Part Ⅲ Vocabulary (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 that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41.Normally he is rather ____ but sometimes he talks freely about himself.
A) reserved B) serious C) sociable D) peaceful
42.Obviously these are all factors affecting smooth operation, but the ____ problem is still to be identified.
A) operational B) underlying C) operating D) underneath
43.The flat we have rented is very ____ for the underg round station.
A) enjoyable B) convenient C) near D) suitable
44.Water is readily ____ hydrogen and oxygen.
A) broken down B) broken up
C) broken into D) broken out
45.You can ____ your shorthand ability by taking notes in shorthand during lectures.
A) keep in B) keep on
C) keep out D) keep up
46.We have a high regard for Mr. Powell because he always ____ his principles.
A) lives up to B) lives out
C) lives on D) lives through
47.I wandered through the cool ____ of the forest trees.
A) shadow B) dark
C) shade D) obscurity
48.The pilot must have been completely ____ to fly in this weather.
A) clever B) sensuous
C) sane D) insane
49.The melting of the snow has caused flooding by ____rivers.
A) expanded B) overgrown
C) increased D) swollen
50.I objected to ____ for such an unpleasant job.
A) being picked on B) being picked out
C) being picked up D) being picked at
51.The sky looks lighter. I think the weather is ____.
A) clearing away B) clearing
C) becoming clearer D) clearing up
52.Before you run ____ other people, it is as well to consider your own faults.
A) over B) down
C) after D) into
53.We hadn't realized that there would be a power cut, so we were astonished when the whole house ____ into darkness.
A) thrown B) drowned
C) dropped D) plunged
54.After a certain age one tries in ____ to change one
' s fixed habits.
A) order B) vain
C) silence D) defence
55.Switzerland is wellknown for impressive mountainous ____.
A) views B) scene
C) scenery D) Nature
56.If you have finished with these tools, I wish you'd ____ them ____.
A) put…apart B) put…away
C) put…forward D) put…down
57.A long line of traffic had to wait at the ____ until the train had passed.
A) crossroads B) level crossing
C) bridge D) junction
58.A trip to the Antarctic is ____ safe if you take the necessary precautions.
A) within reason B) reasonably
C) in doubt D) doubt
59.The Andersons have not ____ yet and I doubt if they will now.
A) turned up B) turned in
C) turned down D) come in
60.When I asked her advice, she ____ the matter and then told me not to go.
A) answered B) explained
C) pondered D) wandered
61.His son expected to ____ a business.
A) reside B) construct
C) eliminate D) set up
62.The club members voted to ____ the ban on smoking.
A) refrain B) inquire
C) recess D) abolish
63.Did your parents ____ the work you have done?
A) commend B) command
C) consent D) mumble
64.The expedition reached the ____ at tenthirty that morning.
A) summit B) main trail
C) starting point D) site
65.We had to start at exactly the same time, so we had our watches ____.
A) transfixed B) stabilized
C) temporized D) synchronized
66.Some people in position of power are using their ____wrongly and this seriously affects the present reform.
A) force B) privileges
C) advantages D) merits
67.You must have ____ the examination before Friday, so bring your money to the office as soon as possible.
A) passed B) sat for
C) entered for D) taken
68.The spokesman claimed that most people ____ the government's economic policy as a success.
A) look out B) look up
C) look ahead D) look on
69.It was felt that he lacked the ____ to pursue a difficult task to the very end.
A) engagement B) persuasion
C) commitment D) preservation
70.When the tire blew out, the rules Jack had learned in driving classes ____ him ____ safe.
A) carried…away B) carried…forward
C) carried… off D) carried…through
Part Ⅳ Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In the passage there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.
A man or woman makes direct contact with society in two ways:as member of some familiar,professional or religious group,or as a member of a crowd.Groups are able of being as moral and intelligent as the individuals who form it;a crowd is chaotic,has no purpose of its own and is capable of everything except intelligent action and realistic thinking.Assembling in a crowd,people lose their powers of reasoning and their capacity for normal chose. Their suggestibility is increased to the point that they cease to have any judgement or will of their own. They become very excitable, they lose all sense of individual or collective responsibility, they are subject for sudden excesses of rage, enthusiasm and panic. In a word, a man in a crowd behave as though he had swallowed a large does of some powerful intoxicant.
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Part Ⅴ Writing (30 minutes)
Directions:For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic. “Rechoice of Professions—A Social Problem”. You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese ) below:
1. 下岗人员(laidoff personnel)面临一个严肃的问题——再就业。
2. 下岗人员要改变就业观念,树立坚强信心,重新就业。
3. 人们要关心、帮助下岗人员,克服困难,争取胜利。
答 案
Part Ⅱ
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短文大意
本文主要讲述了电视是当今世界上传播广、影响大的传媒,无论长期或短期都对我们的生活起着重要的影响作用。它可以使世界变得更小,也可以使我们的生活丰富多彩。本文特别强调了电视在娱乐圈和商业领域里比在其他领域里得到更加广泛的认可,并就电视在美国和前苏联的运用加以比较和区别。
21. 答 案C。
【参考译文】根据题意电视的使用在哪些方面较容易得到认可 ?
【试题分析】本题考查对作者的意图的理解。
【详细解答】在本文的第一段里可以找到此答 案。 We are all aware of the popularly accepted applications of television, particularly those relative to entertainment and news broadcasting. 由此可见电视最容易在娱乐和新闻方面得到运用。 A) 在大都市地区。是指观察暴风雨掠过大都市地区,并非指在大都市地区的电视使用。 B) 在宇宙远处的探索。只是电视在宇宙开发运用的一个方面,并不像在新闻与娱乐方面的运用那样容易得到确认。 D) 在边远地区。在这里电视的使用更不是那么容易。
22. 答 案D。
【参考译文】在作者看来下面哪种说法是确切的 ?
【试题分析】回答作者提出的问题,即对作者的用意的回答。
【详细解答】 A) 电视的使用对大城市有利。B) 有人认为电视的使用是很好的活动。 C) 电视的使用对电视系统而言受到了限制。根据短文第一段最后一句话可以确定 D) 最好地回答了这个问题:… one may thus logically ponder the true benefits of confining most of our video activities to the massentertainment field (人们可能逻辑性地认为我们看电视活动的好处都限制在大规模的娱乐活动上面了。)这就间接告诉人们电视的使用确实对娱乐领域有利,因此D) 的说法正是作者的观点。
23. 答 案C。
【参考译文】根据短文意思在苏联的电视是……
【试题分析】考查学生的比较和分析能力。
【详细解答】 A) (苏联的电视)局限为年税收的商业活动。B) 需要商业资助人的资助。 D) 急需经济援助。根据短文第二段所述,苏联的电视和美国的相反,是由政府控制和安排的。这种政府行为排除了经济资助人的资助,同时也限制了提供给电视节目的 种类。答 案 C) 可在下面句中找到:While such arrangements eliminate the need for commercial sponsorship, it also has the possibility of limiting the type of programs available to viewers。 由此,A) 项是美国的年税收情况,而在苏联并没提到,可以排除。 B) 和D) 两项更容易排除。
24. 答 案D。
【参考译文】文中,作者力图告诉我们和古典的“ Bewitched”相似的纯娱乐性节目……
【试题分析】考查学生对文章的分析判断能力。
【详细解答】 A) 和美国的娱乐节目一样好。B) 已在许多政府控制的电视网上看到。 C) 和那些不知情者无需观看的节目一样晦涩无味。本题答 案D) 可在短文第二段中找到:…it also has the possibility of limiting the type of programs available to viewers (a number of purely entertainment programs similar to the classic “Bewitched ”,however, have been seen on these governmentcontrolled networks. All isn't as gray and dismal as the uninformed might unnecessarily visualize)。文章中,美国的电视节目和苏联的电视节目没有进行好坏比较,因此A) 项可排除。B)项,许多纯娱乐性电视节目在苏联政府所控制的电视网上播放,不符合事实,亦应排除。C) 项的说法恰恰相反,更应排除。