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A) disturbance A) relevance
B) hesitation B) establishment
C) encouragement C) impact
D) dedication D) perception
E) spectacle E) improvement
3. When considering eye colour in birds, it is 8. The theory is interesting enough, but is it ----
important to make a ---- between the eye ?
wattle, which is the coloured skin around
the eye, and the iris colour. A) solvable
B) expressive
A) consideration C) intensive
B) contribution D) coherent
C) replacement E) resistant
D) distinction
E) significance 9. According to kinetic theory, the absolute
temperature of a gas is directly ---- to the
4. Animal ---- that live in large communities are average kinetic energy of the molecules.
much more dependent on each other than
was previously believed. A) experimental
B) fundamental
A) instincts C) negligible
B) patterns D) proportional
C) relatives E) exceptional
D) species
E) habitats 10. The US government demands ----
exemptions from a worldwide ban on the
5. The practical ---- of soil mechanics includes use of methyl bromide, a pesticide that
the design of foundations and earth- damages the ozone layer.
retaining structures.
A) responsive
A) application B) eager
B) appreciation C) indefinite
C) reference D) susceptible
D) detention E) major
E) elimination
11. It is now realized that forest sizes have a ----
influence on the climate.
A) reliable
B) compulsive
C) significant
D) controversial
E) sensitive
12. Quartz is one of the most abundant rock- 17. The idea of changing CO2 into petrol was
forming minerals and the most ---- to certainly an attractive one, but it was soon --
weathering. --.
A) resistant A) repeated
B) reliable B) discredited
C) convenient C) deceived
D) reluctant D) implied
E) indifferent E) inferred
13. It was through the research of Sabine at 18. A detailed understanding of why the World
Harvard at the end of the 19th century that Trade Center towers collapsed will mean
the subject of acoustics was put on a ---- that engineers can ---- the lessons learned
scientific footing. into future designs.
A) random A) participate
B) quantitative B) reproduce
C) constructive C) incorporate
D) selective D) reinstate
E) competitive E) demonstrate
14. India has dozens of half-completed water 19. When she referred in her paper to
projects, not to mention a ----, centuries-old biocomplexity, many in the audience
infrastructure of forgotten local water- scratched their heads and ---- what that
supply systems. word meant.
A) perishable A) expected
B) stable B) suspected
C) vast C) wondered
D) predominant D) improved
E) sensitive E) rejected
15. His efforts to ---- the threat of global 20. In 1838, the area around the base of the
warming with new forms of energy have Leaning Tower of Pisa was excavated to ----
been much appreciated. columns that had sunk underground.
A) excuse A) descend
B) counter B) complete
C) pursue C) enforce
D) uphold D) establish
E) deliver E) expose
16. In the 1940s, computer pioneer Konrad Zuse 21. Had this 70m-long asteroid entered the
began to ---- that the universe might be Earth's atmosphere, it could have ---- a large
nothing but a giant computer continually city.
executing formal rules to compute its own
evolution. A) reconciled
B) inflated
A) denounce C) captured
B) pressurize D) destroyed
C) empower E) erupted
D) evade
E) speculate
22. However incredible we may now find it, 28. Researchers attending the World Water
engineers did not ---- welcome the idea of a Forum in Kyoto last year argued that
general purpose microchip. collecting and using water more ---- would
lessen the need for more dams.
A) instantly
B) urgently A) efficiently
C) crudely B) plentifully
D) scarcely C) wastefully
E) reliably D) remarkably
E) speedily
23. At times during the last Ice Age the North
Atlantic thermohaline circulation was ---- 29. Wouldnt it be wonderful if science and
weaker than it is today. scientists were taken more ---- in the
political process?
A) pleasantly
B) rarely A) sullenly
C) considerably B) seriously
D) directly C) satisfactorily
E) fully D) ingeniously
E) pretentiously
24. Africa's deserts are spreading ---- owing to
cycles of drought together with over- 30. In the opinion of most scientists,
farming and overgrazing. engineering does not ---- offer universally
acceptable solutions.
A) influentially
B) successfully A) randomly
C) fundamentally B) previously
D) continuously C) necessarily
E) conveniently D) excessively
E) extremely
25. I couldn't follow the section on quantum
computers, but the rest is ---- easy to 31. The point-and-click actions of the computer
understand. mouse have made it an ---- popular
alternative to keyboard and text-based
A) comparatively commands.
B) permanently
C) consequently A) increasingly
D) sensibly B) assertively
E) comprehensibly C) effortlessly
D) exactly
26. The probable resources of petroleum cannot E) objectively
be estimated as ---- as can those of coal.
32. The local officials had ---- wanted a steel
A) considerably bridge to span the river, but finally agreed to
B) ultimately a reinforced concrete one.
C) essentially
D) suitably A) nearly
E) accurately B) initially
C) fairly
27. No model is ever perfect, and scientists are D) fully
---- trying to refine their models. E) completely
A) uniformly
B) formerly
C) mentally
D) constantly
E) equally
33. During the 1960s the agronomist and food 38. Scientists suggest that huge amounts of
technologist Norman Borlaug launched greenhouse gases will be ---- into the
what was called 'the Green Revolution', atmosphere if rising temperatures cause the
which ---- reduced hunger in Arctic permafrost to melt.
underdeveloped countries, by creating high-
yielding varieties of wheat and rice. A) produced
B) accelerated
A) diversely C) disrupted
B) plausibly D) released
C) currently E) joined
D) adversely
E) greatly 39. In years when nut and berry crops are poor,
birds may be forced to ---- their territories
34. Iodine remains a mysterious substance; and and search for food elsewhere.
----, the iodine in the sea is in a constant
state of chemical change. A) locate
B) reach
A) comprehensively C) abandon
B) comparably D) reserve
C) conditionally E) exclude
D) apparently
E) excessively 40. Maillarts graphical analysis of this
particular engineering problem ----
35. His forecast turned out to be ---- accurate mathematical complexity but could be
considering how little information he had to applied to any cylindrical water container.
work on.
A) avoided
A) lately B) deterred
B) effortlessly C) abused
C) intentionally D) negotiated
D) surprisingly E) released
E) heavily
41. The Abel Prize in mathematics is intended to
36. Visibility depends ---- upon the finally ---- the gap left by Alfred Nobel, who
concentration of water or dust particles in chose to ignore mathematics when he
the air. established the Nobel prizes.
A) rapidly A) fill
B) obstinately B) link
C) instantly C) avoid
D) suitably D) refuse
E) chiefly E) exceed
37. The Suns gravitational pull on the moon is 42. In the steel industry there has been a
more than twice that ---- by the Earth. progressive increase in capital outlay; but
fortunately this has been ---- by a fall in
A) attempted labour costs.
B) undertaken
C) magnified A) accompanied
D) replaced B) conducted
E) exerted C) reinforced
D) rejected
E) engaged
43. The green button on the far left of the 49. With a gestation period of six months, bats
machine ---- the volume. are the slowest reproducing mammal for
their size and therefore especially ---- to
A) interferes extinction.
B) discloses
C) regulates A) applicable
D) allows B) reliable
E) arises C) variable
D) sizeable
44. Atoms are ---- of electrons and a nucleus E) vulnerable
containing protons and neutrons.
50. You should have attended that lecture on
A) joined durability testing of fibres; it really was most
B) linked ----.
C) composed
D) kept A) irrelevant
E) completed B) stimulating
C) dull
45. It is hoped that these ---- projects will lead to D) reluctant
a better understanding of typhoons and E) feasible
improve short-term weather forecasting.
51. In many parts of the world mains electricity
A) defensive is still ---- or even non-existent.
B) excessive
C) comprehensive A) convenient
D) regrettable B) aggressive
E) forceful C) deliberate
D) unreliable
46. A combination of factors made the 1984 E) impressive
accident in a storage tank at a Union
Carbide plant in India almost ----. 52. This magazine is designed to help satellite
equipment buyers make more ----
A) crucial purchasing decisions and keep ahead of
B) inevitable new developments.
C) vulnerable
D) bearable A) representative
E) permanent B) obscure
C) foreseen
47. High-energy cosmic rays, which are more --- D) informed
- in space than on Mars or Earth, could E) indifferent
deliver dangerously high radiation doses.
53. Copper is replacing aluminium in the metal
A) impressive interconnections on some chips to improve
B) compulsive ----.
C) fragile
D) innovative A) creativity
E) prevalent B) credibility
C) sustainability
48. The majority of obsolete pesticide stocks in D) conductivity
Africa originate from local producers, or E) respectability
have been the result of ---- purchasing
policies.
A) impressive
B) conspicuous
C) repulsive
D) inappropriate
E) influential
54. The greatest ---- to the spread of nuclear 60. Acid rain now presents scientists in Asia
technology and nuclear power reactors to with ---- every bit as demanding as those
developing countries is that it will increase faced in Europe at the end of the 20th
the risks of nuclear weapons proliferation. century.
A) obligation A) contradictions
B) contribution B) intentions
C) solution C) challenges
D) condition D) responses
E) objection E) deceptions
A) exposure
B) compression
C) resistance
D) appearance
E) restoration
A) circumstance
B) proposal
C) evidence
D) discussion
E) controversy
A) extraction
B) concentration
C) composition
D) complexity
E) sufficiency
A) objective
B) agreement
C) submission
D) significance
E) estimation
A) preservative
B) decay
C) absorption
D) solution
E) process
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1 E 11 C 21 D 31 A 41 A 51 D
2 A 12 A 22 A 32 B 42 A 52 D
3 D 13 B 23 C 33 E 43 C 53 D
4 D 14 C 24 D 34 D 44 C 54 E
5 A 15 B 25 A 35 D 45 C 55 A
6 B 16 E 26 E 36 E 46 B 56 C
7 C 17 B 27 D 37 E 47 E 57 B
8 D 18 C 28 A 38 D 48 D 58 A
9 D 19 C 29 B 39 C 49 E 59 A
10 E 20 E 30 C 40 A 50 B 60 C