Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)

Directions: There arc 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

41. Trees are a renewable resource that when managed properly can _____ our needs indefinitely.

[A] sustain [B] retain [C] maintain [D] obtain

42. The Prime Minister refused to _____ on the rumor that he had planned to resign.

[A] explain [B] comment [C] remark [D] talk

43. I ______ them that both the issues mentioned by my friend will be considered at the public inquiry.

[A] insure [B] reserve [C] persuade [D] assure

44. It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are to _____ free medical care.

[A] entitled [B] granted [C] presented [D] promised

45. The increase in student numbers ________ many problems for the university.

[A] forces [B]presses [C] provides [D] poses

46. We may have been poor, but we were always ______ dressed.

[A] respectably [B] respectfully [C] politely [D] respectively

47. I am not _____ with beautiful dreams, I want beautiful realities.

[A] conservative [B] confident [C] content [D] generous

48. Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is _____ loud continuous noise.

[A] associated with [B] filled with [C] subjected to [D] attached to

49. People enter the organization from a(n) _____ range of social, economic, and educational backgrounds.

[A] extensive [B] influential [C] diverse [Dl peculiar

50. The agreement is not _____, because one of the people who signed it is not lawfully old enough to do so.

[A] operative [B] effective [C] legal [D] valid

51. After everyone was seated the chairman ______to announce his plans.

[A] progressed [B] promoted [C] proceeded [D] proposed

52. Teacher\'s notes give practical _____ on developing reading skills, together with ideas for implementing play-reading in class.

[A] notions [B] hints [C] perceptions [D] phases

53. His sudden _____ greatly surprised all of us as he was always a very kind man.

[A] unhappiness [B] heartiness [C] harshness [D] uprightness

54. She packed her bags, then called the airport and made a(n) _____ on the last flight out of Los Angeles.

[A] conservation [B] reservation [C] preservation [D]observation

55. If you are a public figure you can\'t afford to be too _____ to criticism.

[A] sensible [B] sensitive [C] rational [D] reasonable

56. His spending on pleasure and luxuries is rather high in _____ to his income.

[A] comparison [B] calculation [C] association [D] proportion

57. I had difficulty in _____ myself from telling her what I thought of her.

[A] restraining [B] retaining [C] reserving [D] restricting

58. The book gives a brief ____ of the course of his research up till now.

[A] outline [B] reference [C] frame [D] outlook

59. Many species of animals have now _____ from the face of the earth.

[A] dissolved [B] vanished [C] faded [D] escaped

60. Within days of being appointed office manager he had ________ on the staff.

[A] compelled [B] imposed [C] opposed [D] compressed

61. Advertising was _____ never used, even in the early 1970s when the use of search by companies was much less widespread.

[A]precisely [B] progressively [C] practically [D] presumably

62. I think you can take a(n) _____ language course to improve your English.

[A] intermediate [B] middle [C] medium [D]mid

63. The chairman of the company said that new techniques had ______ improved their production efficiency.

[A] violently [B] severely [C] radically [D] extremely

64. Which format a participant should choose will depend upon his or her _____ stage, work situation and individual learning style.

[A] employment [B] career [C] vocation [D] profession

65. But there are no convincing reasons for believing that this would have a _____ effect on economic performance.

[A] partial [B] preferable [C] beneficial [D] liable

66. The company has just _____ its plans for the coming year, including the opening of new offices in Paris.

[A] revealed [B] relieved [C]revised [D] reversed

67. The _____ between rich and poor is wider in the South than in the rest of the country.

[A] difference [B] distinction [C] gap [D] variation

68. Any investigation which covers a long ____ of time is bound to encounter certain special problems.

[A] rank [B] span [C] scope [D] scale

69. Nevertheless, the United States maintained its military _____ in some African and Western Asian countries despite international protest. :

[A] attachment [B] involvement [C] interaction [D] communication

70. Bachelor\'s degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries _____ from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement.

[A] altering [B] ranging [C] differing [D] separating