A) exotic B) gorgeous {C) luminous} D) spectacular
47. Psychologists have done extensive studies on how well patients __________ with doctors‘ orders.
{A) comply} B) correspond C) interfere D) interact
48. In today‘s class, the students were asked to __________ their mistakes on the exam paper and put in their possible corrections.
A) cancel B) omit C) extinguish {D) erase}
49. The Government‘s policies will come under close __________ in the weeks before the election.
A) appreciation B) specification {C) scrutiny} D) apprehension
50. Police and villagers unanimously __________ the forest fire to thunder and lightning.
{A) ascribed} B) approached C) confirmed D) confined
51. In some remote places there are still very poor people who can‘t afford to live in __________ conditions.
A) gracious {B) decent} C) honorable D) positive
52. Since our knowledge is __________, none of us can exclude the possibility of being wrong.
A) controlled B ) restrained {C) finite} D) delicate
53. You shouldn‘t __________ your father’s instructions. Anyway he is an experienced teacher.
A) deduce B) deliberate {C) defy} D) denounce
54. The company management attempted to __________ information that was not favorable to them, but it was all in vain.
{A) suppress} B) supplement C) concentrate D) plug
55. It is my hope that everyone in this class should __________ their errors before it is too late.
A) refute B) exclude C) expel {D) rectify}
56. The boy‘s foolish question __________ his mother who was busy with housework and had no interest in talking.
A) intrigued B) fascinated {C) irritated} D) stimulated
57. 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) misfortune C) deficit {D) handicap}
58. It is believed that the feeding patterns parents __________ on their children can determine their adolescent and adult eating habits.
A) compel {B) impose} C) evokeD) necessitate
59. If the value-added tax were done away with, it would act as a __________ to consumption.
A) progression B) prime C) stability {D) stimulus}
60. The bride and groom promised to __________ each other through sickness and health.
A) nourish B) nominate C) roster {D) cherish}
61. They‘re going to build a big office block on that __________ piece of land.
A) void {B) vacant} C) blank D) shallow
62. Without any hesitation, she took off her shoes, __________ up her skirt and splashed across the stream.
{A) tucked} B) revolved C) twisted D) curled
63. Very few people could understand his lecture because the subject was very __________.
A) faint {B) obscure} C) gloomy D) indefinite
64. Professor Smith explained the movement of light __________ that of water.
{A) by analogy with} B) by virtue of C) in line with D) in terms of
65. Tom is bankrupt now. He is desperate because all his efforts __________ failure.
A) tumbled to B) hinged upon C) inflicted on {D) culminated in}
66. While fashion is thought of usually __________ clothing, it is important to realize that it covers a much wider domain.
{A) in relation to} B) in proportion to C) by means of D) on behalf of
67. The meaning of the sentence is __________; you can interpret it in several ways.
A) skeptical B) intelligible {C) ambiguous} D) exclusive
68. Cancer is a group of diseases in which there is uncontrolled and disordered growth of __________ cells.
A) irrelevant B) inferior C) controversial {D) abnormal}
69. At that time, the economy was still undergoing a __________ and job offers were hard to get.
A) concession B) supervision {C) recession} D) deviation
70. I could hear nothing but the roar of the airplane engines which __________all other sounds.
A) overturned {B) drowned} C) deafened D) smoothed
Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark(∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash(/)in the blank.
Example:
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