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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 Goblet of Fire" sold an
estimated $181.4 million ____ of tickets,
including $101.4 million in North America.
a. worthy
b. cost
c. charge
d. worth
3. The $130 million movie, ____ on the book by
British author J.K. Rowling, stars 16-year-old
Daniel Radcliffe in the title role.
a. basing
b. base
c. based
d. to base
4. The film was rated in the United States as
PG-13 for "sequences of fantasy ____ and
frightening images," while the first three
carried a milder PG rating.
a. violation
b. violate
c. violent
d. violence

5. Exit polling showed that more adults turned
____ than usual, indicating that the
franchise's appeal is spreading beyond
families.
a. down
b. up
c. over
d. on
6. The new film was ____ by Mike Newell, best
known for the 1994 comedy "Four Weddings
and a Funeral," and the first Englishman to
take the helm of the series.
a. direction
b. directed
c. directing
d. direct
7. In North America, the three-day haul set a
new record for the lucrative franchise, ____
the $93.7 million opening of 2004's "Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban."
a. surpass
b. surpassed
c. surpassing
d. to surpassing
8. ____ of the three was 2001's "Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer's Stone," which totaled
$317.6 million.
a. The most successful
b. Most successful
c. The more successful

d. The more successful than
9. Boeing has ____ two massive deals to
supply aircraft to Chinese firms and to
Dubai's Emirates Airlines.
a. signature
b. sign
c. signing
d. signed
10. China is buying seventy Boeing 737 aircraft -
a $4bn deal that is said to be ____ in
Chinese aviation history.
a. largest
b. larger than
c. the largest
d. the larger than
11. Airbus and Boeing have been battling it out to
win orders in the Middle East, a fast-growing
aviation ____ relatively unchallenged by
rocketing fuel prices and terror threats.
a. markets
b. market
c. marketing
d. marketers
12. Airline Emirates ____ 45 Airbus super-jumbo
A380 aircraft - the single largest customer for
the new jet, which put in an appearance at
the air show on Saturday.
a. had already purchased
b. already had purchased
c. had purchased already

d. had already purchase
13. The airline hopes ____ the Gulf a major
regional transport hub as it positions itself as
a leading carrier on routes between Europe
and Asia.
a. make
b. to make
c. to making
d. made
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14. China's deal with Boeing was hailed as a
promising sign for future ____ between China
and the US by China's official news agency
Xinhua.
a. cooperate
b. cooperative
c. cooperator
d. cooperation
15. The agreement was ____ as President
George W Bush visited Beijing.
a. expressed
b. signed
c. honored
d. broken
16. US carmaker General Motors is to cut 30,000
jobs in North America under a restructuring
drive that ____ to revive the company.
a. aims
b. aiming
c. aimed

d. aim
17. The 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
18. GM has suffered falling sales, a drop in
market share and high ____ costs.
a. labored
b. laboring
c. laborer
d. labor
19. Earlier this year, the firm had warned it ____
25,000 jobs by 2008 mainly through attrition
or natural wastage.
a. has cut
b. would be cut
c. would cut
d. will be cut
20. A diamond necklace that once belonged
____ the Russian Empress Catherine the
Great has been sold at auction for $1.5m in
Geneva.
a. with
b. to
c. of
d. from
21. Auction house Sotheby's says the necklace is

a rare survivor from an era ____ jewelry was
broken up for reuse.
a. although
b. unless
c. when
d. and
22. Around 200 ____ attended the day-long
auction at Geneva's Le Beau Rivage hotel.
a. dealers
b. dealings
c. deals
d. dealer
23. The necklace was ____ 340 lots that were
sold for a total of $27m.
a. between
b. most
c. along
d. among
24. Sotheby's would not ____ the name of the
buyer of Catherine the Great's necklace.
a. sign
b. reveal
c. remember
d. use
25. The necklace ____ by a London jeweler in
1927.
a. has been bought
b. is bought
c. bought
d. was bought

26. It was then sold on to an unnamed collector
and ____ in private hands ever since.
a. remained
b. remains
c. has remained
d. will remain
27. Coca Cola 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
28. ____ their arch rival Pepsi, Coca-Cola has
been slow in diversifying into healthier
products.
a. Dislike
b. Unlike
c. Alike
d. Not likes
29. The price of gold has climbed to its highest
level in ____ 18 years after Russia said it
may double its reserves.
a. most
b. most of
c. the most
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d. almost
30. Costs also have been driven by ____ for gold
jewelry and concerns that quicker inflation in

the US will erode the value of shares and
bonds.
a. demand
b. responsibility
c. consumption
d. request
31. Gold ____ as high as $487.90 an ounce in
Friday trading.
a. risen
b. rose
c. raised
d. rise
32. ____ the price fell back in afternoon US
trading, analysts predict it may climb to $500
by the end of this year, and could go even
higher.
a. Because
b. However
c. In spite of
d. Although
33. Gold prices ____ steadily since they hit a 25-
year low of $255 an ounce in 2001.
a. have been recovering
b. recovered
c. were recovering
d. has been recovering
34. Analysts 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
35. Demand for jewelry, 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
36. At the same time, a number of central banks,
____ Russia's, have been hinting that they
might increase gold supplies and cut their
holdings of the US dollar.
a. include
b. included
c. including
d. includes
37. Russia currently has about 500 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
38. For the second year in a row this destitute
city of Camden, New Jersey, has been

named the nation's ____ .
a. most dangerous
b. the most dangerous
c. more dangerous
d. more dangerous than
39. Camden, a former industrial city across the
Delaware River from Philadelphia, ____ for a
history of corrupt politicians, drug-dealing and
murders.
a. knows
b. knowing
c. is known
d. has known
40. The state has poured $175 million into the
city to spur ____ projects.
a. developing
b. development
c. developed
d. developer
41. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people
since it was first ____ in 1981, making it one
of the most destructive epidemics in history.
a. recognizing
b. recognize
c. to recognize
d. recognized
42. An estimated 3.1 million people died from the
virus last year and another 4.9 million people
became ____ .
a. infected

b. infection
c. infecting
d. infect
43. For 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. Its
d. there is
44. Key World Trade Organization members
have admitted they will not be able to agree a
framework for a new ____ deal at upcoming
talks in China.
a. trading
b. trade
c. traded
d. trader
45. For more than a decade Central Asia has
been a key conduit for the world's heroin,
____ from Afghanistan to markets in Europe
and Russia.
a. smuggle
b. smuggling
c. smuggled
d. smuggles
46. Now Central Asian governments ____ a new
challenge - a rapid rise in heroin use by their

own people.
a. face
b. pose
c. offer
d. present
47. According to the UN, drug abuse in the
region has ____ "alarming" levels.
a. arrived
b. reached
c. raised
d. reduced
48. Drug ____ - mainly taking heroin - are now
estimated to make up almost 1% of Central
Asia's population, three times the rate in the
rest of Asia.
a. uses
b. using
c. usages
d. users
49. ____ way to reduce heroin consumption in
Central Asia would, of course, be to reduce
the amount trafficked through the region.
a. Most effective
b. The more effective
c. The most effective
d. More effective than
50. Of the five Central Asian states, Tajikistan is
seen by analysts as having ____ trafficking
problem.
a. the worst

b. worst
c. the worse
d. the baddest
51. Measuring 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. Tajikistan's drug trafficking problem partly
stems from ____ poverty - exacerbated by
civil war between 1992 and 1997 - and partly
due to its topography.
a. his
b. their
c. our
d. its
53. It also has a 1,344-km long, and
inaccessible, border with Afghanistan, which
is currently proving ____ to police.
a. difficult
b. difficultly
c. difficulty
d. different
54. Analysts say the Tajik guards, ____ took over
full control of the border from Russia in
August, are poorly trained and lack proper
equipment.

a. whom
b. who
c. that
d. whose
55. In Turkmenistan, a very secretive country
which ____ to give any information on drugs
to the UN in the last five years, the situation
is unclear.
a. has refused
b. refused
c. had refuse
d. will refuse
56. Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmonov
has said that trafficking ____ at its source, in
Afghanistan.
a. should be stop
b. should be stopped
c. should be stopping
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d. should stop
57. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan both employed a
central drugs control agency, ____ the other
countries relied on police and security
services.
a. however
b. for example
c. while
d. because
58. Last year, Kyrgyzstan's agency ____ 60-70%
of seizures, even though it only numbers 200

people.
a. was in control of
b. was responsible for
c. was in custody of
d. was in response to
59. Mr. Hall believes the focus needs to be on
poverty alleviation ____ .
a. programming
b. program
c. programmers
d. programs
60. Angela Merkel, ____ of the Christian
Democrats, has been sworn in as Germany's
first woman chancellor at a ceremony in the
country's parliament.
a. leading
b. lead
c. leader
d. leadership
61. Mrs. Merkel, a conservative, will ____ a
coalition with the centre-left Social
Democrats, who ruled before.
a. head
b. leave
c. blame
d. destroy
62. She 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
63. In the Bundestag 397 MPs voted for her,
____ 51 members of the governing coalition
voted against her.
a. and
b. therefore
c. however
d. but
64. During a handover ceremony ____ Tuesday
Mrs. Merkel paid tribute to her predecessor
Gerhard Schroeder, who is preparing to
leave politics.
a. by
b. in
c. on
d. at
65. Mrs. Merkel will make her first foreign trip as
chancellor on Wednesday, ____ Paris and
Brussels.
a. visit
b. visiting
c. to visit
d. visited
66. Her foreign policy stance is more pro-US
than ____ of Mr. Schroeder, who opposed
the war in Iraq.
a. this
b. those

c. that
d. these
67. The parties have agreed ____ to cut
Germany's budget deficit with spending cuts
and moderate tax increases.
a. working
b. work
c. worked
d. to work
68. There is less disagreement over foreign
affairs, where Mrs. Merkel hopes to smooth
relations with the US, ____ Germany's profile
within NATO and promote fair dealing within
the European Union.
a. boost
b. boosting
c. to boost
d. boosted
69. She has been forced to make concessions to
____ unions and accept Social Democrats in
key cabinet roles.
a. trader
b. trade
c. trading
d. traded
70. Italian experts are proposing a dramatic new
____ to the watery threat facing the city of
Venice.
a. effort
b. influence

c. solution
d. bill
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71. Rather than battling to keep the sea out -
they want to use it to help ____ the sinking
island-city.
a. rise
b. raise
c. rising
d. raising
72. The scheme would involve pumping huge
quantities of sea water into the ground
beneath Venice down 12 pipes, ____ would
be 700m long.
a. which each of
b. of each which
c. which of each
d. each of which
73. The sea water would make the sand beneath
the city ____ lifting Venice by 30cm in 10
years.
a. to expand
b. expanding
c. expand
d. to expanding
74. The Italian government is spending 4.5bn
euro ____ a controversial project 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
75. Now, a panel of engineers and geologists
from the respected University of Padua have
____ the new scheme costing just a fraction
of that - 100m euro.
a. accounted for
b. turned up
c. made up with
d. come up with
76. Swiss-based food giant Nestle has ordered
the ____ of baby milk from France, Spain,
Portugal and Italy after tests suggested
chemical contamination.
a. distribution
b. recall
c. marketing
d. promotion
77. The alarm was raised ____ traces of a
chemical involved in the printing process
were found in samples in Italy.
a. until
b. while
c. after
d. but
78. Nestle denies the chemical poses a risk to
____ but has recalled the cartons, with an
expiry date of September 2006.

a. health
b. healthy
c. healthful
d. healthily
79. The scare began in June when a sample of
liquid baby milk ____ by Nestle showed
traces of isopropyl thioxanthone.
a. produced
b. producing
c. was produced
d. to produce
80. Mobile phone giant Vodafone, which ____
Manchester United since 2000, is ending a
four-year shirt deal with the Premier League
club.
a. had sponsored
b. have sponsored
c. sponsored
d. has sponsored
81. Manchester United 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
82. In July this year, the Manchester United
Supporters' Trust, which had been opposed
to the sale of the club to U.S tycoon Malcolm

Glazer, urged Vodafone to end ____
sponsorship deal with United as it was a
"tainted brand".
a. their
b. our
c. its
d. it
83. Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt,
who have been romantically linked, plan
____ quake survivors in northern Pakistan in
coming days.
a. to visit
b. visit
c. visiting
d. visited
84. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.
refugee agency, has traveled to more than 20
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countries ____ she took up the high-profile
job in August 2001.
a. for
b. in
c. until
d. since
85. It was the first time that Jolie, who visits
UNHCR headquarters about once a year,
was ____ by Pitt.
a. accompany
b. accompanying
c. accompanied

d. to accompany
86. The Oscar-winning actress has traveled ____
for the Nobel-winning agency, which protects
people fleeing wars and persecution.
a. wide
b. widely
c. widen
d. width
87. The pair, who played married assassins
ordered to kill each ____ in the box-office hit,
have been romantically linked in media
reports since last year.
a. another
b. other
c. others
d. the other
88. A ____ in subsidies for Europe's sugar
farmers has been agreed by European Union
agriculture ministers.
a. reduce
b. reducing
c. reduced
d. reduction
89. The changes were ____ by the World Trade
Organization, but EU farmers and sugar firms
have warned of job losses.
a. demanded
b. demanding
c. to demand
d. demand

90. A cloning pioneer ____ as a hero in his South
Korean homeland has resigned and
apologized for using human eggs from his
own researchers.
a. served
b. denounced
c. regarded
d. blamed
91. International medical standards warn against
using eggs from researchers ____ may be
vulnerable to pressure.
a. who
b. whom
c. which
d. whose
92. The ____ ministry in Seoul insists that he is
not guilty of any moral or legal wrongdoing,
as the eggs were given voluntarily, without
the professor's knowledge.
a. healthy
b. healthiness
c. healthful
d. health
93. Dr Hwang, 52, gained worldwide ____ after
producing the world's first cloned human
embryos and stem cells tailored to be used
on individuals.
a. famous
b. fame
c. famously

d. famed
94. Human cloning science offers the possibility
that stem cells harvested from cloned
embryos could be used ____ diseases like
Parkinson's, diabetes and heart disease.
a. treating
b. to treating
c. to treat
d. treat
95. Dr Hwang's ____ 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
rejecting them.
a. prestige
b. breakthrough
c. barrier
d. demand
96. Opponents argue that __ and experimenting
with human embryos is unethical.
a. create
b. created
c. to create
d. creating
97. Earlier this month Gerald Schatten, a
prominent American ____ of Dr 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
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98. When the medical journal Nature pressed Dr
Hwang in 2004 about the ____ of the eggs,
he denied they had been donated by his own
researchers.
a. originate
b. original
c. origin
d. originality
99. At a press ____ on Thursday he admitted he
had not told the truth.
a. conference
b. release
c. coverage
d. office
100. Dr. Hwang said when two women on his
team offered their own eggs, he ____ . Later,
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
101. South Korea's health ministry also admitted
that other women were paid thousands of
dollars for their eggs, ____ this took place
without Dr. Hwang's knowledge.

a. or
b. however
c. though
d. therefore
102. The professor said he was resigning from
all public posts, including his ____ of the
World Stem Cell Hub, which is designed to
produce stem cell lines for disease research
worldwide.
a. chairmanship
b. chairman
c. chairing
d. chaired
103. The research conducted by his team
requires large ____ of human eggs, which
are difficult to obtain.
a. number
b. numbers
c. amount
d. amounts
104. There are no international laws ____ the
use of cells and embryos, but scientists said
a tough regulatory climate - like that in force
in the UK - could prevent such abuses or
misunderstandings.
a. governed
b. governs
c. government
d. governing
105. A huge swathe of toxic water has ____ the

north-eastern Chinese city of Harbin after
drifting down the river which is the city's main
water source.
a. arrived
b. came
c. reached
d. ran
106. Massive ____ of the chemical benzene
were released by a blast 11 days ago at a
plant in Jilin.
a. number
b. numbers
c. amount
d. amounts
107. Authorities ____ off water supplies to
Harbin's 3.8m residents two days ago.
a. were shutting
b. shut
c. are shutting
d. will shut
108. More than 16,000 tons of water _____ in by
road.
a. are also being brought
b. are also bringing
c. bring
d. will be bringing
109. Hospitals have been placed on stand-by to
cope ____ possible poisoning victims.
a. about
b. on

c. with
d. in
110. Reports on Thursday said the ____ body of
water had levels of benzene more than 30
times higher than was considered safe.
a. contaminate
b. contamination
c. contaminating
d. contaminated
111. China's environmental watchdog had found
levels in the river 108 times the safe limit
____ Wednesday.
a. at
b. in
c. for
d. on
112. Neighboring Russia was ____ seeking
information from China on the spill.
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a. urgently
b. urgent
c. urgency
d. urging
113. The European Commission is to begin legal
action against the Bank of Italy over ____
handling of recent bank mergers.
a. it
b. its
c. their
d. them

114. The bank's governor, Antonio Fazio, has
been accused of abusing his position over
the matter and has faced calls in Italy to ____
.
a. restore
b. relocate
c. resign
d. promote
115. The Bank of England will keep a close ____
on changes in gas prices and their potential
impact on inflation.
a. ear
b. hand
c. nose
d. eye
116. China has ____ its second human death
from bird flu, a 35-year-old woman from
eastern Anhui province.
a. confirmed
b. confirming
c. confirmation
d. confirm
117. The farmer died 11 days after she
developed pneumonia-like symptoms after
contact with sick and ____ poultry.
a. died
b. death
c. die
d. dead
118. Gary Glitter may be detained in Vietnam for

another four months while claims that he had
sex with under-age girls are ____ by police.
a. cleared
b. investigated
c. fabricated
d. produced
119. The ex-singer has ____ accusations of
having sex with two under-age girls, one
aged 12.
a. brought
b. defended
c. made
d. denied
120. If convicted, Glitter - ____ real name is Paul
Francis Gadd - could be jailed for up to 12
years.
a. who
b. that
c. whose
d. whom
121. Japanese gaming firm Nintendo, creator of
iconic characters Donkey Kong and Mario
Brothers, has seen profits drop amid weak
____ of its latest console.
a. sell
b. sold
c. selling
d. sales
122. Net profit ____ 21% from 46.5bn yen a year
ago to 36.6bn yen in the six months to 30

September.
a. increased
b. doubled
c. dropped
d. balanced
123. Nintendo said that the ____ of developing
its next generation "Revolution" console, due
for release in 2006, was weighing on
earnings.
a. cost
b. fee
c. fine
d. charge
124. Firms have to spend more on their products
as they look to lure ____ demanding
consumers in a multi-billion dollar market that
is growing annually.
a. increase
b. increasingly
c. increased
d. increasing
125. The new machines will offer ____ larger
hard drives, improved wide-screen graphics,
CD 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
126. A military court in South Korea has ____ to

death a soldier who shot dead eight of his
colleagues in June.
a. denounced
b. found
c. executed
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d. sentenced
127. Kim Dong-min threw a grenade inside his
barracks ____ the border with N Korea, and
then opened fire at random at colleagues.
a. near
b. nearly
c. nearest
d. nearer
128. An inquiry into the incident found Kim 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
129. Kim's defense ____ said he would appeal
the ruling at a higher court.
a. law
b. lawful
c. lawfully
d. lawyer
130. Children should be the prime target of
malaria control as they are ones most likely

to be ____ by mosquitoes carrying the
parasite.
a. biting
b. bitten
c. beating
d. beaten
131. Malaria 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
132. The United Nations 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
133. ____ six million children die from hunger or
malnutrition every year.
a. Nearly
b. Near
c. Most of
d. The most
134. Many deaths result ____ treatable diseases
such as diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria and
measles.
a. of

b. at
c. in
d. from
135. They ____ 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
136. The 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
137. The report, ____ on data compiled last
year, estimated that 852 million people were
undernourished during 2000-2002.
a. basic
b. basis
c. basing
d. based
138. Tom Cruise has bought a ultrasound
machine for his pregnant actress fiancée
Katie Holmes ____ they can monitor their
unborn child at home.
a. so that

b. therefore
c. as a result
d. because
139. Cruise said the device - which ____ up to
$200,000 - would be donated to a hospital
when they have finished with it.
a. pays
b. costs
c. spends
d. fines
140. Cruise told U.S network ABC that he did not
____ know the child's gender.
a. already
b. still
c. yet
d. ever
141. Cruise, who ____ his engagement in June,
said the couple will tie the knot in summer or
early autumn next year.
a. announced
b. broke off
c. encountered
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d. conducted
142. Cruise, who has been married twice before,
has two other children - Connor, 10, and
Isabella, 12, ____ he adopted with previous
wife, actress Nicole Kidman.
a. whose
b. who

c. that
d. whom
143. Action movie star Jackie Chan has been
presented with an award in ____ of his status
as a global role model.
a. recognize
b. recognition
c. recognizable
d. recognizing
144. Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich is
Britain's ____ man, having amassed a
fortune of £7.5bn.
a. richer
b. the richest
c. richest
d. richer than
145. The 37-year-old is also ____ wealthiest
person in Europe and ranks 22nd in the
world, according to the Sunday Times Rich
List 2004.
a. the six
b. six
c. sixth
d. the sixth
146. The bulk of Abramovich's wealth ____ from
Sibneft, the oil business that he bought with
Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky in 1995.
a. comes
b. coming
c. come

d. to come
147. Abramovich was left in ____ of Sibneft after
Berezovsky went into exile and his stake is
now worth £5.3bn.
a. use
b. charge
c. custody
d. common
148. Property plays a major role in the growth of
British wealth, with a quarter of the 1,000
richest involved ____ some way in the
building industry - owning, trading or buying
properties.
a. on
b. at
c. in
d. by
149. A French woman has admitted ____ to
open an airplane door mid-flight so that she
could smoke a cigarette.
a. attempting
b. to attempt
c. attempt
d. attempted
150. Sandrine Helene Sellies, 34, who has a fear
of flying, had drunk alcohol and taken
sleeping tablets ahead ____ the flight from
Hong Kong to Brisbane.
a. on
b. of

c. in
d. with
151. She then began tampering with the
emergency exit ____ she was stopped by a
flight attendant.
a. because
b. but
c. although
d. until
152. Defense lawyer Helen Shilton said her client
had ____ memory of what had happened on
the flight on Saturday, and that she had a
history of sleepwalking.
a. not
b. none
c. no
d. nor
153. A Chinese man jailed for 11 years for
murdering his wife - who then turned up alive
- is seeking ____ from the state of 4.37m
yuan.
a. compensation
b. salary
c. fortune
d. fine
154. She Xianglin, 39, was ____ from prison in
central Hubei province last month after his
wife reappeared.
a. free
b. freedom

c. freeing
d. freed
155. The case has been ____ watched, amid
wider fears about China's legal system.
a. strictly
b. closely
c. tightly
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d. firmly
156. Mr. She, a former security guard, was
arrested in 1994 and ____ in 1998 to 15
years in jail for the murder of his wife, after a
body was found.
a. sentencing
b. to sentence
c. sentenced
d. sentence
157. His wife reappeared ____ March, and Mr.
She's plight became one of the most glaring
of many recent examples of failures in
China's legal system.
a. on
b. at
c. in
d. with
158. Mr. She said he had been tortured by police
into making a false ____.
a. accusation
b. confession
c. alarm

d. name
159. Beijing outlawed torture in 1996, ____
human rights organizations report it is still
used to extract confessions.
a. but
b. so
c. however
d. since
160. The Chinese authorities move to stop ____
that the death penalty is too widely used.
a. critical
b. criticize
c. critically
d. criticism
161. China carried ____ at least 3,400
executions last year, according to rights
group Amnesty International.
a. on
b. out
c. off
d. away
162. At the moment, Chinese citizens can be
sentenced to death for crimes such as
corruption and ____.
a. rob
b. robber
c. robbery
d. robbed
163. Nokia Corp. will ____ mobile networks for
BSNL in northern India, in a deal valued at

$140 million.
a. to expand
b. expanding
c. be expanded
d. expand
164. The expansion is an extension of a $285
million contract signed last year by Nokia and
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, one of India's
____ telecoms.
a. leader
b. leading
c. led
d. lead
165. The deal will enable BSNL _____ coverage
and its capacity to 2 million new subscribers.
a. increase
b. increasing
c. to increase
d. increased
166. Based in Espoo just outside the Finnish
capital, Nokia ____ in 130 countries and has
about 55,500 employees.
a. operates
b. lives
c. stays
d. cooperates
167. The cost of building a Microsoft Corp. Xbox
360 video game console is nearly 40 percent
higher than the ____ price.
a. retailing

b. retailed
c. retailer
d. retail
168. Microsoft aims to sell about 5.5 million
premium and lower-priced basic Xbox 360
units ____ the end of June.
a. on
b. by
c. until
d. in
169. The machine will compete ____ the
PlayStation 3 from Sony Corp. and Nintendo
Co. Ltd's Revolution, each due out in 2006.
a. for
b. about
c. in
d. with
170. Console 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
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c. collecting
d. to collect
171. Several new Xbox 360 games are priced
_____.
a. as high as $60

b. high as $60
c. as high $60
d. as high to $60
172. Microsoft, currently in second place to Sony
in the $10 billion U.S. video game____ , is
gunning for the top spot with the release of its
new console.
a. marketer
b. market
c. marketing
d. marketed
173. Crotty said the big winner in the video game
wars is IBM, ____ its microprocessors power
all three of the new consoles from the
industry's heavy hitters.
a. since
b. although
c. therefore
d. but
174. The release of those machines is expected
to reignite hardware ____ growth.
a. selling
b. sold
c. sell
d. sales
175. Japan's ____ surplus narrowed in October
as import costs continued to swell on high oil
prices, offsetting a mild recovery in exports.
a. trade
b. to trade

c. trade
d. trading
176. Japan's economy grew 0.4 percent in July-
September, the fourth straight quarter of
____.
a. growth
b. decline
c. crisis
d. loss
177. China, combined with Hong Kong, is now
Japan's biggest trading ____ and Japan's
second-largest export destination after the
United States.
a. colleague
b. partner
c. counterpart
d. rival
178. Economists also expect a recent
depreciation in the yen starting to support
exports. A weaker yen makes Japanese
exports cheaper and ____ in overseas
markets.
a. the most attractive
b. more attractive than
c. more attractive
d. most attractive
179. After looking for love on the Internet 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
180. A recent lawsuit against Match.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
181. Another lawsuit against a personals service
____ by Yahoo Inc. accused the Internet
portal giant of creating fake profiles to entice
subscribers.
a. offer
b. offering
c. to offer
d. offered
182. Match.com ____ the allegations and
obtained an affidavit from the woman in
question, who declared she never worked for
the company.
a. denied
b. admitted
c. investigated
d. faced
183. The federal fraud lawsuits, ____ seek class-

action status, have roiled the lucrative online
dating industry.
a. that
b. who
c. whom
d. which
184. A 2004 report by Jupiter Research
estimated the U.S. Internet personals market
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had ____ of $473 million that year — the
largest moneymaker for online content.
a. revenues
b. expenses
c. losses
d. costs
185. The lawsuit against Yahoo was filed in
October in U.S. District Court ____San Jose
by plaintiff Robert Anthony of Broward
County, Fla.
a. in
b. on
c. at
d. above
186. The suit says Yahoo 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
187. Yahoo ____ $19.95 a month for a dating
service and $34.95 a month for a service
geared for people looking for more serious
relationships.
a. pays
b. charges
c. subsidizes
d. spends
188. After months of failing to meet a potential
match, Anthony 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
189. Trish McDermott, chief matchmaker at
Engage.com and a member of Match.com's
startup team, said she never saw any type of
____ fraud during her decade at Match.com.
a. consumer
b. consumption
c. consume
d. consuming
190. Defending champion Liverpool, Chelsea
and Inter Milan reached the knockout stage
of the Champions League on Wednesday,
joining seven other teams that had ____

qualified.
a. yet
b. already
c. still
d. ever
191. In Milan, Adriano ended his month-long
scoring drought with ____ hat trick in the 4-0
win over Artmedia. The victory at San Siro
was again played behind closed doors.
a. its
b. her
c. their
d. his
192. It was the fourth and final home match ____
fans, a UEFA punishment handed out to the
Italian club following fan violence during a
Champions League match last season with
city rival AC Milan.
a. with
b. no
c. except
d. without
193. Russell Crowe pleaded guilty Friday to
third-degree assault, ____ to a judge that he
threw a phone that hit a Manhattan hotel
concierge in June.
a. denying
b. admitting
c. accusing
d. devoting

194. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Kathryn
Freed 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
195. If he ____ of more serious charges initially
filed against him — assault and criminal
possession of a weapon — Crowe could
have lost his right to work in the United
States and might have faced seven years of
prison time.
a. were convicted
b. has been convicted
c. had been convicted
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d. would have been convicted
196. Crowe, 41, who ____ the Academy Award
for best actor in 2001 for "Gladiator," has also
starred in such films as "A Beautiful Mind"
and "Cinderella Man."
a. wins
b. has won
c. had won
d. won
197. He was arrested after flying into a rage in
June ____ he had trouble calling his wife in
Australia from his room at the Mercer Hotel in

Manhattan's SoHo district.
a. although
b. when
c. however
d. yet
198. Crowe, who ____ still and erect, told the
judge on Friday that he did throw the phone,
striking the concierge.
a. said
b. announced
c. admitted
d. stood
199. On Aug. 25, Crowe said in a statement that
he had ____ a settlement with the concierge,
Nestor Estrada. Terms of the settlement were
not disclosed.
a. rejected
b. reached
c. proceeded
d. conducted
200. The actor also had publicly apologized on
the "Late Show with David Letterman" ____
after the incident.
a. shortly
b. shorten
c. short
d. shortness
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