section b directions: in this section there are 10 incomplete sentences. for each sentence there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the one that best completes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring answer sheet. 21. almost all the countries in today’s world are ______ together by common interests. a. stayed b. kept c. knitted d. drawn 22. before starting the pledge, we are asked to sign a ______ never to reveal the secret. a. pact b. pledge c. password d. privacy 23. the service operates 36 libraries throughout the country, while six ______ libraries specially serve the countryside. a. mobile b. drifting c. shifting d. rotating 24. short of clinics and medicine, many people in the tropical countries ______ from disease. a. survived b. passed c. perished d. vanished 25. the conspirators were plotting the ______ of the government, but the plot was found by cid in time. a. withdrawal b. demolition c. catastrophe d. overthrow 26. the government agreed to ______ their troops ______ iraq in order to save the hostage. a. pull…down b. pull…off c. pull…out of d. pull…up 27. different from his usual simple style, spencer’s new book is a very ______ work. a. legitimate b. luxurious c. logical d. lovely 28. the local government is quite afraid that the ______ of prices is till upwards. a. sniff b. trend c. lorry d. tend 29. only by working hard can we make progress. ______ we must make our greatest effort to read and write. a. therefore b. nevertheless c. instead d. similarly 30. the investigation showed that a cigarette stub ______ yesterday’s fire in the department store. a. ignored b. immersed c. illuminated d. ignited section b directions: in this section there are 10 incomplete sentences. for each sentence there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the one that best completes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring answer sheet. 21. almost all the countries in today’s world are ______ together by common interests. a. stayed b. kept c. knitted d. drawn 22. before starting the pledge, we are asked to sign a ______ never to reveal the secret. a. pact b. pledge c. password d. privacy 23. the service operates 36 libraries throughout the country, while six ______ libraries specially serve the countryside. a. mobile b. drifting c. shifting d. rotating 24. short of clinics and medicine, many people in the tropical countries ______ from disease. a. survived b. passed c. perished d. vanished 25. the conspirators were plotting the ______ of the government, but the plot was found by cid in time. a. withdrawal b. demolition c. catastrophe d. overthrow 26. the government agreed to ______ their troops ______ iraq in order to save the hostage. a. pull…down b. pull…off c. pull…out of d. pull…up 27. different from his usual simple style, spencer’s new book is a very ______ work. a. legitimate b. luxurious c. logical d. lovely 28. the local government is quite afraid that the ______ of prices is till upwards. a. sniff b. trend c. lorry d. tend 29. only by working hard can we make progress. ______ we must make our greatest effort to read and write. a. therefore b. nevertheless c. instead d. similarly 30. the investigation showed that a cigarette stub ______ yesterday’s fire in the department store. a. ignored b. immersed c. illuminated d. ignited