Directions: In this section there are 10 sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

11. Although this book claims to be a biography of George Washington, many of the incidents are imaginary.

A. fascinating B. factitious C. fastidious D. fictitious

12. The trade fair is designed to facilitate further cooperation between Chinese auto industries and overseas auto industries.

A. promote B. protect C. preserve D. prolong

13. He was concerned only with mundane matters, especially the daily stock market quotations.

A. rational B. obscure C. worldly D. eminent

14. The earthquake that occurred in India this year was a major calamity in which a great man was lost.

A. casualty B. catastrophe C. catalogue D. crusade

I5. The doctors were worried because the patient did not recuperate as rapidly as they had expected.

A. withdraw B. emerge C. recover D. uncover

16. The purchaser of this lorry is protected by the manufacturer's warranty that he will replace any defective part for five years or 50.000 miles.

A. prohibition B. insurance C. prophecy D. guarantee

17. The boy could not reconcile himself to the failure. He did not believe that was his lot.

A. submit B. commit C. transmit D. permit

18. In some cities of North China, the noise pollution is as pronounced as that in Tokyo.

A. contemptuous B. contagious C. conspicuous D. contemplated

19. Trivial breaches of regulations we can pass over, but more serious ones will have to be investigated.

A. exceed B. wither C. overpass D. neglect

20. We were discussing the housing problem when a middle-aged man cut in and said, "There's no point in talking about impossibilities."

A. intersect B. interject C. penetrate D. adulterate

Section B

Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentences there are 4 choices marked A. B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentences. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

21. The body apparently resents being dosed with unusual amounts of a vitamin or mineral and its first_______ is to excrete them.

A. reaction B. impulse C. response D. instinct

22. It is true that there are still abundant reserves of metals which have not yet been , but it is necessary to take steps to ensure that alternative materials are substituted whenever possible.

A. utilized B. mobilized C. acquired D. cultivated

23. Researchers that genes may determine the strength of the immune system, which could help explain how an infectious disease could have a hereditary link.

A. speculate B. estimate C. evaluate D. anticipate

24. She had on the dress that I used to admire more than anything else in her possession-a light blue oneprettily with lace.

A. ornamented B. trimmed C. furnished D. decorated

25. In a sense, tennis and Taijiquan are similar in that they both require your full attention, and if done , take your mind off daily problems and preoccupations.

A. successfully B. consecutively

C. conscientiously D. compulsorily

26. Such apartments as she saw were either disgustingly dirty or dear, or both.

A. exceedingly B. substantially

C. unaccountably D. excessively