Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points)
Section A
　　Directions: In each item, choose one word that best keeps the meaning of the sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word. Mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

16. He was nominated as the best model football player of 1996.
A) rejected
B) denied
C) designated
D) asserted

17. The government is deliberating about what should be done to solve the problem.
A) regulating
B) diagnosing
C) contemplating
D) wandering

18. The Great Wall is a great tourist attraction, luring millions of visitors each year from all over the world.
A) attracting
B) serving
C) entertaining
D) receiving

19. The small building was established as a subsidiary of the great theatre n order to give young singers performing experience.
A) foundation
B) continuation
C) supplement
D) fraction

20. You must hand in your paper by the end of this month.
A) draft
B) submit
C) modify
D) revise

21. The essence of the priest’s sermon was that all human beings should love each other.
A) purpose
B) destination
C) definition
D) nature

22. He was too honorable to have gone without paying his premium.
A) respectable
B) considerate
C) hospitable
D) liable

23. The teacher asked his students to try to depict realistically the Battle of Waterloo.
A) recall
B) couch
C) celebrate
D) describe

24. This autumn’s electricity privatization alone is reckoned to have generated about 47 letters.
A) assessed
B) estimated
C) balanced
D) forecasted

25. Short, frequent practice is more effective than long, infrequent sessions, because it is less fatiguing.
A) deliberate
B) harmful
C) sophisticated
D) exhausting

Section B
Directions: In each question, decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

26. Now in China many large stores use discount coupons as _____ to attract customers.
A. motives
B. incentives
C. awards
D. rewards

27. He was regarded as a great _____ to the committee.
A. asset
B. profit
C. prosperity
D. interest

28. According to the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, wisdom comes from the _____ of maturity.
A. fulfillment
B. achievement
C. establishment
D. accomplishment

29. The fight could have been avoided if both of you had been able to _____ your anger.
A. hold back
B. hold on
C. hold out
D. hold up

30. In speaking, the choice of words is of the utmost importance. But too often careless use of words _____ a meeting of the minds of the speaker and listener.
A. stirs
B. prevents
C. destroys
D. offers