Part I Vocabulary 1. He could hardly control his______ at the conditions under which the miners were forced to work, without water and enough food. 2. A. indignation B. indignity C. indication D. indifference 3. Both sides were very careful when drafting the ceasefire agreements; they wanted to prevent any actions that could be considered ______ by either side. 4. A. province B. provocative C. provide D. provision 5. She has always had a(n) ______personality; she is always prepared and ready to do battle when she believes that the cause is right. 6. A. military B. mile C. militant D. mill 7. News stories ______: Morning paper headlines take account of the previous evening’s radio and TV stories,and the electronic media pick up items from the daily press. 8. A. overlap B. repeat C. match D. cross 9. Lucy stretched up to kiss her dad’s cheek lightly, and he patted his daughter as if he was ______ an honor to her. 10. A. confront B. conferring C. give D. grant 11. Inspired by Martin Luther King’s famous speech, “I have a Dream”, thousands of people went out onto the streets to support the civil rights movement in ______ of the curfew. 12. A. defense B.defend C. defiance D. define 13. Beth was ______ about visiting his ex-boy friend; she worried that he might refuse to talk to her. 14. A. hesitate B.hesitation C. consistent D. hesitant 15. When humans first traveled in to outer space, it was as revolutionary a(n) ______ in human culture as the invention of the wheel. 16. A. mile B.milestone C. stone D. mill 17. Perplexed, she turned and noticed her husband had collapsed and was slumped on the floor behind the counter. She rushed to him and ______ his head in her arms. A.bring B. pull C. drag D. cradled 10. Health experts are now ______ that even a little exercise, such as doing housework or light gardening, is far better than non eat all. A. advise B. suppose C. preaching D. believe 11. Our students have almost limitless resources ______: a well-equipped library, students workrooms, a large cafeteria, an undergraduate office and a computer center. A. at one’s disposal B. at their disposal C. at our disposal D. at your disposal 12. South Africa’s government imprisoned Nelson Mandela for 27 years, but never succeeded in its attempt to ______ his sacred cause against racial separation. A.insulate him from B. insult him from C. result him from D. affect him from 13. Please remember to keep a copy for yourself as we cannot return manuscripts, ______ whether or not they are published. A. respect of B. respectful of C. respectable of D. irrespective of 14. He won’t be able to make any progress if he always_____ opinion of himself and criticism flows off him like water off a duck’s back. A. has a low B. has a bad C. has a high D. have a good 15. Since Mary won the money and bought up the majority of the company’s stock shares, she now ______over the people she used to take orders from. A. has priority B. has power C. has right D. has authority 16. Your new boss is nice and will be kind to you,provided that you, _______, work diligently without complaining too much. A. for his part B. for your part C. for my part D. for its part 17. Despite the measures put in place to prevent plagiarism, it is still not clear how students can ______ cheating in their exams. A. get away with B. got away with C. go away with D. run away with 18. When the economic slump hit the country, many people who had lost their jobs had to _____ a lot of luxuries. A. throw with B. drop with C. dispense with D. give with 19. The majority of people are not lazy; they want to work hard, want to have a better future, and want to ______ their families. A. support for B.supportive C. bring up D. provide for 20. In 1940, some people thought Franklin Roosevelt was______ the question of war, instead of confronting it, until the Japanese suddenly attacked the United States Navy Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor. A.tiptoe around B. tiptoeing around C. avoid around D. escape around