PartⅡ Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes, 10 points)

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

11. This crime fiction was _______very popular but nobody reads it today.

A. once

B. ever

C. never

D. always

12. American woman were ________the right to vote until 1920.

A. ignored

B. refused

C. deprived

D. denied

13. Experts have _____ with effective measures to prevent the disease from spreading.

A. caught up

B. put up

C. come up

D. kept up

14. We cannot trust Steve any more because he often ____his duty.

A. cancels

B. abandons

C. deserts

D. neglects

15. In the early 1980s, though Coke was the leading soft drink, it was losing market _______to Pepsi.

A. part

B. share

C. place

D. ratio

16. There is no cure for the disease yet, but these drugs can ______its development.

A. break down

B. take down

C. slow down

D. track down

17. In the desert, even a small cup of water may be a ______of life or death.

A. business

B. matter

C. fact

D. thing

18. S he had yet become accustomed ______ the fact that she was a rich woman.

A. for

B. with

C. about

D. to

19. The organization has published a ________ digest of environmental statistics for five years.

A. regular

B. frequent

C. random

D. fixed

20. I want to see the old part of the town where the essence of Beijing is best _____.

A. observed

B. reserved

C. preserved

D. conserved

21. Reporters rushed to the airport after the CNN reported that nine passengers ______by a

“terrorist” on the plane.

A. were holding

B. hold

C. had held

D. were being held

22. Not long ______she registered a new number, she received five calls in one day.

A. afterwards

B. after

C. ago

D. since

23. Nice words may win friends, but only one’s good personality can hold ______.

A. it

B. those

C. that

D. them

24. It was _______ the chief engineer came _______we began the experiment.

A. not until that

B. not until then

C. until that

D. until when

25. About fifty million Americans are active in ________ is called fitness walking.

A. that

B. which

C. what

D. something

26. We waited for the decision for the whole afternoon, only _______ to return the next day.

A. to be told

B. were told

C. being told

D. having been told

27. As a result of the work, he found less time than he ______ for his hobbies.

A. must have hoped

B. had hoped

C. should have hoped

D. has hoped

28. Some of them were well behaved, ________ were insulting.

A. and they

B. but they

C. while others

D. as others

29. The journalist feels he has a responsibility to ensure ________ the customers are not misled.

A. whether

B. so that

C. as if

D. that

30. The matter ______, we decided to proceed to the next program on the agenda.

A. was settled

B. settled

C. had been settled

D. had settled