TOEIC 6

1. Harry Potter cast a spell over moviegoers

during the weekend, as ____ film in the
fantasy series about a young wizard
smashed sales records around the world.
a. the fourth
b. fourth
c. four
d. the four
2. Harry Potter and the !oblet of "ire sold an
estimated #1$1.% million ____ of tickets,
including #1&1.% million in 'orth (merica.
a. worthy
b. cost
c. charge
d. worth
). *he #1)& million movie, ____ on the book by
+ritish author ,.-. .owling, stars 1/0year0old
1aniel .adcliffe in the title role.
a. basing
b. base
c. based
d. to base
%. *he film was rated in the 2nited 3tates as
P!01) for se4uences of fantasy ____ and
frightening images, while the first three
carried a milder P! rating.
a. violation
b. violate
c. violent
d. violence
5. 67it polling showed that more adults turned
____ than usual, indicating that the
franchise8s appeal is spreading beyond
families.
a. down
b. up
c. over
d. on
/. *he new film was ____ by 9ike 'ewell, best
known for the 1::% comedy "our ;eddings
and a "uneral, and the first 6nglishman to
take the helm of the series.
a. direction
b. directed
c. directing
d. direct
<. =n 'orth (merica, the three0day haul set a
new record for the lucrative franchise, ____
the #:).< million opening of 2&&%8s Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of (zkaban.
a. surpass
b. surpassed
c. surpassing
d. to surpassing
$. ____ of the three was 2&&18s Harry Potter
and the 3orcerer8s 3tone, which totaled
#)1<./ million.
a. *he most successful
b. 9ost successful
c. *he more successful
d. *he more successful than
:. +oeing has ____ two massive deals to
supply aircraft to >hinese firms and to
1ubai8s 6mirates (irlines.
a. signature
b. sign
c. signing
d. signed
1&. >hina is buying seventy +oeing <)< aircraft 0
a #%bn deal that is said to be ____ in
>hinese aviation history.
a. largest
b. larger than
c. the largest
d. the larger than
11. (irbus and +oeing have been battling it out to
win orders in the 9iddle 6ast, a fast0growing
aviation ____ relatively unchallenged by
rocketing fuel prices and terror threats.
a. markets
b. market
c. marketing
d. marketers
12. (irline 6mirates ____ %5 (irbus super0?umbo
()$& aircraft 0 the single largest customer for
the new ?et, which put in an appearance at
the air show on 3aturday.
a. had already purchased
b. already had purchased
c. had purchased already
d. had already purchase
1). *he airline hopes ____ the !ulf a ma?or
regional transport hub as it positions itself as
a leading carrier on routes between 6urope
and (sia.
a. make
b. to make
c. to making
d. made
1
1%. >hina8s deal with +oeing was hailed as a
promising sign for future ____ between >hina
and the 23 by >hina8s official news agency
@inhua.
a. cooperate
b. cooperative
c. cooperator
d. cooperation
15. *he agreement was ____ as President
!eorge ; +ush visited +ei?ing.
a. e7pressed
b. signed
c. honored
d. broken
1/. 23 carmaker !eneral 9otors is to cut )&,&&&
?obs in 'orth (merica under a restructuring
drive that ____ to revive the company.
a. aims
b. aiming
c. aimed
d. aim
1<. *he automotive group, which is struggling to
stem huge losses, will also ____ nine
factories.
a. build up
b. close down
c. start off
d. bring up
1$. !9 has suffered falling sales, a drop in
market share and high ____ costs.
a. labored
b. laboring
c. laborer
d. labor
1:. 6arlier this year, the firm had warned it ____
25,&&& ?obs by 2&&$ mainly through attrition
or natural wastage.
a. has cut
b. would be cut
c. would cut
d. will be cut
2&. ( diamond necklace that once belonged
____ the .ussian 6mpress >atherine the
!reat has been sold at auction for #1.5m in
!eneva.
a. with
b. to
c. of
d. from
21. (uction house 3otheby8s says the necklace is
a rare survivor from an era ____ ?ewelry was
broken up for reuse.
a. although
b. unless
c. when
d. and
22. (round 2&& ____ attended the day0long
auction at !eneva8s Ae +eau .ivage hotel.
a. dealers
b. dealings
c. deals
d. dealer
2). *he necklace was ____ )%& lots that were
sold for a total of #2<m.
a. between
b. most
c. along
d. among
2%. 3otheby8s would not ____ the name of the
buyer of >atherine the !reat8s necklace.
a. sign
b. reveal
c. remember
d. use
25. *he necklace ____ by a Aondon ?eweler in
1:2<.
a. has been bought
b. is bought
c. bought
d. was bought
2/. =t was then sold on to an unnamed collector
and ____ in private hands ever since.
a. remained
b. remains
c. has remained
d. will remain
2<. >oca >ola is under ____ amid concerns
about obesity and the effect that fizzy soft
drinks are having on our health.
a. attack
b. discussion
c. way
d. control
2$. ____ their arch rival Pepsi, >oca0>ola has
been slow in diversifying into healthier
products.
a. 1islike
b. 2nlike
c. (like
d. 'ot likes
2:. *he price of gold has climbed to its highest
level in ____ 1$ years after .ussia said it
may double its reserves.
a. most
b. most of
c. the most
2
d. almost
)&. >osts also have been driven by ____ for gold
?ewelry and concerns that 4uicker inflation in
the 23 will erode the value of shares and
bonds.
a. demand
b. responsibility
c. consumption
d. re4uest
)1. !old ____ as high as #%$<.:& an ounce in
"riday trading.
a. risen
b. rose
c. raised
d. rise
)2. ____ the price fell back in afternoon 23
trading, analysts predict it may climb to #5&&
by the end of this year, and could go even
higher.
a. +ecause
b. However
c. =n spite of
d. (lthough
)). !old prices ____ steadily since they hit a 250
year low of #255 an ounce in 2&&1.
a. have been recovering
b. recovered
c. were recovering
d. has been recovering
)%. (nalysts said mining companies have
recently struggled to boost output, hampered
in part by higher ____ costs and a failure to
find large new reserves.
a. produced
b. producing
c. production
d. productive
)5. 1emand for ?ewelry, meanwhile, has
remained ____ , and investors have been
turning back to gold, lured in part by tracker
funds that are linked to the price of the metal.
a. steadied
b. steadily
c. steadiness
d. steady
)/. (t the same time, a number of central banks,
____ .ussia8s, have been hinting that they
might increase gold supplies and cut their
holdings of the 23 dollar.
a. include
b. included
c. including
d. includes
)<. .ussia currently has about 5&& tons of gold
in ____ reserves, and any plan to double that
would put upward pressure on global
markets.
a. their
b. our
c. his
d. its
)$. "or the second year in a row this destitute
city of >amden, 'ew ,ersey, has been
named the nation8s ____ .
a. most dangerous
b. the most dangerous
c. more dangerous
d. more dangerous than
):. >amden, a former industrial city across the
1elaware .iver from Philadelphia, ____ for a
history of corrupt politicians, drug0dealing and
murders.
a. knows
b. knowing
c. is known
d. has known
%&. *he state has poured #1<5 million into the
city to spur ____ pro?ects.
a. developing
b. development
c. developed
d. developer
%1. (=13 has killed more than 25 million people
since it was first ____ in 1:$1, making it one
of the most destructive epidemics in history.
a. recognizing
b. recognize
c. to recognize
d. recognized
%2. (n estimated ).1 million people died from the
virus last year and another %.: million people
became ____ .
a. infected
b. infection
c. infecting
d. infect
%). "or the first time, ____ solid evidence that
increased efforts to combat the disease over
the last five years have led to fewer new
infections in some places.
a. it is
b. they are
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c. =ts
d. there is
%%. -ey ;orld *rade Brganization members
have admitted they will not be able to agree a
framework for a new ____ deal at upcoming
talks in >hina.
a. trading
b. trade
c. traded
d. trader
%5. "or more than a decade >entral (sia has
been a key conduit for the world8s heroin,
____ from (fghanistan to markets in 6urope
and .ussia.
a. smuggle
b. smuggling
c. smuggled
d. smuggles
%/. 'ow >entral (sian governments ____ a new
challenge 0 a rapid rise in heroin use by their
own people.
a. face
b. pose
c. offer
d. present
%<. (ccording to the 2', drug abuse in the
region has ____ alarming levels.
a. arrived
b. reached
c. raised
d. reduced
%$. 1rug ____ 0 mainly taking heroin 0 are now
estimated to make up almost 1C of >entral
(sia8s population, three times the rate in the
rest of (sia.
a. uses
b. using
c. usages
d. users
%:. ____ way to reduce heroin consumption in
>entral (sia would, of course, be to reduce
the amount trafficked through the region.
a. 9ost effective
b. *he more effective
c. *he most effective
d. 9ore effective than
5&. Bf the five >entral (sian states, *a?ikistan is
seen by analysts as having ____ trafficking
problem.
a. the worst
b. worst
c. the worse
d. the baddest
51. 9easuring the trade is obviously ____ , and
most of the available statistics are supplied
by governments, which can have their own
agendas.
a. difficulty
b. difficultly
c. difficult
d. differ
52. *a?ikistan8s drug trafficking problem partly
stems from ____ poverty 0 e7acerbated by
civil war between 1::2 and 1::< 0 and partly
due to its topography.
a. his
b. their
c. our
d. its
5). =t also has a 1,)%%0km long, and
inaccessible, border with (fghanistan, which
is currently proving ____ to police.
a. difficult
b. difficultly
c. difficulty
d. different
5%. (nalysts say the *a?ik guards, ____ took over
full control of the border from .ussia in
(ugust, are poorly trained and lack proper
e4uipment.
a. whom
b. who
c. that
d. whose
55. =n *urkmenistan, a very secretive country
which ____ to give any information on drugs
to the 2' in the last five years, the situation
is unclear.
a. has refused
b. refused
c. had refuse
d. will refuse
5/. *a?ikistan8s President 6momali .akhmonov
has said that trafficking ____ at its source, in
(fghanistan.
a. should be stop
b. should be stopped
c. should be stopping
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d. should stop
5<. *a?ikistan and -yrgyzstan both employed a
central drugs control agency, ____ the other
countries relied on police and security
services.
a. however
b. for e7ample
c. while
d. because
5$. Aast year, -yrgyzstan8s agency ____ /&0<&C
of seizures, even though it only numbers 2&&
people.
a. was in control of
b. was responsible for
c. was in custody of
d. was in response to
5:. 9r. Hall believes the focus needs to be on
poverty alleviation ____ .
a. programming
b. program
c. programmers
d. programs
/&. (ngela 9erkel, ____ of the >hristian
1emocrats, has been sworn in as !ermany8s
first woman chancellor at a ceremony in the
country8s parliament.
a. leading
b. lead
c. leader
d. leadership
/1. 9rs. 9erkel, a conservative, will ____ a
coalition with the centre0left 3ocial
1emocrats, who ruled before.
a. head
b. leave
c. blame
d. destroy
/2. 3he is also the first chancellor ____ in the
former communist eastern part of the country.
a. to have grown up
b. have grown up
c. to having grown up
d. having grown up
/). =n the +undestag ):< 9Ps voted for her,
____ 51 members of the governing coalition
voted against her.
a. and
b. therefore
c. however
d. but
/%. 1uring a handover ceremony ____ *uesday
9rs. 9erkel paid tribute to her predecessor
!erhard 3chroeder, who is preparing to leave
politics.
a. by
b. in
c. on
d. at
/5. 9rs. 9erkel will make her first foreign trip as
chancellor on ;ednesday, ____ Paris and
+russels.
a. visit
b. visiting
c. to visit
d. visited
//. Her foreign policy stance is more pro023
than ____ of 9r. 3chroeder, who opposed
the war in =ra4.
a. this
b. those
c. that
d. these
/<. *he parties have agreed ____ to cut
!ermany8s budget deficit with spending cuts
and moderate ta7 increases.
a. working
b. work
c. worked
d. to work
/$. *here is less disagreement over foreign
affairs, where 9rs. 9erkel hopes to smooth
relations with the 23, ____ !ermany8s profile
within '(*B and promote fair dealing within
the 6uropean 2nion.
a. boost
b. boosting
c. to boost
d. boosted
/:. 3he has been forced to make concessions to
____ unions and accept 3ocial 1emocrats in
key cabinet roles.
a. trader
b. trade
c. trading
d. traded
<&. =talian e7perts are proposing a dramatic new
____ to the watery threat facing the city of
Denice.
a. effort
b. influence
c. solution
d. bill
<1. .ather than battling to keep the sea out 0
they want to use it to help ____ the sinking
island0city.
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a. rise
b. raise
c. rising
d. raising
<2. *he scheme would involve pumping huge
4uantities of sea water into the ground
beneath Denice down 12 pipes, ____ would
be <&&m long.
a. which each of
b. of each which
c. which of each
d. each of which
<). *he sea water would make the sand beneath
the city ____ lifting Denice by )&cm in 1&
years.
a. to e7pand
b. e7panding
c. e7pand
d. to e7panding
<%. *he =talian government is spending %.5bn
euro ____ a controversial pro?ect to build
floodgates across the entrance to the lagoon
in which the city stands in an effort to keep
the sea at bay.
a. on
b. in
c. at
d. with
<5. 'ow, a panel of engineers and geologists
from the respected 2niversity of Padua have
____ the new scheme costing ?ust a fraction
of that 0 1&&m euro.
a. accounted for
b. turned up
c. made up with
d. come up with
</. 3wiss0based food giant 'estle has ordered
the ____ of baby milk from "rance, 3pain,
Portugal and =taly after tests suggested
chemical contamination.
a. distribution
b. recall
c. marketing
d. promotion
<<. *he alarm was raised ____ traces of a
chemical involved in the printing process
were found in samples in =taly.
a. until
b. while
c. after
d. but
<$. 'estle denies the chemical poses a risk to
____ but has recalled the cartons, with an
e7piry date of 3eptember 2&&/.
a. health
b. healthy
c. healthful
d. healthily
<:. *he scare began in ,une when a sample of
li4uid baby milk ____ by 'estle showed
traces of isopropyl thio7anthone.
a. produced
b. producing
c. was produced
d. to produce
$&. 9obile phone giant Dodafone, which ____
9anchester 2nited since 2&&&, is ending a
four0year shirt deal with the Premier Aeague
club.
a. had sponsored
b. have sponsored
c. sponsored
d. has sponsored
$1. 9anchester 2nited says it is in talks with a
number of world class potential suitors and
is ____ of securing a new deal in coming
months.
a. confide
b. confident
c. confidence
d. confidant
$2. =n ,uly this year, the 9anchester 2nited
3upporters8 *rust, which had been opposed
to the sale of the club to 2.3 tycoon 9alcolm
!lazer, urged Dodafone to end ____
sponsorship deal with 2nited as it was a
tainted brand.
a. their
b. our
c. its
d. it
$). Hollywood stars (ngelina ,olie and +rad Pitt,
who have been romantically linked, plan
____ 4uake survivors in northern Pakistan in
coming days.
a. to visit
b. visit
c. visiting
d. visited
$%. ,olie, a goodwill ambassador for the 2.'.
refugee agency, has traveled to more than 2&
countries ____ she took up the high0profile
?ob in (ugust 2&&1.
a. for
6
b. in
c. until
d. since
$5. =t was the first time that ,olie, who visits
2'H>. head4uarters about once a year,
was ____ by Pitt.
a. accompany
b. accompanying
c. accompanied
d. to accompany
$/. *he Bscar0winning actress has traveled ____
for the 'obel0winning agency, which protects
people fleeing wars and persecution.
a. wide
b. widely
c. widen
d. width
$<. *he pair, who played married assassins
ordered to kill each ____ in the bo70office hit,
have been romantically linked in media
reports since last year.
a. another
b. other
c. others
d. the other
$$. ( ____ in subsidies for 6urope8s sugar
farmers has been agreed by 6uropean 2nion
agriculture ministers.
a. reduce
b. reducing
c. reduced
d. reduction
$:. *he changes were ____ by the ;orld *rade
Brganization, but 62 farmers and sugar firms
have warned of ?ob losses.
a. demanded
b. demanding
c. to demand
d. demand
:&. ( cloning pioneer ____ as a hero in his 3outh
-orean homeland has resigned and
apologized for using human eggs from his
own researchers.
a. served
b. denounced
c. regarded
d. blamed
:1. =nternational medical standards warn against
using eggs from researchers ____ may be
vulnerable to pressure.
a. who
b. whom
c. which
d. whose
:2. *he ____ ministry in 3eoul insists that he is
not guilty of any moral or legal wrongdoing,
as the eggs were given voluntarily, without
the professor8s knowledge.
a. healthy
b. healthiness
c. healthful
d. health
:). 1r Hwang, 52, gained worldwide ____ after
producing the world8s first cloned human
embryos and stem cells tailored to be used
on individuals.
a. famous
b. fame
c. famously
d. famed
:%. Human cloning science offers the possibility
that stem cells harvested from cloned
embryos could be used ____ diseases like
Parkinson8s, diabetes and heart disease.
a. treating
b. to treating
c. to treat
d. treat
:5. 1r Hwang8s ____ was seen as particularly
important as the stem cells he created were a
perfect match for the patient, which could
mean treatments without the risk of the body
re?ecting them.
a. prestige
b. breakthrough
c. barrier
d. demand
:/. Bpponents argue that __ and e7perimenting
with human embryos is unethical.
a. create
b. created
c. to create
d. creating
:<. 6arlier this month !erald 3chatten, a
prominent (merican ____ of 1r Hwang,
broke off their collaboration saying he was
concerned by the way the group procured
human eggs.
a. colleague
b. college
c. rival
d. competitor
:$. ;hen the medical ?ournal Nature pressed 1r
Hwang in 2&&% about the ____ of the eggs,
he denied they had been donated by his own
researchers.
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a. originate
b. original
c. origin
d. originality
::. (t a press ____ on *hursday he admitted he
had not told the truth.
a. conference
b. release
c. coverage
d. office
1&&. 1r. Hwang said when two women on his
team offered their own eggs, he ____ . Aater,
the women donated their eggs under false
names, without his permission.
a. brought them up
b. took them on
c. threw them away
d. turned them down
1&1. 3outh -orea8s health ministry also admitted
that other women were paid thousands of
dollars for their eggs, ____ this took place
without 1r. Hwang8s knowledge.
a. or
b. however
c. though
d. therefore
1&2. *he professor said he was resigning from
all public posts, including his ____ of the
;orld 3tem >ell Hub, which is designed to
produce stem cell lines for disease research
worldwide.
a. chairmanship
b. chairman
c. chairing
d. chaired
1&). *he research conducted by his team
re4uires large ____ of human eggs, which
are difficult to obtain.
a. number
b. numbers
c. amount
d. amounts
1&%. *here are no international laws ____ the
use of cells and embryos, but scientists said
a tough regulatory climate 0 like that in force
in the 2- 0 could prevent such abuses or
misunderstandings.
a. governed
b. governs
c. government
d. governing
1&5. ( huge swathe of to7ic water has ____ the
north0eastern >hinese city of Harbin after
drifting down the river which is the city8s main
water source.
a. arrived
b. came
c. reached
d. ran
1&/. 9assive ____ of the chemical benzene
were released by a blast 11 days ago at a
plant in ,ilin.
a. number
b. numbers
c. amount
d. amounts
1&<. (uthorities ____ off water supplies to
Harbin8s ).$m residents two days ago.
a. were shutting
b. shut
c. are shutting
d. will shut
1&$. 9ore than 1/,&&& tons of water _____ in by
road.
a. are also being brought
b. are also bringing
c. bring
d. will be bringing
1&:. Hospitals have been placed on stand0by to
cope ____ possible poisoning victims.
a. about
b. on
c. with
d. in
11&. .eports on *hursday said the ____ body of
water had levels of benzene more than )&
times higher than was considered safe.
a. contaminate
b. contamination
c. contaminating
d. contaminated
111. >hina8s environmental watchdog had found
levels in the river 1&$ times the safe limit
____ ;ednesday.
a. at
b. in
c. for
d. on
112. 'eighboring .ussia was ____ seeking
information from >hina on the spill.
a. urgently
b. urgent
c. urgency
d. urging
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11). *he 6uropean >ommission is to begin legal
action against the +ank of =taly over ____
handling of recent bank mergers.
a. it
b. its
c. their
d. them
11%. *he bank8s governor, (ntonio "azio, has
been accused of abusing his position over
the matter and has faced calls in =taly to ____
.
a. restore
b. relocate
c. resign
d. promote
115. *he +ank of 6ngland will keep a close ____
on changes in gas prices and their potential
impact on inflation.
a. ear
b. hand
c. nose
d. eye
11/. >hina has ____ its second human death
from bird flu, a )50year0old woman from
eastern (nhui province.
a. confirmed
b. confirming
c. confirmation
d. confirm
11<. *he farmer died 11 days after she
developed pneumonia0like symptoms after
contact with sick and ____ poultry.
a. died
b. death
c. die
d. dead
11$. !ary !litter may be detained in Dietnam for
another four months while claims that he had
se7 with under0age girls are ____ by police.
a. cleared
b. investigated
c. fabricated
d. produced
11:. *he e70singer has ____ accusations of
having se7 with two under0age girls, one
aged 12.
a. brought
b. defended
c. made
d. denied
12&. =f convicted, !litter 0 ____ real name is Paul
"rancis !add 0 could be ?ailed for up to 12
years.
a. who
b. that
c. whose
d. whom
121. ,apanese gaming firm 'intendo, creator of
iconic characters 1onkey -ong and 9ario
+rothers, has seen profits drop amid weak
____ of its latest console.
a. sell
b. sold
c. selling
d. sales
122. 'et profit ____ 21C from %/.5bn yen a year
ago to )/./bn yen in the si7 months to )&
3eptember.
a. increased
b. doubled
c. dropped
d. balanced
12). 'intendo said that the ____ of developing
its ne7t generation .evolution console, due
for release in 2&&/, was weighing on
earnings.
a. cost
b. fee
c. fine
d. charge
12%. "irms have to spend more on their products
as they look to lure ____ demanding
consumers in a multi0billion dollar market that
is growing annually.
a. increase
b. increasingly
c. increased
d. increasing
125. *he new machines will offer ____ larger
hard drives, improved wide0screen graphics,
>1 and music players, internet and wireless
connections, and innovative control pads.
a. features such
b. features as such
c. such features as
d. features so as
12/. ( military court in 3outh -orea has ____ to
death a soldier who shot dead eight of his
colleagues in ,une.
a. denounced
b. found
c. e7ecuted
d. sentenced
12<. -im 1ong0min threw a grenade inside his
barracks ____ the border with ' -orea, and
then opened fire at random at colleagues.
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a. near
b. nearly
c. nearest
d. nearer
12$. (n in4uiry into the incident found -im had
become ____ obsessed by computer war
games that he could no longer tell the
difference between fantasy and reality.
a. such
b. enough
c. so
d. too
12:. -im8s defense ____ said he would appeal
the ruling at a higher court.
a. law
b. lawful
c. lawfully
d. lawyer
1)&. >hildren should be the prime target of
malaria control as they are ones most likely
to be ____ by mos4uitoes carrying the
parasite.
a. biting
b. bitten
c. beating
d. beaten
1)1. 9alaria kills about 2 million people each
year, ____ are children under five.
a. most of them
b. most of who
c. most of whom
d. most of which
1)2. *he 2nited 'ations has warned that no
developing region is on track to ____ the
international goal of reducing the number of
hungry people by half.
a. see
b. meet
c. arrive
d. score
1)). ____ si7 million children die from hunger or
malnutrition every year.
a. 'early
b. 'ear
c. 9ost of
d. *he most
1)%. 9any deaths result ____ treatable diseases
such as diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria and
measles.
a. of
b. at
c. in
d. from
1)5. *hey ____ if they had proper nourishment,
the agency says in a new report on world
hunger.
a. would have survived
b. had survived
c. would survive
d. will survive
1)/. *he report says that ____ children start
school later and find it difficult to learn, and
they are much more likely to die from
disease.
a. malnourished
b. malnourish
c. malnutrition
d. malnourishment
1)<. *he report, ____ on data compiled last year,
estimated that $52 million people were
undernourished during 2&&&02&&2.
a. basic
b. basis
c. basing
d. based
1)$. *om >ruise has bought a ultrasound
machine for his pregnant actress fiancEe
-atie Holmes ____ they can monitor their
unborn child at home.
a. so that
b. therefore
c. as a result
d. because
1):. >ruise said the device 0 which ____ up to
#2&&,&&& 0 would be donated to a hospital
when they have finished with it.
a. pays
b. costs
c. spends
d. fines
1%&. >ruise told 2.3 network (+> that he did not
____ know the child8s gender.
a. already
b. still
c. yet
d. ever
1%1. >ruise, who ____ his engagement in ,une,
said the couple will tie the knot in summer or
early autumn ne7t year.
a. announced
b. broke off
c. encountered
d. conducted
1%2. >ruise, who has been married twice before,
has two other children 0 >onnor, 1&, and
10
=sabella, 12, ____ he adopted with previous
wife, actress 'icole -idman.
a. whose
b. who
c. that
d. whom
1%). (ction movie star ,ackie >han has been
presented with an award in ____ of his status
as a global role model.
a. recognize
b. recognition
c. recognizable
d. recognizing
1%%. >helsea "> owner .oman (bramovich is
+ritain8s ____ man, having amassed a
fortune of F<.5bn.
a. richer
b. the richest
c. richest
d. richer than
1%5. *he )<0year0old is also ____ wealthiest
person in 6urope and ranks 22nd in the
world, according to the 3unday *imes .ich
Aist 2&&%.
a. the si7
b. si7
c. si7th
d. the si7th
1%/. *he bulk of (bramovich8s wealth ____ from
3ibneft, the oil business that he bought with
.ussian tycoon +oris +erezovsky in 1::5.
a. comes
b. coming
c. come
d. to come
1%<. (bramovich was left in ____ of 3ibneft after
+erezovsky went into e7ile and his stake is
now worth F5.)bn.
a. use
b. charge
c. custody
d. common
1%$. Property plays a ma?or role in the growth of
+ritish wealth, with a 4uarter of the 1,&&&
richest involved ____ some way in the
building industry 0 owning, trading or buying
properties.
a. on
b. at
c. in
d. by
1%:. ( "rench woman has admitted ____ to
open an airplane door mid0flight so that she
could smoke a cigarette.
a. attempting
b. to attempt
c. attempt
d. attempted
15&. 3andrine Helene 3ellies, )%, who has a fear
of flying, had drunk alcohol and taken
sleeping tablets ahead ____ the flight from
Hong -ong to +risbane.
a. on
b. of
c. in
d. with
151. 3he then began tampering with the
emergency e7it ____ she was stopped by a
flight attendant.
a. because
b. but
c. although
d. until
152. 1efense lawyer Helen 3hilton said her client
had ____ memory of what had happened on
the flight on 3aturday, and that she had a
history of sleepwalking.
a. not
b. none
c. no
d. nor
15). ( >hinese man ?ailed for 11 years for
murdering his wife 0 who then turned up alive
0 is seeking ____ from the state of %.)<m
yuan.
a. compensation
b. salary
c. fortune
d. fine
15%. 3he @ianglin, ):, was ____ from prison in
central Hubei province last month after his
wife reappeared.
a. free
b. freedom
c. freeing
d. freed
155. *he case has been ____ watched, amid
wider fears about >hina8s legal system.
a. strictly
b. closely
c. tightly
d. firmly
15/. 9r. 3he, a former security guard, was
arrested in 1::% and ____ in 1::$ to 15
11
years in ?ail for the murder of his wife, after a
body was found.
a. sentencing
b. to sentence
c. sentenced
d. sentence
15<. His wife reappeared ____ 9arch, and 9r.
3he8s plight became one of the most glaring
of many recent e7amples of failures in
>hina8s legal system.
a. on
b. at
c. in
d. with
15$. 9r. 3he said he had been tortured by police
into making a false ____.
a. accusation
b. confession
c. alarm
d. name
15:. +ei?ing outlawed torture in 1::/, ____
human rights organizations report it is still
used to e7tract confessions.
a. but
b. so
c. however
d. since
1/&. *he >hinese authorities move to stop ____
that the death penalty is too widely used.
a. critical
b. criticize
c. critically
d. criticism
1/1. >hina carried ____ at least ),%&&
e7ecutions last year, according to rights
group (mnesty =nternational.
a. on
b. out
c. off
d. away
1/2. (t the moment, >hinese citizens can be
sentenced to death for crimes such as
corruption and ____.
a. rob
b. robber
c. robbery
d. robbed
1/). 'okia >orp. will ____ mobile networks for
+3'A in northern =ndia, in a deal valued at
#1%& million.
a. to e7pand
b. e7panding
c. be e7panded
d. e7pand
1/%. *he e7pansion is an e7tension of a #2$5
million contract signed last year by 'okia and
+harat 3anchar 'igam Aimited, one of =ndia8s
____ telecoms.
a. leader
b. leading
c. led
d. lead
1/5. *he deal will enable +3'A _____ coverage
and its capacity to 2 million new subscribers.
a. increase
b. increasing
c. to increase
d. increased
1//. +ased in 6spoo ?ust outside the "innish
capital, 'okia ____ in 1)& countries and has
about 55,5&& employees.
a. operates
b. lives
c. stays
d. cooperates
1/<. *he cost of building a 9icrosoft >orp. @bo7
)/& video game console is nearly %& percent
higher than the ____ price.
a. retailing
b. retailed
c. retailer
d. retail
1/$. 9icrosoft aims to sell about 5.5 million
premium and lower0priced basic @bo7 )/&
units ____ the end of ,une.
a. on
b. by
c. until
d. in
1/:. *he machine will compete ____ the
Play3tation ) from 3ony >orp. and 'intendo
>o. Atd8s .evolution, each due out in 2&&/.
a. for
b. about
c. in
d. with
1<&. >onsole makers have historically
subsidized manufacturing costs by creating
and selling their own video games and by
____ fees from publishers who make titles for
their systems.
a. collect
b. collection
c. collecting
d. to collect
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1<1. 3everal new @bo7 )/& games are priced
_____.
a. as high as #/&
b. high as #/&
c. as high #/&
d. as high to #/&
1<2. 9icrosoft, currently in second place to 3ony
in the #1& billion 2.3. video game____ , is
gunning for the top spot with the release of its
new console.
a. marketer
b. market
c. marketing
d. marketed
1<). >rotty said the big winner in the video game
wars is =+9, ____ its microprocessors power
all three of the new consoles from the
industry8s heavy hitters.
a. since
b. although
c. therefore
d. but
1<%. *he release of those machines is e7pected
to reignite hardware ____ growth.
a. selling
b. sold
c. sell
d. sales
1<5. ,apan8s ____ surplus narrowed in Bctober
as import costs continued to swell on high oil
prices, offsetting a mild recovery in e7ports.
a. trade
b. to trade
c. trade
d. trading
1</. ,apan8s economy grew &.% percent in ,uly0
3eptember, the fourth straight 4uarter of
____.
a. growth
b. decline
c. crisis
d. loss
1<<. >hina, combined with Hong -ong, is now
,apan8s biggest trading ____ and ,apan8s
second0largest e7port destination after the
2nited 3tates.
a. colleague
b. partner
c. counterpart
d. rival
1<$. 6conomists also e7pect a recent
depreciation in the yen starting to support
e7ports. ( weaker yen makes ,apanese
e7ports cheaper and ____ in overseas
markets.
a. the most attractive
b. more attractive than
c. more attractive
d. most attractive
1<:. (fter looking for love on the =nternet and
failing to find it, frustrated lonely hearts are
heading to court, accusing online dating sites
of engaging in ____ practices.
a. good
b. legal
c. standard
d. deceptive
1$&. ( recent lawsuit against 9atch.com charged
the matchmaking service with ____ a female
employee out on a date with a male
subscriber as date bait to keep him signed
up.
a. to send
b. sending
c. sent
d. send
1$1. (nother lawsuit against a personals service
____ by Gahoo =nc. accused the =nternet
portal giant of creating fake profiles to entice
subscribers.
a. offer
b. offering
c. to offer
d. offered
1$2. 9atch.com ____ the allegations and
obtained an affidavit from the woman in
4uestion, who declared she never worked for
the company.
a. denied
b. admitted
c. investigated
d. faced
1$). *he federal fraud lawsuits, ____ seek class0
action status, have roiled the lucrative online
dating industry.
a. that
b. who
c. whom
d. which
1$%. ( 2&&% report by ,upiter .esearch
estimated the 2.3. =nternet personals market
had ____ of #%<) million that year H the
largest moneymaker for online content.
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a. revenues
b. e7penses
c. losses
d. costs
1$5. *he lawsuit against Gahoo was filed in
Bctober in 2.3. 1istrict >ourt ____3an ,ose
by plaintiff .obert (nthony of +roward
>ounty, "la.
a. in
b. on
c. at
d. above
1$/. *he suit says Gahoo posts fake profiles on
its personals site to generate____ , public
trust and give the site a much more attractive
and functional appearance.
a. interesting
b. interested
c. interest
d. to interest
1$<. Gahoo ____ #1:.:5 a month for a dating
service and #)%.:5 a month for a service
geared for people looking for more serious
relationships.
a. pays
b. charges
c. subsidizes
d. spends
1$$. (fter months of failing to meet a potential
match, (nthony became ____ and
discovered the same picture of a woman
being posted for different cities under
different names.
a. suspicion
b. suspect
c. suspecting
d. suspicious
1$:. *rish 9c1ermott, chief matchmaker at
6ngage.com and a member of 9atch.com8s
startup team, said she never saw any type of
____ fraud during her decade at 9atch.com.
a. consumer
b. consumption
c. consume
d. consuming
1:&. 1efending champion Aiverpool, >helsea
and =nter 9ilan reached the knockout stage
of the >hampions Aeague on ;ednesday,
?oining seven other teams that had ____
4ualified.
a. yet
b. already
c. still
d. ever
1:1. =n 9ilan, (driano ended his month0long
scoring drought with ____ hat trick in the %0&
win over (rtmedia. *he victory at 3an 3iro
was again played behind closed doors.
a. its
b. her
c. their
d. his
1:2. =t was the fourth and final home match ____
fans, a 26"( punishment handed out to the
=talian club following fan violence during a
>hampions Aeague match last season with
city rival (> 9ilan.
a. with
b. no
c. e7cept
d. without
1:). .ussell >rowe pleaded guilty "riday to
third0degree assault, ____ to a ?udge that he
threw a phone that hit a 9anhattan hotel
concierge in ,une.
a. denying
b. admitting
c. accusing
d. devoting
1:%. 9anhattan >riminal >ourt ,udge -athryn
"reed sentenced the actor to a conditional
discharge, which means he must not get
____ for one year.
a. arrested
b. arresting
c. arrest
d. to arrest
1:5. =f he ____ of more serious charges initially
filed against him H assault and criminal
possession of a weapon H >rowe could
have lost his right to work in the 2nited
3tates and might have faced seven years of
prison time.
a. were convicted
b. has been convicted
c. had been convicted
d. would have been convicted
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1:/. >rowe, %1, who ____ the (cademy (ward
for best actor in 2&&1 for !ladiator, has also
starred in such films as ( +eautiful 9ind
and >inderella 9an.
a. wins
b. has won
c. had won
d. won
1:<. He was arrested after flying into a rage in
,une ____ he had trouble calling his wife in
(ustralia from his room at the 9ercer Hotel in
9anhattan8s 3oHo district.
a. although
b. when
c. however
d. yet
1:$. >rowe, who ____ still and erect, told the
?udge on "riday that he did throw the phone,
striking the concierge.
a. said
b. announced
c. admitted
d. stood
1::. Bn (ug. 25, >rowe said in a statement that
he had ____ a settlement with the concierge,
'estor 6strada. *erms of the settlement were
not disclosed.
a. re?ected
b. reached
c. proceeded
d. conducted
2&&. *he actor also had publicly apologized on
the Aate 3how with 1avid Aetterman ____
after the incident.
a. shortly
b. shorten
c. short
d. shortness
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