TOEIC 16 1. According to People magazine ____ Angelina Jolie's humanitarian efforts that make her most radiant. a. it is b. there is c. they are d. she is 2. Sharon Stone has accepted an undisclosed sum in libel damages from a British newspaper that alleged she had left her 4- year-old son in a car ____ dining at a London restaurant. a. when b. while c. during d. in that 3. The newspaper accepted that the allegation was untrue, and apologized to Stone for the distress and ____ it had caused. a. embarrassment b. embarrassing c. embarrass d. embarrassed 4. The 48-year-old actress had agreed to accept an undisclosed sum in damages from the newspaper and planned to ____ the money to charity. a. invest b. spend c. donate d. earn 5. British secret agent James Bond has chased the world's ______ in everything from cars to spaceships, but in his latest adventure, his vehicle of choice will be a bulldozer. a. the most dangerous villains b. villains most dangerous c. dangerous most villains d. most dangerous villains 6. In the opening scene of "Casino Royale," Bond will pursue his latest enemy in a four- wheel W190 bulldozer ____ by Fiat. a. supplies b. to supply c. supplied d. supplying 7. ____ 90 years after the guns fell silent, the mud of Flanders is still giving up its secrets. a. Near b. Nearly c. Close d. Most 8. Hundreds of thousands of people have joined May Day rallies across Asia, with protests ____ high alerts in the Philippines and Indonesia. a. spark b. sparks c. sparked d. sparking 9. In Manila police stopped hundreds from ____ the presidential palace amid fears that rallies would become anti-government protests. a. reaching b. going c. heading d. moving 10. Strong protest rallies were also ____ in Japan, Taiwan and Cambodia. a. hold b. holding c. held d. holds 11. In Manila, 5,000 anti-riot officers were deployed amid fears of a repeat of the 2001 May Day riots, ____ government forces clashed with followers of ousted President Joseph Estrada. a. meanwhile b. during c. where d. when 12. Protest leaders said they would gather at the historic Mendiola bridge, ____ has become a symbol of anti-government resistance. a. which b. where c. who d. what 13. In Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, protesters gathered in their thousands, waving trade union banners and ____ that planned revisions to the 2003 labor law be dropped. a. demand b. demanding c. to demand d. demanded 14. About 13,000 security personnel, ____ riot police, were deployed in the city. a. include b. included c. including d. includes 1 15. Opponents of the revisions to the labor law say that they will curtail workers' ____ to organize and to strike, and will also reduce severance pay. a. free b. freely c. freeing d. freedom 16. Supporters of the revisions to the labor law say that they will make Indonesia____. a. more competitive than b. more competitive c. competitive more d. more than competitive 17. In Cambodia, ____ a huge police presence to enforce a ban on marches. a. there has been b. they have been c. it has been d. there have been 18. Police briefly detained Chea Mony, head of _______. a. largest labor organization b. the largest organization labor c. the largest labor organization d. labor organization the largest 19. Workers in Thailand marched to demand a 25% increase in the minimum ____. a. rate b. price c. wage d. requirement 20. In Japan, tens of thousands gathered in Tokyo to protest against the wealth ____ between rich and poor and to call for better working conditions. a. opening b. hole c. depression d. gap 21. US imports have been hit with a ____ $9.1 million in tariffs from the European Union for breaking World Trade Organization rules. a. further b. far c. father d. farther than 22. The move comes as the US continues to benefit ____ the Byrd amendment. a. in b. from c. of d. on 23. The anti-dumping amendment lets US firms ___ a levy from competitors' goods which it deems to be too cheap. a. raising b. to raise c. raised d. raise 24. Rapid credit and surging investment levels has helped ____ economic growth to 10.2% in the first quarter. a. drive b. driven c. driving d. drove 25. Beijing wants 8% growth in 2006, down from 9.9% last year, amid ____ that unbridled growth could fuel inflation. a. expectations b. concerns c. declines d. optimisms 26. United 93, the first Hollywood film to deal with the terrorist attacks of 11 September, was _____ movie in the US on its opening weekend. a. the second most popular b. second the most popular c. the most popular second d. the most second popular 27. The film ____ events on a flight which crashed when passengers fought back against hijackers. a. dramatizing b. to dramatize c. dramatizes d. is dramatized 28. United 93's sensitive subject matter had made _____ how it would fare in US cinemas. a. it difficult forecasting b. difficult to forecast c. it difficult to forecast d. it difficulty to forecast 29. Some audiences watching trailers for the film had expressed concern that it was ____ soon to release a drama about the events of 2001. a. so b. such c. enough d. too 2 30. England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is poised to take striker Wayne Rooney to the World Cup ____ his broken foot. a. nevertheless b. but c. though d. despite 31. Sven-Goran Eriksson added that he had received "very encouraging news" about Michael Owen, who is ____ from a foot injury. a. protecting b. prohibiting c. recovering d. benefiting 32. Owen played for the first time on Saturday since breaking a bone in his foot ____ 31 December. a. in b. on c. until d. at 33. Rooney is seen as an ____ part of England's bid to win the World Cup in Germany. a. intangible b. intact c. intellectual d. integral 34. The World Cup knockout stages are _____ to begin on 24 June - eight weeks away - with the quarter-finals due to begin seven days later. a. scheduled b. forecast c. suspected d. waited 35. Eriksson will name his provisional World Cup squad on 8 May and his definitive one _____15 May. a. in b. by c. at d. for 36. Rooney's position is remarkably similar to ____ England captain David Beckham before the last World Cup in 2002. a. that of b. this of c. those of d. it of 37. The number of children under five who are underweight _____ virtually unchanged since 1990, despite a target to reduce the number affected. a. has remained b. have remained c. is remaining d. are remaining 38. Half of all the under-nourished children in the world live ____ South Asia. a. on b. at c. from d. in 39. UNICEF reported that poor ____ contributes to about 5.6 million child deaths per year, more than half the total. a. nutritious b. nutrition c. nutritionist d. nutritional 40. One of the UN's Millennium Development Goals is to ____ extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, which would mean halving the proportion of children who are underweight for their age. a. enhance b. ensure c. eradicate d. erect 41. UNICEF warned that the world was not on track to _____ that goal. a. encounter b. require c. meet d. see 42. Bangladesh, India and Pakistan ____ half of all the world's underweight children. a. account for b. count on c. make up for d. get rid of 43. Eastern and Southern Africa, where famine regularly occurs, have made ____ progress - with 29% of children undernourished. a. few b. a lot c. many d. little 44. In East Asia, China has ____ the number of underweight children by an average of 6.7% per year since 1990, but other countries in the region are lagging behind. a. accelerated b. reduced c. doubled d. grown 3 45. Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States have the world's_____, at just 5%. a. the lowest childhood underweight figures b. lowest childhood underweight figures c. lowest of childhood underweight figures d. childhood underweight figures lowest 46. Vitamins and minerals are key to children's development, _____deficiencies can increase the risk of common diseases. a. however b. but c. furthermore d. and 47. A lack of iodine in household diets leaves 37 million newborns vulnerable to learning disabilities ______. a. usually b. generally c. every year d. occasionally 48. UNICEF is calling for range of ____ including things as simple as providing vitamin A capsules, and fortifying foods with iron and iodine. a. measures b. obstacles c. measurements d. measles 49. It also wants child nutrition to be a ____ component of national policies and budgets. a. centralize b. centrally c. center d. central 50. There should also be a special ____ on the child's first two years of life and better promotion of breastfeeding. a. attention b. detail c. focus d. reliance 51. The polar bear and hippopotamus are for the first time listed as species ____ with extinction by the world's biodiversity agency. a. threatening b. threatened c. threaten d. to threaten 52. They are included in the Red List of Threatened Species ____ by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) which names more than 16,000 at-risk species. a. waited b. written c. published d. blamed 53. Many sharks, and freshwater fish in Europe and Africa, are ____ included. a. new b. newness c. renewed d. newly 54. The IUCN says that ____ of biodiversity is increasing despite a global convention committing governments to stem it. a. loss b. losing c. lost d. lose 55. Overall, 16,119 species are included in this year's Red List, the most detailed and authoritative ____ survey of the health of the plant and animal kingdoms. a. regularity b. regularly c. regularize d. regular 56. Polar bears are ______ affected by loss of Arctic ice, which the IUCN attributes to climatic change. a. particularly b. specially c. splendidly d. especial 57. _____ that the snow caves where they raise their young are melting earlier in the year. a. There is also evident b. It is also evidence c. There is also evidence d. They are also evidence 58. Polar bears are listed as Vulnerable to Extinction based on forecasts that their population will ____ by 50% to 100% over the next 50 to 100 years. a. increase b. decline c. double d. soar 4 59. In the tropics, the common hippopotamus has entered the Red List for the first time ____ the population in the Democratic Republic of Congo has declined spectacularly - by about 95% in a decade. a. although b. for c. because d. due to 60. Sharks and rays are also disappearing at an unprecedented ____ across the globe. a. ranch b. reach c. race d. rate 61. Some of these are fish ____ were once common on dinner plates in the UK and surrounding countries. a. which b. where c. what d. who 62. The angel shark has been ____ Extinct in the North Sea and Critically Endangered globally, while the common skate's status has also been upgraded to Critically Endangered. a. declined b. declared c. decreed d. deducted 63. With fisheries extending into ever deeper zones of the ocean which are largely unregulated, populations of many species are set to decline ____. a. sharply b. slowly c. immediately d. briefly 64. The first optimistic note is that the overall number of species in this Red List is not _____ higher than in the last edition published in November 2004, which numbered 15,589 species on the brink. a. slightly b. vastly c. essentially d. significantly 65. The number of white-tailed eagles has ____ in many European nations, and the bird's status has been downgraded from Near Threatened to Least Concern. a. reduced b. dropped c. failed d. soared 66. A recent decision by the Indian government to phase out a veterinary drug which was poisoning the common vulture, causing numbers to fall by 97%, is also cited as a simple measure which can bring great ____. a. succeed b. success c. successful d. successfully 67. One of New York's most famous _____, the Empire State Building, is celebrating its 75th birthday. a. landmarks b. breakthroughs c. incidents d. symptoms 68. The Empire State Building opened in 1931 ____ America's Great Depression, and took just 13 months to construct. a. on b. while c. during d. because of 69. For 40 years, it was the world's tallest building ____ the World Trade Center was built and is once again New York City's highest structure. a. until b. unless c. because d. during 70. The building has often ____ Hollywood, and was famously captured on celluloid in the 1933 King Kong film. a. attacked b. attached c. attracted d. attributed 71. More than 3,000 workers were ____ in its construction which provided jobs during a time of great unemployment. a. empowered b. employed c. emancipated d. embellished 72. ____ immigrant workers were killed during the operation. a. The fourteen b. Fourteen of c. The fourteenth d. Fourteen 5 73. The building's spire was ____ supposed to be a mooring point for air ships, but the idea was quickly abandoned as dangerous. a. original b. originally c. origin d. originated 74. The building was in the headlines just last week after a man attempted ____ from the 86th floor. a. to parachute b. parachuting c. parachute d. parachuted 75. A Picasso portrait of his lover Dora Maar has been sold for $95.2m (£51.8m), the second highest amount ____ paid for a painting at auction. a. always b. rarely c. once d. ever 76. The 1941 masterpiece Dora Maar With Cat was sold to an ____ buyer at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday. a. anonymously b. anonym c. anonymous d. anonymity 77. Its value ranked it behind ____ Picasso piece, Boy with a Pipe, which fetched a record $104 million in 2004. a. other b. others c. another d. each other 78. Dora Maar, who was also an artist, is said to have helped with the execution of Picasso's Guernica, his masterpiece ____ the horror of the Spanish Civil War. a. depicting b. depicted c. depicts d. depiction 79. Her influence ____ the artist is thought to have resulted in the most daring portraits of his career. a. of b. on c. from d. with 80. ____ auction highlights included a new record for a Matisse work, which sold for $18.5m (£10m). a. Other b. Another c. Others d. One another 81. A scientific report commissioned by the US government has concluded there is "clear evidence" of climate change caused ____ human activities. a. of b. in c. by d. with 82. It found that temperatures have increased in the lower atmosphere ____ at the Earth's surface. a. well as b. as well c. so well d. as well as 83. Some 1.7 million people are thought to have died in Cambodia between 1975 ____ 1979. a. and b. to c. until d. as well as 84. Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot died in 1998, and his regime collapsed ____ afterwards, but several senior Khmer Rouge figures are still living freely in Cambodia. a. short b. shortage c. shortly d. shortened 85. In 2003, Cambodia and the UN agreed ____ to convene trials, but there are fears the process could be undermined by the dire state of Cambodia's judicial system. a. join b. jointly c. joins d. joint 86. Of the 30 officials selected, 14 will ____ as judges and two as prosecutors. a. define b. play c. consider d. serve 87. The names of the appointees were not ____ available, but the justice minister said the international officials came from the US, the Netherlands, Poland, France, Australia and Sri Lanka. a. immaturely b. immensely c. immediately d. immoderately 6 88. At present two former regime leaders, Ta Mok and Kang Keng Ieu, ____ Duch, are in jail on genocide charges. a. more commonly known as b. known as more commonly c. commonly more known as d. as more commonly known 89. ____ every Cambodian family lost a relative to starvation, disease, forced labor or execution during the Khmer Rouge regime. a. Most b. Almost c. Mostly d. The most 90. A Toyota ____ has filed a $190m lawsuit in the US, alleging that the carmaker's top American boss sexually harassed her. a. employment b. employee c. employees d. employers 91. Toyota said it had a "zero tolerance" policy towards sexual harassment, but declined to make any ____ comment. a. farther b. far c. further d. furthest 92. Ms Kobayashi alleges that the sexual harassment against her took place ____ she was working as Mr. Otaka's assistant in New York. a. during b. because c. in the meantime d. while 93. UK researchers suggest that people born in the spring or early summer face an increased ____ of suicide. a. risky b. risks c. risk d. riskily 94. A study of 26,916 suicides in England and Wales found that babies born in April, May or June had a 17% higher risk of suicide than ____ born in the autumn. a. that b. those c. these d. this 95. Tom Cruise has traversed New York on a helicopter, fire truck, motorcycle and speedboat to ____ his new movie, Mission: Impossible III. a. promote b. propose c. probe d. prohibit 96. The latest adventure in his film series is ____ around the world this week. a. relieved b. returned c. released d. related 97. The film's publicists tried to keep his route secret to generate ____ among fans and paparazzi who hoped to catch a glimpse of him around the city. a. excited b. exciting c. excitedly d. excitement 98. Cruise has embarked on a ____ promotional tour for the blockbuster film - directed by Lost creator JJ Abrams - despite the birth of his baby daughter on 18 April. a. globe b. globally c. globalize d. global 99. The BBC has defended its decision to air an interview with convicted sex ____ and former singer Gary Glitter. a. abuser b. abuse c. abusive d. abusively 100. At least 232 ____ have been received since the footage was shown on Tuesday's One O'Clock News and repeated in subsequent bulletins. a. complainers b. complaints c. complains d. complaint 101. Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren has been ____ the next England manager, ending months of speculation over Sven- Goran Eriksson's successor. a. agreed b. appointed c. appreciated d. applied 7 102. McClaren had looked set to miss out to Portugal manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, who was ____ the post by the Football Association in April. a. offset b. offended c. offered d. omitted 103. When Scolari ruled himself out of contention, the FA turned their ____ to the 45-year-old McClaren. a. attention b. observation c. creation d. direction 104. McClaren made his way to London from his Yorkshire home on Thursday and arrived ____ the FA's Soho Square headquarters at 1540 BST (British Summer Time). a. on b. in c. from d. at 105. Speculation over Eriksson's successor was rife when the Swede ____ in January he would be stepping down from his role as England manager at the end of the World Cup. a. will announce b. has announced c. announced d. announcing 106. McClaren will be by Eriksson's side during this summer's World Cup in Germany, and his reputation would be ____ by a successful campaign. a. marred b. damaged c. enriched d. enhanced 107. Sven-Goran Eriksson is pleased that Steve McClaren has been chosen to ____ him in the post after this summer's World Cup. a. succeed b. success c. successful d. successfully 108. McClaren, who has ____ a four-year deal as manager which starts on 1 August, will continue to work alongside Eriksson during the World Cup. a. searched b. signed c. soared d. soaked 109. McClaren's former boss in club football, Sir Alex Ferguson, also backed the ____ to move the Middlesbrough manager to the England helm. a. declaration b. deception c. decrease d. decision 110. Ferguson feels that England will ____ from the continuity of promoting McClaren from his role as Eriksson's number two. a. result b. originate c. benefit d. influence 111. The FA's director of football development, Sir Trevor Brooking, is looking forward to ____ alongside the next England boss McClaren. a. work b. working c. worked d. works 112. Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb thanked McClaren for ____ contribution during his five years in charge at the Riverside Stadium. a. his b. him c. their d. her 113. Here's our list of the 100 men and women _____ power, talent or moral example is transforming our world. a. who b. whom c. which d. whose 114. Crude oil prices have ____ for the second day and are now down by $5 a barrel since a government report showed that US petrol reserves had increased. a. failed b. fallen c. soared d. controlled 8 115. Concern that gasoline supplies would not be able to meet demand ____ the summer holiday months has been one of the factors underpinning record prices. a. while b. in the meantime c. during d. although 116. Archaeologists in Cambodia have completed the first part of ____ has been called the world's largest jigsaw puzzle. a. that b. where c. how d. what 117. The Baphuon, one of ____ at the world- famous Angkor complex, has been in hundreds of thousands of pieces for decades. a. the largest and oldest temples b. largest and oldest temples c. the largest and oldest temple d. the temples largest and oldest 118. Under the Khmer Rouge's brutal regime, the plans for the temple's reconstruction ____. a. were destroyed b. destroyed c. was destroyed d. were destroying 119. The British embassy in Berlin is ____ a conference on racism in football, comparing the situation in Britain and Germany. a. honoring b. hoisting c. hosting d. hoping 120. The conference comes after a racist attack on a German man of African origin ____ concerns about the safety of black fans during the World Cup. a. rose b. raced c. risked d. raised TOEIC 16 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. D 21. A 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. D 30. D 31. C 32. B 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. A 37. A 38. D 39. B 40. C 41. C 42. A 43. D 44. B 45. B 46. A 47. C 48. A 49. D 50. C 51. B 52. C 53. D 54. A 55. D 56. A 57. C 58. B 59. C 60. D 61. A 62. B 63. A 64. D 65. D 66. B 67. A 68. C 69. A 70. C 71. B 72. D 73. B 74. A 75. D 76. C 77. C 78. A 79. B 80. A 81. C 82. D 83. A 84. C 85. B 86. D 87. C 88. A 89. B 90. B 91. C 92. D 93. C 94. B 95. A 96. C 97. D 98. D 99. A 100. B 101. B 102. C 103. A 104. D 105. C 106. D 107. A 108. B 109. D 110. C 111. B 112. A 113. D 114. B 115. C 116. D 117. A 118. A 119. C 120. D 9 . the World Cup. a. rose b. raced c. risked d. raised TOEIC 16 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. D 21. A 22. B 23. D 24 palace amid fears that rallies would become anti-government protests. a. reaching b. going c. heading d. moving 10. Strong protest rallies were also ____ in Japan, Taiwan and Cambodia. a. hold b TOEIC 16 1. According to People magazine ____ Angelina Jolie's humanitarian efforts that make