Section I Vocabulary

　　Directions:

　　There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that best complete the sentence and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)

　　1. Robert seldom has the opportunity to date with her. Because her family _____her to stay out after darkness.

　　A. stop B. hinder C. prohibit D. forbid

　　2. You shouldn’t have written in the _____ since the book belongs to the library.

　　A. interval B. border C. margin D. edge

　　3. The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

　　A. informed B. enlightened

　　C. acquainted D. acknowledged

　　4. The police are trying to find out the _____ of the woman killed in the traffic accident.

　　A. evidence B. recognition C. status D. identity

　　5. Einstein, like other great physicists before him, worked out new theories that challenge our _____ concept of the universe.

　　A. existed B. established C. organized D. adjusted

　　6. The opposition party demands that those cabinet members who are involved in the recent scandal should ______.

　　A. let down B. step down C. put down D. comedown

　　7. Of all the soldiers they had the _____ of being the fiercest, the most patriotic and the toughest.

　　A. recognition B. reservation C. reputation D. recreation

　　8. The fact that he has made a serious mistake does not _____ your treating him that way.

　　A. justify B. prove C. verify D. agree

　　9. The manager was very pleased with the increased _____ from the factory last month.

　　A. outcome B. outline C. output D. outset

　　10. I managed to talk down the price and bought the coat _____ the discount of 20 percent.

　　A. for B. with C. on D. at