Passage four
36. D) The reduction of public expenditure.
37. B) obtain funding from the government
38. C) They think they work in an environment hostile to the free pursuit of knowledge.
39. D) they could be influenced by their association with the project concerned
40. C) People would not believe scientists even when they tell the truth.
Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
41. A) defy
42. D) decent
43. B) scrutiny
44. A) impose
45. C) obscure
46. B) hinged upon
47. B) abnormal
48. B) deafened
49. D) flushed
50. C) out of stock
51. D) absurd
52. A) cherish
53. C) stimulus
54. B) by analogy with
55. B) deficit
56. A) recession
57. B) exclusive
58. A) entitled
59. B) luminous
60. D) erase
61. B) suppress
62. B) by means of
63. A) abolished
64. A) comply
65. D) finite
66. B) irritated
67. B) blank
68. D) rectify
69. A) ascribed
70. B) tucked