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Part One: Vocabulary and Structure (25 points)

Directions: In this part there are 25 incomplete statements. Each of them is followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You are required to decide on the best choice that makes the statement meaningfully and structurally correct. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1. The young, self-assured prince _______ power upon the death of the king.
A. resumed??B. consumed??C. assumed??D. presumed

2. Scientists have warned us that an increase in the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere will cause the Earth to warm up while increasing the aerosol content will cause it to cool down. Now the aerosol problem ____ large than ever.
A. threatens??B. becomes??C.??appears??D. looms

3. As the sky looks ominous, it is obvious that a violent thunderstorm is ____.
A. immediate??B. instantaneous??C. eminent??D. imminent

4. I finally succeeded in persuading that student to ______ the source of the rumor.
A. divulge??B. discover??C. uncover??D. diverge

5. Rain poured down; the sky was split by terrifying flashes of forked lightning while peals of thunder ____ our conversation.
A. died down??B. drowned??C. sank??D. submerged

6. Health officials in China have been trying to eliminate measles, a contagious disease with a ___ period of about ten years.
A. covert??B. latent??C. inert??D. tacit

7. Only after I finished reading this essay did it dawn on me that the whole story about the grebe’s diet was not a ___ of her imagination.
A. figment??B. fantasy??C. fabrication??D. figure

8. I must ___ that I only know a sprinkling of English so your translation may well be better than mine.
A. confide??B. conclude??C. confirm??D. concede

9. It is impossible to ___ these two points of view because they are too different.
A. compromise??B. unite??C. reconcile??D combine

10. many of the newly-built hotels are ___ situated for sightseeing, business and shopping.
A. appropriately??B. suitably??C. conveniently??D. deliberately

11. With time, the memory of childhood quarrels and frictions among family members will fade into ___ .
A. obliteration??B. oblivion??C. realization??D. thin air

12. We hear that miniskirts are coming back into fashion, but I wonder if they’ll really ___ again.
A. catch hold of??B. catch breath??C. catch on??D. catch out

13. If John ___ with his piano playing, he could eventually reach concert standard.
A. perseveres??B. sustains??C. maintains??D. survives

14. They decided to ____ their different interests and unite in pursuit of a common goal.
A. substitute??B. crossC. submerge??D. surrender

15. As the word was repeated over and over again, it began to ____ a new meaning.
A. put on??B. turn onC. take on??D. bring on

16. You can borrow my book provided that you ____ it to me tomorrow.
A. return??B. returned??C. will return??D. would return 

17. Either you or he ____ the lie.
A. is telling??B. are telling??C. tell??D. shall tell

18. The security of the passengers is supposed to ____ by the captain.
A. see to??B. seeing to??C. be seen to??D. seen to

19. He has to ____ his small salary by living economically.
A. upset??B. offset??C. outset??D. preset 

20. You shouldn’t change jobs constantly, or people will become suspicious of your ability to ____ any job. 
A. hold??B. sustain??C. engage??D. uphold

21. A leading member should never concentrate all his attention on one or two problems, to the ____ of others.
A. displacement??B. elimination??C. exclusion??D. exception

22. You can rest ___ that the talented young secretary has been able to confirm what he said in the original report.
A. assured??B. ensured??C. insured??D. reassured??

23. Mary acquired a certain ___ mode of behavior at her expensive school in Switzerland, but her character still remains very unreliable.
A. clever??B. polished??C. well-behaved??D. well-bred

24. The explorer’s hopes of finding their missing colleagues are now beginning to ___ .
A. faint??B. darken??C. shrink??D. fade

25. When people give pretty names to ugly things, it is sometimes difficult for us to tell whether they are ___ or telling the truth.
A. deceptive??B. deceitful??C. illusive??D. elusive