Part II Vocabulary And Structure

　　Directions: In this section there are 15 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1) This meeting was an important one in the field and several ___ scientists were present.
　 (A) prominent
　 (B) elegant
　 (C) natural
　 (D) characteristic
　
2) Since there is no ___ on the can, we don't know what it contains.
　 (A) application
　 (B) label
　 (C) substitute
　 (D) confidence
　
3) His training ___ him as a teacher of English.
　 (A) substitutes
　 (B) reserves
　 (C) qualifies
　 (D) refines
　
4) The money is to be used for a ___ purpose.
　 (A) specific
　 (B) latter
　 (C) prominent
　 (D) attractive

5) She has many _____ in all parts of the world.
　 (A) self-confidences
　 (B) talents
　 (C) bibles
　 (D) acquaintances

6) I like painting, but I am no ___ of modern art.
　 (A) critic
　 (B) definition
　 (C) approval
　 (D) disapproval
　
7) John and James are brothers. The former is a teacher; the __ is an engineer.
　 (A) reserve
　 (B) latter
　 (C) critic
　 (D) by-line
　
8) He believed it was his ___ to lead his people to freedom.
　 (A) acquaintance
　 (B) stereotype
　 (C) destiny
　 (D) extent
　
9) We have ___ our techniques considerably since the work began.
　 (A) refined
　 (B) substituted
　 (C) reserved
　 (D) qualified

10) When asked who had stolen the apples, the little boy ___ that he had done it.
　 (A) stereotyped
　 (B) confessed
　 (C) awarded
　 (D) despaired

11) He was __ for a while and then answered.
　 (A) thoughtful
　 (B) thought
　 (C) think
　 (D) thinkable
　
12) In this dictionary, the ___ of “frequent” is “found or happening often; repeated many times.”
　 (A) define
　 (B) definition
　 (C) defined
　 (D) defining
　
13) He hoped I would write ____ about the United States .
　 (A) objective
　 (B) object
　 (C) objectively
　 (D) objecting
　
14) The general was a very ____ man.
　 (A) impressive
　 (B) impress
　 (C) impression
　 (D) impressing

15) When I told her our plan, she shook her head in ______.

　 (A) approval
　 (B) disapproval
　 (C) disapprove
　 (D) approve

16) The manager received twenty _____ for the post.
　 (A) apply
　 (B) applicant
　 (C) application
　 (D) applications
　
17) I have ___ in my youth and energy.
　 (A) confidence
　 (B) confident
　 (C) confide
　 (D) confidenting
　
18) If she had more ____ , she could be a success at anything.
　 (A) determine
　 (B) determined
　 (C) determination
　 (D) determining
　
19) Harbin can look very ____ at this time of the year.
　 (A) attract
　 (B) attraction
　 (C) attractional
　 (D) attractive

20) They stood talking together as easily and ____ as could be.
　 (A) naturally
　 (B) nature
　 (C) natural
　 (D) unnaturally