A) current           B) dominant          C) prevailing      D) decisive
57. Although she was not very rich, she was quite          with her money.
    A) noble             B) flexible          C) liable          D) liberal
58. I tried to reason her          her worries, but          vain.
    A) out…in                                C) off … on       
    B) out of… in                            D) away with …out of
59. Your advice would be         valuable to him, who is at present at his wit’s end.
    A) exceedingly       B) extensively       C) excessively     D) exclusively
60. Too much         to X-ray can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.
    A) disclosure        B) exposure          C) exhibition      D) pressure
61. At present the whole country is         a war against products of imitation and poor quality.
    A) establishing      B) sending        &nb sp;  C) launching       D) delivering
62. His intelligence and experience will enable him to         the complicated situation.
    A) cope with         B) come up with      C) interfere with  D) put up with
63. Louis Herman, at the University of Hawaii, has ________ a series of new experiments in which some animals have learned to understand sentences.
    A) installed         B) equipped          C) devised         D) formatted
64. The son is charged with condemning his critically ill mother to a           hell.
    A) alive             B) lively            C) living          D) live
65. Finding a job can be            and disappointing, and therefore it is important that you are prepared.
    A) exploiting        B) frustrating       C) profiting        D) misleading
66. The announcement has come that all the graduates are supposed to         in the main hall.
    A) accumulate        B) assemble          C) concentrate      D) focus
67. We will sign the contract with the dealer,        he can promise to offer us the guarantees of the products.
    A) as far as         B) even if           C) as long as       D) unless
68. In order to prepare for the trip to London, my uncle is going to         dollars into pounds.
    A) shift             B) alter             C) vary             D) convert
69. We are taught that the Stock Exchange is         to a likely political change.
    A) sensitive         B) sensible          C) sensational      D) senseless
70. The totally new-branded printer is         with all leading microcomputer software.
    A) comparable        B) compatible        C) competitive      D) comparative

Part IV                             Cloze                          (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

    Generally speaking, a British is widely regarded as a quiet, shy and conservative person who is __71   only among those with whom he is acquainted. When a stranger is present, he often seems nervous, __72__ embarrassed. You have to take a commuter train any morning or evening to   73   the truth of this.
    Serous-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or sleeping in a corner; hardly anybody talks, since to do so would be considered quite offensive.  74  , there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which,  75   broken, makes the offender immediately the object of   76  .
    It has been known as a fact that the British has a  _77   for the discussion of their weather and that, if given a chance, he will talk about it  78   . Some people argue that it is because the British weather seldom   79   forecast and hence becomes a source of interest and   80   to everyone. This may be so. __81   a British cannot have much   82   in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong   83   a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The man in the street seems to be as accurate---or as inaccurate---as the weathermen in his   84   .
    Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references   85   weather that the British makes to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are   86    by comments on the weather. “Nice day, isn’t it ?” “Beautiful!” may well be heard instead of “Good mo rning, how are you ?” 87   the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage.   88    he wants to start a conversation with a British but is   89    to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will   90   an answer from even the most reserved of the British.

71. A) relaxed B) frustrated C) amused D) exhausted
72. A) yet B) otherwise C) even D) so
73. A) experience B) witness C) watch D) undergo
74. A) Deliberately B) Consequently C) Frequently D) Apparently
75. A) unless B) once C) while D) as
76. A) suspicion B) opposition C) criticism D) praise
77. A) feeling B) fancy C) likeliness   D) judgment
78. A) at length B) to a great extent C) from his heart   D) by all means
79. A) follows B) predicts C) denies   D) supports
80. A) devotion B) affection   C) consideration   D) speculation
81. A) Still B) Also   C) Certainly   D) Fundamentally
82. A) faith B) reliance C) honor D) credit
83. A) if   B) once   C) when   D) whereas
84. A) positions B) predictions   C) approval    D) denial
85. A) about   B) on       C) in   D) to