PART III? CLOSE [15 MIN]

Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

Until I took Dr Offutt’s class in DeMatha High school , I was an underachieving student,but I left that class? (31)_______never to underachieve again.He not only? Taught me to think,he convinced me,(32)________by example as Words that it was my moral (33)_______to do so and to serve others. (34)_____of us could know how our relationship would (35)_______over the years .When I came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr Offutt,the department chair.My discussion with him were like graduate seminars in adolescent (36)______,classroom management and school leadership.???????

After several years, I was (37)_______department chair, and our relationship(38)________again. I thought that it might be (39)______chairing the department, since all of? my (40)______English teachers were? (41)_______there, but Dr Offutt supported me (42)_______.He knew when to give me advice? (43)_______curriculum, texts and personnel,and when to? let me (44)______my own course.? In 1997, I needed his (45)______about leaving DeMatha? to become principal at another school.(46)_______he had asked? me to stay at DeMatha,I might have .(47)_______, he encouraged? me to seize the opportunity.

Five years ago, I became the principal of DeMatha.(48)________, Dr Offutt was there for me,letting me know that I could (49)_______ him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible (50)________of lessons to teach.?

31. ne? d??? ined?? d

32. A. as much???? B. much as??? C. as suc????? D. such as

33.A. work?? B. job???? C. duty???? tion

34.A. Both??? B. Neither??? C. Either?? D. Each

35. A. evolve??? B. stay??? C. remain?? D. turn

s ure? pment? nt

d

38.A. moved B. altered?? C. went?? D. shifted

d?? ral????

40.A. older?? enced D. /

41. A.? /?? y

42. h?? hout?? the beginning?? the way

43.

44. be??

n?? t?? sion??

46.A.Even if? ?B.Although?? C.If D.When

47.A.Naturally?? B.Instead?? uently?? D.Still

48.A.Once again?? B.Repeatedly?? C.Unusally?? D.Unexpectedly

in?? down?? out?? on

PART IV??? GRAMMER &VOCABULARY [15MIN]

There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentences.

51. There are as good fish in the sea _____ever came out of it .

52.All the President’s Men ______one of the important books for historians who study the Watergate Scandal.

s

ed?

remaining

53.’You ______ borrow my notes provided you take care of them,’ I told my friend.

54.If only the patient ______a different treatment instead of using the antibiotics, he might still be alive now.

received

ed?

receive?

receiving

55.Linda was _____te experiment a month ago,but she changed her mind at the last minute.

A.? to start?

have started

be starting

have been starting

56.She _____fifty or so when I first met her at the conference.

be?

been?

be?

have been

57.It is not ______much the language as the background that makes the book difficult to understand.

58.The comminttee has anticipated the problems that ________in the road construction project.

arise?

arisen

59.The student said there were a few points in the essay he _______impossible to comprehend.

found?

found?

find

60.He would have finished his college education,but he _______to quit and find a job to support his family.

had?

have

61.The research requires more money than ________.

been put in?

been put in?

put in?

be put in

62.Overpopulation poses a terrible threat to the human race.Yet it is probably ________a threat to the human race than enviromental destruction.

more?

more?

more?

more

63.It is not uncommon for there _______problems of communication between the old and the young.

be?

be

64.________at in his way,the situation does not seem so desperate.

A.Looking?

C.Being looked?

look

65.It is absolutely essential that William________his study in spite of some learning difficulties.

continue

ued?

ue?

ues

66.The painting he bought at the street market the other day was a_______forgery.

-made?

l?

67.She’s always been kind to me –I can’t just turn ______on her now that she needs my help.

back?

head

eye???

er

68.The bar in the club is for the ______use of its members.

ive?

ive?

ive?

hensive

69.The tutition fees are ______to students coming from low-income families.

chable

e?

ble?

able

70.The medical experts warned the authorities of the danger of diseases in the _______of the earthquake.

uence

ath?

s?

71.This sort of rude behaviour in public hardly ______a person in your position.

s?

C. supports?????

es

72.I must leave now._______,if you want that book I’ll bring it next time.

A.Accidentally

B.Incidentally?

C.Eventually?

D.Naturally

73.After a long delay,she ______replying to my e-mail.

away with

back at?

back?

round to

74.Personal computers are no longer something beyond the ordinary people;they are________ available these days.

ly?

tly?

y?

y

75.In my first year at the university I learnt the _______of journalism.

tary?

ts

76.According to the new tax law,any money earned over that level is taxed at the ______of 59 percent

tage?

tion?

77.Thousands of _______at the stadium came to their feet to pay tribute to an outstanding performance.

ce?

ipants?

tors?

ers

78.We stood still ,gazing out over the limitless ______of the dessert.

e???

h?

79.Doctor often ______uneasiness in the people they deal with.

ugh

80.Mary sat at the table, looked at the plate and ______her lips.

d?

ted