D) works
35.Many engineers urged that nuclear energy ________ to peaceful uses. A) will be put B) would be put C) is put D) be put
36.Half the guards ________ the escaped prisoners, but they got away free. A) went against B) went after C) tracked down D) traced back
37.Only after they had finished watching the football game _____________ to prepare for the math examination. A) they began B) they had begun C) had they begun D) did they begin
38.The dictator relied on abuse of his opponents ________ on sound reasoning. A) instead B) no more than C) or rather D) rather than
39.To save money for my education, Mother often took on more work than ________ for her. A) it was good B) what was good C) was good D) being good
40.There has been a great increase in retail sales, ____? A) does there B) isn't there C) hasn't there D) isn't it
41.Such crimes may be so complex that months or years go by before anyone
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_____ them. A) discovered B) will discover
C) would have discovered D) discovers
42.Apart from caring for her children, she has to take on such heavy _______ housework as carrying water and firewood. A) time-consumed B) timely-consumed C) time-consuming D) timely-consuming
43.The Car Club couldn't _______ to meet the demands of all its members. A) assume B) ensure C) guarantee D) confirm
44.When I caught him _______ I stopped buying things there and started dealing with another shop. A) cheating B) cheat C) to cheat D) to be cheating
45.______ he works hard, I don't mind when he finishes the experiment. A) As soon as B) As well as C) So far as D) So long as
46.After a few rounds of talks, both sides regarded the territory dispute _______.
A) being settled B) to be settled C) had settled D) as settled
47.Not until 1868 ______ made the capital of the state of Georgia. A) Atlanta was B) was Atlanta
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C) when Atlanta was D) when was Atlanta
48.Finding it difficult to ______ to the climate there, he decided to move to the north. A) fit B) adopt C) suit D) adapt
49.It's ____ my power to make final decision on the matter. A) outside B) beyond C) out of D) above
50.Our classroom is ____ in the building. A) bigger than any other one B) bigger than every one C) the biggest of all the others D) the biggest than others
51.It is necessary that the plan ____ before Thursday. A) were fulfilled B) was fulfilled C) be fulfilled D) would be fulfilled
52.The long wait at airport security was tough to the five-year-old boy. To keep him from ______, his mother decided to distract him with a civics lesson.
A) making a disturbance B) making a mistake
C) making friends with strangers D) making himself busy
53.To my knowledge, the personnel in the company work on the eight-hour system. They start work at 8 a.m., and ______ at 5 p.m. with an hour's lunch break.
A) knock out B) knock down C) knock off
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D) knock at
54.I expect a ______ paycheck when I get through with translating this book. A) rich B) handsome C) beautiful D) heavy
55.They make a big _____ from selling waste material to textile factories. A) interest B) fortune C) profit D) sum
56.He felt that he ___ for the coldness that had grown between them. A) blamed B) was blamed of C) was to blame D) was to be blamed
57.________ I wanted to find out first was how long it would take to complete the bridge. A) That B) Those C) What D) Which
58.His eyes then (# shifted #) to a small table that stood in the corner of the room. A) traveled B) sought C) searched D) moved
59.When ______, the power station will have nine 70,000kw generators. A) is completed B) completed C) being completed D) having completed
60.The pressure of too much homework has led to an evident ______ in
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interest in sports among the students. A) absence B) shortage C) minimum D) decline
Part IV Cloze
Directions: There are a number of blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). 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.
Man cannot go on (* 61 *) his numbers at the present rate. In the (* 62 *) 30 years man will face a period of crisis. (* 63 *) experts believe that there will be a widespread food (* 64 *). Other experts think this is (* 65 *) pessimistic, and that man can prevent things (* 66 *) worse than they are now. But (* 67 *) that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now.
One thing that man can do is to limit (* 68 *) of babies born. The need (* 69 *) this is obvious, but it is (* 70 *) to achieve. People have to (* 71 *) to limit their families. In the countries of the population (* 72 *), many people like big families. The parents think that this (* 73 *) a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look (* 74 *) them in old age.
Several governments have (* 75 *) birth control policies in recent years. (* 76 *) them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some (* 77 *) the results have not been (* 78 *). Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People (* 79 *) to limit their families. The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per year to about 17.0 per year (* 80 *).
61. A) increasing B) to increase C) and increase D) with increasing
62. A) second B) recent C) next D) late
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