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     Section I Structure and Vocabulary

Part A

Directions:

Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)

1. Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic recovery ________ just around the corner was untrue.

[A] would be

[B] to be

[C] was

[D] being

2. Smoking is so harmful to personal health that it kills ________ people each year than automobile accidents.

[A] seven more times

[B] seven times more

[C] over seven times

[D] seven times

3. It's easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes ________ place in our ever-changing world.

[A] taking

[B] to take

[C] take

[D] taken

4. This is an exciting area of study, and one ________ which new applications are being discovered almost daily.

[A] from

[B] by

[C] in

[D] through

5. ________ can be seen from the comparison of these figures, the principle involves the active participation of the patient in the modification of his condition.

[A] As

[B] What

[C] That

[D] It

6. Although I had been invited to the opening ceremony, I was unable to attend ________ such short notice.

[A] to

[B] in

[C] with

[D] on

7. California has more light than it knows ________ to do with but everything else is expensive.

[A] how

[B] what

[C] which

[D] where

8. The solution works only for couples who are self-employed, don't have small children and get along ________ to spend most of their time together.

[A] so well

[B] too well

[C] well as

[D] well enough

9. Marlin is a young man of independent thinking who is not about ________ compliments to his political leaders.

[A] paying

[B] having paid

[C] to pay

[D] to have paid

10. These proposals sought to place greater restrictions on the use and copying of digital information than ________ in traditional media.

[A] exist

[B] exists

[C] existing

[D] to exist