I. Vocabulary (30%)
1. Some think that cloned human beings will be ________ of freedom or dignity or personal identity.
A. confesd B. revived C. stresd D. deprived
2. It wasn’t as if a fifty-year-old woman ________ any threat to a twenty-five-year-old beauty.
A. pod B. emerged C. ensured D. assured
3. I agree with him to some ________ but there are still some areas of sharp disagreement between us.
A. aspects B. comment C. extent D. view
4. We have it on ________ evidence that there are plans to build a road here.
A. alternative B. opposite C. dependent D. reliable
5. In the article Wilmut discusd ________ medical us for cloning, and ethical issues surrounding cloning technology.
A. accountable B. potential C. defined D. nsitive
6. When they ________ of food, the soldiers t about hunting for more.
A. pulled out B. ran out C. took out D. made out
7. She inherited a _______ fortune from her grandmother.
A. virtual B. influential C. substantial D. perpetual
8. It’s a long-term investment, so you might expect to ________ light loss in the early years.
A. incur B. occur C. recur D. cure
9. Becau of the swift, ________ growth of the urban areas many farmers left their villag
es in quest of work.
A. genuine B. dizzy C. enormous D. nsitive
10. Egypt, Israel, and the reprentatives of the Palestinian people will ________ in negotiations on
the resolution of the Palestinian problem.
A. prescribe B. participate C. prospect D. perceive
11. If you turn the stereo up to ________ volume, the neighbors will complain.
A. maximum B. minimum C. media D. medium
12. He will ________ me with the u of his hou, while he is abroad.
A. recommend B. recruit C. accommodate D. incur
13. ________ in the south of China, she wouldn’t enjoy living in such a cold climate.
A. Bringing out B. Bringing up C. Brought out D. Brought up
14. The doctors have ________ the cau of the illness to an unknown virus.
A. converted B. attributed C. contributed D. diverted
15. The development of computers and other ________ machines has made industry much more efficient.
A. sophisticated B. realistic C. ancient D. executive
16. Amazingly, our soccer team won the victory in the ________ final game.
A. considerable B. crucial C. accessible D. available
17. This rearch has attracted wide media coverage and has ________ on BBC television’s Tomorrow World.
A. featured B. participated C. referred D. recalled
18. Amid warm ______ the honored guests mounted the rostrum.
A. approval B. collap C. conflict D. applau
19. The charity agency will recruit volunteers to build ________ housing for the poor.
A. accountable B. favorable C. affordable D. possible
20. The improvement in the job market in the past few years has been ________.
A. alert B. reliable C. remarkable D. alternate
21. I would take you if I could but I don’t have a car at my ________ this week.
A. adaptation B. disapproval C. disposal D. opposition
22. As a ________ of being in hospital, Shelly decided that she wanted to become a nur.
A. quence B. conquence C. conquent D. quent
23. He started out in the personnel department; later he was ________ to the sales department.
A. transferred B. evolved C. retired D. strained
24. The teacher ________ the students to the danger of swimming in the river.
A. reminded B. predicted C. adjusted D. alerted
25. Since they moved to this community they have lived in ________ with their neighbors.
A. recession B. loyalty C. harmony D. virtue
26. He is still one of the world’s most popular tennis players, but his game is in ________.
A. decrea B. decline C. effect D. stability
27. Inflation is likely to ________ this year, adding further upward pressure on interest rates.
A. exceed B. approach C. accelerate D. overstate
28. Finding a cure for this dia is one of the greatest ________ faced by scientists.
