Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
41. You shouldn’t __your father’s instructions. Anyway he is an experienced teacher.
A) defy B) deliberate C)denounce D) deduce
42. In some remote places there are still very poor people who can’t afford to live in __conditions.
A) positive B)honorable C) gracious D) decent
43. The Government’s policies will come under close __ in the weeks before the election.
A) specification B)scrutiny C) appreciation D)apprehension
44. It is believed that the feeding patterns parents __ on their children can determine their adolescent and adult eating habits.
A) impose B)evoke C) compel D)necessitate
45.Very few people could understand his lecture because the subject was very __.
A) faint B) indefinite C)obscure D) gloomy
46. Tom is bankrupt now. He is desperate because all his efforts __ failure.
A) inflicted on B) hinged upon C) tumbled to D)culminated in
47. Cancer is a group of diseases in which there is uncontrolled and disordered growth of __ cells.
A) controversial B) abnormal C) inferior D)irrelevant
48.I could hear nothing but the roar of the airplane engines which __all other sounds.
A) drowned B) deafened C) overturned D)smoothed
49. The girl’s face __________ with embarrassment during the interview when she couldn’t answer the tough question.
A) radiated B) beamed C) dazzled D) flushed
50. Unfortunately, the new edition of dictionary is __________ in all major bookshops.
A) out of business B) out of reach C) out of stock D) out of season
51. It seems somewhat _______to expect anyone to drive 3 hours just for a 20-minute meeting.
A) unique B) impossible C) eccentric D) absurd
52. The bride and groom promised to __ each other through sickness and health.
A) cherish B)nourish C)foster D) nominate
53.If the value-added tax were done away with, it would act as a __ to consumption.
A) progression B) prime C) stimulus D) stability
54. Professor Smith explained the movement of light__ that of water.
A) by virtue of B)by analogy with C) in terms of D) in line with
55. Millions of people around the world have some type of physical, mental, or emotional __ that severely limits their abilities to manage their daily activities.
A) scandal B)deficit C)handicap D) misfortune
56.At that time, the economy was still undergoing a __and job offers were hard to get.
A) recession B)concession C)supervision D)deviation
57. The meaning of the sentence is __; you can interpret it in several ways.
A) skeptical B) exclusive C) intelligible D)ambiguous
58. This area of the park has been specially _______for children, but accompanying adults are also welcome.
A)entitled B) inaugurated C) designated D) delegated
59. The hands on my alarm clock are __________, so I can see what time it is in the dark.
A) gorgeous B) luminous C) spectacular D) exotic
60. In today’s class, the students were asked to __their mistakes on the exam paper and put in their possible corrections.
A) omit B) extinguish C) cancel D)erase
61. The company management attempted to __information that was not favorable to them, but it was all in vain.