little ambition.

16.   Despite [A] much research, there are still certain elements in [B] the life cycle of the insect that is [C]not fully understood [D].

17.   In 1921 Einstein won the Nobel Prize, and was honored [A] in Germany until the rise [B] of Nazism then [C] he was driven from [D] Germany because he was a Jew.

18.   The data received [A] from the two spacecrafts [B] whirling around Mars indicate [C] that there is much evidence that huge thunderstorms are occurring [D] about the equator of the planet.

19.   Generally speaking, the bird flying across [A] our path is observed, and the one [B] staying on the tree near at hand [C] is passed by without any notice taking [D] of it.

20.   Mercury’s velocity is so much [A] greater than the Earth’s [B] that it completes more than four revolutions around the Sun in the time that [C] takes the Earth to complete one [D].

Part C:

Directions:

Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)

21.   I was speaking to Ann on the phone when suddenly we were ________.

[A] hung up

[B] hung back

[C] cut down

[D] cut off

22.   She wondered if she could have the opportunity to spend ________ here so that she could learn more about the city.

[A] sometimes

[B] some time

[C] sometime

[D] some times

23.   Ms. Green has been living in town for only one year, yet she seems to be ________ with everyone who comes to the store.

[A] accepted

[B] admitted

[C] admired

[D] acquainted

24.   He does not ________ as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible.

[A] equal

[B] match

[C] qualify

[D] fit

25.   Dozens of scientific groups all over the world have been ________ the goal of a practical and economic way to use sunlight to split water molecules.

[A] pursuing

[B] chasing

[C] reaching

[D] winning

26.   The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that ________ the speakers stopped for refreshments.

[A] at large

[B] at intervals

[C] at ease

[D] at random

27.   When travelling, you are advised to take travellers’ checks, which provide a secure ________ to carrying your money in cash.

[A] substitute

[B] selection

[C] preference

[D] alternative

28.   I never trusted him because I always thought of him as such a ________ character.

[A] gracious

[B] suspicious

[C] unique

[D] particular

29.   Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it, and this ________ produces artificial cold surrounding it.

[A] absorption

[B] transition

[C] consumption

[D] interaction

30.   I didn’t say anything like that at all. You are purposely ________ my ideas to prove your point.

[A] revising

[B] contradicting

[C] distorting

[D] distracting

31.   Language, culture, and personality may be considered ________ of each other in thought, but they are inseparable in fact.

[A] indistinctly

[B] separately

[C] irrelevantly

[D] independently

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