Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
41. Language has always been—as the phrase goes—the mirror to society. English is no ________.
A) explanation
B) excuse
C) exception
D) expectation(D)
42. An investigation was made into the accident, ________ fifty people were killed.
A) for that
B) where
C) when
D) in which(A)
43. Some confusion has ________ about who can join the association.
A) arisen
B) lifted
C) raised
D) retained(D)
44. It was unwise of him to ________ the unreliable data in his speech.
A) add to
B) refer to
C) keep to
D) point to(A)
45. The money will be used to keep a space vehicle on the moon busy ________ back to the earth photographs and other information about the surface of the moon.
A) to send
B) being sent
C) to be sent
D) sending(B)
46. The ceremony was not for the ________ of the dead, but for the comfort of the living.
A) purpose
B) sake
C) respect
D) impression(C)
47. Even if I had known her address, I ________ time to write to her.
A) can not have had
B) will not have had
C) must not have had
D) might not have had(C)
48. It suddenly occurred to Anne that money couldn’t ________ all that Bob had suffered in the past five years.
A) make up for
B) make out
C) live up to
D) live through(C)
49. I think the Red Team will win the final game; it’s ________ that they will.
A) almost surely
B) rather possibly
C) very likely
D) quite certainly(B)
50. Television was not invented by any one person. ________ into being overnight.
A) Nor has it sprung
B) Nor does it spring
C) Nor did it spring
D) Nor can it spring(A)