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1. On the third day of the shipwreck they gave up all hope of finding any ____ .

A) deserters B) survivors C) conclusions D) suppliers E) discrepancies

2. Since the firm has been found negligent by the court, his claim for ____ for the accident hasn’t been accepted.

A) compensation B) reduction

C) employment

D) relevance E) cooperation

3. As he has adamantly withstood all kinds of political pressure on this issue for so long, it is unlikely that he would ____ at this stage. A) reinforce

B) relent C) pursue D) compete E) dispose

4. The British entry into the European Community has ____ a new line of policy. A) negotiated

B) confined C) resented D) constituted E) refunded

5. The argument he has put forward is hardly ____ with the information we have so far received on the case.

A) reflective B) representative C) arbitrary D) resistant E) compatible

6. I don’t approve of the methods he is using, but his ____ aim, as regards the project, is admirable. A) conclusive B) ultimate C) controversial D) convenient E) deplorable

7. I have looked through the report, but I must admit, only ____ .

A) carefully B) thoroughly C) superficially D) seriously E) experimentally

8. The allocation made by the budget committee can be used ____ to finance work on child health. A) plainly B) excessively C) extremely D) remarkably E) solely

9. In an effort to ____ the rate of inflation many banks have raised their interest rates. A) run out of

B) watch out C) stand by D) put out E) keep up with

10. As my secretary will be away for a couple of days, would you be kind enough to ____ my correspondence? A) play back B) bring off C) take care of D) return to E) turn off

11. Plenty of evidence has come to light to prove that he has been involved ____ smuggling. A) through B) at C) by D) in E) over

12. The high rate of inflation obviously puts a great strain ____ the majority of working families. A) on B) in C) beyond D) through E) by

13. Many of the critics clearly regarded several of the paintings on ____ as of poor quality.

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C) occasion D) approval E) account

14. The report issued by the National Health Council draws attention to the hazards of ____ to X rays. A) resistance B) involvement C) confinement D) exposure E) implication

15. He’s clever, he seems to know by instinct where someone is ____ and strikes there. A) conceited

B) sufficient C) vulnerable D) informative E) critical

16. It was decided at the board meeting that more funds should be allocated to getting the firm’s products ____ more widely.

A) publicized B) priced C) curtailed D) expanded E) confirmed

17. There’s nothing very brilliant about the report, but he has ____ collected all the data needed. A) infectiously B) recklessly C) considerably D) restrictively E) conscientiously

18. What really surprised everybody was that he saved the company from bankruptcy quite ____ . A) extremely B) relatively C) dependently D) single-handedly E) responsively

19. Before I send this article to the editor, I’d be grateful if you could ____ it for me. A) watch out

B) look up C) break through D) take over E) go through

20. I had my doubts about her when I took her on, but now I’m pleased to say that she has ____ to be a talented executive. A) taken up

B) run over C) turned out D) made out E) carried on

21. Among the problems facing bridge engineers, the most serious ones are those of ____ and repair. A) improvement B) reassessment C) determination D) distinction E) maintenance

22. The two major political parties in Britain have currently ____ to extreme and radically different approaches to the solution of Britain’s economic problem.

A) referred B) obsessed C) committed D) implied E) meant

23. It now appears that while US leaders are still willing for the nation to exert itself abroad and give large amounts of foreign assistance, the American public is ____ to go along with these policies.

A) spontaneous B) precarious C) competitive D) reluctant E) deliberate

24. It is ____ surprising that the art of ancient America remains the most mysterious and the least accessible.

A) urgently B) notably C) indifferently D) elaborately E) hardly

25. Bartok was influenced as much by the

musical innovations of Debuasy and

Starvinsky as by East European, ____

Hungarian, folk music. A) exceedingly

B) notably C) appropriately D) vehemently E) adequately

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26. Due to the industrialisation and

colonisation, the nineteenth century ____ the greatest expansion of wealth the world had ever known. A) brought about B) put off C) held up D) gave in E) set off

27. The two archaeologists have tried hard to read the inscription in old Latin, but I do not think they have ____ what it really means. A) got away with

B) written off C) taken after D) made out E) brought up

28. The children of today are healthier and better ____ than those of the past, and far fewer of them die in infancy.

A) disposed of B) fed up C) rounded up D) looked into E) cared for

30. The rise in energy ____ has led to a reduction of fossil fuels that the world must use. A) redundancy B) efficiency C) consumption D) suitability E) conformity

31. We must find some way to give them fairly complete and realistic picture of the situation, but without ____ them too much. A) depressing

B) intimidating C) restricting D) complementing E) embittering

32. Any child left to its own devices for too long is likely to ____ on some dangerous enterprise. A) assert B) entice C) embark D) reproach E) reduce

33. One defect seems inherent in a purely classical education – namely, a too ____ emphasis on the past.

A) recurrent B) repressive

C) coherent D) exclusive E) deceptive

34. Industry as a whole was badly affected by

the restrictions, but it was the high

technology sector that suffered most ____ . A) blatantly

B) randomly C) reasonably D) tightly E) acutely

35. Few, if any, of the statements could be ____ substantiated by concrete experimental evidence. A) intentionally B) successively C) restrictedly D) impressively E) conclusively

36. He’s basically a very reliant person so you

can be sure he’ll soon ____ this

disappointment. A) make out B) put through C) get over D) look up E) fall through

37. Whatever the pressures put upon him, I think it is highly unlikely that James would ever ____ anyone.

A) walk away with B) give in to C) make up for D) get away with E) fall through

38. He invariably gets what he wants but

unfortunately this is usually ____ the

expense of others. A) out of B) from C) up to D) at E) through

39. Public attention focuses ____ infant mortality as a prime indicator of changes in a society’s health. A) on B) to C) at D) over E) into

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40. He looked ____ nervously ____ his shoulder hoping that no one was paying him any attention. A) out / of B) up / through C) back / over D) down / from E) in / for

41. As a result of continuing economic recession, a huge _____ in the budget seems inevitable. A) redundancy B) improvement C) profit D) distinction E) deficit

42. The recent economic figures _____ that the country is slowly coming out of the crisis. A) commit

B) imply C) incur D) evolve E) invoke

43. When the rate of exchange began to rise again, he felt _____ to call a meeting of the financial staff. A) obliged B) blamed C) consumed D) omitted E) rewarded

As far as we are concerned, the evidence put before the court was not _____ enough to convict the man.

A) subsequent B) conclusive C) adamant D) earnest E) consecutive

44. He devised an _____ scheme whereby the rate of unemployment in the country could be brought down sharply.

A) irrelevant B) unstable C) ingenious D) untamed E) illegible

45. I was greatly impressed by the way the judge conducted the trial, _____ when it came to summing up the case.

A) particularly B) completely C) sufficiently

D) effectively E) respectively

46. As soon as the leak in the boiler was noticed, one of the engineers was naturally _____ . A) taken after B) run down C) made out D) sent for E) turned up

47. At the board meeting, his suggestion was _____ as it seemed politically controversial. A) put out

B) taken out C) held in D) burst into E) cast aside

48. The ____ was not a happy one at the time, but looking back on it I suppose I’m glad it occurred. A) improvement B) regression C) encounter D) intention E) compromise

49. Locke, Hobbes and Rousseau were concerned in their writings with the question of a proper ____ between the public good and the right of individuals to exercise free will. A) balance

B) demonstration C) responsibility D) interest E) solidarity

50. Questions of race, ethnicity, and religion have been a ____ source of conflict in American education. A) previous B) perennial C) vulnerable D) naughty E) casual

51. The United States has long prided itself on being a melting pot of culturally ____

peoples. A) diverse B) redundant C) incoherent D) entire E) substantial

52. The contemporary world economy differs ____ from what the traditional economic theorists of the 1930s envisaged.

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53. In recent years ____ complex and persistent problems in economic and social fields have led people to wonder why once comfortable answers no longer seem adequate to today’s questions. A) generously

B) inadvertently C) increasingly D) ingeniously E) leisurely

55. Since the 1950s modern dance in Europe and America has ____ a vigorous process of creativity. A) cast B) explored C) constituted D) relaxed E) followed

56. The assassination by terrorists of Signor Aldo Moro, five times Prime Minister of Italy, in May 1978 was ____ by everyone as an act of barbarism. A) applauded B) appealed C) reiterated D) condemned E) restrained

57. If we are serious about suppressing terrorism we shall have to ____ stronger measures than those currently in practice. A) require

B) revise C) adopt D) abduct E) suspend

58. When an unknown but gifted artist is finally recognised, his paintings can become valuable ____ in the future.

A) rates B) accounts C) sales D) interests E) assets

59. It is ____ ten years since AIDS caught the world’s attention. A) formidably B) generously C) pertinently D) roughly E) inevitably

60. The new ceramics, which have little in common with the chinaware we use in our kitchens everyday, are being used ____ in engines and electronics.

A) depressingly B) seemingly C) increasingly D) discouragingly E) obligingly

61. I am horrified at the turn things have taken and am convinced that he is ____ of much better treatment than that which he is receiving. A) rebutting B) deserving C) defending D) safeguarding E) indulging

62. Progress in materials research is ____ to overcoming such problems as the finiteness

of the world’s resources and possible

shortages of strategic materials. A) crucial

B) inexpensive C) adamant D) subversive E) subsequent

63. Despite the gusty wind they were able to put out the fire before it ____ .

A) fell off

B) was taken into account C) was held out

D) got out of hand E) broke up

64. I don’t know how we are going to ____ the expected surge of immigrants into the country. A) run through B) cope with C) put out D) take down E) look over

65. Asthma is a common ____ in which the airways lining the lung become inflamed. A) diagnosis

B) disease C) fury D) patient E) recovery

66. From the report released today it appears that oil tankers suffer their major ____ on their return journeys.

A) spills B) costs

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D) drills E) crews

67. People curious to get some idea of what it is like to be black in a country ____ by whites need look no further than Dennis Williams’s new novel Crossover.

A) tempted B) undermined C) perpetrated D) run E) deemed

68. It is plain that the United Nations will not lift the sanctions unless the Iraqi government

fully ____ with the Security Council

resolutions. A) matches B) elaborates C) complies D) resumes E) accomplishes

69. When the chairman tried to explain his views to the shareholders at the ____ general meeting, he was shouted down by them with cries of “Resign!”. A) annual B) minimal C) essential D) ultimate E) recurrent

70. Because of their high toxic contents, none of these chemicals can ____ be permitted for export to any country.

A) fruitfully B) adequately C) presently D) notoriously E) equivocally

71. I don’t know how we are going to ____ the expected surge of immigrants into the country. A) look over B) run through C) put out D) take down E) cope with

72. The Jewish immigrants, who ____ the boat in England, formed the bulk of the ethnic groups arriving in a country historically wary of foreigners. A) took after B) got off C) turned up D) made up E) showed off

73.. The Carnegie Endowment for

International Peace seeks an individual to launch a research project on the information revolution and its ____ on international affairs. A) impact B) involvement C) reference D) linkage E) comparison

74. Unlike Europe’s stone castles and

cathedrals, America’s historical buildings are often wood-framed and so subject to ____ from moisture and insects.

A) rebuke B) deficiency C) damage D) obsession E) frustration

75.. Physically speaking, the Pacific Basin

includes not only all those countries

bordering on the Pacific coast but also the Pacific island nations ____ across the ocean. A) adopted

B) based C) grafted D) scattered E) expanded

76. Nearly half of the world’s countries have ____ capital punishment in law or in practice, and some two dozen of them have done so formally since 1985. A) accused B) abolished C) executed D) entailed E) frustrated

77. Since most of the world’s commercial apples lack genetic diversity, they are unable to ____ a disease or a pest. A) put away B) hold up C) fight off D) get off E) break out

78. The atmosphere ____ the earth as if it were a huge roof.

A) breaks up B) makes for C) hangs over D) puts off E) runs over

79. The objective of this project is to increase the depth of awareness and understanding in

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the world, about the causes and

consequences of the HIV epidemic through ____ policies and programmes.

A) innovative B) decadent C) meagre D) ambiguous E) poignant

80. Launched as the new regulatory authority for the countries banking and insurance

sector, the National Financial Services

Management will extend its activities so as ____ to cover more than 40% of the national economy. A) exceptionally B) ultimately C) inherently D) fluently E) apparently

81. They claim that their aim is to establish long term cooperation ____ their customers, ____ a basis of partnership and mutual trust. A) for / over B) with / on C) by / through D) from / in E) among / for

82. In their discussions concerning the proposed defence strategies, NATO diplomats found they could not agree ____ what the alliance was ____ , what weapons it would threaten to use and in what circumstances. A) on / for

B) about / into C) with / over D) by / about before / through

83. She is the oldest person in the village, to be precise, 92 years old and has a ____ word of advice for everyone.

A) fanciful B) faithful C) credible D) futile E) kindly

84. Our challenge is to ____ our clients with

the best possible advice and support,

enabling them to take the right direction at both strategic and operational levels.

A) expand B) consult C) improve D) provide E) respect

85. It is a book rich in ideas and beauty, a book that ____ and tries to answer great fundamental questions and demands the most active reading one is capable of.

A) raises B) attains C) casts D) alludes E) accomplishes

86. Before the meeting begins, it would be advisable to remind him that he is not on any account to ____ the subject of unemployment insurance. A) look through B) bring up C) take back D) break out E) make out

87.The 1990s have been a general ____ in aid to poor countries, largely because of fiscal pressures in many rich countries.

A) consumption B) decline C) contingency D) conviction E) expenditure

88. The whole business of having meals at fixed ____ is nothing but a social convention and, in modern life, a matter of convenience. A) approaches B) substances C) intervals D) requirements E) proportions

89. Space research is largely a branch of pure science, independent of any applications which ____ from it.

A) enforce B) insure C) reduce D) restore E) stem

90. The current social security system is ____ popular, partly because its universal and partly because retirement benefits are related to contributions, so most people think the system is fair. A) extremely B) likely C) eventually D) indispensably E) favourably

91. The river Danube rises in Germany and ____ through central Europe and into the Black Sea.

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92. Anti-lock brakes (ABS) help you to maintain steering control of your car even while braking on ____ roads.

A) lonesome B) fast C) reckless D) slippery E) stagnant

93. ____ populated, rural Northumberland is one of the most unspoiled countries in England. A) Sparsely B) Nearly C) Primarily D) Suitably E) Efficiently

84. Today a very wide spectrum of biological scientists are needed, both to develop the biotechnology of the next millennium and to ensure the ____ of life in our planet. A) explanation

B) process C) exhaustion D) duration E) conservation

95. A hundred years ago the chestnut ____ a quarter of the hardwood trees in America. A) turned down

B) got through C) made up D) made out E) put down

96. Evidence of racial bias in sentencing helped to convince certain states in America to ____ capital punishment in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A) keep down B) rule against C) put out D) point out E) break through

97. Natural disasters have been defined as ecological disruptions exceeding the

adjustment capacity of a community and ____ outside assistance. A) stepping up B) putting up with C) look after D) calling for E) dealing with

98. It is hard for a tiger, especially an inexperienced one, to ____ how to attack an animal that is facing it.

A) figure out B) keep away C) rule out D) fall back E) run over

99. If you want that post you'd better apply quickly; the last day for ____ applications is Friday. A) reversing B) withholding C) enforcing D) submitting E) committing

100. In this paper I should like to report some of the results of an ____ study of two hundred London families.

A) extreme B) intrinsic C) intensive D) emphatic E) apparent

101. Recent studies have shown that smokers are more ____ to common colds and flu than non-smokers. A) feasible B) susceptible C) applicable D) reliable E) responsible

102. For the present, the party is expected to put its differences aside and campaign ____ for a victory at the forthcoming elections. A) vigorously

B) awkwardly C) precisely D) distinctly E) reluctantly

103. Industry has developed rapidly in certain countries as raw materials are ____ available there. A) repeatedly B) scarcely C) consequently D) abundantly E) indefinitely

104. I wasn't at all impressed by the ____ he gave me.

A) distribution B) explanation C) determination

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E) negotiation

105. The problem of how to ____ the vast quantities of waste we produce, requires our urgent attention. A) bring up B) win over C) find out D) put off E) deal with

106. Once the children have grown up I shall start travelling again, and I'm really ____ that.

A) passing on to B) waiting up for C) looking forward to D) making up for E) going along with

107. Infectious diseases are those which are caused ____ an invasion of the body ____ organisms from outside.

A) through / with B) by / by C) over / through D) in / without E) upon / within

108. I did manage to keep my temper but I couldn't refrain ____ pointing ____ that what he had done was wrong.

A) in / at B) at / to C) by / away D) for / off E) from / out

109. I'm afraid I can't ____ the signature on this painting but it has been signed.

A) make out B) take out C) find out D) turn back E) put down

110. The top research universities in the U.S.A. are ____ the fact that women researchers are encountering substantial barriers to career advancement.

A) waiting for B) pulling out of C) facing up to D) trying out E) turning up

111. His doctor ____ advising him to take it easy for a while and stop all overtime but he didn't listen. A) made up B) kept on C) ran through D) left out E) played down

112. Our understanding of the development of behaviour has long been hampered by the tendency to ____ sharply between "innate" and "acquired" behaviour.

A) exclude B) separate C) distinguish D) infer E) assess

113. The government has recently made one million dollars ____ for research grants concerning the prediction of earthquakes. A) conditional

B) available C) suitable D) considerable E) vulnerable

114. The ozone layer may still act like a protective blanket, but scientists continue to worry about the sun's ____ lethal effects. A) potentially B) equivalently C) indifferently D) approximately E) abruptly .

115. Owing to the shortages in some building materials and labour ____ in some trades, the building industry began to make more use of prefabricated. A) components B) immunity C) reliably D) cavity E) scarcity

116. If the ____ of profits falls in one area of

activity, entrepreneurs may move their

resources to an industry where the returns are higher. A) phase B) liability C) level D) supply E) policy

117. In many countries training for industry has always been considered to be ____ the concern of industry itself, not of the state.

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118. A basic ____ of amphibious warfare is undoubtedly command of the sea.

A) withdrawal B) involvement C) determination D) concession E) requirement

119. Even quite late in the twentieth century many men assumed that entry into certain professions was their ____ right.

A) independent B) exclusive C) adequate D) excessive E) unaccountable

120. Bacteria have remarkable capacity for ____ tolerance to previously lethal drugs. A) acquiring

B) denouncing C) deceiving D) repudiating E) recovering

121. Because critical periods occur

throughout pregnancy, a woman should continuously ____ her health.

A) keep in with B) put up with C) find out

D) take good care of E) look up to

122. In the early twentieth century, a number of scientists, who had been trained as physicists, were interested in the study of biological organisms, and their efforts ____ the field we now call molecular biology. A) took leave of

B) made up for C) gave rise to D) showed up E) fell apart

123. In the introduction to this book, the writer ____ a foreign policy that makes world peace the top priority.

A) calls for B) holds out C) keeps up D) puts on E) brings about

124. ____ the past few decades South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong have achieved the fastest rates ____ economic growth the world has ever seen.

A) Within / at B) During / of C) In / over D) After / in E) Over / about

125. Now that formal --- has been given by the government, the project team can be recruited. A) reference B) apprehension C) approval D) expression E) determination

126. Certain new findings suggest that young calves may be more --- than

older cows to bovine spongiform

encephalopathy (BSE). A) reluctant B) hazardous C) intimate D) susceptible E) relative

127. Champions of the green movement

regard the internal combustion

machine as one of the biggest --- in history. A) disasters B) rejections C) admissions D) denials E) illusions

128. The distinction between a language and a dialect is a --- difficult one.

A) precisely B) notoriously C) compulsively D) suitably E) flexibly

129. Japan is often --- as an example of a country that has managed to keep its national defence orientated industries entirely separate from foreign-owned companies.

A) deduced B) delayed C) deceived D) withdrawn

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130. The general feeling in the court was that several of the witnesses were --- information that could have a direct bearing upon the case.

A) expressing B) withholding C) avoiding D) disrupting E) declining

131. The population of the underdeveloped countries is growing so fast that the agricultural activities there are unable to --- the progressively rising demand for food.

A) keep up with C) look out for B) make sure of D) bring up E) sort out

132. Among the Maori of New Zealand, each community has developed its own way of --- crimes and has chosen a number of different punishments to match them. A) holding up B) coming along C) dealing with D) paying for E) taking over

133. Acid rain only became a ---

environmental issue in the 1980s following groundbreaking studies in the 1970s. A) previous B) deceitful C) reckless D) destructive E) prominent

134. Using the dam to generate power would

not --- the treaty with the

neighbouring country, but diverting water out of the river would.

A) intimidate B) betray C) violate D) convert E) fetch

135. The --- that terrorists use to move money from regions that finance them to their target country are often

identical to those used by criminal gangs. A) regulations B) methods C) provisions D) laws E) admissions

136. In the wake of yet another financial scandal, the chief accountant handed in his --- to the director.

A) retirement B) redundancy C) promotion D) resignation E) vacancy

137. The American constitution with its various constraints --- to protect citizens, can actually shield criminals. A) discovered

B) complained C) persuaded D) designed E) displayed

138. The foreman has a way of making most people do what he wants, but somehow I don't think he'll manage to --- the new director! A) get around B) make up for C) turn over D) keep up with E) rule out

139. The man who created the first

computer virus has been sentenced to 20 months in an American federal prison, and it is generally agreed that he has been --- very lightly.

A) shown up B) let off C) taken down D) given up E) brought in

140. As the new field-worker will be working in close ________________ with several others, make sure you select someone with an agreeable personality. a) uniformity b) suspicion c) collaboration d) discretion e) productivity

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141. Sponsorship is being increasingly allowed in schools provided it is regarded as being ________________ with educational curricula. a) considerate b) predictable c) decisive d) compatible e) provocative 142. The discovery of a ________________ cancer-causing chemical in foods like crisps, 142. chips and cereals caused shock waves around the world when it hit the headlines earlier this year.

a) potentially b) remarkably c) controversially d) memorably e) concisely

143. Each year, large amounts of carbon monoxide are ________________ into the atmosphere by automobiles and factories. a) absorbed

b) emitted c) exchanged d) repulsed e) compelled

144. The first two paragraphs ________________ the particular

requirements of the digital environment as the source of data and as a means of producing maps and other visualisations. a) lay emphasis on

b) run out of c) break through d) stop short of e) look down on