21. Very few experts ________ with completely new answers to the world's economic problems.

　　[A] come to

　　[B] come round

　　[C] come up

　　[D] come on

　　22. His face gave him ________ when he told a lie.

　　[A] off

　　[B] away

　　[C] up

　　[D] out

　　23. Someone must have left the tap on, ________ the water was running over and flooding the bathroom.

　　[A] therefore

　　[B] for

　　[C] nevertheless

　　[D] moreover

　　24. If that idea was wrong, the project is bound to fail, ________ good all the other ideas might be.

　　[A] whatever

　　[B] though

　　[C] whatsoever

　　[D] however

　　25. Take an umbrella with you in case of ________.

　　[A] it rains

　　[B] the rain

　　[C] rain

　　[D] raining

　　26. The man over there is ________ our principal.

　　[A] no other but

　　[B] no other than

　　[C] no one than

　　[D] none other than

　　27. The football match was televised ________ from the Workers' Stadium.

　　[A] alive

　　[B] life

　　[C] live

　　[D] lively

　　28. The size of the audience, ________ we had expected, was well over one thousand.

　　[A] whom

　　[B] who

　　[C] as

　　[D] that

　　29. The Chinese Red Cross ________ a generous sum to the relief of the physically disabled.

　　[A] assigned

　　[B] contributed

　　[C] furnished

　　[D] administered

　　30. ________ my car is being made ready for a long journey.

　　[A] In the moment

　　[B] At the moment

　　[C] For the moment

　　[D] By the moment

　　Section II Cloze Test

　　For each numbered blank in the following passage there are four choices labeled A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and put your choice in the brackets below the passage. Read the whole passage before making your choices. (10 points)

　　EXAMPLE:

　　Hot metal ________ as it grows cooler.

　　[A] condenses

　　[B] reduces

　　[C] decreases

　　[D] contracts

　　ANSWER: [D]

　　Ventilation, as we know, is a system or means of providing fresh air. It plays a very important part in the field of engineering. For instance, the automobile tunnel might _____ huge ventilation problems. Even in the days of smoky, coal-burning _____, trains made their own ventilation by pushing and pulling air _____ the tunnels. Cars don't move their own spent gases in the same way; it collects in tunnels. Clifford M. Holland solved the problem _____ a giant fan-driven system for the Hudson River tunnel.

　　Holland's system received a severe _____ when a truck _____ with chemical substances caught fire in the tunnel and exploded. The blast destroyed many automobiles; sixty persons were _____ by the strong smelling smoke. All sixty, however, remained _____ after the explosion. _____ the ruin of 500 feet of the tunnel roof, traffic _____ after only fifty-six hours.

　　31. [A] make

　　[B] bring

　　[C] raise(A)

　　[D] create

　　32. [A] stoves

　　[B] burners

　　[C] boilers(D)

　　[D] engines

　　33. [A] around

　　[B] through

　　[C] in(B)

　　[D] within

　　34. [A] by

　　[B] with

　　[C] for(C)

　　[D] of

　　35. [A] trial

　　[B] pressure

　　[C] examination(B)

　　[D] test

　　36. [A] loaded

　　[B] carried

　　[C] crowded(D)

　　[D] transported

　　37. [A] swept

　　[B] overcome

　　[C] hit(B)

　　[D] hurt

　　38. [A] alive

　　[B] living

　　[C] live(A)

　　[D] lived

　　39. [A] With

　　[B] After

　　[C] Because of(A)

　　[D] Despite

　　40. [A] resumed

　　[B] stopped

　　[C] moved(C)

　　[D] started