Part I Structure and Vocabulary (20%)

　　Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the One answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

　　( )1. No doubt, a trade mark pertains to a firm's _____ assets.

　　A) visible

　　B) physical

　　C) intangible

　　D)actual

　　( )2. To build this highway, the investor has to come up with the traffic _____ of the prospective highway.

　　A) size

　　B) volume

　　C) capacity

　　D)output

　　( )3. To the disappointment of the newly arrived teacher, there seemed to be a(n) _____ of discipline in that remote county school.

　　A) shortage

　　B) lacking

　　C) absence

　　D)want

　　( )4. Without proper maintenance, the costly imported plants will be _____ out there sooner than expected.

　　A) worn

　　B) destroyed

　　C) damaged

　　D)exhausted

　　( )5. When the output is given, the investor's returns on investment is to the largest extent up to the method of ______ of tangible assets he has invested in the first place.

　　A) appreciation

　　B) calculation

　　C) depreciation

　　D)accounting

　　( )6. They are engaged in the research and development of a device that will be capable of _____ enemy's submarines at the deepest bottom of the sea.

　　A)finding

　　B) discovering

　　C) positioning

　　D)detecting

　　( )7. The flood fighters told the reporters that they could _____ in that they had nationwide supports.

　　A) hold out

　　B) put out

　　C) carry out

　　D)bring out

　　( )8. He could be _____ by the traffic jam or else he would have come to me by now.

　　A) left off

　　B) dropped out

　　C) got down

　　D)held up

　　( )10. Many businesses' promotion campaigns _____ because they never fulfil what they have said in their ads.

　　A) pass away

　　B) get by

　　C) fall through

　　D)give away