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. It was ____ that the restaurant discriminated against black customers.

　　A? addicted B? alleged C? assaulted D? ascribed

　　42. The medicine ____ his pain but did not cure his illness.

　　A? activated B? alleviated C? mediated D? deteriorated

　　43. He is the only person who can ____ in this case? because the other witnesses were killed mysteriously.

　　A? testify B? charge C? accuse D? rectify

　　44. Professor Hawking is ____ as one of the world's greatest living physicists.

　　A? dignified B? clarified C? acknowledged D? illustrated

　　45. The financial problem of this company is further ____ by the rise in interest rates.

　　A? increased B? strengthened C? reinforced D? aggravated

　　46. We shall probably never be able to ____ the exact nature of these sub-atomic particles.

　　A? assert B? impart C? ascertain D? notify

　　47. All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colourful balloons ____ slowly into the sky.

　　A? ascending B? elevating C? escalating D? lingering

　　48. Many years had ____ before they returned to their original urban areas.

　　A? floated B? elapsed C? skipped D? proceeded

　　49. What you say now is not ____ with what you said last week.

　　A? consistent B? persistent C? permanent D? insistent

　　50. Military orders are ____ and cannot be disobeyed.

　　A? defective B? conservative C? alternative D? imperative

　　51. Some educators try to put students of similar abilities into the same class because they believe this kind of ____ grouping is advisable.

　　A? homogeneous B? instantaneous C? spontaneous D? anonymous

　　52. Even sensible men do ____ things sometimes.

　　A? abrupt B? absurd C? acute D? apt

　　53. The commission would find itself ____ at every turn if its members couldn’t reach an agreement.

　　A? collided B? savaged C? crumbled D? hampered

　　54. Grain production in the world is _____? but still millions go hungry.

　　A? staggering B? shrinking C? soaring D? suspending

　　55. He developed a ____ attitude after years of frustration in his career.

　　A? sneaking B? disgusted C? drastic D? cynical

　　56. They believed that this was not the ____ of their campaign for equality but merely the beginning.

　　A? climax B? summit C? pitch D? maximum

　　57. Several guests were waiting in the ____ for the front door to open.

　　A? porch B? vent C? inlet D? entry

　　58. As the mountains were covered with a _____ of cloud? we couldn’t see their tops.

　　A? coating B? film C? veil D? shade

　　59. We couldn’t really afford to buy a house so we got it on hire purchase and paid mothly ____.

　　A? investments B? requirements C? arrangements D? installments

　　60. The magician made us think he cut the girl into pieces but it was merely an _____.

　　A? illusion B? impression C? image D? illumination

　　61. A good education is an ____ you can fall back on for the rest of your life.

　　A? asset B? ethic C? inventory 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 B? priority C? superiority D? hospitality

　　63. The designer has applied for a ____ for his new invention.

　　A? tariff B? discount C? version D? patent

　　64. The toy maker produces a ____ copy of the space station? exact in every detail.

　　A? minimal B? minimum C? miniature D? minor

　　65. An energy tax would curb ordinary air pollution? limit oil imports and cut the budget ____.

　　A? disposition B? discrepancy C? defect D? deficit

　　66. They have decided to ____ physical punishment in all local schools.

　　A? put away B? break away from C? do away with D? pass away

　　67. Astronauts are ____ all kinds of tests before they are actually sent up in a spacecraft.

　　A? inclined to B? subjected to C? prone 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 B? drawing in C? drawing up 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 B? radically C? inclusively D? exclusively

　　70. All the ceremonies at the 2000 Olympic Games had a unique Australian flavor? ____ of their multicultural communities.

　　A? noticeable B? indicative C? conspicuous D? implicit