1. The journalist had the audacity to criticize the president to his face.

1) boldness            2) consideration

3) reason              4) sincerity            

2. Dire predictions about tornado Helena led everyone to be on guard.

1) Imminent           2) Disastrous 

3) Necessary          4) Premature

3. Do not attempt to increase your stature by decrying the efforts of your opponents.

1) deleting             2) deceiving

3) disparaging         4) deluding

4. People bustled about on the streets, keeping their eyes low and their coats tight.

1) strolled leisurely    2) cried out frantically 

3) moved lazily         4) walked energetically

5. The ability to manage one's emotions is an essential ingredient of effective leadership.

1) tenet                 2) element  

3) disposition          4) antecedent

6. When Martha asked her husband if she was getting fat, he said "yes" without thinking and quickly regretted his candor.

1) recklessness        2) immaturity

3) foolishness         4) frankness

7. Since the man still wasn't responding to medical treatment, the claims adjuster decided to place him under surveillance.

1) observation         2) manipulation

3) protection           4) recovery

8. As a scholar, she had written many ponderous articles about English morals and manners, but she made her fortune as a best-selling novelist writing lightweight mysteries.

1) intricate            2) dull

3) meticulous          4) critical

【9-15】다음 문장의 밑줄 친 부분 중 문법적으로 가장 적절하지 못한 것을 고르시오.

  (각 2.5점)

9. In most people, the areas of the brain that

       1)                                2)    controls speech are located in the left

    3)                 4)

 hemisphere.

10. We have received a guarantee that the

            1)                    2)

 building work will be finished until next

                 3)            4)

 week. 

11. We went on to discuss the issue of who

                      1)                2)

 should represent for us in the negotiations.

                   3)             4)        

12. Children whose parents are alcoholics are

more likely than other children of becoming

    1)              2)              3)  

 alcoholics themselves.

              4)

13. When I pointed out to John that a large

                                     1)

 quantity of paint had been found in his

                       2)

 house, he replied that he had been storing

                                3)

them for a friend.

   4)

14. Each of Hemingway's wives－Richardson,

       1)

Pfeiffer, Gelhorn, and Welsh－were strong and

interesting women, very different from the

    2)                            3) 

often pallid women who populate his novels.

                           4)  

15. Unfortunately, neither the Company

                    1)

 President nor the Managing Director of

 Macroworth is available to addressing that

                   2)          3)

 meeting, but I and other senior managers are

                     4)

 to attend.

【16-22】다음 빈 칸에 가장 적합한 단어 또는 어구를 고르시오. (각 2.5점)

16. Mary is working ________ on her new novel. She spends all her time writing.

1) at times           2) around the clock 

3) by fits and starts  4) at intervals

17. When it comes to public celebrations, the people of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro have no __________, and the Carnival that explodes in Rio just before the nation settles down to Lent has all the music, color, and excitement anyone could ask for.

1) substance          2) novelty

3) reality             4) match

18. To study whether a behavior is _________, one must isolate the subject at birth so that behavior will not be influenced by surroundings.

1) pertinent            2) reckless

3) conscientious       4) innate  

19. Part of a person's immediate response to pain is determined not only by his ____________ emotional state but also by his memories of previous painful experiences.

1) scared              2) daunted

3) current             4) obvious

20. The bulldog was remarkably _______. He wouldn't let go of the robber's leg even when the man rained blows down on his head.

1) tenacious           2) versatile

3) submissive          4) docile       

21. Governments, private groups, and individuals spend billions of dollars a year trying to _________ non-native organisms that are considered dangerous to ecosystems, and to prevent the introduction of new interlopers.

1) plant in             2) take in

3) take over           4) root out

22. In the 1960s, to almost everyone's surprise, the feminist movement reappeared and became a force to be _________. Surprisingly, no one realized at the time what consequences would result from the second wave of feminism.

1) put down          2) reckoned with

3) messed up         4) distracted from

【23-30】다음 빈 칸에 가장 적합한 단어 또는 어구를 고?