成人英语三级

Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)

Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

36. An ability usually considered _______ to business success is for the manager to integrate individual members into a team.

A. obvious B. essential

C. liable D. potential

37. This very interesting novel has only one fault. I mention it without fear of offending the author, for obviously no one is ________.

A. ignorant B. discouraged

C. perfect D. excellent

38. Although a speech or a piece of writing may mainly ________ people’s emotion, it should be based on logic.

A. appeal to B. attend to

C. come up to D. attribute to

39. Eloquence is often used emotively, to express one’s emotions and evoke the sympathy of the audience on solemn occasions or issues of great _________.

A. significance B. value

C. weight D. power

40. There is no ________ for tastes, which explains why people have different likes and dislikes.

A. good B. use

C. way D. accounting

41. With the quickening ________ of life, people turn farther and farther away from conventional social etiquettes and values.

A. ratio B. rate

C. pace D. temper

42. Applicants for that position ________ in their education backgrounds and working experiences.

A. vary B. alter

C. reverse D. change

43. Water, when boiled, always _______ steam.

A. gives in B. gives up

C. gives off D. gives away

44. Take some cookies with you ________ you might feel hungry on the way.

A. unless B. provided

C. once D. in case

45. I’d like to rent a flat, which should be comfortable, well-furnished and ________ in a secure surrounding.

A. before all B. first of all

C. after all D. above all

46. It isn’t quite ________ yet that he will be allowed to appear in court.

A. certain B. sure

C. exact D. right

47. _________ for your timely help, we’d never have been able to get clear of the trouble.

A. Had it not B. Had it not been

C. If it were D. If we had not been

48. Some people either _________ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

A. voluntarily B. sincerely

C. deliberately D. earnestly

49. Hot meals are available there. Let’s drop in for a ________.

A. bite B. bit

C. byte D. sip

50. Although Linda was on a diet, she found home-made sundae quite ________.

A. influential B. irresistible

C. impressive D. inescapable

51. It is ________ to travel worldwide to be well-acquainted with different cultures.

A. worth B. worthy

C. worthwhile D. wealthy

52. Ernest’s crave for knowledge seemed infinite, as though he intended to _______ all the lost time in his prime years.

A. make up for B. make up

C. make up with D. make for

53. In times of financial need, it is not unusual for American nuclear families to make loans from a bank ________ from relatives.

A. less than B. such as

C. rather than D. more than

54. He built a fire with a magnifying glass by ________ sun rays _________ the dry twigs.

A. applying, to B. exerting, on

C. focusing, on D. reflecting, on

55. I'm afraid he's going to _______ something hopeless, with all his time and energy spent on electronic games.

A. turn off B. turn away

C. turn over D. turn out

56. With his record untarnished by scandals and rumours, he frequently appeared on the front page as a(n) _________ statesman.

A. inevitable B. promising

C. intolerable D. prosperous

57. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _________ standards.

A. equal B. uniform

C. alike D. likely

58. Unemployment insurance has _________ into a federal-state system composed of fifty separate programs.

A. evolved B. revolved

C. revealed D. ventured

59. He does not feel he is _________ for his job although he has a diploma from a prestigious university.

A. proper B. effective

C. fit D. efficient

60. To avoid various mistakes _________ by mankind, we used to resort to some superhuman genius, who might also turn out not so reliable.

A. conducted B. contributed

C. committed D. completed

61. The United States is so large that it ________ five time zones.

A. consumes B. involves

C. covers D. extends

62. The test has not adequately proven what it had ________for its applicability.

A. predicted B. proceeded

C. provided D. processed

63. When water freezes in the cracks of rocks, it _________, causing rocks to break apart.

A. enlarges B. extends

C. explodes D. expands

64. No social campaign aroused Elizabeth Williams’ enthusiasm more than the extension of educational ________ to immigrants in the United States.

A. instruments B. apparatus

C. equipment D. facilities

65. Susanna Moodie’s literary sketches of early Canada were written to be read in private retirement, that is, __________.

A. objectively B. selfishly

C. individually D. securely

66. The number of plants that bear flowers far ________ the number of those that do not, for the purpose of multiplication.

A. exceeds B. outlasts

C. resembles D. complements

67. John Adams, one of the most devoted patriots in American Revolution, successfully defended the British soldiers _______ with murder after the Boston Massacre.

A. charged B. accused

C. puzzled D. provoked

68. According to the Western culture, one _________ ask his acquaintance such personal questions as his age, income or marital status.

A. needn’t B. don’t have to

C. mustn’t D. haven’t got to

69. It is a pity you failed the interview. You ________ have learned more about the position you applied for.

A. might B. must

C. should D. shall

70. She wasn’t feeling well. __________, she wouldn’t have left the meeting so early.

A. However B. Therefore

C. Instead D. Otherwise

71. Advertising is different from other forms of communication _________ the advertiser pays for the message delivered.

A. in that B. but that

C. except that D. with that

72. Scarcely had they settled themselves in the seat ________ the curtain went up.

A. then B. when

C. than D. where

73. It is no use _______ here any longer. He may come by any train and he is no stranger here.

A. to wait B. to have waited

C. waiting D. having waited

74. Tim cannot but ________ his supervisor to help him solve the difficulty he has in doing his project.

A. ask B. to ask

C. asking D. asked

75. When there is a tie in the last vote, the chairman’s decision is __________.

A. right B. definite

C. fixed D. final

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