the hero who gave his life for the cause of the revolution.
A. after B. for C. with D. about
5. The news media ______radio, television and newspapers.
A. compose of B. are consisted of C. are composed of D.
consist
6. They turned a deaf ear to our demands, ______enraged all of
us.
A. that B. which C. as D. this
7. He is so sick today that he does not ______having anything to
eat.
A. turn out B. tend to C. make for D. feel like
8. Age is not important. It's brains and knowledge
that______.
A. judge B. impress C. count D. survive
9. We haven't the ______idea of what you meant.
A. smallest B. dimmest C. weakest D. slightest
10. Many things ______impossible in the past are common
today.
A. to consider B. considered C. considering D. being
considered
11.When asked ______they needed most, the kids said they wanted to
feel important and loved.
A. what B. why C. whom D. which
12. ______the project as planned, we’ll have to work two more hours
a day.
A. Completing B. Complete C. To complete D. Completed
13. ______hungry I am, I never seem to be able to finish off this
loaf of bread.
A. Whatever B. Whenever C. Wherever D. However
14. — How can the problem be solved?
— Well, we must ______it to the president’s own judgment.
A. depend B. leave C. suggest D. realize
15. He is very popular among his students as he always tries to
make them ______in his lectures.
A. interested B. interesting C. interest D. to interest
16. The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take
me some time to ______its reality.
A. make up B. figure out C. look through D. put off
17. In those days, our ______concern was to provide people who were
stopped by the snow storm with food and health care.
A. normal B. constant C. permanent D. primary
18. As he works in a remote area, he visits his parents
only______.
A. occasionally B. anxiously C. practically D. urgently
19. Nowadays the Chinese are becoming more familiar with different
cultures and other ways of doing things, ______is often the case in
other countries.
A. what B. as C. who D. that
20. We have been told that under no circumstances ______the
telephone in the office for personal affairs.
A. may we use B. we may use C. we use D. do we use
Part II Cloze Test (10 points, 20 minutes)
Directions: Read the passage through. Then, go back and
choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each
blank in the passage. Blacken the corresponding letter of the word
or phrase you have chosen on the Answer Sheet.
Cars are an important 21 of life in the United States. 22 most
people feel that they are poor. And 23 if a person is poor he
doesn't feel really poor 24 he has a car.
There are three main reasons the car became so 25 in the United
States. 26 of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to
move 27 in it. The car provides the most comfortable and 28 form of
transportation. 29 a car people can go any place without spending a
lot of money.
The second reason cars are popular is the fact 30 the United States
never developed 31 and inexpensive form of public 32 .
Long-distance trains have never been 33 common in the United States
as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good
system of air-service 34 planes. But it is 35 expensive to be used
frequently.
The third reason is the most important one, though. The American
spirit of independence is 36 really made cars popular. Americans
don't like to wait 37 a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don't
like to have to 38 an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom
to schedule 39 time. And this is the freedom that Americans want 40
to have.
21. A. role B. part C. effect D. basis
22. A. Without a car B. Not with a car C. Without no car D. With
not a car
23. A. ever B. still C. even D. quite
24. A. although B. when C. whether D. but
25. A. qualified B. increasing C. developing D. popular
26. A. First B. Firstly C. At first D. The first
27. A. around B. on C. along D. forth
28. A. cheap B. most cheap C. cheapest D. cheaper
29. A. Through B. By C. With D. As
30. A. which B. that C. where D. what
31. A. an interested B. an affected C. an efficient D. a
satisfied
32. A. movement B. carriage C. shipping D. transportation
33. A. quite B. very C. too D. as
34. A. providing B. to provide C. provided D. provides
35. A. very B. so C. too D. as
36. A. that B. what C. how D. which
37. A. for B. on C. beside D. about
38. A. run B. further C. chase D. follow
39. A. their own B. their self C. theirs own D. theirs self
40. A. best B. most C. worst D. least
Part III Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(40
points; 55 minutes)
Section 1
Directions: Each of the following passages is followed with
five questions. For each question there are four choices. Choose
the best answer to each question. Then blacken the corresponding
letter on the Answer Sheet.
Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following
passage:
All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great
ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her
shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance
promised. It said: “Remember, once a week, one of our customers
gets free goods. This May Be Your Lucky Day!”
For several weeks Mrs. Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to
be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never gave up
hoping. The cupboards in kitchen were full of things which she did
not need. Her husband tried to advise her against buying things but
failed. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket
would approach her and say: “Madam, this is Your Lucky Day.
Everything in your basket is free.” One Friday morning, after she
had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found
that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She went back to the
supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash-desk. As she did
so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. “Madam,”
he said, holding out his hand, “I want to congratulate you! You are
our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is
free!”
41. The housewives learnt about the free goods _______.
A. on TV B. from the manager C. at the supermarket D. from the
newspaper
42. Mrs. Edwards ________.
A. was always very lucky B. had no friends C. hoped to get free
shopping D. got disappointed easily
43. Mrs. Edwards’s husband tried to ________.
A. make her unhappy B. cheer her up C. buy things with her D. keep
her from buying things
44. Mrs. Edwards went back to the supermarket quickly because she
had to ______.
A. buy another thing B. talk to the manager C. pay for her shoppin
D. find her shopping
45. Mrs. Edwards must have been ________.
A. pleased B. delighted C. proud D. disappointed
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage:
A third of British people are overweight, states a report published
in January by the Royal College of Physicians, the result of an
18-month-long study. About 5％of children weigh too much, and are
likely to stay that way for life; in the mid-twenties age group the
proportion of fat people rises to a third, and of the middle-age
population half are overweight.
Fat people risk severe health problems, says the report, including
high blood pressure, breathlessness, and various forms of heart
disease. Smoking is particularly risky for overweight people.
The safest way to lose weight is to eat cereals, bread, fruit and
vegetables, and cut down on fatty meats, butter and sweet foods.
Current diets do far more harm than good; slimming machines that
vibrate muscles have not been proved useful; saunas (蒸气浴) merely
remove a little body water, and health farms, says the report,
serve as expensive holidays.
The report emphasizes that exercise is most important to health.
Though it doesn’t necessarily reduce weight, it maintains the
correct proportion of body fat to body muscle. And it isn’t only
for the young. From middle age a minimum of 20 minutes of gentle
physical jerks should be practiced three times a week.
The report advocates several public health measures to combat the
high prevalence of overweight in this country. They include an
increase of tax on alcohol to reduce its increasing, and
dangerously fattening consumption; and the provision of more sports
facilities by local authorities. Britain’s doctors, the report
concludes, must learn to be more sympathetic and specific in their
advice to the overweight, encouraging a change in eating habits on
a long-term basis, and taking into account the many—often
complex—reasons why fat people are fat.
46. The passage is mainly about______.
A. why many British people are overweight B. how to avoid getting
overweight
C. British people’ s overweight problem D. the relations between
overweight and health
47. According to the report，a person is most likely to stay fat for
the whole of his life if he______.
A. gets fat in middle age B. gets fat in his twenties C. gets fat
when he is a child D. is born fat
48. The report thinks that exercise________.
A. is a way to reduce weight C. can convert fat to muscle
B. is a sure way to keep one healthy D. sometimes increases
weight
49. The report points out that drinking too much
alcohol________.
A. will also cause a person to get overweight B. will cause a
person to do less sports
C. will make a person forget the fact that he is fat D. will lead a
person to bad eating habits
50. The report suggests that when treating the overweight, doctors
should______.
A. encourage a long-term diet for everyone
B. first consider why so many people are overweight
C. know that there are complex reasons why a person gets
overweight
D. be more considerate and give detailed advice
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following
passage:
A scientist who does research in economic psychology and who wants
to predict the way in which consumers will spend their money must
study consumer behavior. He must obtain data both on the resources
of consumers and on the motives that tend to encourage or
discourage money spending.
If an economist were asked which of the three groups borrow
most—people with rising incomes, stable incomes or declining
incomes—he would probably answer those with declining incomes.
Actually, in the years 1947-1950, the answer was: people with
rising incomes. People with declining incomes were next and people
with stable incomes borrowed the least. This shows us that
traditional assumptions about earning and spending are not always
reliable. Another traditional assumption is that if people who have
money expect prices to go up, they will hasten to buy. If they
expect prices to go down, they will postpone buying. But research
surveys have shown that this is not always true. The expectations
of price increases may not stimulate buying.
The investigations mentioned above were carried out in America.
Investigations conducted at the same time in Great Britain,
however, yielded results that were more in agreement with
traditional assumptions about saving and spending patterns. The
condition most favorable to spending appears to be price stability.
If prices have been stable and people consider that they are
reasonable, they are likely to buy. Thus, it appears that common
business policy of maintaining stable prices is based on correct
understanding of consumer psychology.
51. According to the passage, if one wants to predict the way
consumers will spend their money, he should _______.
A. try to encourage or discourage consumers to spend money
B. carry out investigations on consumer behavior
C. do researches in consumer psychology in a laboratory
D. rely on traditional assumptions about earning and spending
52. According to paragraph 2, one traditional assumption is that
people with______ incomes borrow most.
A. average B. stable C. declining D. rising
53. The results of the investigations on consumer psychology
carried out in America were ______ those of the investigations made
at the same time in Great Britain.
A. not as good as B. much better than C. exactly the same as D.
somewhat different from
54. Which of the following statements is always TRUE according to
surveys mentioned in the passage_______?
A. Consumers will put off buying things if they expect prices to
decrease.
B. Consumers will spend their money quickly if they expect prices
to increase.
C. The price condition has an influence on consumer behavior.
D. Traditional assumptions about earning and spending are
reliable.
55. From the results of the surveys, the writer of this article
_______.
A. concludes that the saving and spending patterns in Great Britain
are better than those in America
B. concludes that consumers always expect prices to remain
stable
C. does not draw any conclusion
D. concludes that maintaining stable prices is correct business
policy
Section 2
Directions: Read the following passage, and then decide
whether the statements are true(A) or false (B)
(判断对错，对的在答题卡上画A，错的在答题卡上画B。)
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following
passage:
Joe Bloggs worked in a large and famous company. The president of
the company believed in keeping his employees (雇员) happy. One
year，he offered them a pension (养老金) fund. The idea was that the
workers would pay five percent of their wages into a pension fund.
The company would also pay a sum equal to five percent. When an
employee retired from the company，he could take with him all the
money that he and the company had put into his pension fund.
“I will open the pension fund, ”the president of the company said,
“as soon as you all agree to join. Unless you all join, I won’t
open the fund. You’ve got a week to make up your minds.
The idea was a very good one and everyone except Joe Bloggs agreed
to join.
“I don’t understand it,” Bloggs said.
His co-workers tried to explain it to him, but he just kept saying,
“I still don’t understand it.”
Time passed and when there was only an hour left before the week
was up, the president sent for Joe Bloggs to come to his office on
the 20th floor.
“Mr. Bloggs,” he said, “all the employees agree with what I am
going to say to you. So listen carefully.”
“It had better be good.”Bloggs said.
“Oh, it is,” the president said. “If you don’t agree to join the
pension fund before I finish counting to ten, the security guards
will throw you out of the window.
Joe Bloggs immediately signed the form which said he would agree to
join the plan.
“Now that you have explained it clearly”, he said, “of course I’ll
join.”
( )56.The company would put more money into an employee’s pension
fund.
( )57.The employees could not take the money from his pension fund
until their retirement.
( )58.The president gave his employees one week to decide whether
to join the pension fund or not.
( )59.Joe Bloggs was called to the president’s office two days
before the end of theweek.
( )60.Joe agreed to join the pension fund after realizing its
importance.
Paper Two（60minutes）
Part IV. Reading Comprehension (Short Answer Questions) (10
points; 15 minutes)
Directions: This passage is followed by five questions or
incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the
questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
Write your answers on Paper Two.
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following
passage.
Imagine a classroom missing the one thing that has long been
considered a necessary part to reading and writing: paper. No
notebooks, no textbooks, no test paper. And there are no pencils or
pens, which, after all, always seem to run out of ink at the
critical moment.
A “paperless classroom” is what more and more schools are trying to
achieve. Students don’t do any handwriting in this class. Instead,
they use palm-sized (手掌大小的), or specially designed computers. The
teacher downloads texts from Internet libraries and sends them to
every student’s personal computer.
Having computers also means that students can search the Web. They
can look up information on any subject they’re studying, from math
to social science.
And exams can go online, too. At a school in Tennessee, U.S.A.,
students take tests on their own computers. The teacher records the
grades on the network for everyone to see and then copies them into
his or her own electronic grade book.
A paperless classroom is a big step towards reducing the waste of
paper. The school teacher, Stephanie Sorrell in Kentucky, U.S.A.,
said she used to give about 900 pieces of paper each week to the
students. “Think about the money and trees we could save with the
computers, ”she said.
But, with all this technology, there’s always the risk that the
machines will break down. So, in case of a power failure or
technical problem, paper textbooks are still widely available for
these hi-tech students.
61. Students use____________________________ instead of doing any
handwritingin a paperless classroom.
62. Texts for a paperless classroom are
from____________________________.
63. When an exam goes online, the teacher will easily record the
grades on the network and then copy them into his or her own
_________________________.
64. The last but one paragraph mainly tells us that
__________________can be saved by the use of computers.
65. Paper textbooks are used in a paperless classroom if
_____________________.
Part V. Writing (30 points: 45 minutes)
Task 1
Directions：For this part, you are required to write a
letter of about 80 words to ask for the permission of a 5 days’
leave from your work. Your letter should include the following
information:
假使你是陈鹏，要写一封请假信，相关内容如下：
1.写信的目的——请假5天（写明起止日期）
2.请假的理由——家人生病需要你去照顾
3.希望能准假
Task 2.
Directions: For this part, you are required to write an
essay in about 150 words on the importance of sports. Your essay
should include the following information:1.
现在体育运动越来越受到人们的重视和欢迎
2. 参加体育运动的益处：强身健体（improve health）、放松身心(relax oneself)、结交新朋友（make
new friends）……
3. 你打算如何做
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