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Section I. Vocabulary and Grammar. Please choose the word that best completes the sentence. (40%) 1. The fans complained about the apparently ____ distribution of tickets for the next game. (A) arbit…

2. Older women in the developed countries suffered unnecessarily from diseases that could have been ___, cured, or even prevented. (A) arrogated (B) ameliorated (C) apprehended (D) alienated

3. She grew __ with his inability to notice anything. (A) expanded (B) expectant (C) exasperated (D) exclusive

4. A rich soil soon becomes home to _____ weeds which smother less competitive, more attractive plants. (A) resolute (B) rhetoric (C) rigorous (D) rampant

5. He was very thin, with a _____ Adam's apple. (A) clamorous (B) convincing (C) conspicuous (D) circumspect

6. The crazy man was arrested and charged with _ activities. (A) subversive (B) conservative (C) sarcastic (D) creative

7. Penicillin can be taken in various forms and is against a wide range of infections. (A) equitable (B) errant (C) effective (D) elusive

8. A true novel is an extended piece of fiction: Length is clearly one of its . (A) perimeters (B) parameters (C) predators (D) predecessors

9. Early reports __ that the judge's death was not an accident. (A) impacted (B) impaired (C) implied (D) impassioned

10. The man insisted that there was a__ explanation for the strange creaking noises and that there were no such things as ghosts. (A) selectional (B) rational (C) national (D) variational

11. To __ what was said earlier, we need to develop new ways to gain customers. (A) recapitulate (B) captivate (C) formulate (D) fascinate

12. She is an ____ movie star who thinks she's some sort of goddess and likes to tell other people what to do. (A) impassive (B) immutable (C) ingenuous (D) imperious

13. Many middle-class American workers are losing their jobs, because corporations are__ their high-tech work to Asia. (A) upsourcing (B) downsourcing (C) outsourcing (D) insourcing

14. She had already tried emotional___ (= tried to make him feel guilty) to stop him from leaving. (A) intelligence (B) quotient (C) difficulties (D) blackmail

15. The doctor gave him a___ check-up. (A) thorough (B) through (C) though (D) thought

16. Poverty___ about crime. (A) lies (B) contributes (C) brings (D) results

17. ____ my father's advice, I would not have been where I am today. (A) If it were not for (B) Were it not for (C) With (D) Had it not been for

18. Not until I knew the end of the story___ burst into tears. (A) I (B) do I (C) that I (D) did I

19. ___ to become the top supplier in this industry, VocalBeauty expanded its distribution chain into Europe. (A) Strive (B) To strive (C) Striving (D) Striven

20. His innovative proposal indeed helped __ the sales last quarter. (A) to boost (B) boosting (C) boosted (D) had boosted

Section II. Cloze Test: Please choose the best word to complete each blank in the passages. (40%) Passage A: Online platforms have changed our incentives for sharing — they compete for our attention,…

22. (A) in (B) on (C) with (D) for

23. (A) expressing (B) to express (C) having expressed (D) expresses

24. (A) confront (B) comfort (C) contend (D) continue

25. (A) offered (B) operated (C) opted (D) ordered

26. (A) to join (B) join (C) joining (D) joins

27. (A) advertising (B) advertises (C) advertise (D) advertised

28. (A) harmony (B) harassment (C) encouragement (D) donation

Passage B: Loneliness always feels bad, but solitude often feels good, and if there is a little of one in __(29) _, the balance can be its own source of sustenance. That's something Stephanie Rosenblo…

30. (A) captures (B) destroys (C) promises (D) manipulates