Part I Vocabulary and Structure (20 marks)
1. Either dye or oil paints_ _to color cloth.
A. is used B. be used C. are used D. was used
2. Her close friend and fellow actress _ _always encouraging her to write a book about her own biography.
A. is B. are C. were D. will
3. The number of people browsing in the bookshop _ _sharply during lunch hour.
A. increase B. are increased C. increases D. is increased
4. What used as chief building materials today _ _steel and concrete.
A. have been / are B. is / are C. are / are D. are / is
5. There _ _ never been hard feelings between the neighbors on this block.
A. has B. have C. is D. were
6. All the students were excited at the of a weekend sports competition.
A. opinion B. view C. thought D. idea
7. The traveler’s passport established his .
A. proof B. evidence C. identity D. case
8. I advise you not to place your in such a remedy.
A. passion B. attention C. faith D. hope
9. Can you tell me the for applying for citizenship in this country?
A. procedures B. processes C. stages D. phases
10. Tell me the names of the in this room.
A. elements B. matters C. substances D. objects
11. So little known that they had to ask for a guide.
A. by this area B. this area C. was this area D. this area had been
12. , he could not translate the expression into English.
A. As he would try B. Try would he as
C. He would as try D. Try as he would
13. At no time in the history of mankind greater opportunities for the following careers than they have now.
A. women will have B. have women had
C. will women never have D. neither have women
14. , it will cause a great deal of harm.
A. If this would happen B. Had this happened
C. May this happen D. Were this to happen
15. by the end of April.
A. Thus completed the house B. The house thus was completed
C. Thus was the house completed D. The house thus completed
16. , but she also taught me how to paint.
A. Not only did mother buy me some brushes
B. Mother not only bought me some brushes
C. Not only mother bought me some brushes
D. Mother bought me not only some brushes
17. who had been in prison for seven years.
A. In the robbery a man involved B. Involved a man in the robbery
C. Was a man involved in the robbery D. Involved in the robbery was a man
18. In the distance the lowing of the cattle.
A. there was heard B. there heard C. was there heard D. was it heard
19. , I’ll keep you informed.
A. No matter comes what B. Come what may
C. Whatever there come D. No matter will what come
20. "I thought he was present at the meeting." " ."
A. So was she B. So was he C. So he was D. So do I
21. Mr. Smith is a teacher; __ is clear from his manner.
A. as it B. as C. that D. it
22. Things, __ is often the case, will turn out to be contrary to one’s wishes.
A. as B. which C. that D. it
23. It is the third time__ .
A. that I have been here B. that I was here
C. since I was here D. since I have been here
24. The science of physics, __ progress has been rapid lately, is perhaps one of the most important of all sciences.
A. which B. where C. that D. in which
25. The metric system is such __ has a logical link between its units.
A. as B. that C. as which D. as that
26. The size of the audience, __ we had expected, was well over one thousand.
A. whom B. who C: as D. that
27. All __ is a continuous supply of fuel oil.
A. which is needed B. that is needed C. the things needed D. for their needs
28. Some day you may cross the ocean in a ship __ fuel "burns" without fire.
A. which B. whose C. when D. where
29. The microscope is a very useful instrument __ scientists can see things that are too small to be seen with the naked eye.
A. in which B. through which C. with which D. from which
30. Robert told his friends he loved places __ near the sea.
A. that they were B. they were C. where D. that were
Part II Reading Comprehension (40 marks)
Directions: In this section, there are 4 passages. Each will be followed by five questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice, and then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Lateral thinking (迂回思维), first described by Edward de Bone in 1967, is just a few years older than Edward’s son. You might imagine that Caspar was raised to be an adventurous thinker, but the de Bone was so famous, Caspar’s parents worried that any time he would say something bright at school, his teachers might snap, "Where do you get that idea from?"
"We had to be careful and not overdo it." Edward admits. Now Caspar is at Oxford-which once looked unlikely because he is also slightly dyslexic (诵读困难). In fact, when he was applying to Oxford, none of his school teachers thought he had a chance. "So then we did several thinking sessions,” his father says, "using my techniques and, when he went up for the exam, he did extremely well." Soon after, Edward de Bone decided to write his latest book, "Teach Your Child How to Think,” in which he transforms the thinking skills he developed for brain-storming businessmen into informal exercises for parents and children to share.
Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence, and everybody knows that children aren’t very logical. So isn’t it an uphill battle, trying to teach them to think? "You know," Edward de Bone says, "if you examine people’s thinking, it is quite unusual to find faults of logic. But the faults of perception are huge! Often we think ineffectively because we take too limited a view."
"Teach Your Child How to Think" offers lessons in perception improvement, of clearly seeing the implications of something you are saying and exploring the alternatives.
31. What is TRUE about Caspar?
A. He first described lateral thinking. B. He is often scolded by his teacher.
C. He is Edward’s son. D. He is an adventurous thinker.
32. Caspar succeeded in applying to Oxford because ________.
A. he used in the exam the techniques provided by his father
B. he read the book "Teach Your Child How to think" before the exam
C. he was careful and often overworked
D. all of his school teachers thought he had a chance
33. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that Edward _________.
A. was prompted to study lateral thinking because his son was slightly dyslexic
B. once taught businessmen how to think before he wrote for parents and children
C. was likely to improve children’s logic with his book
D. gave a description of lateral thinking several years after his son was born
34. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements expresses Edward de Bone’s view?
A. We often think ineffectively because we take too limited a view.
B. Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence.
C. Everybody knows that children aren’t very logical.
D. h is an uphill battle trying to teach children to think.
35. Lateral thinking refers to the following EXCEPT _______.
A. seeing the implications of what you are saying
B. exploring the alternatives for what you are saying
C. improving one’s logic in thinking
D. improving one’s perception in thinking
Passage Two
For millions of years before die appearance of die electric light, shift work, all-night cable TV and die Internet, earth’s creatures evolved on a planet with predictable and reassuring 24-hour rhythms. Our biological clocks are set for this daily cycle. Simply, our bodies want to sleep at night and be awake during the day. Most women and men need between eight and eight and a half hours of sleep a night to function properly throughout their lives. (Contrary to popular belief, humans don’t need less sleep as they age.)
But on average, Americans sleep only about seven and a half hour per night, a marked drop from the nine hours they averaged in 1910. What’s worse, nearly one third of all Americans get less than six hours of sleep on a typical work night. For most people, that’s not nearly enough.
Finding ways to get more and better sleep can be a challenge. Scientists have identified more than 80 different sleep disorders. Some sleeping disorders are genetic. But many problems are caused by staying up late and by traveling frequently between time zone or by working nights. Dr. James F. Jones at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver says that sleep disorders are often diagnosed as other discomforts. About one third of the patients referred to him with possible chronic fatigue syndrome actually have treatable sleep disorders. “Before we do anything else, we look at their sleep,” Jones says.
Sleep experts say that most people would benefit from a good look at their sleep patterns. My motto (座右铭) is ’Sleep defensively’," says Mary Carskadon of Brown University. She says people need to carve out sufficient time to sleep, even if it means giving up other things. Sleep routines -- l/ire going to bed and getting up at the same time every day -- are important. Pre-bedtime activities also make a difference. As with Eisner, who used to suffer from sleeplessness, a few life style changes—avoiding stimulants and late meals, exercising hours before bedtime, relaxing with a hot bath—yield better sleep.
36. What is TRUE of human sleep?
A. On average, people in the U. S. today sleep less per night than they used to.
B. For most people, less than six hoers of sleep on a typical work night is enough,
C. Most people need less sleep when they grow older.
D. Most people need seven and a half hems of sleep every night
37. For our bodies to function properly, we should _______.
A. adjust our activities to the new inventions
B. be able to predict the rhythms of our biological clocks
C. sleep for at least eight hours per night
D. believe that we need less sleep as we age
38. According to the author, many sleeping disorders are caused by _______.
A. improper sleep patterns B. chronic fatigue syndrome
C. other diseases D. pre-bedtime exercises
39. Which of the following measures can help you sleep better?
A. Having late meals. B. Traveling between time zones
C. Staying up late. D. Taking a hot bath.
40. "Sleep defensively” means that
A. people should sacrifice other things to getting enough sleep if necessary
B. people should give up going to bed and getting up at the same time every day.
C. people should go to a doctor and have their problems diagnosed
D. people should exercise immediately before going to bed every night
Passage Three
The media can impact current events. As a graduate student at Berkeley in the 1960s, I remember experiencing the events related to the People’s Park that were occurring on campus. Same of these events were given national media coverage in the press and on TV. I found it interesting to compare my impressions of what was going on with perceptions obtained from the news media. I could begin to see events of that time feed on news coverage. This also provided me with some healthy insights into the distinctions between these realities.
Electronic media are having a greater impact on the people’s lives every day. People gather more and more of their impressions from representations. Television and telephone communications are linking people to a global village, or what one writer calls the electronic city. Consider the information that television brings into your home every day. Consider also the contact you have with others simply by using telephone. These media extend your consciousness and your contact. For example, the video coverage of the1989 San Francisco earthquake focused on "live action" such as the fires or the rescue efforts. This gave the viewer the impression of total disaster. Television coverage of the Iraqi War also developed an immediacy. CNN reported events as they happened. This coverage was distributed worldwide. Although most people were far away from these events, they developed some perception of these realities.
In 1992, many people watched in horror as riots broke out on a sad Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, seemingly fed by video coverage from helicopters. This event was triggered by the verdict (裁定) in the Rodney King beating. We are now in an age where the public can have access to information that enables it to make its own judgments, and most people, who had seen the video of this beating, could not understand, how the jury (陪审团) was able to acquit (宣布无罪) the policemen involved. Media coverage of events as they occur also provides powerful feedback that influences events. This can have harmful results, as it seemed on that Wednesday night in Los Angeles. By Friday night the public got to see Rodney King on television pleading, “Can we all get along?" By Saturday, television seemed to provide positive feedback as the Los Angeles riot turned out into a rally for peace. The television showed thousands of people marching with banners and cleaning tools. Because of that, many more people turned out to join the peaceful event they saw unfolding (展开) on television. The real healing, of course, will take much longer, but electronic media will continue to be a part of that process.
41. The best title for the passage is _________.
A. The1989 San Francisco Earthquake and the i992 Los Angeles Riots
B. How Media Cover Events
C. The 1992 Los Angeles Riots
D. The Impact of Media on Current Events
42. All the following statements are true EXCEPT that _________.
A. all the events occurring on the university campus at Berkeley were given national media coverage
B. video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake gave the viewers the impression of total disaster
C. electronic media can extend one’s contact with the world
D. those living far away from a certain event can also have some perception of realities by watching television
43. The term "electronic city" in Paragraph 2 refers to
A. Berkeley B. Earth C. Los Angeles D. San Francisco
44. The 1992 Los Angeles riots broke out because
A. video coverage from helicopters had made people angry
B. video coverage had provided powerful feedback
C. the jury acquitted the policemen who had beaten Rodney King
D. people can make their own judgments
45. It can be inferred from the passage that
A. the 1992 Los Angeles riots lasted a whole week
B. Rodney King seemed very angry when he appeared on television on Friday
C. media coverage of events as they occur can have either good or bad results
D. most people who had seen the video of the Rodney King beating agree with the verdict of the
Jury
Passage Four
At the Kyoto conference on global warming in December 1997, it became abundantly clear how complex it has become to work out international agreements relating to the environment because of economic concerns unique to each country. It is no longer enough to try to forbid certain activities or to reduce emissions of certain substances. The global challenges of the interlink between the environment and development increasing bring us to the core of the economic life of states. During the late 1980s we were able, through international agreements, to make deep cuts in emissions harmful to the ozone layer. These reductions were made possible because substitutions had been found for many of the harmful chemicals and, more important, because the harmful substances could be replaced without negative effects on employment and the economies of states.
Although the threat of global warming has been known to the world for decades and all countries and leaders agree that we need to deal with the problem, we also know that the effects of measures, especially harsh measures taken in some countries, would be nullified (抵消) if other countries do not control their emissions. Whereas the UN team on climate change has found that the emissions of carbon dioxide would have to be cut globally by 60% to stabilize the content of CO, in the atmosphere, this path is not feasible for several reasons. Such deep cuts would cause a breakdown of the world economy. Important and populous (人口众多的 ) low –or medium-income countries are not yet willing to undertake legal commitments about their energy uses. In addition, the state of world technology would not yet permit us to make such a big leap.
We must, however, find a solution to the threat of global warming early in the 21st century.
Such a commitment would require a degree of shared vision and common responsibilities new to humanity. Success ties in the force of imaginations, in imagining what would happen if we fail to act. Although many living in cold regions would welcome the global-warming effect of a warmer summer, few would cheer the arrival of the subsequent tropical diseases, especially where there had been none.
46. The main purpose of this passage is to ________.
A. analyze the problem of global warming
B. argue against making deep cuts in emissions
C. convince people that global warming is a real threat
D. criticize some countries for refusing to cot down emissions harmful to the ozone layer
47. The reason why it is difficult to get rid of the threat of global warming is that ________.
A. not all the countries are willing to make deep cuts in emissions
B. many people welcome the global-warming effect of a warmer summer
C. the leaders of many countries are not fully aware of the gravity of the problem
D. world technology is not able to solve the problem
48. In the passage the author implies that _______.
A. the world has recently become aware of the threat of global warming
B. the problem of global warming has largely been solved
C. it is always difficult to work out international agreements to cut down emission harmful to the ozone layer
D. it is no longer easy to reach international agreements relating to the environment
49. According to the author, it is impossible at present to cut 60%of carbon dioxide emissions globally because __________.
A. some people are irresponsible
B. it would cause a collapse of the world economy
C. it is only a goal to be reached in the future
D. some people are lacking in imagination
50. What should all countries do to help solve the problem of global warming?
A. They should hold another world conference on climate change.
B. They should provide advanced technology.
C. They should replace all the harmful substances.
D. They should willingly undertake legal commitments about their energy uses.
Part III Cloze (10 marks)
Directions: Read the passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letters of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
What’s your earliest childhood memory? Can you remember learning to walk? Or talk? The first time you 51 thunder or watched a television program? Adults seldom 52 events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four 53 retain any specific, personal experiences. A variety of explanations have been 54 by psychologists for this "childhood amnesia" (儿童失忆症). One argues that the hippocampus, the region of the brain which is responsible for forming memories, does not mature 55 about the age of two. But the most popular theory 56 that, since adults do not think like children, they cannot 57 childhood memories. Adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories or 58—one event follows 59 as in a novel or film. But when they search through their mental 60 for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they don’t find any that fits the 61 . It’s like trying to find a Chinese word in an English dictionary.
Now psychologist Annette Simms of the New York State University offers a new 62 for childhood amnesia. She argues that there simply 63 any early childhood memories to recall. According to Dr. Simms, children need to learn to use 64 spoken description of their personal experiences in order to turn their own short-term, quickly 65 impressions of them into long-term memories. In other 66 , children have to talk about their experiences and hear others talk about 67 --Mother talking about the afternoon 68 looking for seashells at the beach or Dad asking them about their day at Ocean Park. Without this 69 reinforcement, says Dr. Simms, children cannot form 70 memories of their personal experiences.
51. A. listened B. felt
C. touched D. heard
52. A. involve B. interpret
C. recall D. resolve
53. A. largely B. rarely
C. merely D. really
54. A. canceled B. figured
C. proposed D. witnessed
55. A. until B. once
C. after D. since
56. A. magnifies B. intervenes
C. contains D. maintains
57. A. reflect B. attain
C. access D. refer
58. A. narratives B. forecasts
C. regulations D. descriptions
59. A. the rest B. another
C. the other D. others
60. A. outputs B. dreams
C. flashes D. files
61. A. footstep B. pattern
C. frame D. landscape
62. A. emphasis B. arrangement
C. explanation D. factor
63. A. aren’t B. weren’t
C. isn’t D. wasn’t
64. A. anyone else B. anyone else’s
C. some else D. someone else’s
65. A. forgotten B. remembered
C. forgetting D. remembering
66. A. senses B. cases
C. words D. means
67. A. him B. theirs
C. it D. them
68. A. used B. chosen
C. taken D. spent
69. A. habitual B. verbal
C. pretty D. mutual
70. A. permanent B. conscious
C. subordinate D. spiritual
Part IV Translation (15 marks)
Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
What we’ve learned from primary to middle school is just common ABCs. Even when it comes to the 4 years’ college career，what has been delivered to us is still rather superficial. It is graduate school in a university that is the place to do research work at a basic level. However, even if you work in such places，you just touch the hedge slightly. What has been being stressed is the way to do research and practice. Knowledge is infinite，and time is limited even though you devote your lifetime to it. In view of this，people learned to an old age in order to acquire knowledge centuries ago，so much so that as their hair grew all white，they still kept studying. Yet. it is really interesting to do such research work.
Part V Writing (15 marks)
Directions：For this part, you should write a composition of about 150 words on the title Team Work according to the following OUTLINE given in Chinese.
1．你对“团队精神”的理解
2．“团队精神”的重要性
3．怎样使团队更加有效率
