Part I Vocabulary and Structure (30 points)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete statements in this part. You are required to complete each one by choosing the most appropriate word or expression from the four choices marked A, B, C and D, then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET.
1. It was not until midnight________ the camping site.
A. that they reached B. that they did not reach
C. did they reach D. did they not reach
2. It is predicated that existing reserves of fossil fuel________ by 2045.
A. have been run out B. are going to be run out
C. will have run out D. have run out
3. Only by increasing its exports__________ drastically from the present trade imbalance.
A. the country can emerge B. the country might emerge
C. can the country emerge D. the country might emerged
4. The more acid you add to the solution,__________it becomes.
A. cloudier B. the cloudiest C. more cloudy D. the cloudier
5. The lecture said “It’s time you________ the literature review.”
A. began B. should begin C. begin D. are beginning
6. _________way you do it, the answer is always the same.
A. However B. Whichever C. Whoever D. Why ever
7. _________producing methane, the process also produces carbon monoxide.
A. Apart B. As well C. Besides D. In addition
8. Einstein,_________changed our ways of seeing the universe,did not learn to read until he was ten.
A. which theories B. that his theories
C. whose theories D. who theories
9. It is not so much the language ________the legal jargons that makes the book difficult to understand.
A. but B. nor C. as D. like
10. The shop has sold many refrigerators of this kind and the rest __________on sale today.
A. is B. has C. have D. are
11.The owner and captain refused to leave __________ship which was sinking.
A. his B. a C. their D. /
12. The petrol station lies within __________of Victoria’s farm.
A. fifteen-minute-drive B. fifteen minutes’ drive
C. fifteen minute’s drive D. fifteen minutes drive
13. Some of his answers were correct, but I don‘t remember_________ .
A. what one B. which one C. few D. a lot
14. There is _______man downstairs waiting for you.
A. any B. some C. few D. not
15. This CD costs me ________the one I bought the other day.
A. as much as three times B. as much money as three times
C. three times as much as D. three times as expensive as
16. My niece has been to Sumatra and Iran as well as all of Europe. By the time she’s twenty, she_______almost everywhere.
A. will be B. would have been C. will have been D. would be
17. When workers push together to organize themselves in trade unions, employers find it hard to lay them _______.
A. off B. aside C. out D. down
18. I’d rather you_______ anything about it for the time being.
A. do B. didn’t do C. don’t D. didn’t
19. We must _______that the procedure is followed as rigidly as possible.
A. secure B. ensure C. assure D. issue
20. I spoke to him kindly_______ him.
A. not to frighten B. so as not to frighten
C. in order to not frighten D. for not frightening
21. It is a common theme in many science fiction stories that the world may one day be ________by out space invaders.
A. broken in B. taken over C. run over D. filled in
22. Returning to my apartment________.
A. my watch was missing B. I found my watch disappeared
C. I found my watch missing D.the watch was missed
23. Just remember one thing that_______decisions often lead to bitter regrets.
A. hasty B. prompt C. urgent D. instant
24. -----"Where’s my cap?"
-----"It’s on the _______."
A. kitchen counter B. kitchen’s counter
C. counter of the kitchen D. counter for the kitchen
25. When he was driving home, he was stopped by the policeman and was _______ of speeding.
A. charged B. blamed C. accused D. warned
26. We consider ________ he should have left without telling anyone beforehand.
A. strange why B. it strange what C. it strange that D. that strange
27. AIDS is said _________the number-one killer of both men and women over the past few years in the region.
A. being B. to be C. to have been D. having been
28. The country’s chief exports are coal, cars and cotton goods, cars _________the most important of these.
A. have been B. are C. being D. are being
29. The party, ________I was the guest of honour, was extremely enjoyable.
A. by which B. for which C. to which D. at which
30. _ ________, he is ready to accept suggestions from different sources.
C. His making notable contributions D. However his notable contributions
1.A 2.C 3.C 4.D 5.A 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. D14. B15. C
16. C 17. A 18. D 19. B 20. B 21. B 22. C 23. A 24. A 25. C 26. C 27. C 28. C 29. D 30. B