Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement

　　This part consists of 20 sentences. In each of them one word or phrase is

　　underlined, and below each, there are 4 choices marked by letters A, B, C

　　and D respectively. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the

　　underlined part without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic

　　meaning of the sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the

　　corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　21. Tom felt sure he would get the post, but he was never even considered for it.

　　That was a smack in the eye for him.

　　A. nothing serious

　　C. a humiliating rebuff

　　B. nothing important

　　D. an expected disappointment

　　22. Our neighbors are so reserved and unfriendly that they never speak to us.

　　A. aloof

　　C. airy

　　B. relieved

　　D. resistant

　　23. Security men believe the tit-for-tat murders were the result of the bombing

　　which had occurred in the city center.

　　A. furious

　　C. malevolent

　　B. retaliatory

　　D. chain

　　24. The conclusion reached at the workshop was that the manufacturing process

　　was obsolete .

　　A. dilapidated

　　B. extant

　　C. archaic

　　D. outdated

　　25. Some people wish to amend the law so that children must stay at school until

　　they are 16.

　　A. gratify

　　C. rectify

　　B. pacify

　　D. verify

　　26. Prof. Clark disregarded the warning from his colleagues and continued his

　　research work.

　　A. ignored

　　C. explored

　　B. deplored

　　D. implored

　　27. Some observers say the recent coup of a military government in that country

　　will lead to anarchy .

　　A. monarch

　　C. disorder

　　B. maniac

　　D. discipline

　　28. As a conductor, Leonard Bernstein was famous for his intensely vigorous and

　　exuberant style.

　　A. enticing

　　C. extravert

　　B. enthusiastic

　　D. exultant

　　29. His peers admonished him that he had to increase his study time as the final

　　examination was around the corner.

　　A. astonished

　　C. threatened

　　B. warned

　　D. alarmed

　　30. Isolated cases of disaffection — or harbingers of a mass cross-border

　　movement that threatens Europe’s economic stability? The question is

　　pressing.

　　A. sing

　　B. forerunner

　　C. messenger

　　D. vanguard

　　31. Justices of the Peace have jurisdiction over the trials of some civil suits and of

　　criminal cases involving minor offenses.

　　A. supremacy

　　C. guidance

　　B. authority

　　D. administration

　　32. What these young men and women need to do now is to develop a

　　mentality to reconcile their ideals with reality.

　　A. interact

　　C. harmonize

　　B. interface

　　D. pair

　　33. The search for eternal youth is no less fervent now than it was 2,000 years ago.

　　People are trying practically anything.

　　A. prolonged

　　C. protracted

　　B. external

　　D. excessive

　　34. SD Memory Cards are versatile , high-capacity storage cards that are

　　extremely small — about the size of a postage stamp.

　　A. adaptable

　　C. variable

　　B. adoptable

　　D. veritable

　　35. This book comes as a revelation to one who was nourished in his youth on the

　　enlightened English socialist tradition represented by George Bernard Shaw.

　　A. replacement

　　C. representation

　　B. discovery

　　D. resolution

　　36. Johnson was so absorbed in his novel that he forgot about his dinner cooking

　　in the oven.

　　A. obtained

　　C. obliged

　　B. enlivened

　　D. engrossed

　　37. The man we met this morning grows many kinds of plants in his garden, most

　　of which are flowers including succulent and cacti.

　　A. rises

　　C. plants

　　B. raises

　　D. plows

　　38. The scientist contested the assumption of previous scientists that the fate of

　　human beings could not be predicated

　　A. suspended

　　C. suspected

　　B. rejected

　　D. repulsed

　　39. In the last 10 years we have all witnessed an impressive growth in our

　　knowledge about the environment.

　　A. imperative

　　C. important

　　B. observable

　　D. obvious

　　40. In their culture and in their eyes success all too often means imply outdoing

　　other people by virtue of achievement judged by some single scale —

　　income or honors.

　　A. outfitting

　　C. outraging

　　B. outbidding

　　D. outshining