Section A

　　Directions: In this section, there are ten sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four 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. A two-year sting operation last week yielded charges of 58 American Airlines baggage handlers and food contract workers, as well as three law enforcement officials.

　　A. gave rise to    B. appealed to  C. gave up   D. fulfilled in

　　12. Finances can consist of a combination of stocks, bonds, and properties.

　　A. Achievements  B. Assets      C. Donations    D. Requests

　　13. As soon as the board of elections promulgates the list of candidates, a ballot is prepared.

　　A. informally discuss    B. quickly contacts

　　C. officially declared         D. critically reviews

　　14. More and more attention is being given to conservation of wild life in allocated game reserves.

　　A. observation     B. distribution  C. protection  D. investigation

　　15. The mail was delayed for a week because of the flood.

　　A. held in            B. held up       C. held off     D. held down

　　16. A successful businessman must be aggressive.

　　A. assertive     B. depressed    C. unstable  D. insecure

　　17. In case of intense fear, our intuitive response is very often to cry or scream.

　　A. simultaneous   B. spontaneous  C. systematic   D. sacred

　　18. The merit of a sales tax is that it decreases government reliance on income taxes.

　　A. outcome         B. supply        C. virtue  D. balance

　　19. A legal combination of the United States Airways, Inc., and the International Airlines Company was approved at a joint board of directors meeting.

　　A. reconstruction   B. strike        C. merger      D. memorandum

　　20. The ruthless teacher put Bill down for the blunder he made in his oral presentation.

　　A. asked him to sit down             B. dismissed him from the class

　　C. made him feel humble             D. recorded his mistak

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this section, there are ten incomplete sentences. 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 with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　21. My travelling _______ objected to me smoking.

　　A. colleagues  B. associates C. companions  D. friends

　　22. Some people believe that since oil is scarce, the ______ of the motor industry is uncertain.

　　A. terminal        B. benefit      C. fate    D. estimate

　　23. To speed up the _____ of letters, the Post Office introduced the automatic sorting.

　　A. treatment       B. delivery  C. transmission     D. departure

　　24. The defense lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the ____of the murder committed last month.

　　A.  observer       B. witnesses         C. audiences     D. viewers

　　25. _________ the proportion of people of working age will decline.

　　A. Officially       B. Endlessly     C. Eventually    D. Totally

　　26. This hook for railroad cars was the ______ of a tremendous amount of scientific work.

　　A. output B. outlet         C. outset    D. outcome

　　27. Our boss is _______an important customer now and he will be back this afternoon.

　　A. calling on       B. calling in         C. calling up    D. calling for

　　28. In our country, there are still thousands of caves which are ______ to travelers.

　　A. impressive      B. impossible        C. inaccessible   D. inactive

　　29. A considerable amount of time and money has been invested in ______this latest  video recorder。

　　A. effecting  B. affecting C. injecting       D. perfecting

　　30. The discovery of oil in the 1980s has ______ that nation.

　　A. enhanced         B. enlarged        C. enriched       D. elevated

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