Section I Vocabulary （10 points ）
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four
choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence and mark youranswers on ANSWER SHEET 1
1.If you draw a(n) ______ between two things, that means the two things are different.
A. prescription B. intersection C. partition D. distinction
2. The negotiations are going well and we are confident of a successful ______.
A. outbreak B. output C. outcome D. outset
3. Batistuta went to Florence for the third year in ______.
A. succession B. series C. sequence D. session
4. You may play PC games to your heart's ______ during the winter break.
A. content B. consent C. consensus D. conscience
5. Some governments have forbidden cigarette ___and launched anti-smoking campaigns.
A. commissions B. commodities C. commercials D. commands
6. Applicants must show that they have $10,000 or more ____ for living expenses and
approximately $10,000 for tuition.
A. acceptable B. advisable C. available D. applicable
7. The director often says it is difficult to design a program that will meet the ______ needs
of all our users.
A. diverse B. distinctive C. distinct D. distinguished
8. ______ their differences, they are united by the common desire to transform their personal
commitment into public leadership.
A. But for B. For all C. Above all D. Except for
9. The winter just ending was ____ severe, causing great hardship to the poorer people in
this area.
A. exceptionally B. explosively C. extensively D. expressively
10. Computer software ______ some 70 percent of the company’s products.
A. applies for B. allows for C. accounts for D. answers for
11. According to the __________ of the contract, employees must give six months' notice if theyintend to leave.
A. laws B. rules C. terms D. details
12. The _______ meter can detect even a very small amount of gas in the room
A. sensible B. sensitive C. sensing D. sensed
13. The bank manager asked his assistant if it was possible for him to ______ the investment plan within a week.
A. work out B. put out C. make out D. set out
14. Television will provide information on prices at the nearby shops ________ news and
entertainment.
A. as many as B. as far as C. as well as D. as long as
15. Jane takes an __________ interest in clothes and is very particular about what she wears.
A. exhaustive B. excelling C. executive D. excessive
16. In China, it is a serious crime to __________ancient paintings out of the country.
A. struggle B. smuggle C. sublet D. withdraw
17. The rich man was asked to pay a high _________ for his daughter who was taken away by
criminals.
A. margin B. prestige C. ransom D. purchase
18. According to the International Law, the United Nations would impose economic
_________against an invading country.
A. commissions B. promotions C. sentences D. sanctions
19. To ______ something will enable you to buy property without having the funds to pay for it at present.
A. donate B. guarantee C. mortgage D. finance
20. Our university is unable to tuition fees to students who fail to complete the course.
A. rescue B. recover C. refund D. refresh
Section II Cloze ( 10 points )
Directions: Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1.
It's an annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that 21 evening you're burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, 22 are throwing the books at kids. 23 elementary school students are complaining of homework 24 . What's a well-meaning parent to do? As hard as 25 may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you've got to get them to do it, 26 helping too much, or even examining 27 too carefully, you may keep them 28 doing it by themselves. "I wouldn't advise a parent to check every 29 assignment," says psychologist John Rosemond, author Of Ending the Tough
Homework. "There's a 30 of appreciation for trial and error. Let your children 31 the
grade they deserve."
Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask
them to rethink their 32 . But "you don't want them to feel it has to be 33 ," she says. That's not to say parents should 34 homework -- first, they should monitor how much homework their kids 35 . Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in 36 four, five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be 37 mom than an hour and a half," and two for high-school students. If your child 88 has mom homework than this, you may want to check 39 other parents and then talk to the teacher about 40 assignment ( 252 words )
21 A. very B exact . C. right D. usual
22 A. officials B. parents C. experts D. schools
23 A. Also B. Even C. Then D. However
24 A. fatigue B. confusion C. duty D. puzzle
25 A. there B. we C. they D. it
26 A. via B. under C. by D. for
27 A. questions B. answers C. standards D. rules
28 A. off B. without C. beyond D. from
29 A. single B. piece C. page D. other
30 A. drop B. short C. cut D. lack
31 A. acquire B. earn C. gather D. reach
32 A. exercises B. defects C. mistakes D. tests
33 A. perfect B. better C. unusual D. complete
34 A. forget B. refuse C. miss D. ignore
35 A. have B. prepare C. make D. perform
36 A. classes B. groups C. grades D. terms
37 A. about B. no C. much D. few
38 A. previously B. rarely C. merely D. consistently
39 A. with B. in C. out D. up
40 A. finishing B. lowering C. reducing D. declining
Section III Reading Comprehension ( 40 points )
Directions: Read the following passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosingA. B. C. or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1.
Passage 1
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.
Some 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 the 1989 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. （ 455 words ）
41. The best title for the passage is ______.
A. The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake and the 1992 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 2
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 increasingly 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-incomecountries 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 lies 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. ( 360 words )
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 cut 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 emissions 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.
Passage 3
The current emergency in Mexico City that has taken over our lives is nothing. I could ever
have imagined for me or my children. We are living in an environmental crisis, an air-pollutionemergency of unprecedented severity. What it really means is that just to breathe here is to play a dangerous game with your health.
As parents, what terrorizes us most are reports that children are at higher risk because they
breathe more times per minute. What more can we do to protect them and ourselves? Our
pediatrician’s (儿科医师的) medical recommendation was simple: abandon the city permanently.
We are foreigners and we are among the small minority that can afford to leave. We are here
because of my husband’s work. We are fascinated by Mexico—its history and rich culture. We know that for us, this is a temporary danger. However, we cannot stand for much longer the fear we feel for our boys. We cannot stop them from breathing.But for millions, there is no choice. Their lives, their jobs, their futures depend on being here.
Thousands of Mexicans arrive each day in this city. Desperate for economic opportunities.
Thousands more are born here each day. Entire families work in the streets and practically live
there. It is a familiar sight: as parents hawk goods at stoplights, their children play in the grassy
highway dividers, breathing exhaust fumes. I feel guilty complaining about my personal situation; we won’t be here long enough for our children to form the impression that skies are colored only gray. And yet the government cannot do what it must to end this problem. For any country, especially a developing Third World economy like Mexico’s, the idea of barring from the capital city enough cars, closing enough factories and spending the necessary billions on public transportation is simply not an option. So when things get bad, as in the current emergency,
Mexico takes half measures—prohibiting some more cars from circulating, stopping some
factories from producing—that even its own officials concede aren’t adequate.
The word “emergency” implies the unusual. But when daily life itself is an emergency, the
concept loses its meaning. It is human nature to try to adapt to that which we cannot change. Or to mislead ourselves into believing we can adapt. ( 388 words )
51. According to the passage, the current emergency in Mexico City refers to ______.
A. serious air pollution B. economic crisis
C. unemployment D. natural disaster
52. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Kids are in greater danger than grown-ups in Mexico City.
B. The author is not a native Mexican.
C. The author’s husband is a pediatrician.
D. The Mexican history and culture appeal to the author.
53. The word “hawk” (Paragraph 3) most probably means ______.
A. sell B. transport C. place D. deliver
54. The Mexican government takes half measures to solve the pollution problem because ______.
A. Mexican economy depends very much on cars and factories
B. it is not wise enough to come up with effective measures
C. Mexicans are able to adapt themselves to the current emergency
D. Mexicans enjoy playing dangerous games with their health
55. The purpose of the passage is to ______.
A. describe the harmful air pollution
B. explain the way to prevent air pollution
C. show the worries about the air pollution
D. recommend a method to avoid air pollution |
