Part III             Vocabulary and Structure        (20 minutes)
41. Tom  _______better than to ask Dick for help.
     A) shall know                              B) shouldn't know
     C) has known                               D) should have known
42. The magician picked several persons  _______  from the audience and asked them to help
     him with the performance.
     A) by accident         B) at random       C) on occasion     D) on average
43. Water enters into a great variety of chemical reactions,  _______  have been mentioned in
     previous pages.
     A) a few of it                            B) a few of that
     C) a few of them                           D) a few of which
44. They’ll have you _______ if you don't pay your taxes.
     A) to be arrested                           B) arrest
      C) arrested                                D) being arrested
45. There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone  _______  me that evening.
      A) had interrupted                         B) would have interrupted
      C) to have interrupted                       D) to interrupt
46. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _______  standards.
      A) equivalent         B) alike            C) uniform        D) likely
 47.   _______  for your help, we' d never have been able to get over the difficulties.
      A) Had it not                              B) If it were not
      C) Had it not been                         D) If we had not been
 48. Some people _______ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.
      A) violently           B) enthusiastically   C) sincerely        D) deliberately
 49. There is no easy solution to Japan's labour _______
      A) decline             B) vacancy          C) rarity          D) shortage
 50. I'm sure your suggestion will _______ the problem.
      A) contribute to solving                    B) be contributed to solve
      C) contribute to solve                      D) be contributed to solving
 51. I left for the office earlier than usual this morning_______  traffic jam.
      A) in line with                             B) for the sake of
       C) in case of                               D) at the risk of
 52. Some areas,  _______  their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated.
       A) due to             B) in spite of       C) but for         D) with regard to
  53. The new washing machines are _______ at the rate of fifty a day.
       A) turned up          B) turned down   C) turned out      D) turned in
  54. On turning the corner, we saw the road _______ steeply.
       A) departing          B) descending       C) decreasing      D) depressing
  55. The managing director took the  _______ for the accident, although it was not really his
fault.
    A) guilt               B) blame            C) charge          D) accusation
56. Once they had fame, fortune, secure futures; _______ is utter poverty.
    A) now that all is left                      B) now all that is left
    C) now all which is left                     D) now all what is left
57. The shop- assistant was straight with his customers. If an article was of  _______  quality
    he'd tell them so.
    A) humble             B) inferior           C) minor           D) awkward
58. His tastes and habits  _______ with those of his wife.
    A) combine           B) compete         C) coincide        D) compromise
59. The branches could hardly  _______the weight of the fruit.
    A) retain              B) sustain           C) maintain        D) remain
60. With all its advantages, the computer is by no means without its _______
    A) boundaries         B) restraints        C) confinements   D) limitations
61. Visitors are asked to _______  with the regulations.
    A) contrast            B) consult          C) comply         D) conflict
62. He  _______ so much work that he couldn't really do it efficiently.
    A) put on             B) turned on        C) brought on     D) took on
63.  _______  should any money be given to a small child.
    A) On no account                            B) From all accounts
    C) Of no account                           D) By all accounts
64. Without facts, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion for we need to have factual knowledge
    _______  our thinking.
    A) which to be based on                    B) which to base upon
    C) upon which to base                      D) to which to be based
65. _______   that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construction sites
    by 90 percent.
    A) So clever are the construction robots
    B) So clever the construction robots are
     C) Such construction robots are clever
    D) Such clever construction robots are
66. All flights _______   because of the storm, they decided to take the train.
     A) having canceled                         B) having been canceled
     C) were canceled                            D) have been canceled
67. The microscope can  _______  the object 100 times in diameter.
     A) magnify           B) increase          C) develop         D) multiply
68. Language belongs to each one of us, to the flower - seller  _______to the professor.
     A) as much as         B) as far as         C) the same as     D) as long as
69. We  _______  Edison's success to his intelligence and hard work.
A) subject            B) attribute        C) owe           D) refer
70. She once again went through her composition carefully to  _______  all spelling mistakes
     from it.
     A) withdraw          B) diminish         C) abandon        D) eliminate