C) inspiration D) disposition
42. The Prime Minister was followed by five or six ______ when he got off the plane.
A) laymen B) servants
C) directors D) attendants
43. There is no doubt that the ______ of these goods to the others is easy to see.
A) prestige B) superiority
C) priority D) publicity
44. All the guests were invited to attend the wedding ______ and had a very good time.
A) feast B) congratulations
C) festival D) recreation
45. The price of the coal will vary according to how far it has to be transported and how expensive the freight ______ are.
A) payments B) charges
C) funds D) prices
46. The manager gave her his ______ that her complaint would be investigated.
A) assurance B) assumption
C) sanction D) insurance
47. Although the model looks good on the surface, it will not bear close ______.
A) temperament B) contamination
C) scrutiny D) symmetry
48. We are doing this work in the ___ of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
A) context B) contest
C) pretext D) texture
49. While a full understanding of what causes the disease may be several years away, ________ leading to a successful treatment could come much sooner.
A) a distinction B) a breakthrough
C) an identification D) an interpretation
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50. Doctors are often caught in a ________ because they have to decide whether they should tell their patients the truth or not.
A) puzzle B) perplexity
C) dilemma D) bewilderment
51. To ________ important dates in history, countries create special holidays.
A) commend B) memorize
C) propagate D) commemorate
52. His successful negotiations with the Americans helped him to ________ his position in the government.
A) contrive B) consolidate
C) heave D) intensify
53. Please do not be ________ by his offensive remarks since he is merely trying to attract attention.
A) distracted B) disregarded
C) irritated D) intervened
54. Once you get to know your mistakes, you should ________ them as soon as possible.
A) rectify B) reclaim
C) refrain D) reckon
55. He wouldn’t answer the reporters’ questions, nor would he ________ for a photograph.
A) summon B) highlight
C) pose D) marshal
56. The club will ________ new members the first week in September.
A) enroll B) subscribe
C) absorb D) register
57. If you don’t ________ the children properly, Mr. Chiver, they’ll just run riot.
A) mobilize B) warrant
C) manipulate D) supervise
58. Already the class is ________ about who our new teacher will be.
A) foreseeing B) speculating
C) fabricating D) contemplating
59. We should ________ our energy and youth to the development of our country.
A) dedicate B) cater
C) ascribe D) cling
60. Just because I’m ________ to him, my boss thinks he can order me around without showing me any respect.
A) redundant B) trivial
C) versatile D) subordinate
61. Many scientists remain ________ about the value of this research program.
A) sceptical B) stationary
C) spacious D) specific
62. Depression is often cause by the ________ effects of stress and overwork.
A) total B) increased
C) terrific D) cumulative
63. A human’s eyesight is not as ________ as that of an eagle.
A) eccentric B) acute
C) sensible D) sensitive
64. It is ________ that women should be paid less than men for doing the same kind of work.
A) abrupt B) absurd
C) adverse D) addictive
65. Shoes of this kind are ________ to slip on wet ground.
A) feasible B) appropriate
C) apt D) fitting
66. We’ll be very careful and keep what you’ve told us strictly ________.
A) rigorous B) confidential
C) private D) mysterious
67. The members of Parliament were ________ that the government had not consulted them.
A) impatient B) tolerant
C) crude D) indignant
68. Some American colleges are state-supported, others are privately ________, and still others are supported by religious organizations.
A) ensured B) attributed
C) authorized D) endowed
69. The prison guards were armed and ready to shoot if ________ in any way.
A) intervened B) incurred
C) provoked D) poked
70. Many pure metals have little use because they are too soft, rust too easily, or have some other ________.
A) drawbacks B) handicaps
C) bruises D) blunders
Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (／) in the blank. Example:
Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods.
1. time/times/period
Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature.
2. ／___________
As a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television.
3. the___________
Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of
hunting behavior. Viewing biologically, the modern
S1. __________
footballer is revealed as a member of a disguised hunting
pack. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football
and his prey into a goal-mouth. If his aim is inaccurate and he
S2. __________
scores a goal, enjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing his prey.
To understand how this transformation has taken place we
S3. __________
must briefly look up at our ancient ancestors. They spent over a
S4. __________
million year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their very survival
S5. __________
depended on success in the hunting-field. Under this pressure
their whole way of life, even if their bodies, became radicaily
S6. __________
changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers,
throwers and prey-killers. They co-operate as skillful male-group
S7. __________
attackers.
Then, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely
S8. __________
long formative period of hunting for food, they became
farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old
hunting life, were put to a new use—that of penning (把
S9. __________
……关在圈中), controlling and domesticating their prey. The
food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and
uncertainties of farming were no longer essential for survival.
S10.__________
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