Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)(共30小题；每小题0.5分，满分15分)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
61、More than 85 percent of French Canada’s population speaks French as mother tongue and________to the Roman Catholic faith.
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【正确答案】
B
A). caters
B). adheres
C). ascribes
D). subscribes
62、The professor found himself constantly ________the question:“ How could anyone do these things?”
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【正确答案】
C
A). presiding
B). poring
C). pondering
D). presuming
63、Weeks ________ before anyone was arrested in connection with the bank robbery.
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【正确答案】
B
A). terminated
B). elapsed
C). overlapped
D). expired
64、In order to prevent stress from being set up in the metal, expansion joints are fitted which ________ the stress by allowing the pipe to expand or contract freely.
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【正确答案】
A
A). relieve
B). reconcile
C). reclaim
D). rectify
65、How much of your country’s electrical supply is ________ from water power?
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【正确答案】
C
A). deduced
B). detached
C). derived
D). declined
66、She has recently left a job and had helped herself to copies of the company’s client data, which she intended to________ in starting her own business.
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【正确答案】
D
A). dwell on
B). come upon
C). base on
D). draw upon
67、The glass vessels should be handled most carefully since they are ________.
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【正确答案】
B
A). intricate
B). fragile
C). subtle
D). crisp
68、Hill slopes are cleared of forests to make way for crops, but this only________the crisis.
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【正确答案】
A
A). accelerates
B). prevails
C). ascends
D). precedes
69、He blew out the candle and ________his way to the door.
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【正确答案】
B
A). converged
B). groped
C). strived
D). wrenched
70、Often such arguments have the effect of ________rather than clarifying the issues involved.
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【正确答案】
A
A). obscuring
B). prejudicing
C). tackling
D). blocking