Part? IV???? GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY?????????????????? [15 MIN.]

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 sentence.
Mark your answers on your answer sheet.

51. Simple ________ the cartoon is, the meaning it conveys is deep and thought-provoking.
?A. until???B. as???C. much????D. despite?
52. It’s reasonable to imagine that prehistoric people _____________________ a simple life.
?A. would have lived????B. needed to have lived
?C. must have lived?????D. ought to have lived??????
53. It is high time the country _______________ its political bands that have connected it with its neighboring country.
??A. dissolved??B. resolved??C. scattered???D. determined?
54. They are given some rights that the Laws of Nature ________________ them.
?A. confirm??B. deserve??C. entitle????D. discharge??
55. The Declaration of Independence says “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created ______________.”
?A. to become equal??B. equal??C. equally???D. being equal??
56. Lincoln says in his famous speech that “the government of the people, by the people and for the people shall never ________________ from the earth.”
?A. expire???B. inspire???C. perish????D. repel?
57. The girl was __________________ in Africa and was born in America.
?A. conceived??B. pregnant??C. educated???D. baptized??
58. The word “renaissance” was ____________________ from Latin meaning “rebirth”.
?A. come???B. derived??C. originated???D. descended?
59. They flunked the exam _____________ because they failed to prepare for it.
?A. extremely??B. largely???C. trivially???D. radically?
60. As a proverb goes, “more __________, less speed.”
?A. haste???B. hurry???C. promptness???D. anxiety??
61. The road to the school was flooded yesterday. Let’s make a ________.
A. deviation??????? B. digression???????? C. detour????????? D. departure
62. Do you think it is late to ________________ on a new career?
?A. disembark??B. embark???C. remark???D. assume?
63. The baby cried hard because his hand was _______________ by the cat.
?A. bruised??B. scratched???C. panted???D. blurred?
64. Blood _______________ slowly down his cheek.
?A. trickled??B. ticked????C. leaked???D. simmered
65. The professor paused, as if ________________what he said.
A. emphasize??B. to emphasize?C. being emphasized?D. to be emphasized
66. We rushed to the station, ___________ to find that the train had already left.
?A. just???B. once???C. only????D. much as
67. _________________ John Kennedy put it, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
?A. Which???B. As???C. While????D. What??
68. The scientist ______________ his success to his diligence and good luck.
?A. contributed??B. attributed??C. distributed??D. obliged?
69. The child has been _________ by his parents who allow him to do anything he likes.
?A. spoiled??B. ruined???C. destroyed??D. blamed
70. John failed his chemistry exam ______________his teacher’s assistance.
?A. despite of??B. regardless of?C. for all???D. in spite?
71. Fortunately, the disabled boy was ______________ with some talent for languages.
?A. endowed??B. entitled??C. granted??D. admitted?
72. They are ordered to be present at the important meeting, _______________.
?A. rain or shine?B. more or less?C. sooner or later?D. for good?
73. It was the last _______________ that broke the camel’s back.
?A. brick???B. straw???C. candle???D. whip )
74. I cannot produce a meal at such short _______.
?A. report???B. schedule??C. warning??D. notice??
75. _____________she arrived home, she set about preparing a meal.
?A. Immediately?B. Simultaneously?C. Presumably??D. Efficiently
76. A lady _______________have too many hats.
?A. may???B. cannot???C. should not??D. might not
77. The couple promise to stick to each other ___________ thick and thin.
?A. through??B. between??C. by means of?D. vie
78. Rumor _____________ that the lady was murdered by her husband.
?A. says it???B. has it???C. spreads??D. circulates?
79. The doctor prescribed some painkillers for his ______________ headache.
?A. splitting??B. cracking??C. leaking??D. sinking?
80. It’s not easy for a layman to _______________ the minute difference between the two terminologies.
?A. describe??B. discern??C. locate???D. discover?