Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (25 Points)
This section consists of three parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.
Part 1 Vocabulary Selection
In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are four words or phrases respectively marked by letters A, B, C,
D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only one right answer. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
1. In Hong Kong, doctors reported that, for unclear reasons, 12 recovered SARS patients had _____ weeks after they had been discharged —— spurring fears that people might be infectious even after they'd left isolation.
A. recovered
B. relapsed
C. reexamined
D. re-diagnosed
2. Current demographic trends, such as the fall in the birth rate, should favor _____ economic growth in the long run.
A. slow
B. quickened
C. speeded
D. accelerated
3. All students have free _____ to the library.
A. passageway
B. entrance
C. permission
D. access
4. Columbus had accomplished one of the most amazing and courageous _____ in history.
A. performance
B. feats
C. events
D. acts
5. According to the weather forecast, which is usually _____, it will snow this afternoon.
A. exact
B. precise
C. perfect
D. accurate
6. The janitor's long service with the company was _____ a present.
A. confirmed by
B. recorded with
C. appreciated by
D. acknowledged with
7. What they never take into account is the frazzled woman who is leading a _____ life —— trying to be a good mother while having to pretend at work that she doesn't have kids at all.
A. double
B. hard
C. two-way
D. miserable
8. Until the final votes are cast, though, assurances _____ for nothing.
A. count
B. meant
C. give
D. account
9. Some philosophers insist that one way to _____ knowledge is through an empirical approach.
A. disseminate
B. classify
C. test
D. acquire
10. If you think her experience is _____, we will employ her.
A. sustainable
B. adequate
C. strong
D. positive
11. The trouble is that not many students really know how to make use of their time to its best _____.
A. benefit
B. advantage
C. value
D. profit
12. Readers _____ happy endings may find the unvarnished view of modern motherhood a bit unsettling.
A. fond
B. preferred
C. adapted to
D. accustomed to
13. The explorer told the boys about his _____ in the African forests.
A. stories
B. voyage
C. adventures
D. trips
14. We were working _____ time to get everything ready for the exhibition.
A. against
B. in
C. on
D. ahead
15. He drove fast and arrived an hour _____ schedule.
A. in advance
B. before
C. by
D. ahead of
16. If you hear the fire _____, leave the building quickly.
A. warning
B. alarm
C. signal
D. bell
17. The troops have been on the _____ for a possible enemy attack.
A. alarm
B. alert
C. warning
D. notice
18. Although his people did not _____ his efforts, he kept trying.
A. agree with
B. apply to
C. approve of
D. consent with
19. Picasso's _____ ability was apparent in his early youth when he started drawing sketches.
A. writing
B. artistic
C. reasoning
D. literary
20. We hope that the measures to control prices, _____ taken by the government, will succeed.
A. when
B. since
C. after
D. as