TOEIC 9 1. Coretta Scott King pushed and goaded politicians for more than a decade to have her husband's birthday ____ as a national holiday. a. observed b. observing c. to observe d. observe 2. Aid workers in the Philippines are struggling to find any more ____ after a huge landslide on Leyte Island. a. survives b. survivals c. survivors d. surviving 3. Nike has ____ a patent infringement suit against Adidas-Salomon, claiming that a number of its rival's trainers copy its technology. a. filed b. filing c. been filed d. file 4. Nike, the world's ____ sportswear manufacturer, claims it has 19 separate patents protecting its SHOX system. a. larger b. the largest c. larger than d. largest 5. Adidas, the second biggest, ____ its takeover of Reebok last month. a. complete b. has completed c. completing d. completed 6. Adidas paid $3.8bn for the US firm to step up its ____ with Nike and improve its market share in North America. a. competitor b. competition c. competitive d. competitively 7. A US biologist has said that the age of retirement should be raised to 85 by 2050 ____ trends in life expectancy. a. in spite of b. but c. unless d. because of 8. The Stanford researcher has been looking at relationships between historical trends in ageing, population ____ and economic activity. a. growth b. grow c. growing d. grown 9. Based ____ this, he came up with a scenario in which anti-ageing technologies will increase the most common age of death by one year per year between 2010 and 2030. a. in b. with c. on d. about 10. In the US, the cost of social security and medical care would almost double if people ____ at 65 under Tuljapurkar's scenario. a. retire b. had retired c. would have retired d. retired 11. The US intends to push China aggressively to clamp down more firmly on piracy and open more of its domestic ____ to foreign firms. a. markets b. appliances c. chores d. economies 12. Mr Gutierrez said China had "to play by the rules" if it wished to become a "respected" global____. a. trading b. trader c. trade d. traders 13. China's ____ economic growth and surge in exports has antagonized the US. a. rapids b. rapid c. rapidly d. rapidity 14. Washington ____ Beijing of both failing to enforce intellectual property rights and upholding a policy of protectionism to give Chinese firms an unfair advantage. a. has long accused b. has accused long c. long accused has d. long has accused 1 15. China has reacted ____ to a European Union plan to slap anti-dumping duties on imports of Chinese-made shoes. a. angry b. anger c. angrily d. angered 16. EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said on Thursday that punitive duties would be imposed on leather footwear ____ from China and Vietnam. a. importing b. imported c. to importing d. to import 17. The EU said it had found evidence that ____ from both countries were dumping footwear on EU markets. a. suppliers b. customers c. distributors d. beneficiaries 18. The duties, which are due be introduced between 7 April ____15 September, will be up to 19.4% for imports of Chinese-made shoes and 16.8% for shoes made in Vietnam. a. or b. nor c. in d. and 19. China _____ allegations that it was dumping shoes, adding that the EU duties would be a breach of global free trade principles. a. supported b. investigated c. withdrew d. denied 20. Mr. Chong said China's leather shoe industry was one of the country's most market- orientated, with 98% of the sector ____ by private firms. a. own b. to own c. owned d. owning 21. Mr. Mandelson said on Thursday that the EU measures were designed to deal ____ "disguised subsidies" and "state-supported dumping". a. in b. with c. about d. out 22. China's trade relations with key Western partners have become ____ strained recently. a. increasingly b. violently c. angrily d. specifically 23. Thailand has banned imports of ____ poultry from European Union countries hit by the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus. a. alive b. live c. lives d. lived 24. The 90-day ban applies to seven EU nations ____ France, Germany and Italy, where the deadly strain has been found in wild birds. a. include b. included c. to include d. including 25. Thailand, which is one of ____ of poultry, imports breeder chickens from Europe. a. world's the biggest exporters b. world's biggest the exporters c. the world's biggest exporters d. the world's biggest exporter 26. The news came as Austria said that it had found a chicken infected with the virus - the first such ____ in the EU. a. example b. symptom c. phenomenon d. case 27. Austria's health ministry maintained that its commercial poultry stocks had not been ____ by the virus. a. affected b. enhanced c. created d. recovered 28. Mr. Nirandorn added that the ban could be ____ within 90 days "if concerned countries can manage to curtail the disease before that". a. imposed b. lifted c. extended d. introduced 29. EU officials agreed on Wednesday to back plans by France and the Netherlands to vaccinate ____ against bird flu. a. million of poultry b. a millions of poultry c. millions of poultry d. a million of poultry 2 30. The European Commission has unveiled plans for a world-class institute of technology intended to ____ the EU's economic competitiveness. a. improve b. criticize c. ban d. undermine 31. The move is a response to surveys ____ show that only a handful of European universities can compete with the world leaders, which are mostly in the US. a. who b. whose c. where d. which 32. US consumer prices rose by 0.7% in January, fuelled by a sharp ____ in energy costs. a. drop b. rise c. decline d. turn 33. Gunmen have taken ____ of Brazil's carnival commotion to steal paintings by Picasso, Dali, Matisse and Monet from a Rio de Janeiro museum. a. account b. charge c. advantage d. pride 34. The thieves ____ brandished a hand grenade to threaten security guards at the Chacara do Ceu museum. a. reportedly b. reported c. reporter d. reporting 35. Museum officials said that they shut down the security cameras and then ____ away in a crowd of Samba revelers. a. slip b. to slip c. slipping d. slipped 36. Pablo Picasso's The Dance, Salvador Dali's The Two Balconies, Henri Matisse's Luxembourg Gardens and Claude Monet's Marine were ____. a. stealing b. stolen c. stole d. to steal 37. The paintings were considered the museum's most valuable pieces, ____ their exact value was not immediately available. a. however b. in spite of c. or d. but 38. A nationwide alert has been issued by the federal police to try to prevent the artworks from ____ the country. a. leaving b. left c. to leave d. leave 39. The latest Harry Potter film has taken more than $600m at the international box office, becoming ____ global movie of all time. a. the fifth biggest b. fifth the biggest c. the five biggest d. five the biggest 40. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was based ____ the fourth installment of JK Rowling's series of fantasy novels. a. in b. at c. on d. about 41. When North American box office performance is also taken into ____, The Goblet of Fire is ranked eighth on the worldwide chart. a. action b. notice c. place d. account 42. ____ has begun on the movie of the fifth installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, due in cinemas next year. a. Product b. Production c. Produce d. Producer 43. A claim that Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code copied the ideas of two ____ authors has gone before London's High Court. a. other b. others c. another d. the other 44. More than 16,000 government railway staff have gone on ____ in South Korea demanding wage increases and improved working conditions. a. the rampage b. a diet c. a spree d. strike 3 45. The walkout forced the state-run rail operator to ____ more than half its services, but disruption was mitigated by the fact Wednesday is a holiday. a. improve b. provide c. cancel d. offer 46. The government said the strike was illegal as arbitration aimed at ____ the dispute was underway. a. involving b. settling c. interrupting d. delaying 47. Korea Railroad (Korail), ____ carries more than two and a half million passengers a day, has been forced to cancel 760 services. a. that b. who c. what d. which 48. The company has ____ retirees, non-unionized staff and military personnel to provide a skeleton service. a. recruited b. dismissed c. pardoned d. rewarded 49. While urging a ____ , the government threatened firm action against the strikers. a. settler b. settle c. settlement d. settling 50. Under South Korean law, strikes are ____ illegal when arbitration is ongoing but unions have ignored this in the past. a. technically b. technical c. technique d. technician 51. With 50,000 people estimated to ____ some form of living from poultry farming in England it is clear bird flu poses a potentially significant economic threat. a. create b. earn c. achieve d. boost 52. All farmers with more than 50 birds must disclose stock levels for a national register ____ Wednesday, a move widely applauded by farmers. a. in b. at c. prior d. by 53. UK farmers ____1.6 million tons of poultry meat in 2004, second only to France in the European Union. a. has produced b. produced c. producing d. produces 54. The industry is an important source of employment across much of England, while farms play a vital ____ in supporting suppliers and other businesses across rural communities. a. lead b. role c. game d. match 55. US computer chip firm Intel is to build a $300m factory in Vietnam. It will be based in the Saigon Hi-Tech Park outside HCM City and will initially ____ about 1,200 people. a. enlist b. discharge c. employ d. designate 56. It is believed to be the biggest ____ yet by a US company in Vietnam, and will raise the country's profile as a hi-tech business location. a. investment b. investor c. investing d. investigation 57. The plant will package chips into devices and test them before shipping them on. Intel has ____ sites in China, Malaysia and the Philippines. a. same b. similar to c. the same as d. similar 58. The company already has a program to provide computer training to more than 30,000 Vietnamese teachers and is helping the government ____ wireless computer access to rural areas of the country. a. to setting up b. setting up c. sets up d. set up 4 59. Vietnam has been one of Asia's fastest growing economies in recent years, and has been trying to diversify ____ economy by attracting hi-tech investors. a. its b. it c. their d. them 60. A German court has banned the screening of a film ____ on the case of self-confessed cannibal Armin Meiwes. a. derived b. originated c. based d. depended 61. The state court in Kassel upheld a ____ from Meiwes, 44, against the film Rohtenburg, which was due for release in Germany on 9 March. a. complain b. complainer c. complainant d. complaint 62. The court ruled that Meiwes' rights as an individual outweighed artistic ____ and that he should not become the object of a horror film. a. freedom b. free c. freely d. freed 63. Meiwes, jailed for eight-and-a-half years in 2004, is facing a retrial. He ____ that in March 2001 he killed a 43-year-old man and partially ate him. He was jailed for manslaughter. a. accused b. admitted c. condemned d. triggered 64. Meiwes says he simply carried out a willing victim's ____. a. instructs b. instructions c. instructors d. instructive 65. Last year, an appeal court ordered a retrial after state prosecutors argued Meiwes was guilty of murder. If he were found guilty, Meiwes ____ a life sentence. a. could have faced b. will face c. could face d. has faced 66. Meiwes, a computer ____, killed and ate Bernd Juergen Brandes after posting an advert on the internet asking for a willing victim in 2001. a. technique b. technology c. technological d. technician 67. The film Rohtenburg, directed by Martin Weisz, stars Thomas Kretschmann in the leading ____. a. role b. function c. right d. goal 68. Former British rock star Gary Glitter has been jailed for three years after a Vietnamese court found him ____ of sexually abusing two young girls. a. innocent b. guilty c. independent d. responsible 69. On his release, he will be deported and could face more charges in Britain. ____ he will definitely be deported, it is not guaranteed that he will return to the UK. a. Nevertheless b. In addition c. Since d. Although 70. ____ the prison sentence, Glitter has been ordered to pay 5m Vietnamese dong (£180/$315) to his victims' families. a. In addition to b. Because c. Despite d. However 71. During the two-day trial, ____ was held behind closed doors, he was said to have committed a series of "lewd" acts while the girls were at his beach house in Vung Tau. a. most of whom b. of which most c. most of which d. which most of 72. After he was ____, Glitter told gathered journalists that some British newspapers were part of a conspiracy against him. a. declared b. sentenced c. executed d. considered 73. His lawyer said his client had not ____ decided whether to appeal against the decision. a. already b. ever c. since d. yet 5 74. The British embassy said in a statement: "Both the UK and the Vietnamese governments take the issue of child-sex tourism extremely ____.” a. seriously b. severely c. harshly d. readily 75. He had been in custody ____19 November when he was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City as he was about to board a flight out of Vietnam. a. for b. since c. in d. at 76. In December, Glitter's lawyer made compensatory ____ to the families of the girls, who later appealed to the courts for clemency for Glitter. a. pays b. payable c. payments d. paychecks 77. Glitter was convicted of ____ child pornography in Britain in 1999 and served half of a four- month jail sentence. a. possess b. possession c. to possess d. possessing 78. Oil prices have continued ____ on Friday, pushed higher by fears that production facilities may be attacked in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. a. rise b. to rising c. risen d. to rise 79. Nigerian production has been disrupted by militants, ____ Saudi Arabia said it halted a plan to bomb a local plant. a. in the mean time b. while c. unless d. however 80. The OPEC group of oil exporters meets next week to consider ____ its current export levels. a. change b. to change c. changing d. to changing 81. Malnutrition is now costing poor countries ____ 3% of their annual economic output, the World Bank warns. a. as much as b. too much as c. as many as d. so many as 82. Its study into poor nutrition and food shortages described malnutrition as today's "Black Death" in relation to its ____ and social impact. a. economy b. economics c. economic d. economical 83. The World Bank said that malnutrition makes people more vulnerable to fatal diseases ____ malaria and HIV/Aids, and called for governments to do more. a. so as b. such as c. so that d. as in 84. The report found that the situation was ____ in South Asia than Africa. a. bad b. worst c. worsening d. worse 85. It determined that rates of under-nutrition in children across India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan ranged between 38% and 51%, compared ____ 26% in sub-Saharan Africa. a. as b. with c. on d. upon 86. The World Bank estimates that nearly 60% of children who die across the world each year from common diseases such as diarrhea and malaria ____ if they had not been malnourished in the first place. a. could have survived b. survived c. will survive d. had survived 87. India has urged US business leaders to increase investment in the country, stressing that foreign capital has a key role to play in its economic ____. a. develop b. developing c. development d. developer 88. Finance minister P Chidambaram said India needed US money, ____ and management expertise to help it fulfill its true growth potential. a. technician b. technical c. technically d. technology 6 89. US firms have invested $5 billion in India ____ the start of the decade. a. at b. for c. in d. since 90. Microsoft, Dell and Intel have all announced major investments in India in recent months, reflecting global business confidence in the continued ____ of the Indian economy. a. strength b. strong c. strengthen d. strongly 91. Mr Chidambaram said US investment could help to create jobs, improve the country's infrastructure and make India more ____ competitive. a. globe b. globally c. global d. globalization 92. US firms' ____ interest in India comes at a time when its trade deficit with the world's largest country stands at a record $10 billion. a. grow b. growth c. growing d. growingly 93. Last month, New Delhi agreed to open up its retail and energy markets to more foreign investment ____ strong opposition from minority partners in the coalition government. a. because of b. however c. despite d. although 94. Mr. Chidambaram said the government was ____ to proceed with economic reforms and was "confident" that it could secure legislation to allow more foreign investment in areas such as insurance. a. determining b. determination c. determine d. determined 95. South Korean prosecutors have begun ____ disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo-suk and three members of his research team in the capital. a. question b. questioned c. to questioning d. questioning 96. Some of Dr Hwang's stem cell research, which had raised ____ of imminent cures for difficult diseases, was found in January to have been fabricated. a. fears b. hopes c. concerns d. doubts 97. Prosecutors are ____ considering whether to issue arrest warrants against some of those being questioned. a. reportedly b. reported c. report d. reporter 98. The scientist caused shockwaves late last year when he admitted flaws in his research, but he insisted ____ the fabrications were carried out without his knowledge. a. the most b. most c. most of d. almost 99. A report from experts at Seoul National University then concluded that Dr Hwang had faked his most famous work, the ____ of a stem cell line taken from cloned embryos. a. production b. product c. produce d. productivity 100. He has been stripped of some of his titles and been suspended ____ his university post. a. on b. off c. of d. from 7 . payable c. payments d. paychecks 77. Glitter was convicted of ____ child pornography in Britain in 199 9 and served half of a four- month jail sentence. a. possess b. possession c. to possess d. possessing 78 introduced between 7 April ____15 September, will be up to 19. 4% for imports of Chinese-made shoes and 16.8% for shoes made in Vietnam. a. or b. nor c. in d. and 19. China _____ allegations that it was dumping shoes,. the ban could be ____ within 90 days "if concerned countries can manage to curtail the disease before that". a. imposed b. lifted c. extended d. introduced 29. EU officials agreed on Wednesday