1. The thermometer _____ 12 degrees.
(A) stands  (B) reads  (C) rises  (D) appears       <실용영어>

1. Because the equipment is very delicate, it must be handled with ________ .
(A) caring  (B) careful  (C) care  (D) carefully

2. Special bonus will be given to any team member ________ research paper appears in a professional magazine.
(A) that  (B) which  (C) who  (D) whose

3. For what is Morgan's famous?
(A) value  (B) steak  (C) dancing  (D) atmosphere

4. _______ the latter part of the 1990's, there was an economic crisis in Korea.
(A) While  (B) After  (C) During  (D) Following

5. The supervisor prefers to _______ to each employee personally about the necessity of cooperating closely among team members.
(A) say  (B) tell  (C) speak  (D) express

6. Many small investors are taking _________ of these attractive share offers to make a quick profit.
(A) benefit  (B) count  (C) advantage  (D) credit

2. Would you please __________ me a few seconds?
(A) divide  (B) share  (C) afford  (D) spare

3. He is selling Christmas cards to ____ money for the sick.
(A) arise  (B) raise  (C) rouse  (D) rise

4. The American dream doesn't come to those who fall ______ .
(A) asleep  (B) slept  (C) sleep  (D) sleeping

5. He ____ to the airport.
(A) reached  (B) got  (C) found  (D) arrived

6. My birthday _________ February 23.
(A) fell in  (B) falls  (C) fells  (D) falls on

7. I remembered ______ the window before I started, but I forgot to shut the gate.
(A) locking  (B) lock  (C) to lock   (D) locked

8. Her father lies ________ in that tomb.
(A) burying  (B) having buried  (C) buried  (D) has been buried

9. The conflict _________ , he went home.
(A) settling  (B) having been settled  (C) has been settled  (D) had been settled

10. Your letter, ________ to the wrong house, never reached me.
(A) Having been addressed  (B) addressed  (C) has been addressed  (D) had been addressed

11. He ran along with his shirts ________ and his jacket _______ .
(A) hanged, torn  (B) hanging, tearing  (C) hung, torn  (D) hanging, torn

12. He's watching TV? He's ______ to be cleaning his room.
(A) guessed  (B) known  (C) supposed  (D) regarded

13. ________ nearly thirty years for the planet Saturn to complete one orbit.
(A) There is  (B) It takes  (C) It is  (D) To take it

14. A: I was _____ you at 11:00 am. But it's almost half past eleven.
B: I'm sorry. I missed my usual train.
(A) expecting  (B) thinking of  (C) considering  (D) anticipating

15. Would you kindly _____ this old lady?
(A) open room to  (B) provide room to  (C) do room for  (D) make room for

16. _________ of thirty-three, Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence.
(A) In this age  (B) At his age  (C) He is   (D) At the age

17. He maintains that a country which has a _____ economic system must have a democratic political system.
(A) social  (B) sociable  (C) socialist  (D) societal

18. He is an Olympic medalist. _____ wonder his son is so excellent in sports.
(A) In  (B) It's  (C) No  (D) Of

19. _____ the first day of class, advanced students were separated _____ beginners, and then both groups were again divided _____ half.
(A) On, from, in  (B) In between, into  (C) On, between, in  (D) At, with, to

20. The person who is dominated by a strong 'mother complex' is extremely sensitive to everything his mother says and feels, and the image of her is always ___________ .
(A) unimportant one  (B) true one  (C) important in his mind  (D) disappearing

21. A: You seem to be late for school.
B: ___________ . But I'll endeavor not to be.
(A) Certainly, not  (B) I'm afraid so  (C) None of your business  (D) Never mind

22. A: I grew up in a small town.
B: _________________ .
A: It wasn't at all. You can't imagine the fun we had.
(A) I'd like to live in a small town.
(B) That sounds like a lot of fun.
(C) That must have been boring.
(D) You must have spent a happy boyhood there.

23. A: I must be going too. It's very late.
B: __________ . Where do you live?
A: Not far from here. At Pond Street.
B: Really! I live just around the corner from there.
(A) Let me go.
(B) Let me take you home.
(C) Let me finish the work.
(D) Let me take you around.

24. A: It burned a hole in your sleeve!
B: _______. Oh, no! It's burned a hole in your shawl, too.
A: Don't worry about it. It can be mended so it won't show.
(A) I am not blaming you.
(B) No problem.
(C) I really don't care.
(D) It was very careless of me.

25. I don't have a friend ______ I can talk in a familiar way with.
(A) whom  (B) who  (C) whose  (D) which

26. Choose ___________ you think is suitable.
(A) which  (B) what  (C) that  (D) where

27. __________ can solve this problem is an excellent student.
(A) Whoever  (B) Whatever  (C) Whichever  (D) Whenever

28. The two students had nothing in ______ while they were talking.
(A) common  (B) company  (C) condition  (D) context

29. You must look in the _______ section of the newspaper to find out what films are showing.
(A) employment  (B) hospitality  (C) recreation  (D) entertainment

30. Long distance calls are usually handled by an operator, although in some cities it is possible to dial them directly. These calls are charged according to the _______ and the time of day.
(A) information  (B) convenience  (C) emergencies  (D) distance

31. Man is not the creature so much as he is the _______ of circumstances, and by the exercise of his free will, he can direct his action so that they shall be productive of good rather than evil.
(A) creation  (B) creator  (C) ruler  (D) slave

32. It is harder to learn some things when you get older. Your brain does not work as quickly. That's why we sometimes say, "___________________ ."
(A) A watched pot never boils.
(B) What is done cannot be undone
(C) You can kill two birds with one stone
(D) You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

33. To say what will happen, or foretell is ________ .
(A) to predict  (B) to verdict  (C) to contradict  (D) to indict

34. __________ watch television, he preferred to study at home.
(A) Instead of   (B) Besides  (C) In addition  (D) Rather than

35. When a student __________ money for some unexpected reason, he can sometimes borrow money from the student loan service.
(A) earns   (B) lends  (C) spends  (D) runs out of

36. "Samil" stands for our _____ spirit. So, we celebrate March 1 as a national holiday every year.
(A) demonstration  (B) colony  (C) attack  (D) independence

37. An international team of climbers in the Himalayas wanted to reach the top of Mt. Everest yesterday, but they _______ because it snowed very much.
(A) were too tired  (B) were too busy  (C) postponed the climb  (D) enjoyed themselves

38. The _______ of Darwin's theory of evolution on Victorian religion was to create a bitter ______ of ideas and beliefs.
(A) result, moderation  (B) effect, conflict  (C) extension, growth  (D) origin, compromise

39. Apparently the long drought has ______ this tree's growth.
(A) retarded  (B) rebuked  (C) retained  (D) retreated

40. Her husband is very _______ ; he will repair the roof himself.
(A) thrifty  (B) wonderful  (C) careful  (D) competent

41. That young Korean workers show less ______ to the corporation they work for is not surprising.
(A) duty
(B) faith
(C) loyalty
(D) royalty

42. The food smells bad. _________ can you eat it?
(A) Why
(B) Where
(C) When
(D) How

43. I got him ______ my typewriter.
(A) to repair
(B) repair
(C) repaired
(D) repairing

44. The president and the secretary talked _____ a cup of coffee.
(A) of
(B) off
(C) on
(D) over

45. To my disappointment, the result fell short _____ my expectation.
(A) into
(B) of
(C) with
(D) on

46. The extent of human capacity, if a person be given sufficient motivation and proper circumstances, is demonstrated to be far greater than most of us imagine possible. We have potential abilities which we generally _________ .
(A) understand fully
(B) do not desire
(C) use for personal gain
(D) fail to exercise

47. All employees in this country are obliged to _____ at the age of 65.
(A) retire
(B) resume
(C) remove
(D) restore

48. He had no control ____ his emotions.
(A) against
(B) on
(C) under
(D) over

49. Banks earn their living by lending money. They also receive ______ for certain special services, such as safe-deposit boxes, money orders and handling investments for individuals.
(A) fares
(B) pays
(C) fees
(D) profits

50. In spite of competition, the newspaper ____ remains among the best ____ of communication between advertisers and customers.
(A) cannot, medium
(B) never, means
(C) still, media
(D) may, news

51. Our problems are _____ ...therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond the reach of human beings.
(A) man-made
(B) destiny-made
(C) predictable
(D) unsolvable

52. Above all, make your study a habit, like getting dressed or undressed, and you will become so much a part of your life that you will feel guilty if you ______ .
(A) regard it as a trifle
(B) skip a single time
(C) neglect brushing your teeth
(D) forget getting undressed

53. The weather here is beautiful all the year round. It never gets _____ , and I miss the snow of my home state New Jersey.
(A) coldness
(B) coldly
(C) cold
(D) being cold

54. One day the princess met a poor, young farmer and fell in love with him. The farmer, of course, loved her, too. After a time, _____________ .
(A) they decided to marry
(B) they decided to remain married
(C) they decided to have married
(D) they decided to get married

55. In Hilo, Hawaii, there lives a Korean-American. Every day he gets up early in the morning and ____ the Korean national flag in front of his house.
(A) rises
(B) raises
(C) rose
(D) raised

56. We also know that the sea is a vast storehouse of useful things. Korea has three sides on the sea. If we study and learn more about its riches, _____________ .

(A) the history of Korea was greatness

(B) the history Korea was greater

(C) the future of Korea will be brightness

(D) the future of Korea will be brighter

57. Bob: Would you please do me a favor?

Ben: _____________________ .

Bob: Could you loan me $5 until Tuesday?

Ben: I suppose so. If you're sure you can pay me on Tuesday.

(A) Certainly, what is it?

(B) Let me think about it later.

(C) I am always in favor of you.

(D) That depends on how you handle it.

58. Suddenly doves fly up into the sky. They are the symbol of peace ____ . A runner appears in the stadium. He's carrying a torch. The torch was lighted a few days ago in Greece and brought here by many relay runners.

(A) between nation

(B) between nations

(C) among nation

(D) among nations

59. Newborn chicks are good travelers. They can go without food or water for 72 hours. So they can reach almost any place from anywhere in the world ___________ .

(A) before they eat their first meal

(B) before they eat their last meal

(C) when they eat their first meal

(D) when they eat their last meal

60. The novel written by Somerset Maugham is so interesting that once you begin to read it you _________ put it down until you have read it rough.

(A) will be able to

(B) will be unable to

(C) will have to

(D) will not have to

61. A: Hi, there! How are you?

B: _________ I'm afraid.

A: What's the matter? You don't look well. You look kind of pale.

(A) Fine, thank you.

(B) Not very well.

(C) And how are you?

(D) The same to you.

62. A: What would you like to be when you grow up?

B: I don't know. Sometimes I want to be an engineer. Sometimes I want to be a newspaperman. How about you?

(A) I am not so good at science as you think.

(B) I would like to go on a picnic next Sunday.

(C) I am as good at science as you think.

(D) I will be a farmer like my father.

63. If a man is honest and hardworking, we respect him, whether he is a poor labourer or a wealthy merchant. For all honest labour is equally honourable, and the test of a good citizenship is not what kind of work a man does, but _______________ that is given to him.

(A) where does he do the work

(B) where he does the work

(C) how well does he do the work

(D) how well he does the work

64. A: Wow! Here comes the rain again.

B: __________________________

A: Thank you very much. You're a lifesaver.

B: Looks like the rainy season has set in

A: Yes, it does. What a bore.

(A) Why don't you get under my umbrella?

(B) Why don't you take a taxi?

(C) Why do you get under my umbrella?

(D)  Why do you take a taxi?

65. Remember that joy is in the pursuit, rather than in the attainment of your goals; therefore set them ______, lest you should attain them _____ .

(A) high, too easily

(B) high, very difficulty

(C) low, too easily

(D) low, very difficultly

66. ___________ to spend a weekend in Michigan during apple blossom time!

(A) How a pleasure it will be

(B) How a pleasure will it be

(C) What a pleasure it will be

(D) What a pleasure will it be

67. All green growing plants react to the light. A young seedling kept in a dark cupboard will grow pale and weak. Take it out and set it on a sunny window sill, and ________________ .

(A) it will fade soon

(B) it will become more useful

(C) it will turn a healthy green

(D) it will grow weaker and weaker

68. Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible words, or _____________ .

(A) he will certainly misunderstand them

(B) he will certainly understand them

(C) he will always speak ill of them

(D) he will not always speak ill of them

69. Men, women and children wear their best clothes to celebrate Ch'useok. They eat special food. In the evening they enjoy ____ the moon, which is brighter and fuller than at any time of the year.

(A) to view

(B) viewing

(C) to look

(D) looking

70. In old times ― especially in the long winter nights of those days, children of the country used to hear many interesting and exciting stories from their grandmothers and grandfathers, warming themselves at a fire-pot and _____ as roast sweet potatoes and red-ripe persimmons.

(A) enjoy such fruits

(B) enjoying such snacks

(C) make such fruits

(D) making such snacks

71. A runner appears in the stadium. He's carrying a torch. The torch was lighted a few days ago in Greece and brought here. With this torch he now lights a flame that will be ______ until the Games end.

(A) keeping burning

(B) keeping burnt

(C) kept burning

(D) kept to burn

72. Wealth, in the strict sense of the word, can __________ our happiness; and many rich people feel unhappy just because they are without any true mental culture or knowledge.

(A) do good for

(B) make much of

(C) make nothing of

(D) do little for

73. To be healthy all the time, you must ______ your body neat and clean. No one is so poor that he cannot afford to be neat and clean.

(A) get

(B) prohibit

(C) ask

(D) keep

74. A: What does his father do?

B: ____________________ .

(A) He doesn't like to do anything.

(B) He likes baseball.

(C) He's all right.

(D) He is a businessman.

75. A: May I call on your tomorrow?

B: I'm sorry. I'll be tied up all day tomorrow. How about the day after tomorrow?

A: All right. What time ________?

B: At 3:00 p.m. If it suits you all right.

(A) do you have

(B) do you make it

(C) shall we make it

(D) will we have

76. A: Are you going to the movies tonight?

B: Yes. By then ___________________ .

(A) I won't have finished my work

(B) I will have finished my work

(C) I have not finished my work

(D) I have finished my work

77. In a school in Germany a class of small boys ____ a lot of noise, so their teacher decided to punish them. He kept them after class and told them to add all the numbers from one to one hundred together.

(A) has made

(B) has been making

(C) would have made

(D) had been making

78. Ben took his punishment like a man. After this, his father said to him, "You ____ a good lesson, haven't you? The stones were not yours. Be honest, or you will never be a useful man."

(A) learns

(B) have learned

(C) learned

(D) had learned

79. Their fathers all came from other countries some generations ago. But they would have stayed in the same place if they _____ willing to take terrible risks in order to find a better place.

(A) has been

(B) has not been

(C) had been

(D) had not been

80. Two Siberian tigers that will serve as mascots for the 1988 Summer Olympics and as stock for a new tiger-breeding program ____ to Seoul Monday.

(A) will fly

(B) will be flying

(C) will be flown

(D) will be flied

81. Language is a living thing. A word is like a plant or an animal. It comes into existence, it grows, changes its forms, matures and falls into decay. The linguist who studies printed pages ______ the naturalist who hunts the field for his specimens.

(A) may well compare to

(B) may well be compared to

(C) may well compare on

(D) may well be compared on

82. After Sir Walter carried some leaves of tobacco plant to England, many men learned to smoke. And now tobacco _____ in all countries of the world. It would have been well if Sir Walter Raleigh had let it alone.

(A) has used

(B) has been using

(C) is using

(D) is used

83. A: A lot of students will not hear the announcement.

B: I know, but it can't _____________ .

(A) help

(B) be helped

(C) be helpful

(D) be helping

84. Juvenile delinquency, law-breaking by young people, is hardly known in Iceland. Violence of any kind is rare. In the last fifty years only three murders __________ . There are but two hundred and fifty policemen in the whole country.

(A) had been committed

(B) had been committing

(C) have been committed

(D) have been committing

85. "Look before you leap." warns us ________ before we start to do something, especially if it is something in which there is a possibility of danger or loss.

(A) to be careful

(B) to be quick

(C) being careful

(D) being quick

86. The history of the arts and sciences shows that man can find great satisfaction in the achievement of artistic, cultural goals. It would seem, therefore, that part of the function of the state should be ______ cultural pursuits among the people.

(A) to disturb

(B) disturb

(C) to encourage

(D) encourage

87. It is a very good thing _____ to have a room of their own where they can make as much noise as they like without being disturbed.

(A) of children

(B) for children

(C) children

(D) children's

88. After the Norman Conquest there came a period of several hundred years during which all Europe seemed to have fallen into a kind of sleep. This period is called "______."

(A) The Ancient Ages

(B) The Civilized Ages

(C) The Dark Ages

(D) The Developing Ages

89. The Statue of Liberty is usually the first thing to welcome a traveller from Europe, and the last thing ______ by a person leaving New York for a foreign port.

(A) to see

(B) to seeing

(C) to be seen

(D) to being seen

90. In another place they have an exhibit on transportation, with every means of transportation, old and new, from a bicycle to a spaceship. My dad says he can remember ______ cars like some of them when he was a little boy.

(A) see

(B) seeing

(C) to see

(D) to seeing

91. "______ the Olympics in Seoul in 1988, we hope that a true peace will settle on the peninsular," he told a news conference after Seoul beat out the Japanese city of Nagoya.

(A) In hosted

(B) In hosting

(C) On hosed

(D) On hosting

92. Having a fine library _______ that its owner has a mind enriched by books; it proves nothing more than that he, his father, or his wife was rich enough to buy them.

(A) proves

(B) prove

(C) doesn't prove

(D) don't prove

93. We, as parents who are interested in the welfare of our son, are strongly opposed _______ associating with individuals who do not seem to have moral scruples.

(A) of him

(B) of his

(C) to him

(D) to his

94. Americans began drinking orange juice about 1920. After that people came to drink it more and more. For that reason the business of growing oranges in the United States has become ______________ .

(A) a declined one

(B) a prosperous one

(C) an interesting one

(D) an unfortunate one

95. The damage to the railway from the typhoon is great, so ______ when the line will be reopened to traffic.

(A) it is possible to know

(B) there is no knowing

(C) I think it easy to know

(D) it is not impossible to know

96. When Socrates was before his accusers, he did not speak as a man condemned to death, but as one _______ into heaven.

(A) ascending

(B) ascended

(C) ascends

(D) be ascended

97. A: I am sorry for being late. Have kept you ______________ long?

B: No, not very. I know how terrible the traffic is.

(A) wait

(B) to wait

(C) waiting

(D) waited

98. On one side of you stands the second place winner, and on the other the third place winner. You see your country's flag _______ and hear your national anthem ________.

(A) raising, playing

(B) raising, played

(C) raised, playing

(D) raised, played

99. If we look at the history of mankind, we see that many societies suffered at the hands of ______ peoples of barbarians. As the people of higher cultural levels devoted themselves to learning, art, literature, etc., they neglected their military strength.

(A) more developing

(B) more developed

(C) less developing

(D) less developed

100. In our admiration for greatness, we tend to overlook errors that are often to be found in great work. Because of this tendency, I believe it necessary to examine for errors in those theories that are _______ .

(A) generally accepted

(B) generally accepting

(C) universally discrediting

(D) universally discredited

101. Anne Frank wrote her diary from 1942-44 ______ in an attic in central Amsterdam with her family and other trapped Jews.

(A) if hiding

(B) if hidden

(C) while hiding

(D) while hidden

102. A scientist, _______ his wife talking hours on the phone, finally invented a new telephone which gets disconnected automatically after three minutes when a woman makes a call.

(A) tiring with

(B) tired with

(C) tiring of

(D) tired of

103. It is impossible that he has done it. = He _____ have done it.

(A) must not

(B) may not

(C) cannot

(D) need not

104. You didn't have to worry about it. = It was not _____ for you to worry about it.

(A) natural

(B) impossible

(C) immediate

(D) necessary

105. Franklin was an experimenter and inventor. He was a practical man in the best sense of the word. It ______ be said that he was a true representative of the American spirit.

(A) should

(B) cannot

(C) may well

(D) must not

106. Some of the Swedish copper money weighed more than 30 pounds. It ______ hard to use. When people wanted to pay a big bill, they had to use an oxcart.

(A) cannot be

(B) cannot have been

(C) must be

(D) must have been

107. You are too lazy. This work _____ hours ago.

(A) should have been finished

(B) must have been finished

(C) had to be finished

(D) ought to finish

108. Poor Mexicans have begun suggesting that stadium doors _____ to the general public, without tickets, at the start of matches when it is clear there is plenty of space.

(A) was opened

(B) is opened

(C) should be opened

(D) would be opened

109. Men take off their gloves before shaking hands with anyone, but _____ . In England, anyhow people do not shake hands with each other so much as other countries.

(A) ladies need to do so

(B) ladies need do so

(C) ladies need not do so

(D) ladies need not to do so

110. Now the salaries of blue-collar workers are often as good as those of white-collar workers; in some cases higher. It ______ be easy to distinguish between blue-collar and white-collar workers when they were not working.

(A) ought to

(B) is able to

(C) used to

(D) have to

111. Once Jack, head of the milk company, said to him, "You have worked for me long enough. Why don't you rest? I will pay you the same salary. ______, I would retire."

(A) If I am you

(B) If I be you

(C) If I was you

(D) If I were you

112. Since the needs of ancient accounting did not exceed the numbers of a few thousands, the symbols for higher units were non-existent, and an ancient Roman, no matter how well trained in arithmetic, would have extremely embarrassed, if ______ to write on million.

(A) he asked

(B) he were asked

(C) he had asked

(D) he had been asked

113. I should propose to both the Russians and the Americans to sign a statement that a nuclear war, _____, would be a greater disaster than the world wide victory of the other side. If they both agreed to that, then you could begin to negotiate about disarmament and so forth.

(A) if it had happened

(B) if it happens

(C) if it happened

(D) if it should happen

114. The mayor said the people of Korea ____ 5,000 years of history until the division of the country after World War Ⅱ.

(A) has shared

(B) had shared

(C) would share

(D) would have been shared

115. Little Patsy was taken to church for the first time. As she walked our with her parents, the minister asked her ______ . "I liked the music," she said, "but the commercial was too long."

(A) how had she liked it

(B) how has she liked it

(C) how she had liked it

(D) how she has liked it

116. When you spill salt, do you throw it over your shoulder? Do you carry a rabbit's foot for good luck? Are you afraid that if you break a mirror you will have seven years of bad luck? These may seem like silly questions, but some people still believe in such _____.

(A) traditions

(B) customs

(C) astronomy

(D) superstitions

117. You have to keep in mind _____ .

(A) the happiness cannot be bought with money

(B) the happiness cannot be bought with the money

(C) happiness cannot be bought with money

(D) happiness cannot be bought with the money

118. Thailand was called Siam before _____________ .

(A) Second World War

(B) a Second World War

(C) the Second World War

(D) the World War Ⅱ

119. The teacher told us the story of Admiral Yi Sun-shin, who invented the turtle ship and defeated the Japanese Navy. Our teacher compared Admiral Yi to Admiral Nelson of England. He said Yi Sun-shin was _____ .

(A) Nelson of Korea

(B) a Nelson of Korea

(C) the Nelson of Korea

(D) Nelsons of Korea

120. When Annie Sullivan grew up, she studied about teaching _____ . Do you know why? Because she was blind herself when she was a child.

(A) deaf and blind

(B) a deaf and a blind

(C) a deaf and blind

(D) the deaf and the blind

121. _______ has at last conquered Mt. Everest, but you must not think it was done in a day. Thirty years of hard fight for the conquest lie behind the success.

(A) Man

(B) A man

(C) The man

(D) Men

122. It does not seem to be a matter of choice whether one will be a poet or a discoverer ― _____________ .

(A) Newton cannot become Shakespeare at will.

(B) the Newton cannot become the Shakespeare at will.

(C) a Newton cannot become the Shakespeare at will.

(D) a Newton cannot become a Shakespeare at will.

123. A great thing we had learned on this trip is that music is an international language which speaks _______ and doesn't need the medium of a human tongue. Whether our audience was French, English, Dutch or Italian in our music we could talk to them across the barrier 샐 a foreign language.

(A) from heart to heart

(B) from a heart to a heart

(C) from mouth to mouth

(D) from a mouth to a mouth

124. Even when Americans are not moving from one home to another, they are constantly traveling. Many people travel by train, but airplane travel is increasingly popular. However travel _____ is by far the most common, the car is used for social engagement and business purposes.

(A) by automobile

(B) by automobiles

(C) by airplane

(D) by airplanes

125. A glance at the history of modern science will make it easy to see that progress is one of the laws of nature. In the world of animals and plants, those which do not go ahead ________________ .

(A) become poor

(B) get strong

(C) die out

(D) prosper

126. The elderly woman had a striking figure, with an intelligent face; it was not difficult to see that she once had been ______ .

(A) a beautiful

(B) a beauty

(C) the beautiful

(D) the beauty

127. Perhaps it is only in childhood that books have ________ . In later life we admire, we are entertained, we may modify some views we already hold, but we are more likely to find in books merely a confirmation of what is in our minds already.

(A) deep influence on our lives

(B) deep influence to our lives

(C) deeply influence on our lives

(D) deeply influence to our lives

128. If I were to ask you whether dust is _____________ , you would reply that it is useless at all, but only a nuisance. The girls would tell me that dust in the home makes it very unhealthy, and that much time has to be spend every day in dusting rooms.

(A) in any use

(B) in some use

(C) of any use

(D) of some use

129. A: Is Alice a very good singer?

B: Yes, _____________ .

(A) she is a favorite to me

(B) she is a favorite of my friend

(C) she is a favorite of mine

(D) she is mine favorite

130. Please, show me ______________ .

(A) Henry's that new hat

(B) that new hat of Henry's

(C) that new hat of Henry

(D) Henry that's new hat

131. Let me take ___________ .

(A) your a house's picture

(B) your house's a picture

(C) a picture of your house

(D) a picture of your house's

132. They sell _______ at that store.

(A) lady hats

(B) ladies hats

(C) ladies' hats

(D) ladie's hats

133. The government set up ______________ .

(A) a five-year national defense plan

(B) a five-years national defense plan

(C) a five-year's national defense plan

(D) a five-years' national defense plan

134. The cost of living in France is higher than ______ in America.

(A) it of France

(B) which

(C) that

(D) what

135. You must write to your mother, and _______ at once.

(A) this

(B) that

(C) these

(D) those

136. It is one thing to own a library; it is ______ to use it wisely.

(A) other

(B) the other

(C) another

(D) some

137. My brother was quarreling with the lawyer. The one was cool and composed, and ________ furious.

(A) the others

(B) the other

(C) others

(D) other

138. Although not a strong boy, there was ______ of the coward about him.

(A) something

(B) nothing

(C) anything

(D) everything

139. There are many trees on _______ of the street.

(A) each sides

(B) both side

(C) either side

(D) any side

140. It is far more easy to read books than men. In studying character the eyes are a great guide. When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practised men relies on the language of _______ .

(A) the former

(B) the latter

(C) these

(D) those

141. The good fortune or calamity that befalls some one else has meaning for us only if we can think of ourselves in his position. We experience another's joys or sorrows by imagining the good or bad event as happened ________ .

(A) to others

(B) to ourselves

(C) all of a sudden

(D) many times before

142. There are too many movies _____ give a false impression of American life.

(A) what

(B) that

(C) who

(D) whom

143. I returned to my doctor for the result of my physical examination _____ my life would depend.

(A) on which

(B) which

(C) of which

(D) what

144. A: Don't tell me you're studying for another exam!

B: That's exactly __________ .

(A) how I am doing

(B) that I am doing

(C) what I am doing

(D) why I am doing

145. A man-eating fish is to a fish that eats man what a man-eating fish is to _____________ .

(A) a man who eats fish

(B) a fish that is eating man

(C) a man who is eaten by fish

(D) a fish that is eaten by man

146. He will offer a helping han to _______ he thinks to be in need of help.

(A) who

(B) whom

(C) whoever

(D) whomever

147. So numerous are books and newspapers in our days that we can _____ picture to ourselves a time in which printing was unknown.

(A) always

(B) scarcely

(C) gradually

(D) frequently

148. One day her father, who was ______ , came home with his baskets full of what he had caught in the sea. In one of the baskets she found a few golden fish which she thought were very rare.

(A) a miner

(B) a fishmonger

(C) a merchant

(D) a fisherman

149. The man who prefers to give the last biscuit to his neighbor to eating it himself, whether or not he is morally better than the man who does it because he thinks it his duty, is certainly _____ .

(A) a rich man

(B) not a rich man

(C) a selfish man

(D) not a selfish man

150. Since 1983, all secondary schools have allowed their students to wear _____ they want, abolishing formal uniforms which were long criticized as a legacy of the Japanese colonial rule of our country.

(A) whatever

(B) however

(C) which

(D) whom

151. While there are judges who will decide fairly, and ______ in which every man can get justice done to himself, the country is safe from all the danger and discontent which always spring up where there is no true justice.

(A) theater

(B) libraries

(C) courts

(D) police stations

152. A: Do you think Erickson will be elected?

B: No, ______ voters agree with him.

(A) Too many

(B) Not sufficient

(C) Much less

(D) Too few

153. I ran about looking for the missing child for ten minutes, it seemed to me _______ hours.

(A) so many

(B) so much

(C) as many

(D) as much

154. A: What is your nationality?

B: I am _______ .

(A) American

(B) an American

(C) Americans

(D) the American

155. In reality, further experiments have shown that bees can see red as a color but only when it is very brilliantly illuminated. They are relatively ______ to red.

(A) sensible

(B) insensible

(C) sensitive

(D) insensitive

156. If my impressions are true, I dream all night long and never sleep without dreaming. But almost never are my dreams ______ and very seldom do I remember them.

(A) worth to remember

(B) worth remembering

(C) unworthy to remember

(D) unworthy of remembering

157. Korean school buildings are not very _____ and aesthetically pleasing. Most Korean educators believe that, if the building is extremely "Spartan", students will not become too relaxed and will study harder.

(A) imagination

(B) imaginable

(C) imaginary

(D) imaginative

158. In the middle of August there are no so many people in Seoul _____ there are now.

(A) that

(B) than

(C) as

(D) but

159. The cooler it becomes, _____ people we find at the seaside.

(A) fewer

(B) the fewer

(C) less

(D) the less

160. I spent ______ money this week as I earned in a week.

(A) three times as much

(B) three times more

(C) more than three times

(D) as three times much

161. The novelist has more wit than ______ I have ever met.

(A) everybody

(B) somebody

(C) anybody

(D) nobody

162. Albert is the most eloquent in my class and he is ______ when he talks with friends.

(A) happiest

(B) the happiest

(C) happier

(D) the happier

163. My brother studied very _____ last night, so he got up ____.

(A) hard, late

(B) hard, lately

(C) hardly, late

(D) hardly, lately

164. A: Have you read today's paper _______ ?

B: Yes, I have read it ______ .

(A) yet, already

(B) already, already

(C) yet, yet

(D) already, yet

165. Nora liked her new hat so much that she wouldn't ______ .

(A) put on it

(B) put it on

(C) take off it

(D) take it off

166. The river was flooded then because it had rained heavily two days _____ .

(A) ago

(B) after

(C) until

(D) before

167. Don't you know ___________ ?

(A) where in Korea he live

(B) where does he live in Korea

(C) in Korea where he lives

(D) where he lives in Korea

168. A: I will have summer vacation soon.

B: When does it start?

A: It starts next week.

B: _____________ .

A: Five weeks, until the twenty-sixth of August.

(A) How soon is it?

(B) How long is it?

(C) How much is it?

(D) How far is it?

169. _______ nuclear weapons are regarded, quite mistakenly, as capable of securing victory in war.

(A) Fortunately

(B) Unfortunately

(C) Fortunate

(D) Unfortunate

170. I know that a fairly good income is very important, but it is _____ important that a man should follow the vocation he is best fitted for, whether it happens to be well paid or not.

(A) much less

(B) very less

(C) much more

(D) very more

171. George Washington was very punctual. If he made an appointment for a certain hour, he would keep it at the exact time. He expected those about him as punctual as himself, and he ______ took an excuse for lateness.

(A) always

(B) necessarily

(C) wholly

(D) rarely

172. A highly technical society needs more and more skilled hands. Now is the age of computers; ______ , when society becomes computerized, people are required to become mechanically oriented.

(A) therefore

(B) nevertheless

(C) however

(D) conversely

173. It's foolish to take a taxi _____ you can easily walk to the station.

(A) when

(B) after

(C) until

(D) that

174. If a man is honest and hard-working, we respect him, ______ he is a poor labourer or a wealthy merchant.

(A) if

(B) whether

(C) though

(D) however

175. Mysterious _______ it may seem, most of the creatures on this planet are hardly aware that gravity exists.

(A) until

(B) because

(C) though

(D) as

176. Perhaps it will be a long time _____ from abroad.

(A) when Tom come back

(B) when Tom will come back

(C) before Tom comes back

(D) before Tom will come back

177. He wanted neither the work in New York nor ________ .

(A) the work in Chicago

(B) did he go to Chicago

(C) be sent Chicago

(D) worked in Chicago

178. I was worried _____ her, and knowing that she would make little _____ her illness, I sent for the doctor.

(A) about, for

(B) of, on

(C) in, of

(D) about, of

179. We reminded her _____ what the doctor had said, but she didn't see how she could stay for a few days, _____ her many obligations.

(A) of, with

(B) on, with

(C) of, for

(D) about, because

180. Korea has now begun to move forward _____ increasing self-confidence ____ its way to becoming a fully developed and industrialized country.

(A) with, on

(B) to in

(C) in, for

(D) into, upon

181. ______ my great astonishment, most of the townspeople were dressed _____ rags.

(A) At, on

(B) At, in

(C) To, on

(D) To, in

182. Scarcely ______ he escaped when he was caught again.

(A) has

(B) did

C)was

(D) had

183. The fact _____ human society and human nature are so imperfect is what makes life exciting to me.

(A) which

(B) thatwithout their visitors

184. A: I don't like snakes.

B: ______ If I were God, I would let them all disappear from the earth.

(A) Neither do I.

(B) Neither I do.

(C) So do I.

(D) So I do.

185. Flowers and insects are fitted to one another as glove to hand; in many cases the flowers would probably disappear without their visitors and the insects _________ .

(A) with their flowers

(B) without their flowers

(C) with their visitors

186. It is not all books that interest or profit us. Books, like _____ , must be carefully chosen, for bad books do more harm than bad companions.

(A) health

(B) wealth

(C) friends

(D) words

(C) what

(D) where

1. On the southern shore of Lake Erie __________, the greatest metropolitan area in Ohio.

(A) lies Cleveland  (B) Cleveland lies there

(C) where Cleveland lies  (D) does Cleveland lie

2. Art students ____________ imitate the techniques of master artists too well may lose their own creative ability.

(A) who  (B) which (C) whose  (D) whether

3. __________ heated to the proper temperature, it shrinks and hardens.

(A) Is clay  (B) Clay  (C) Clay is (D) If clay is

4. The Canadian National Railway was built ______________.

(A) to link  (B) linked  (C) links  (D) to be linked

5. A varnish leaves a hard, glossy film __________.

(A) when does is dry  (B) when it dries (C) drying itself (D) dries it

6. Marie may be best remembered for the Herald Forum on Current Problems that she __________in 1930.

(A) was organized  (B) organized  (C) organizing  (D) to organize

7. Because it can transmit, store, process, and print out information at lightning speed, __________ people do business today.

(A) the way a computer has to change

(B) the way computers change

(C) computers that have changed as the way

(D) the computer has changed the way

8. Papyrus was the chief writing material of ancient times ___________was used as early as 3000 B.C.

(A) and  (B) while  (C) first  (D) only

9. Tennessee's thick forests, temperate climate, and _________ make it rich in natural resources.

(A) its minerals are abundant  (B) abundant minerals

(C) minerals abundant in  (D) abundant minerals that

10. _____________ Davy was a noted congressman, he was more famous for his heroic feats on the frontier.

(A) Even though  (B) However  (C) In spite of  (D) Despite

Direction: Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.(1-10)

1. The _______ side of this letter contains a copy of a press release issued by Samson Capital yesterday.

a) reflex         b) reflected         c) reverse          d) rebound

2. The new Thunder Heroes video games had ______ been on the store shelves for ten    minutes before they sold out.

a) shortly          b) minutely      c) rapidly        d) hardly

3. On April 5, we will officially begin to ______ proposals for the reforestation project in the northern part of the state.

a) resonate       b) solicit        c) instigate    d) detract

4. The director had no idea who had written him the ______ note.

a) unanimous     b) unanimously    c) anonymous     d) anonymously

5. In order to comply with strict state regulations, Kenwood Electronics ______ its engine parts to both mechanical and computer-simulation tests.

a) subjects     b) prohibits     c) discard      d) supports

6. We would greatly appreciate it if you accept our apology, and our _____ that measures will be taken to prevent a repetition of this occurrence.

a) insurance    b) assurance   c) assumption      d) achievement

7. The Wonder fast-food company has developed an _________ advertisement campaign around its precooked pizzas.

a) eligible         b) adhesive      c) effective       d) impressed

8. We are sorry  that book is ____ now, but we will get some copies directly from  the  publisher by Friday.

a) out of stock    b) out of print  c) out of order   d) not in the shelf

9. I had always thought of hurricanes as something mankind could do without. But recently I learned that they are necessary to maintain a balance in nature. These tropical storms, with winds up to 150 miles an hour accompanied by torrential rains, glaring lightning, and roaring thunder, can be devastating. Yet scientists tell us they are tremendously valuable.  They dissipate a large percentage of the oppressive heat which builds up at the equator, and they are indirectly responsible for much of the rainfall in North and South America. Meteorologists therefore no longer use cloud-seeding techniques to prevent them from being formed. They are convinced  that hurricanes _________.

a) can be prevented               b) are on the increase

c) are powerful storms           d) do more good than harm

10. The seeds of most plants are very_______. They often travel long distances and  survive harsh weather before they finally take root in soil. Grape seeds are one good example. If left on the vine, grapes will dry up and become raisins. The raisins will eventually drop off the vine, and some of the seeds will be driven into the soil by rain or by animals walking over them. Many grapes are grown for wine, so they are picked from the vine when ripe. They are then boiled or crushed to extract their juice. The farmers then use whatever remains of the grapes as fertilizer. Amazingly, many grape seeds survive the crushing and boiling. When they are inside the soil, the grape seeds take root and grow.

a) durable          b) dependent        c) useful      d)nutritious

1. The Gang of Four has decided to steal a large ________ of money from the web bank.

1) amount

2) number

3) lot

4) much

2. The players __________ for only two weeks before the concert.

1) reversed

2) revised

3) refunded

4) rehearsed

3. Can I have some __________ about new school regulations?

1) informations

2) newses

3) advices

4) information

4. Ms. Thompson will leave her office on __________ Monday in January.

1) first

2) a first

3) the first

4) firstly

5. Jeniffer earns a big salary, and that __________ for a good life for her family.

1) does

2) gives

3) gets

4) makes

6. We _______ get along without industrial robots before and I think we can now also.

1) could

2) are able to

3) can

4) were

7. I'm proudly announcing that all of our products are __________ guaranteed.

1) full

2) fulfilling

3) fully

4) fullness

8. These two students exchange their e-mails __________ every week.

1) one other

2) another one

3) each other

4) every other

9. The climate of San Francisco is similar to __________.

1) Monterey

2) that of Monterey

3) it of Monterey

4) that Monterey

10. John told Carol that she should do __________ about her hair.

1) anything

2) something

3) anytime

4) sometime

* Select the word or phrase that has most nearly the same meaning as the underlined part.

1) In her lifetime she surmounted many difficulties.

a) overlooked  b) escaped  c) stirred up   d) overcame

2) I gave him a difficult program in Algebra and he did it offhand.

a) for a moment    b) at once    c) at all    d) by and by

3) Roger ought to type his reports because his handwriting is illegible.

a) very clumsy  b) neat and clear  c) not able to read  d) little slow

4) He spoke so quickly that it was difficult to take down what he was saying.

a) record       b) translate       c) follow       d) interpret

5) Despite the poor weather conditions, the delivery people could not be deterred from their work.

a) outdone at    b) summoned from    c) kept from    d) displaced at

* Select the word or phrase that best completes each sentences.

6) A: □Anything wrong?□

B: □There was no objection on the part of _________ present.□

a) this          b) those        c) these          d) who

7) A: □I guess Johns didn□t have a chance to win the election.□

B: □He certainly didn□t. _____________ the people in the city voted for his opponent.□

a) Almost all of b) Most all of c) Most of all the people d) Almost the whole

8) A: □I think he is very wise.□

B: No, he is ___________ that wise.□

a) kinder   b) more kindly   c) more kind   d) so kind

9) A: □Has he found a new house?□

B: □Yes, he will move ____________.□

a) in those days   b) on Sunday last   c) already   d) one of these days

10) A: □Do you ever go swimming?□

B: □No, but I _________ like it very much.□

a) am used to  b) was used to   c) use to   d) used to