Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1.In the ruins of the castle a book ____
the 14th century royal family life was founded.
A. prescribing B. ascribing
C. depicting D. illustrating
2.I felt sorry that he had the ____ that I was cheating him.
A. motive B. notification
C. notion D. nightmare
3.Madame Curie ____ all her life to scientific research.
A. engaged B. attributed
C. dedicated D. addicted
4.On behalf of world peace, any international dispute should be settled by ____ or political means instead of by forces.
A. diplomatic B. dramatic
C. fantastic D. automatic
5.Parents should be cautious about their words and actions, for their children may ____ their behaviours.
A. react B. resist C. interpret D. duplicate
6.We can make full use of waste oil by ____ essences from it.
A. purifying B. refraining
C. distilling D. transmitting
7.All the world was ____ about the motive of the country to interfere in the dispute.
A. discrete B. subtle
C. confidential D. dubious
8.The Republicans ____ the congress at present time.
A. major B. transfer C. dominate D. overtake
9.According to the doctor's ____, he had got a light flu epidemic.
A. diagnosis B. synopsis C. synthesis D. thesis
10.The little boy was ____ at her mother's words because she for the first time in her life lost her temper.
A. encouraged B. consolidated
C. dismayed D. disapproved
11.A ship is in great danger. Please point out the ship's exact ____.
A. locality B. hazard C. loss D. district
12.I'm not sure that his business is strictly ____ for there is no definite stipulation in the related law.
A. legitimate B. reliable
C. obedient D. workable