Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 3.0. incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41. You would be ________ a risk to let your child go to school by himself.
A) omitting
B) attaching
C) affording
D) running(D)
42. He is always here; it’s ________ you’ve never met him.
A) unique
B) strange
C) rare
D) peculiar(B)
43. There has been a great increase in retail sales, ________?
A) does there
B) isn’t there
C) hasn’t there
D) isn’t it(C)
44. We’d like to ________ a table for five for dinner this evening.
A) preserve
B) retain
C) reserve
D) sustain(B)
45. Although a teenager, Fred could resist ________ what to do and what not to do.
A) being told
B) telling
C) to be told
D) to tell(A)
46. The European Union countries were once worried that they would not have ________ supplies of petroleum.
A) proficient
B) efficient
C) potential
D) sufficient(D)
47. In fact, Peter would rather have left for San Francisco than ________ in New York.
A) to stay
B) stayed
C) staying
D) having stayed(B)
48. He soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable ________.
A) ability
B) future
C) possibility
D) opportunity(A)
49. Britain ahs the highest ________ of road traffic in the world—over 60 cars for every mile of road.
A) popularity
B) density
C) intensity
D) prosperity(B)
50. How is it ________ your roommate’s request and yours are identical?
A) if
B) so
C) what
D) that(D)