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Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
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.
41. For many patients, institutional care is the most ________ and beneficial form of care.
A) pertinent
B) appropriate
C) acute
D) persistent
42. Among all the changes resulting from the ________ entry of women into the work force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the least important.
A) massive
B) quantitative
C) surplus
D) formidable
43. Mr. Smith became very ________ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.
A) ingenious
B) empirical
C) objective
D) indignant
44. Rumours are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations into ________ ones.
A) turbulent
B) tragic
C) vulnerable
D) suspicious
45. The ________ cycle of life and death is a subject of interest to scientists and philosophers alike.
A) incompatible
B) exceeding
C) instantaneous
D) eternal
46. She remains confident and ________ untroubled by our present problems.
A) indefinitely
B) infinitely
C) optimistically
D) seemingly
47. Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ________.
A) simultaneously
B) spontaneously
C) homogeneously
D) contemporarily
48. The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the ________.
A) vain
B) vicinity
C) court
D) jail
49. Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ________ in every family’s budget.
A) nutrition
B) expenditure
C) routine
D) provision
50. Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from ________ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.
A) configuration
B) constitution
C) condemnation
D) contamination
51. There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ________ from fall to winter.
A) transmission
B) transformation
C) transition
D) transfer
52. I think we need to see an investment ________ before we make an expensive mistake.
A) guide
B) entrepreneur
C) consultant
D) assessor
53. The ________ on this apartment expires in a year’s time.
A) treaty
B) lease
C) engagement
D) subsidy
54. The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ________.
A) pensions
B) earnings
C) salaries
D) donations
55. There is supposed to be a safety ________ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.
A) appliance
B) accessory
C) machine
D) mechanism
56. After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ________.
A) deteriorated
B) dispersed
C) dissipated
D) drained
57. No one can function properly if they are ________ of adequate sleep.
A) deprived
B) ripped
C) stripped
D) contrived
58. For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ________ by a dictator.
A) depressed
B) immersed
C) oppressed
D) cursed
59. Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ________ towards producing workers.
A) harnessed
B) hatched
C) motivated
D) geared
60. The prospect of increased prices has already ________ worries.
A) provoked
B) irritated
C) inspired
D) hoisted
61. The suspect ________ that he had not been in the neighbourhood at the time of the crime.
A) advocated
B) alleged
C) addressed
D) announced
62. Although the colonists ________ to some extent with the Native Americans, the Indians’ influence on American culture and language was not extensive.
A) migrated
B) matched
C) mingled
D) melted
63. E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that ________ well to human needs.
A) adheres
B) reflects
C) conforms
D) satisfies
64. The wings of the bird still ________ after it had been shot down.
A) slapped
B) scratched
C) flapped
D) fluctuated
65. The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously ________ relations between the two countries.
A) tumble
B) jeopardize
C) manipulate
D) intimidate
66. When you put up wallpaper, should you ________ the edges or put them next to each other?
A) coincide
B) extend
C) overlap
D) collide
67. Under the present system, state enterprises must ________ all profits to the government.
A) turn down
B) turn up
C) turn out
D) turn in
68. Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being ________.
A) laid out
B) laid off
C) laid down
D) laid aside
69. We’ll ________ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it.
A) compensate
B) remedy
C) supplement
D) retrieve
70. She cut her hair short and tried to ________ herself as a man.
A) decorate
B) disguise
C) fabricate
D) fake
