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Sample Test
17
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1.
?____? the flood, the ship had reached
its destination on time.?
A.
In case of
B. In spite of
C. Because of
D. But for
?
2.
Xenon
has
a
number
of
applications,
?____?
may
be
mentioned
its
use
in
flash
lamps for high speed
photography.
?
A.
among which
B. which
C. and
which
D. each of
which
?
3. Take an
umbrella with you in case of
?____?.?
A. it
rains
B. the rain
C. rain
D.
raining
?
4. The
University of Georgia,
?____? in 1785,
was the first state
supported University
in the
United States.
?
A.
chartered
B.
was chartered
C. it was
chartered
D. to
be chartered
?
5.
?____? that is found is
valuable.?
A. Not every
pearl
B.
Every pearl that is not
?
C. It is not every pearl
D. When not
every pearl
?
6. A
historical novel may do more than mirror history;
____ future events.
?
A. even influencing
B.
it may even influence
?
C. may even influence
D. that it may even
influence
?
7.
?____?, glasses can correct most sight
defects in healthy eyes.?
A.
When well fitted
B. Well fitted
when
?
C. Well fitted if
D. If well
fitted when
?
8.
I’ll certainly work all next week except when it
?____?.?
A. will be raining
B.
would rain
?
C.
will rain
D. is
raining
?
9. I
suppose you are not going today,
?____??
?
A. are you
B. do you
C. aren’t you
D. don’t
you?
10. The size of the
audience,
?____? we had expected, was
well over one thousand.?
A.
whom
B. who
C.
as
D. that
?
11. Even before he got to the chemist’s
he had lost the ?____? for the
med
i
cine, and
had
to go back to the doctor to get another one.
A. receipt
B. remedy
C. recipe
D.
prescription
?
12.
Before I noticed a difference, I had thought the
machines were
___
?.?
A. equivalent
B. artificial
C. identical
D. occasional
13. Robert is reliable, you can
?____?.?
A. count
on
B. count for
C. count up
D.
count out
?
14.
For weeks after, I would see a girl on the street
who
?____ my daughter and hope
in my heart that it was
Jane.
?
A.
identified
B.
imitated
C. resembled
D.
liberated
?
15.
Modern technology and science have produced a
?____? of new materials and new
ways of
using
old materials.
?
A. wealth
B.
will
C. reward
D.
realm
?
16.
There
is
evidence
that
such
differences
do
?____?intelligence
as
measured
by
tests.
?
A. infect
B. effect
C. affect
D.
direct
?
17. In
some small villages in England, tourists
can become
?____? because
they do
not know that street names are
posted on the side of buildings, rather than on
signs as
they are in the
U.S.
?
A. explicit
B. rational
C. perplexed
D. positive
?
18.
Your
nationality
is
not
___
when
choosing
a
career,
but
your
ability
to
speak
the
language
is.
?
A. related
B. responsible
C. relevant
D. reciprocal
?
19. His interesting lecture
?____? my
interes
t
in
history.
?
A.
revealed
B.
revolved
C.
retorted
D. revived
?
20. I was shocked at observing the
alteration of her
?____?.?
A. appearances
B. aspects
C. outlines
D.
looks
?
21. A
carpenter can work best when he uses the
?____?tools.?
A.
fit
B. suitable
C. proper
D.
appropriate
?
22.
We
?____? him out of going on such a
dangerous journey.?
A.
argued
B.
discussed
C.
debated
D. disputed
?
23.
All
ads
are
intended
to
be
?____?,
but
they
can
stir
up
interest
and
curiosity
in
varying ways, through humor,
information and so on.
?
A. provocative
B. cooperative
?
C. effective
D.
comparative
?
24.
No one’s face is perfectly ____ . For example, one
eye is often slightly higher than
the
other.
?
A.
similar
B. subtle
C. balanced
D. symmetrical
?
25.
My
brother’s
habit
of
giving
advice
without
being
asked
makes
him
seem
?____?.?
A.
presumptuous
B.
premature
?
C. presumptive
D. predominant
?
Sample Test
18
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1. Little is known of his childhood
?____? at a factory at the early
age of ten.
?
A. to begin to work
B. beginning to
work
?
C. save
that he began to work
D. about that he
worked
?
2. There
is a general understanding among the members of
the Board of Directors that
chief
attention
?____? to the undertaking
that is
expected to bring
highest profit.
?
A. is given
B. gives
?
C. should be given
D. must be given
?
3. They did not find
?____?
to prepare for the worst conditions they might
meet.?
A. worth their while
B.
it worthwhile
?
C.
it worth
D. it worthy
?
4. Quarter horses can start more
quickly, turn more sharply,
and run
faster over short
courses
?____? breeds can.?
A. than the other
B. other
?
C.
than other
D.
of all other
?
5.
Most insurance
agents would rather
you
?____? anything
a
b
out
collecting
claims
until they
investigate the situation.
?
A. do
B. didn’t do
C. don’t
D. didn’t?
6. “I’m surely dirty,
?____??”?
A. am I
B.
isn’t I
C. aren’t I
D.
am not I?
7.
?____? illness, he retired.?
A. Thanks to
B. According to
?
C. Owing to
D. For the sake
of
?
8. This car
has many features including
?____?.?
A.
stereo, safety devices, air condition, and it
saves gas
?
B.
good music, safe devices, air conditioning, and
gas
?
C. stereo,
safety devices, air conditioned and good
gas
?
D. stereo, safety devices,
air conditioning, and low gas
mileage
?
9. Every
boy and girl must have
?____? hair
neatly combed.?
A. his
B. her
C. its
D.
their
?
10. I wish
you
?____? Jim so much. He is still
very depressed.?
A. not to
hurt
B. didn
’t
hurt ?
C. would not
D. had not
hurt
?
11.
Before
the
school
?____?
what
students
must
wear,
they
wore
just
about
anything.
?
A. managed
B. authorized
?
C. regulated
D. standardized
?
12.
While
the
population
of
the
United
States
includes
a
great
variety
of
racial
and
ethnic backgrounds,
Japan’s population is ?____?.
A.
autonomous
B.
homogeneous
?
C. ambitious
D.
anonymous
?
13.
The contents of the safety deposit box are
?____?being held by the police until
the
trial.
?
A. theoretically
B. temporarily
?
C. rationally
D.
naturally
?
14.
____ of half starving foxes were roaming the snow
covered mountain areas.
?
A. Herds
B.
Packs
C. Flocks
D.
Crowds
?
15. The
very idea of her winning the English competition
is quite
?___ .?
A. strange
B. absurd
C. unlikely
D.
sensible
?
16. The
earnest student waited with some
slight
?____ while the teacher was
reading his
composition.
?
A. despair
B. upset
C. nervousness
D.
hatred
?
17. The
woman in the kitchen____ to the doctor that the
water was hot.
?
A. motioned
B. mentioned
C. meant
D.
motivated
?
18.
Two years later the opportunity came for him to
take a ___ American look at the Old
World.
?
A. distinctly
B.
distinctively
C. distinct
D. distinctive
19.
The
audience
disliked
the
film
thoroughly
and
were
?____?by
whistling
and
stamping their
feet.
?
A.
protecting
B. protesting
C.
projecting
D. proposing
?
20. In brief, it should be our goal to
?____? as much of the original beauty
of nature as
we
can.
?
A. restore
B. introduce
C. suit
D.
supply
?
21. We
should
?____? with the difficulties we
were con
fronted
with.
?
A. accord
B. acquaint
C. brood
D.
contend
?
22. She
is the person who likes to
?____? her
knowledge.?
A. show up
B. show in
C. show off
D.
show round
?
23.
The discovery of gold can bring great
?____? to our country.?
A. property
B. rich
C. wealth
D. sum
?
24. I am
?____? that many
readers are favorably impressed with your
writings.?
A. confirmed
B.
confident
C. indifferent
D. confused
25.
His
?____? at the meeting yesterday
hurt her a lot.?
A. conduct
B. action
C.
behavior
D.
act
?
?