Vocabulary (20 minute) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 31. Starting with the ________ that there is life on the planet Mars, the scientist went on to develop his argument. A) premise B) pretext C) foundation D) presentation（A） 32. After several nuclear disasters, a ________ has raged over the safety of nuclear energy. A) quarrel B) suspicion C) verdict D) controversy（D） 33. Their diplomatic principles complexly laid bare their ________ for world conquest. A) admiration B) ambition C) administration D) orientation（B） 34. The director gave me his ________ that he would double my pay if I did my job well. A) warrant B) obligation C) assurance D) certainty（C） 35. The Christmas tree was decorated with shining ________ such as colored lights and glass balls. A) ornaments B) luxuries C) exhibits D) complements（A） 36. The two most important ________ in making a cake are flour and sugar. A) elements B) components C) ingredients D) constituents（C） 37. Cultural ________ indicates that human beings hand their languages down from one generation to another. A) translation B) transition C) transmission D) transaction（C） 38. We must look beyond ________ and assumptions and try to discover what is missing. A) justifications B) illusions C) manifestations D) specifications（B） 39. No one imagined that the apparently ________ businessman was really a criminal. A) respective B) respectable C) respectful D) realistic（B） 40. If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of spiders that are alive today will have become ________. A) deteriorated B) degenerated C) suppressed D) extinct（D） 41. The ________ of the scientific attitude is that the human mind can succeed in understanding the universe. A) essence B) texture C) content D) threshold（A） 42. The old lady has developed a ________ cough which cannot be cured completely in a short time. A) perpetual B) permanent C) chronic D) sustained（C） 43. What the correspondent sent us is an ________ news report. We can depend on it. A) evident B) authentic C) ultimate D) immediate（B） 44. Having had her as a professor and adviser, I can tell you that she is an ________ force who pushes her students to excel far beyond their own expectations. A) inspirational B) educational C) excessive D) instantaneous（A） 45. Some researchers feel that certain people have nervous systems particularly ________ to hot, dry winds. They are what we call weather sensitive people. A) subjective B) subordinate C) liable D) vulnerable（D） 46. Hurricanes are killer winds, and their ________ power lies in the physical damage they can do. A) cumulative B) destructive C) turbulent D) prevalent（B） 47. In some countries, students are expected to be quiet and ________ in the classroom. A) skeptical B) faithful C) obedient D) subsidiary（C） 48. In spite of the ________ economic forecasts, manufacturing output has risen slightly. A) gloomy B) miserable C) shadowy D) obscure（A） 49. Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in pre literate societies in order to attract good health or to ________ disease. A) set aside B) ward off C) shrug off D) give away（B） 50. The international situation has been growing ________ difficult for the last few years. A) invariably B) presumably C) increasingly D) dominantly（C） 51. The prisoner was ________ of his civil liberty for three years. A) discharged B) derived C) deprived D) dispatched（C） 52. Small farms and the lack of modern technology have ________ agricultural production. A) blundered B) tangled C) bewildered D) hampered（D） 53. The Japanese scientists have found that scents ________ efficiency and reduce stress among office workers. A) enhance B) amplify C) foster D) magnify（A） 54. All the students have to ________ to the rules and regulations of the school. A) confirm B) confront C) confine D) conform（D） 55. He ________ his head, wondering how to solve the problem. A) scrapped B) screwed C) scraped D) scratched（D） 56. As soon as the boy was able to earn his own living he ________ his parents’ strict rules. A) defied B) refuted C) excluded D) vetoed（A） 57. The helicopter a light plane and both pilots were killed. A) coincided with B) stumbled on C) tumbled to D) collided with（D） 58. To ________ is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. A) conserve B) conceive C) convert D) contrive（A） 59. Put on dark glasses or the sun will ________ you and you won’t be able to see. A) discern B) distort C) distract D) dazzle（D） 60. In ________ times human beings did not travel for pleasure but to find a more favourable climate. A) prime B) primitive C) primary D) preliminary（B）