almost impossible to obtain the eggs or the young birds.

[A] renders

[B] reckons

[C] regards

[D] relates

38. To impress a future employer, one should dress neatly, be ________, and display interest in the job.

[A] swift

[B] instant

[C] timely

[D] punctual

39. You don't have to install this radio in your new car, it's an ________ extra.

[A] excessive

[B] optional

[C] additional

[D] arbitrary

40. We were pleased to note that the early morning delivery didn't ________ to the traffic jam of the busy city.

[A] aid

[B] amount

[C] add

[D] attribute

Section II Cloze Test

Directions:

For each numbered blank in following passage, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)

If a farmer wishes to succeed, he must try to keep a wide gap between his consumption and his production. He must store a large quantity of grain __41__ consuming all his grain immediately. He can continue to support himself and his family __42__ he produces a surplus. He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance __43__ the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to __44__ old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to __45__ the soil. He may also need money to construct irrigation __46__ and improve his farm in other ways. If no surplus is available, a farmer cannot be __47__. He must either sell some of his property or __48__ extra funds in the form of loans. Naturally he will try to borrow money at a low __49__ of interest, but loans of this kind are not __50__ obtainable.

41. [A] other than

[B] as well as

[C] instead of

[D] more than

42. [A] only if

[B] much as

[C] long before

[D] ever since

43. [A] for

[B] against

[C] supplement

[D] dispose

44. [A] replace

[B] purchase

[C] supplement

[D] dispose

45. [A] enhance

[B] mix

[C] feed

[D] raise

46. [A] vessels

[B] routes

[C] paths

[D] channels

47. [A] self-confident

[B] self-sufficient

[C] self-satisfied