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 NOE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
31. Susan has the elbows of her son's jacket with leather patches to make it more durable.
A) reinforced B) sustained
C) steadied D) confirmed
32. Although we tried to concentrate on the lecture, we were by the noise form the next room.
A) distracted B) displaced
C) dispersed D) discarded
33. The reason why so many children like to eat this new brand of biscuit is that it is particularly sweet and .
A) fragile B) feeble
C) brisk D) crisp
34. Don't trust the speaker any more, since the remarks he made in his lectures are never with the facts.
A) symmetrical B) comparative
C) compatible D) harmonious
35. They had to eat a(n) meal, or they would be too late for the concert.
A) temporary B) hasty
C) immediate D) urgent
36. Having a(n) attitude towards people with different ideas is an indication that one has been well educated.
A) analytical B) bearable
C) elastic D) tolerant
37. No form of government in the world is ; each system reflects the history and present needs of the region or the nation.
A) dominant B) influential
C) integral D) drastic
38. In spite of the economic forecast, manufacturing output has risen slightly.
A) faint B) dizzy
C) gloomy D) opaque
39. Too often Dr. Johnson's lectures how to protect the doctor rather than how to cure the patient.
A) look to B) dwell on
C) permeate into D) shrug off
40. Located in Washington D.C., the Library of Congress contains an impressive of books on every conceivable subject.
A) flock B) configuration
C) pile D) array
41. Some felt that they were hurrying into an epoch of unprecedented enlightenment, in which better education and beneficial technology would wealth and leisure for all.
A) maintain B) ensure
C) certify D) console
42. Fiber optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations .
A) homogeneously B) spontaneously
C) simultaneously D) ingeniously
43. Excellent films are those which national and cultural barriers.
A) transcend B) traverse
C) abolish D) suppress
44. The law of supply and demand will eventually take care of a shortage or of dentists.
A) surge B) surplus
C) flush D) fluctuation
45. One third of the Chinese in the United States live in California, in the San Francisco area.
A) remarkably B) severely
C) drastically D) predominantly[