TEST TOEIC 8 potx

TOEIC 8 1. The funeral of Northern Ireland football legend George Best has ____ at Stormont in Belfast. a. taken place b. turned out c. made up d. called off 2. Tens of thousands of applauding people turned ____ to line the route to Parliament Buildings where the service was held. a. off b. on c. over d. up 3. Some of the biggest names in football attended, ____ Best's lifelong friend Denis Law and Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. a. include b. included c. including d. inclusion 4. ____ ministers and central bank governors from the G7 group of nations are meeting in London for a two-day summit ahead of WTO talks in Hong Kong. a. Finance b. Financing c. Financial d. Financier 5. Fears are growing that the talks may fail ____ a long-sought deal. a. produce b. to produce c. producing d. produced 6. The opening dinner ____ Friday night focused on the threat of global imbalances such as massive US deficits and slow European growth. a. in b. on c. at d. for 7. Trade remains the key issue at the summit, with the Hong Kong meeting ____ two weeks away. a. bareness b. bare c. barely d. baring 8. Chancellor G Brown has said he wants richer countries to give up farming support in favor of a fair system of ____ trade. a. free b. freedom c. freely d. freeing 9. This weekend's special session will see G7 figures joined by their ____ from Russia, Brazil, India, South Africa, Israel, the Palestinian Authority and China. a. colleagues b. acquaintances c. assistants d. counterparts 10. The Hong Kong talks are aimed at eliminating unfair trade barriers and ____ the world's poorest countries easier access to global markets. a. give b. to give c. giving d. gave 11. ____ attempts to reform the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy have run into opposition, particularly in France. a. Farther b. Further c. Further than d. Farther than 12. The US ____ has been accused of protectionist policies with regard to its own farmers and markets. a. it b. its c. itself d. them 13. The government may be planning to ____ a new tax on the profits made by landowners selling sites for property development. a. introduce b. pay c. reduce d. raise 14. Aiming to ____ £500m a year, Chancellor Gordon Brown is expected to launch a consultation into the proposal during Monday's Pre-Budget Report. a. induce b. raise c. invest d. provide 1 15. The money raised by the scheme could help ____ for the extra schools, roads and health facilities needed to support the government's huge house building plans. a. paying b. to paying c. paid d. pay 16. If it were introduced, the new tax ____ the estimated £2.5bn generated each year by local planning agreements. a. will boost b. would have boosted c. had boosted d. would boost 17. Groundbreaking work has begun in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, on what will be Asia's first yacht manufacturing ____ zone. a. industry b. industrially c. industrial d. industries 18. Taiwan is already one of ____ in the world for building luxury yachts. a. top places b. the top places c. the top place d. top the places 19. Exports last year were ____ nearly $200m. a. worth b. valuable c. worthy d. estimated 20. Twenty years ago, it used ____ one of the top places in the world for the mass manufacturing and exporting of small, cheap leisure boats. a. being b. to being c. be d. to be 21. Rising costs and strong competition from neighboring China meant that ____ of the island's boat yards went out of business. a. two-three b. two-thirds c. two-third d. second-thirds 22. The trend these days is to build fewer, but bigger and ____ boats with multi-million dollar price tags. a. expensive b. most expensive c. more expensive d. more expensive than 23. Jack Chen says part of Taiwan's success in the industry is the flexibility and ____ of companies to provide custom-built boats for the most demanding customers. a. will b. willingness c. willing d. willingly 24. Four British financiers have been questioned in South Korea as part of ____ into allegations of stock market manipulation. a. a research b. a survey c. a study d. an investigation 25. Bali has suffered a ____ fall in visitor numbers since October's suicide bombings a. surprising b. steep c. keen d. significant 26. The number of foreign tourists visiting the island ___ 48% lower in October compared to the same month a year ago. a. were b. have been c. are d. was 27. The Indonesian authorities said the decline was directly ____ to the attacks on 1 October, which killed 20 people as well as the three bombers. a. related b. belonged c. devoted d. donated 28. That attack - which killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists - led to a 40% ____ in visitor numbers between October 2002 and May 2003. a. profit b. rise c. drop d. predicament 29. Bali is ____ reliant on its tourism industry, which is responsible for nearly 70% of the island's economic activity. a. importantly b. strictly c. harshly d. heavily 2 30. According to figures from the Indonesian Bureau of Statistics, visitor numbers ____ to 86,800 from 168,200 a year ago. a. increased b. fell c. soared d. felt 31. The woman ____ received a partial face transplant earlier this week thanked her doctors when she awoke 24 hours after her surgery. a. who b. whom c. which d. whose 32. ____ the operation, teams of doctors grafted a triangle of tissue including a nose, lips and chin onto the face of the 38-year-old divorced mother of two teenaged daughters. a. During b. While c. When d. Despite 33. She had been attacked by a Labrador and her name has not been ____ . a. christened b. attached c. concealed d. disclosed 34. The donor tissue came from a woman who had been declared brain-dead, with the ____ of that woman's family. a. authority b. permission c. reaction d. admission 35. The ____ is believed to be the first of its kind. a. surgical b. surgeon c. surgery d. surgically 36. ____ the technology to perform it has been available for some time, ethical concerns have delayed the implementation of such procedures. a. During b. Because c. Unless d. While 37. Doctors in this case said they had ____ reservations about what they did. a. none b. no c. nothing d. not 38. Dr. Jean-Michel Dubernard, a leading transplant expert, said, “ When I saw the patient, and I can tell you that I never had ____ hesitation.” a. longer b. not c. no d. any 39. Dubernard explained that traditional plastic surgery methods would not have been able to repair the ____ to the woman's face, and that the wounds on it were worsening. a. damage b. effect c. problem d. compensation 40. Devauchelle said ____ the facial muscles of the recipient were preserved and it was mostly a question of attaching the donor skin and nerves. a. the most b. most c. most of d. almost 41. The procedure ____ smoothly and four hours after surgery blood was circulating in the donor graft. a. happened b. continued c. met d. went 42. Dubernard said he believed the woman would consider the graft part of her own face when feeling is ____ restored in that area. a. completely b. completion c. complete d. completed 43. The patient must still work on articulation, ____ she can speak a bit and has been able to eat strawberries and chocolate and drunk coffee and fruit juice. a. and b. but c. nevertheless d. so 3 44. The woman is undergoing a strict regimen of immunosuppression therapy so her body does not reject the donor skin, a problem that has been ____ in other skin transplants. a. solved b. reached c. overcome d. encountered 45. She is also being monitored and ____ by a team of psychologists. a. aiding b. to be aided c. aided d. to aiding 46. Similar procedures have been discussed by American doctors, but ____ ethical concerns they have not been approved. a. because b. because of c. therefore d. so 47. In the United States, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio are ____ screening patients for a potential full face transplant. a. current b. currency c. currents d. currently 48. Rescuers in central China are ____ 42 miners trapped after a flood at a coal mine. a. searching for b. checking out c. looking into d. turning out 49. Also Saturday, the death toll in a coal mine explosion in China's northeast rose to 169 after ____ found three more bodies in the underground debris. a. rescue b. rescuers c. rescuing d. rescued 50. China's mines are _____ in the world, with fires, floods, cave-ins and other disasters reported almost daily. a. deadlier b. the deadlier c. the deadliest d. deadliest 51. The Chinese government and Airbus have signed a co-operation _____ which could see the European aircraft maker assembling some planes in China. a. trade b. purchase c. agreement d. bill 52. Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo was sacked on Sunday just over 11 months after taking ____ of the nine-time European champions. a. hold b. charge c. advantage d. place 53. The 53-year-old Brazilian, who was Real's ____ coach in the space of two and a half years, was dismissed following an emergency board meeting at the club's Bernabeu stadium. a. fifth b. five c. the five d. fifth 54. Real Madrid Television said that reserve team boss Juan Ramon Lopez Caro, would replace Luxemburgo as first team coach on a caretaker ____. a. foundation b. beginning c. base d. basis 55. Luxemburgo was appointed ____ the end of December 2004 in place of Mariano Garcia Remon when the club held the fifth place in the Primera Liga. a. on b. in c. at d. for 56. Luxemburgo, who has been in charge for nearly a year, received a vote of ____ from the board less than two weeks ago. a. confidence b. approval c. assistance d. employment 57. Ford Motor is likely to close five plants that employ about 7,500 workers, or about 6 percent of the company's North American work ____ . a. experience b. force c. strike d. group 4 58. Ford, ____ a deepening financial crisis, has promised to unveil a radical restructuring in North America early next year. a. facing b. overcoming c. creating d. leading 59. On Thursday it said sales ____ for a third straight month, down 18 percent, and cut its production forecasts for the fourth and first quarters. a. soared b. fell c. sky-rocketed d. stabilized 60. Danish brewer Carlsberg confirmed on Friday that it ____ around half of its stake in South Korea's Hite Brewery. a. will sell b. has sold c. is selling d. had sold 61. Carlsberg, ____ shares were 1.9 percent higher by 0813 GMT, said it would use the proceeds from the sale to reduce its debt. a. which b. that c. whose d. who 62. British bank Alliance & Leicester said its ____ this year was set to beat a consensus analyst forecast as its revenue has increased while costs have fallen significantly. a. merge b. loss c. profit d. total 63. The bank said full-year revenue was expected to be ____ higher than last year, signaling an improvement in recent months after flat revenue in the first half. a. slightly b. slight c. lightly d. light 64. Alliance & Leicester is benefiting ____ customers increasingly using the Internet and telephone services rather than branches. a. in b. from c. of d. on 65. Prices at factory gates in the euro zone rose more than expected in October, driven by high energy ____ . a. fees b. fares c. expenditure d. costs 66. Japanese automaker Mazda Motor Corp. recommended that its employees ____ to the office, rather than drive, to improve their health and protect the environment. a. walk b. will walk c. walked d. were walking 67. Those who ____ a set of requirements by going to office on foot are eligible to receive 1,500 yen a month. a. impose b. encourage c. meet d. violate 68. Aimed ____ improving employees' health and promote environment protection, Mazda introduced its "Eco-walk commutation allowance" on Thursday. a. to b. at c. by d. with 69. Mazda, Japan's fourth-largest automaker based ____ Hiroshima, is the first Japanese automaker to encourage its employees to walk and offer an incentive money. a. on b. at c. for d. in 70. The allowance will be given to any Mazda employees who live more than two kilometers from the office and walk more than four kilometers in round trips ____15 days a month. a. at last b. at the least c. at least d. at less 71. Intel Corp. has ____ new top executives of the sales and technology operations of the world's largest chip maker. a. named b. christened c. identified d. resigned 5 72. Eric Kim, who ____ Intel from Samsung Electronics last year, was promoted to senior vice president for sales and marketing. a. hired b. dismissed c. joined d. left 73. Kim will share responsibility ____ Anand Chandrasekher, who was also elevated to senior vice president of the group. a. as b. with c. together d. for 74. The two will be in charge of global sales, which hit $34.2 billion in 2004 and are expected to ___ about 15 percent this year amid solid sales of personal computers and laptops. a. drop b. decline c. plummet d. rise 75. The World Trade Organization was set up in 1995 with the ____ of boosting global prosperity by enacting and policing trading agreements between its member nations. a. decision b. participation c. goal d. prediction 76. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the WTO now has 148 members, ____ the vast bulk of the world's trading nations a. representing b. represent c. represented d. represents 77. As such, its rules apply ____ more than 90 percent of all global trading. a. for b. in c. to d. with 78. All of the WTO's agreements are ratified by the parliaments of the member countries, ____ can be classified as "developing nations." a. three-quarters of which b. three-quarters of that c. three-quarters of whom d. which of three-quarters 79. The most significant new member of this club was China, which was granted ___ to the WTO in November, 2001. a. participation b. permission c. application d. entry 80. The WTO bristles against critics who suggest it operates as a dictatorial tool of the rich and powerful which ignores domestic issues such as ____ , the environment and local economic development. a. healthy b. health c. healthily d. healthful 81. Indonesia's central bank has raised interest rates for a sixth time in four months as it tries ____ inflation and buoy its battered currency. a. slowing b. slow c. to slow d. slowly 82. Gold and other precious metal prices have hit fresh highs as investors try to protect ____ against inflation. a. they b. them c. their d. themselves 83. A number of ____ factors, such as demand from jewelry makers, are also contributing to create what some investors are calling a commodity boom. a. other b. another c. the other d. others 84. Gold rose as far as $508.50 an ounce ____ giving up some gains to trade at $506.66. a. since b. before c. because d. therefore 85. The problem facing investors is that once an asset class starts to climb, many of them are keen to tap into that growth and start buying, pushing prices up ____ . a. farther b. further c. farthest d. furthest 6 86. Some analysts are forecasting that gold could go ____ $525 an ounce next year. a. so high as b. as high to c. as high as d. as high to 87. At the same time, other investments are looking less attractive as the Japanese yen ____ and inflation fears intensify in the US. a. weak b. weakness c. weakly d. weakens 88. The yen fell to a 32-month low against the US dollar in Japan on Monday, prompting ____ in demand for gold futures on the Tokyo market. a. an increase b. a decline c. a dilemma d. a desire 89. Putting a squeeze on gold prices is the traditional year-end pick-up in demand, ____ jewelers prepare for the Christmas holiday period and Indian wedding season. a. although b. so that c. as d. or 90. ____ also speculation that Asian central banks will cut their US dollar holdings and increase gold stocks. a. It is b. There is c. They are d. There are 91. Russia has also mentioned that it is ____ in doubling its gold holdings. a. interest b. interesting c. interestingly d. interested 92. Beijing is taking further steps to make it easier for foreign banks to ____ business in China. a. make b. go c. do d. mind 93. The proposals - including freedom to process yuan transactions in more Chinese cities - are part of plans to liberalize the industry ____ 2007. a. on b. by c. until d. from 94. China's banking regulator said that foreign banks would be permitted to conduct yuan ____ in 25 cities including Harbin, Nanning and Ningbo. a. transactions b. markets c. interests d. businesses 95. Beijing has also said it will stop ____ its own loss-making banks. a. subsidize b. to subsidize c. subsidizing d. to subsidizing 96. Foreign banks have been building their presence in China, ____ they are currently authorized to operate in 18 cities. a. which b. that c. whom d. where 97. The capital threshold for foreign bank branches wanting to ____ in China is also set to be reduced from $62m to $50m. a. represent b. open c. conduct d. manufacture 98. China is obliged to open its banking ____ to foreign competition as part of its admission to the WTO. a. sector b. region c. sect d. service 99. European Union transport ministers have backed a blacklist of airlines that fail to meet ____ requirements as part of plans to protect travelers. a. safe b. safely c. safeness d. safety 100. The list was proposed after a summer in which more than 500 passengers were killed in plane ____ worldwide. a. shipments b. landings c. crashes d. cargos 7 101. The blacklist will be available online and passengers ____ to be informed if they are to fly on a named carrier. a. will have b. would have c. would have had d. had had 102. Companies will have ____ to defend themselves against the allegations of safety deficiencies. a. a chance b. a promotion c. a compensation d. an appeal 103. The list will be updated ____ by the EU's aviation safety agency. a. every three month b. every three months c. three every months d. three every month 104. Laws supporting the blacklist, which have already been approved by the European Parliament, are expected to come into ____ early next year. a. contact b. influence c. effect d. affect 105. Last month, EU Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot said he hoped the blacklist would help ease ____ concerns about airline safety. a. consumption b. consume c. consumed d. consumer 106. The discovery of two large pieces of the Titanic' s hull on the ocean floor indicates that the fabled luxury liner sank ____ previously thought. a. fast than b. more fast than c. more faster than d. faster than 107. An Iranian military plane with 94 people on board has crashed into a ____ in a built-up suburb of the capital Tehran. a. 10-storey apartment building b. 10-storeys apartment building c. 10-storey apartment buildings d. 10-storeys apartment buildings 108. The C-130 plane had just taken off from Mehrabad airport ____ the pilot reported an emergency and turned back. a. since b. because c. when d. but 109. Schools were closed on Tuesday ____ high smog levels, raising fears that more children than usual would have been at home when the plane crashed at 1410 local time. a. because b. even though c. despite d. because of 110. Eyewitnesses reported that relatives of those inside the residential block where the plane crashed were ____ that they broke down a 3m tall metal gate to get inside. a. desperate enough b. so desperate c. such desperate d. too desperate 111. Journalists said police broke two cameras belonging to state television and ____ tapes and all mobile phones being used to take pictures. a. authorized b. issued c. confiscated d. arrested 112. Passengers included more than 70 ____ and photographers sent to cover military exercises there. a. journals b. journalism c. journeys d. journalists 113. The Iranian air force is believed to have about 15 ageing US-made C-130s in____ , dating back to before the 1979 Islamic revolution and the US boycott of Iran. a. operation b. work c. opposition d. place 114. The country's civil and military aircraft have a poor safety ____. a. document b. file c. record d. score 8 115. Officials blame the high frequency of crashes ____ a lack of aviation spare parts due to US sanctions. a. for b. with c. about d. on 116. Singer Robbie Williams has accepted substantial libel ____ over claims that he is secretly homosexual. a. damages b. fines c. expenses d. tolls 117. The People newspaper in 2004 ____ stories alleging Mr. Williams had engaged in casual homosexual sex. a. will publish b. published c. has published d. publishes 118. A new study has raised the potential for a new generation of robotic "artificial muscles" to be used to ____ tasks currently impossible for humans. a. set b. identify c. face d. perform 119. At present, their efficacy is ____ by their relatively low speed, inefficient design and limited control available to operators. a. enhanced b. caused c. hampered d. implemented 120. Robotic artificial muscles currently in use move 100 times ____ human muscles. a. slower than b. slow than c. more slower than d. more slow than 121. The term 'podcast' has been ____ Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary. a. declared b. declare c. to declare d. to declaring 122. The word ‘podcast’ is derived from a ____ of "broadcasting" and "iPod". a. recipe b. combination c. arrangement d. fixture 123. It ____ to the online version of the dictionary during the next update early next year. a. had been added b. would be added c. were added d. will be added 124. Podcasts ____ quickly in popularity over the past 12 months as they are an easy way of getting digital content and playing it when and where you want. a. grew b. were growing c. have grown d. had grown 125. Although the term was ____ derived from combining "broadcasting" and "iPod", this definition has become something of a misnomer as podcasts can be listened to on any digital music player. a. originated b. origin c. original d. originally 126. Some have criticized the term for giving too much credit to Apple, which had little to do ____ the development of the technology. a. about b. with c. for d. at 127. Podcasts have become ____ because anyone with a microphone, computer, software and a net connection, can produce one themselves. a. popular b. populate c. popularly d. popularity 128. Their rising ____ is challenging conventional radio's broadcasting and business model. a. popular b. populate c. popularly d. popularity 129. As a result, many radio stations such as the BBC are making their shows ____ as downloadable MP3 files. a. responsible b. available c. critical d. profitable 9 130. The BBC began a seven-month podcasting trial in May. Around 20 programs are taking part ___ the trial. a. in b. on c. at d. for 131. Podcasting received a big boost ____ June, when Apple added a podcast directory to its iTunes online music store. a. on b. at c. in d. since 132. Microsoft has been ____ $32m following an antitrust ruling by South Korean regulators. a. compensated b. reimbursed c. refunded d. fined 133. The US software giant was ____ to unbundle its messaging service from its Windows software by South Korea's Fair Trade Commission. a. prohibited b. announced c. ordered d. enabled 134. Regulators ordered Microsoft to introduce a version of Windows which ____ the embedding of services by other software companies. a. enables b. enabling c. enable d. to enable 135. The antitrust ruling in South Korea followed allegations ____ by internet firm Daum Communications that Microsoft was breaching antitrust rules by selling a version of Windows that included its instant messenger software. a. dismissed b. denied c. involved d. made 136. Microsoft said it was ____ with the ruling and planned to appeal against the decision. a. surprised b. disappointed c. pleased d. satisfied 137. Microsoft last month reached a separate $30m ____ with Daum Communications. a. settlement b. destination c. goal d. decision 138. In October, the company agreed to pay US software rival RealNetworks $761m to ____ an anti-competition lawsuit over computer music players. a. claim b. file c. end d. threaten 139. Drinks giant Coca-Cola is to introduce a new marketing ____ based around the slogan "the Coke side of Life". a. department b. research c. service d. campaign 140. The adverts will start in North America to coincide ____ February's 2006 Winter Olympics. a. for b. about c. with d. in 141. Coke ____ its share price halve over the last seven years as it has struggled to deal with the growing trend for healthier drinks. a. saw b. has seen c. is seeing d. had seen 142. Coke is continuing efforts to turn itself around, thanks to improved ____ and a wider portfolio of products. a. sells b. sold c. sales d. shells 143. German carmaker Porsche says it remains ____ about future trading despite seeing a fall in sales of its sports utility vehicle (SUV), the Cayenne. a. confident b. confide c. confidant d. confidently 10 [...]... nearly 5% to more than 41 ,88 0 a in b with c about d for 146 However, the market has softened considerably in the past six months as petrol prices have sharply in the US and Europe a rising b raising c risen d raised 147 Many of the world's carmakers, including GM and Ford, have reported a slump in sales of SUVs in the past six months a leader b lead c leadership d leading 1 48 Porsche remains one... carmakers, including GM and Ford, have reported a slump in sales of SUVs in the past six months a leader b lead c leadership d leading 1 48 Porsche remains one of the world's carmakers, making a 81 0m profit last year a most profitable b more profitable c the most profitable d more profitable than 149 The vice-mayor of the Chinese city a chemical blast polluted a major river last month has been . According to figures from the Indonesian Bureau of Statistics, visitor numbers ____ to 86 ,80 0 from 1 68, 200 a year ago. a. increased b. fell c. soared d. felt 31. The woman ____ received a partial. another c. the other d. others 84 . Gold rose as far as $5 08. 50 an ounce ____ giving up some gains to trade at $506.66. a. since b. before c. because d. therefore 85 . The problem facing investors. to slow d. slowly 82 . Gold and other precious metal prices have hit fresh highs as investors try to protect ____ against inflation. a. they b. them c. their d. themselves 83 . A number of ____