Part II Vocabulary and Structure (共40小题，每小题1分，共40分)

　　Directions: In this part there are forty incomplete sentences. Each sentence is followed by four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

　　21.It is highly _____ that the project will be of great use in solving the water pollution problem.

　　A、probably

　　B、possibly

　　C、likely

　　D、certainly

　　22.You should be _____ of yourself for telling such a lie.

　　A、afraid

　　B、sorry

　　C、ashamed

　　D、regretful

　　23.Obviously the steak is overdone. I can hardly _____ it.

　　A、swallow

　　B、chew

　　C、eat

　　D、taste

　　24. His newly published novel, _____ spoken of by both experts and common readers, is a great success.

　　A、exactly

　　B、awfully

　　C、highly

　　D、appropriately

　　25.You might consider _____ work before you decide what you want to do.

　　A、lifelong

　　B、present

　　C、permanent

　　D、temporary

　　26.At least six times since the end of the last ice age, the Mississippi River has dramatically altered its _____.

　　A、course

　　B、road

　　C、way

　　D、channel

　　27.The purpose of this program is to measure students’ _____ to learn instead of their present achievement.

　　A、determination

　　B、capacity

　　C、process

　　D、attitude

　　28.Words failed to _____ her excitement when she was told she had won the first prize in the music competition.

　　A、explain

　　B、convey

　　C、conduct

　　D、transmit

　　29.Please write your name in the _____ space at the top of the form and then hand it back to me.

　　A、empty

　　B、bare

　　C、blank

　　D、hollow

　　30.There will be a series of _____ on the British legal system in our department.

　　A、speeches

　　B、classes

　　C、address

　　D、lectures

　　31.It is the _____ for the bride’s father to pay for the wedding.

　　A、custom

　　B、habit

　　C、hobby

　　D、pattern

　　32.The refrigerator will be sent to your house within three days free of _____.

　　A、expense

　　B、charge

　　C、payment

　　D、cost

　　33.Creating a new festival may seem an unusual way to celebrate history and culture, but we are _____ all creating new festival every year.

　　A、in fact

　　B、in a word

　　C、in general

　　D、in turn

　　34.If you don’t want to be down and out, you’d better try your best to _____ the fast pace of modern society.

　　A、make up for

　　B、live up to

　　C、keep up with

　　D、put up with

　　35.None of us expected Doctor King to _____ at the meeting. We thought he was still in America.

　　A、turn down

　　B、turn off

　　C、turn to

　　D、turn up

　　36.The plain silver ring was her favorite; it was _____ to her form her great-grandmother.

　　A、handed out

　　B、handed down

　　C、handed over

　　D、handed in

　　37.On seeing the old lady crossing the road, she _____ her car immediately.

　　A、pulled up

　　B、pulled down

　　C、pulled in

　　D、pulled off

　　38.Glass-fiber cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations _____.

　　A、at length

　　B、at the moment

　　C、at the same time

　　D、at intervals

　　39._____ this sad event, we have cancelled the 4th of July celebrations.

　　A、In regard to

　　B、In light of

　　C、In line with

　　D、In terms of

　　40.This kind of vegetable is extremely expensive in winter because it is _____.

　　A、out of season

　　B、out of fashion

　　C、out of date

　　D、out of order