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part i listening comprehension (20 minutes)

section a

directions: in this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. at the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. after each question there will be a pause. during the pause, you must read the four choices marked a), b), c) and d), and decide which is the best answer. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

example: you will hear:

you will read:

q: where do you think this conversation most probably took place?

a) at the office.

b) in the waiting room.

c) at the airport.

d) in a restaurant.

from the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. this is most likely to have taken place at the office. therefore, a) “at the office' is the best answer. you should choose answer [a] on the answer sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.

sample answer [a] [b] [c] [d]

　

1. q: why isn't the man going to the party?

a) his wife doesn't want him to. c) he will be out of town.

b) he has some work to do. d) he doesn't want to.

2. q: what does the man want to do with his coins?

a) take a bus. c) do shopping.

b) make a phone call. d) give them to

3. q: what have we learned about maria?

a) maria’s friends don't call her very often.

b) maria doesn't like to talk on the phone with her friends.

c) maria likes to talk on the phone with her friends.

d) maria doesn't have any friends.

4. q: when will the woman take her vacation?

a) in october. c) in april.

b) she isn't certain. d) between april and october.

5. q: what can we learn from the conversation?

a) once it starts raining, it’ll rain a lot.

b) they're ready to catch the train.

c) it has been raining for some time.

d) the train has just started off.

6. q: how did the man respond to the woman's request?

a) he lent her his extra pen. c) he offered her a pencil.

b) he was afraid of losing his pen. d) he said he didn’t have any ink.

7. q: what does the woman mean?

a) bob will be late. c) bob can’t come.

b) she hopes bob won't come. d) bob will be on time.

8. q: where are the man and woman going?

a) to the beach. c) to a theatre.

b) to the zoo. d) to a restaurant.

9. q: what will the man probably do?

a) hold the phone.

b) make another call.

c) pay the manager a visit.

d) ask the woman to find mr. white for him.

10. q: what can we learn about the woman from this conversation?

a) she is going to give up biology.

b) she spends half of her time on biology and half on math.

c) to her, biology is difficult, but math is not.

d) to her, math is even more difficult than biology.

　

section b

directions: in this section, you will hear 3 short passages. at the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. after you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked a), b), c) and d). then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

　

passage one

questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. why did joe leave high school?

a) he had to get a job. c) he wanted to join the army.

b) he was afraid of failure. d) he wasn't interested in studying.

12. how did his wife respond to his idea of studying?

a) she encouraged him. c) she expressed doubts.

b) she was disappointed. d) she was shocked.

13. what was the most important reason behind joe's success?

a) he was lucky. c) he had a good wife.

b) he was determined. d) he had a good teacher.

passage two

questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. what was the woman doing when the policeman found her?

a) she was driving along a country road.

b) she was lying near a lonely road, trembling.

c) she was lying in a hospital bed.

d) she was telling an astonishing story to a doctor.

15. according to the woman's account, what happened to her?

a) she was attacked by robbers.

b) she was stopped by a policeman.

c) she was forced to enter a flying saucer.

d) she fainted due to the effects of some drug.

16. which of the four given statements is true?

a) the woman made up an astonishing story.

b) the woman had intended to leave her husband without telling him.

c) the woman had been dishonest to her husband.

d) the woman had been taken a long distance away from her home.

passage three

questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

17. when was mr. finch's cottage built?

a) in the 15th century. c) in the 5th century.

b) in the 6th century. d) in the 16th century.

18. why did the tourists come to see mr. finch's cottage?

a) because it was at the seaside.

b) because of its old style of architecture.

c) because of the beautiful garden in front of it.

d) because it was the only modern building there.

19. why did mr. finch put up a notice in the window?

a) to make money. c) to keep the tourists away.

b) to welcome the tourists. d) to warn the tourists not to ruin his garden.

20. why did mr. finch buy another house?

a) in order to have more peace. c) in order to welcome more visitors.

b) in order to earn more money. d) in order to have a bigger garden.

part ii reading comprehension (35 minutes)

directions: there are 4 passages in this part. each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. for each of them there are four choices marked a), b), c) and d). you should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

　

questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

the failed skylab will come screaming home to earth in disappointment sometime next month, but it will fall we know not where.

that precise information is beyond even the calculations of scientists and their computers.

the best they can tell us is that the space station, weighing 77 tons and as high as a 12-story building, will break into hundreds of pieces that will be scattered across a track 100 miles wide and 4,000 miles long.

we are again exposed to one of those unexpected adventures, or misadventures, of science that attracts our attention from the boring routines of daily existence and encourages us to think a lot about man's future.

what worries richard smith, the skylab's director, is the 'big pieces' that will come through the atmosphere. two lumps, weighing 2 tons each, and ten, weighing at least 1,000 pounds each, will come in at speeds of hundreds of miles an hour, and if they crash on land they will dig holes up to 100 feet deep.

what worries us, with our lack of scientific knowledge and our quick imagination, is both the big and little pieces, although project officials say there is a very small chance that anyone will be injured by them.

that’s good to know, but it doesn't remove the doubts of the millions who still remember the nuclear accident at three mile island. that accident took place in 1979 in spite of what the officials had assured us as to the safety of the nuclear reactor.

21. where the skylab will fall ________.

a) is kept secret c) has been predicted by scientists

b) has been made public d) can't be predicted even by computers

22. according to the passage, what does an incident such as the failed skylab make us do?

a) not to believe in officials. c) think about our future.

b) trust computers more. d) fear for our lives.

23. the author suggests that ________.

a) the danger of the skylab's fall has been overestimated

b) it’s useless to worry over things you can't do anything about

c) computers can solve the problem caused by the broken skylab

d) the danger of the skylab's fall has been underestimated

24. the author refers to three mile island ________.

a) because he fears that a piece of the skylab may strike a nuclear power plant

b) because he is doubtful about what the officials said

c) because he is afraid of the use of nuclear power

d) because the nuclear reactor there and the skylab were both built by the same company

25. the main point of the passage is the author's ________.

a) interest in the failure of the skylab

b) willingness to give his advice

c) concern that science cannot answer all questions

d) eagerness to see more new scientific discoveries

　

questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

as supplier of most of the food we eat and of raw materials for many industrial processes, agriculture is clearly an important area of the economy. but the industrial performance of agriculture (the relative efficiency of agricultural production compared to other areas in the economy) is even more important than this. for in nations where the productivity of farmers is low, most of the working population is needed to raise food and few people are available for production of investment goods or for other activities required for economic growth. indeed, one of the factors related most closely to the per capita income (人均收入) of a nation is the fraction of its population engaged in farming. in the poorest nations of the world, more than half of the population lives on farms. this compares sharply with less than 10 per cent in western europe and less than 4 per cent in the united states.

in short, the course of economic development in general depends in a fundamental way on the performance of farmers. this performance, in turn, depends on how agriculture is organized and on the economic environment, or market structure, within which it functions. in the following pages the performance of american agriculture is examined. it is appropriate to begin with a consideration of its market structure.

26. this passage is most probably ________.

a) an item in a newspaper c) part of a lecture

b) an advertisement d) part of the introduction in a book

27. what is most important about the industrial performance of agriculture is ________.

a) the amount of food it produces c) the percentage of population involved

b) the per capita income of farmers d) the production of investment goods

28. the word 'this' (para. 1, line 4) refers to ________.

a) the productivity of farmers

b) the provision of food and raw materials

c) the production of investment goods

d) the economy as a whole

29. the performance of farmers essentially determines ________.

a) the size of the working population c) the structure of the market

b) the organization of agriculture d) the general development of the economy

30. this passage will most probably be followed by a discussion of ________.

a) the market structure of american agriculture

b) the structure of the american farming population

c) the various functions of american agriculture

d) the organization of american agriculture

questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

editor:

while a new school term is about to begin, perhaps we should reconsider the matter of examinations. in july, two writers (letters to the editor) praised the cancellation of exams because they believe 'tests don't tell the whole story.'

as a teacher who has worked in four countries, i have had the experience that a student who earns good marks is generally a good student, and that a student’s final mark in a subject is usually a grade average of the year's work. of course there are exceptions, but they do not have the frequency that would give an unfair picture of a student’s ability.

the simple fact is that proper class work, diligent exam studies and good marks are almost certain indicators of a student’s future performance. the opposite is, almost certainly, incompetence.

there is no acceptable substitute for competition and examination of quality. how can teachers and future officials determine what a student has learned and remembered? should we simply take the student’s word for it? any institution that 'liberates' students from fair and formal exams is misguided, if not ignorant. and surely the 'graduates' of such institutions will lack trustworthiness, not to mention being rejected by foreign universities for graduate or other studies.

when all is said and done, i sense that a fear of failure and a fear of unpleasant comparison with others is at the bottom of most ban-exams (废除考试) talk. excellence and quality fear nothing. on the contrary, they seek competition and desire the satisfaction of being the best.

31. which of the following will the author of this passage probably agree with?

a) tests are not effective in measuring the students' abilities.

b) tests are an effective measure of the students' abilities.

c) tests can only measure some of the students' abilities.

d) tests may not be useful for measuring students' abilities.

32. the two writers mentioned in the first paragraph ________ .

a) opposed judging students by the results of exams

b) must have proposed other ways of testing students

c) regarded exams as a way of punishing students

d) seemed to be worried about the poor marks of their students

33. according to the letter, a student’s final mark ________ .

a) is often encouraging

b) often gives a fair picture of the year’s work

c) often proves unreliable

d) often tells whether he likes the subject or not

34. if a student graduated from a university which does not require exams he would _______.

a) have to continue his studies c) be incompetent

b) have a feeling of failure d) not be admitted by foreign institutions

35. according to the letter, those who dislike the idea of examinations are probably afraid of

________ .

a) competing with other students c) working too hard

b) being graded unfairly d) being dismissed from school

　

questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

　

time was -- and not so many years ago, either -- when the average citizen took a pretty dim view of banks and banking. that this was so, it should be said, was to no small extent the fault of banks and bankers themselves. banks used to be -- and a few still are -- forbidding (令人生畏的) structures. behind the little barred windows were, more often than not, elderly gentlemen whose expression of friendliness reflected the size of the customer's account, and nothing less than a few hundred thousand in the bank could have inspired the suggestion of a smile.

and yet the average bank for many years was, to the average citizen, a fearful, if necessary, instrument for dealing with business -- usually big business. but somewhere in the 1930's banks started to grow human, even pleasant, and started to attract the little man. it is possible that this movement began in medium-sized towns, or in small towns where people know each other by their first names, and spread to big towns. at any rate, the results have been remarkable.

the movement to 'humanize' banks, of course, received a new push during the war, when more and more women were employed to do work previously performed by men. also more and more 'little' people found themselves in need of personal loans, as taxes became heavier and as the practice of installment (分期付款) buying broke down the previously long-held concept that there was something almost morally wrong about being in debt. all sorts of people began to discover that the intelligent use of credit (信贷) could be extremely helpful.

36. the author believes that the unfriendly atmosphere in banks many years ago was chiefly due to ________ .

a) the attitude of bankers

b) unfriendliness of customers toward banks

c) economic pressure of the time

d) the outer appearance of bank buildings

37. the banks of many years ago showed interest only in ________ .

a) rich customers c) friendly businessmen

b) regular visitors d) elderly gentlemen

38. when did banks begin to grow human?

a) in the last century. c) sometime before the war.

b) a few years ago. d) during the war.

39. what helped the 'humanization' of banks?

a) the elderly gentlemen in banks were replaced by younger men.

b) more and more 'little' people became customers of banks.

c) more banks were set up in small and medium-sized towns.

d) the size of the customer’s account was greatly increased.

40. ordinary people seldom borrowed money from banks in the past because ________.

a) the bank buildings looked forbidding

b) they were comparatively rich before the war

c) they thought it was not proper to be in debt

d) they rarely spent more than they could earn

part iii vocabulary and structure (20 minutes)

directions: there are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. for each sentence there are four choices marked a), b), c) and d). choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

　

41. i don't know whether what she said is true, but i'll try to ________ it.

a) confirm c) confess

b) conform d) confine

　

42. last year mike earned _______ his brother, though his brother has a better position.

a) twice as many as c) twice than

b) twice as much as d) twice as more as

　

43. if you suspect that the illness might be serious, you should not ________ going to the doctor.

a) pick out c) give off

b) make out d) put off

　

44. my only purpose was to get shelter ________ the snow, to get myself covered and warm.

a) for c) from

b) off d) over

　

45. maggie ran back to the kitchen, eggs ________ carefully in her hands.

a) held c) were held

b) to be held d) holding

　

46. i have two boys but _________ of them likes sweets.

a) both c) either

b) neither d) none

　

47. the man to whom we handed the forms pointed out that they had not been _____ filled in.

a) consequently c) thoroughly

b) regularly d) properly

　

48. none of the servants were ________ when mr. smith wanted to send a message.

a) available c) allowable

b) approachable d) applicable

　

49. my sister's professor had her ________ her paper many times before allowing her to present it to the committee.

　

a) rewritten c) rewrite

b) to rewrite d) rewriting

　

50. after a long and exhausting journey, they arrived _________ .

a) till the last c) by the end

b) at last d) at the end

　

51. his understanding made a deep impression ________ the young girl.

a) on c) for

b) in d) to

　

52. silver is the best conductor of electricity, copper ________ it closely.

a) followed c) to follow

b) following d) being following

　

53. there is hardly an environment on earth ________ some species of animal or other has not adapted successfully.

　

a) to which c) so that

b) wherever d) as to

　

54. it is highly desirable that a new president ________ to this college.

a) appointed c) be appointed

b) was appointed d) has been appointed

　

55. after searching for half an hour, she realized that her glasses ________ on the table all the time.

　

a) were lain c) would have been lying

b) had been lain d) had been lying

　

56. the time has come ________ we can make extensive use of nuclear energy.

a) as c) when

b) while d) since

　

57. hardly ________ the helicopter ________ when the waiting crowd ran toward it.

a) had ... landed c) would ... land

b) has ... landed d) was ... landing

　

58. although the weather was very bad, the buses still ran on ________ .

a) list c) schedule

b) plan d) arrangement

　

59. the situation today is obviously quite different from ________ it was only 50 years ago.

a) what c) when

b) which d) such

　

60. jane was hit on the head by the robber and was knocked ________.

a) mindless c) brainless

b) unaware d) unconscious

　

61. the traffic was very heavy; otherwise i ________ here 50 minutes sooner.

a) would be c) had been

b) should be d) would have been

　

62. ________ you decide to take up, you should try to make it a success.

a) if only c) whenever

b) unless d) whatever

　

63. this bird's large wings _________ it to fly very fast.

a) make c) ensure

b) cause d) enable

　

64. in most of the united states, the morning newspaper is _________ by school-age children.

a) directed c) derived

b) delivered d) discharged

　

65. it was not until he arrived at the station ________ he realised he had forgotten his ticket.

a) before c) when

b) that d) after

　

66. though the long-term ________ cannot be predicted, the project has been approved by the committee.

　

a) affect c) effect

b) effort d) afford

　

67. he asked __________ since he had been chairman for seven years.

a) not to have been re-elected c) not to be re-elected

b) to be not re-elected d) to have not been re-elected

　

68. only by shouting at the top of his voice _________ .

a) he was able to make himself hear c) he was able to make himself heard

b) was he able to make himself hear d) was he able to make himself heard

　

69. jane was fairly good at english, but in mathematics she could not ________ the rest of the students in her class.

　

a) put up with c) do away with

b) keep up with d) run away with

　

70. he went ahead __________ all warnings about the danger of his mission.

a) in case of c) regardless of

b) because of d) prior to

part iv cloze (15 minutes)

directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage. for each blank there are four choices marked a), b), c) and d) on the right side of the paper. you should choose the one that best fits into the passage. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

one of the most interesting of all studies is the study of words and word origins. each language is 71 of several earlier languages, and the words of a language can sometimes be traced

72 through two or three different languages to their

73 . again, a word from one language may pass into other

languages and 74 a new meaning. the word 'etiquette,'

which is 75 french origin and originally meant a label (标

志), 76 a sign, passed into spanish and kept its original meaning. so in spanish the word 'etiquette' today is used to 77 the small tags (标签) which a store

78 to a suit, a dress or a bottle. the word 'etiquette'

in french, 79 , gradually developed a different meaning.

it 80 became the custom to write directions on small cards, or 'etiquette', as to how visitors should dress themselves and 81 during an important ceremony at the royal court.

82 , the word 'etiquette' began to indicate a system of

correct manners for people to follow. 83 this meaning, the word passed into english.

consider the word 'breakfast'. 'to fast' is to go

for some period of time without 84 . thus, in the

morning, after many hours 85 the night without food,

one 86 one’s fast.

consider the everyday english 87 'good-bye'. many

many years ago, people would say to each 88 on parting:

“god be with you.” as this was 89 over and over

millions of times, it gradually became 90 to 'good-bye'.

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