41. I have had my eyes tested and the report says that my _______ is perfect. A) outlook C) horizon B) vision D) perspective
42 He was looking admiringly at the photograph published by Collins in _______ with the Imperial Museum. A) collection C) collaboration B) connection D) combination
43. In those days, executives expected to spend most of their lives in the same firm and, unless they were dismissed for _______, to retire at the age of 65. A) integrity C) incompetence B) denial D) deduction
44. Others viewed the findings with _______, noting that a. cause-and-effect relationship between passive smoking and cancer remains to be shown. A) optimism C) caution B) passion D) deliberation
45. The 1986 Challenger space-shuttle _______ was caused by unusually low temperatures the launch. A) expedition C) dismay B) controversy D) disaster
46. When supply exceeds demand for any product, prices are _______ to fall. A) timely C) subject B) simultaneous D) liable
47. The music aroused an _______ feeling of homesickness in him. A) intentional C) intense B) intermittent D) intrinsic
48. I bought an alarm clock with a(n) _______ dial, which can be seen clearly in the dark. A) supersonic C) audible B) luminous D) amplified
49. The results are hardly _______; he cannot believe they are accurate. A) credible C) critical B) contrary D) crucial
50. This new laser printer is _______ with all leading software. A) comparable C) compatible B) competitive D) cooperative
51. The ball _______ two or three times before rolling down the slope. A) swayed C) hopped B) bounced D) darted
52. He raised his eyebrows and stuck his head forward and _______ it in a single nod, a gesture boys .used then for O.K. when they were pleased. A) shrugged C) jerked B) tugged D) twisted
53. Many types of rock are _______ from volcanoes as solid, fragmentary material. A) flung C) ejected B) propelled D) injected
54. With prices _______ so much, it is difficult for the school to plan a budget. A) vibrating C) fluttering B) fluctuating D) swinging
55. The person who _______ this type of approach for doing research deserves our praise. A) originated C) generated B) speculated D) manufactured
56. _______ that the demand for power continues to rise at the current rate, it will not be long before traditional sources become inadequate. A) Concerning C) Assuming B) Ascertaining D) Regarding
57. Her jewelry _______ under the spotlights and she became the dominant figure at the ball. A) glared C) blazed B) glittered D) dazzled
58. Connie was told that if she worked too hard, her health would _______. A) deteriorate C) descend B) degrade D) decay
59. We find that some birds _______ twice a year between hot and cold countries. A) transfer C) migrate B) commute D) emigrate
60. As visiting scholars, they willingly _______ to the customs of the country they live in. A) submit C) subject B) conform D) commit
61. More than 85 percent of French Canada's population speaks French as a mother tongue and _______ to the Roman Catholic faith. A) caters C) ascribes B) adheres D) subscribes
62. The professor found himself constantly _______ the question: "How could anyone do these things? A) presiding C) pondering B) poring D) presuming
63. Weeks _______ before anyone was arrested in connection with the bank robbery. A) terminated C) overlapped B) elapsed D) expired
64. In order to prevent stress from being set up in the metal, expansion joints are fitted which _______ the stress by allowing the pipe to expand or contract freely. A) relieve C) reclaim B) reconcile D) rectify
65. How much of your country's electrical supply is _______ from water power? A) deduced C) derived B) detached D) declined
66. She had recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the company's client data, which she intended to _______ in starting her own business. A) dwell on C) base on B) come upon D) draw upon
67. The glass vessels should be handled most carefully since they are _______. A) intricate C) subtle B) fragile D) crisp
68. Hill slopes are cleared of forests to make way for crops, but this only _______ the crisis. A) accelerates C) ascends B) prevails D) precedes
69. He blew out the candle and _______ his way to the door. A) converged C) strove B) groped D) wrenched
70. Often such arguments have the effect of _______ rather than clarifying the issues involved. A) obscuring C) tackling B) prejudicing D) blocking
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