Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

　　Early Tudor England was to a large extent self-sufficient. Practically all the necessities of life—— food, clothing, fuel and housing —— were produced from native resources by native effort, and it was to (26)_____ these primary needs that the great mass of the population labored (27)______ its daily tasks. Production was for the most part organized in innumerable small units. In the country the farm, the hamlet and the village lived on (28)____ they could grow or make for themselves, and(29) _____ the sale of any surplus in the local market town,(30) ____ in the towns craftsmen applied themselves to their one-man business, making the boots and shoes, the caps and the cloaks, the (31)____ and harness of townsmen and countrymen(32)____. Once a week town and country would meet to make(33) ___ at a market which came(34) ___ realizing the medieval idea of direct contact between producer and(35) _____. This was the traditional economy, which was hardly altered for some centuries, and which set the(36) _____ of work and the standard of life of perhaps nice out of(37) ____ ten English men and women. The work was long and (38)____, and the standard of life achieved was almost (39)___ low. Most Englishmen lied by a diet which was often (40)____ and always monotonous, wore coarse and ill-fitting clothes which harbored dirt undermine, and lived in holes whose squalor would affront the modern slum dweller.

　　26.A) settle?? B) answer?? C) satisfy?? D) fill

　　27.A) at?? B) in?? C) on?? D) with

　　28.A) which?? B) what?? C) whether?? D) where

　　29.A) with?? B) by?? C) on?? D) for

　　30.A) although?? B) while?? C) nevertheless?? D) when

　　31.A) machines?? B) apparatus?? C) equipment?? D) implement

　　32.A) similar?? B) skin?? C) like?? D) alike

　　33.A) exchange?? B) bargain?? C) dealing?? D) ride

　　34.A) close at?? B) adjacent to?? C) near to?? D) near-by

　　35.A) consumer?? B) buyer?? C) user?? D) shopper

　　36.A) model?? B) form?? C) pattern?? D) method

　　37.A) every?? B) each?? C) the?? D) other

　　38.A) cruel?? B) hard?? C) ruthless?? D) severe

　　39.A) unimaginatively?? B) unimaginably?? C) imaginarily?? D) unimaginedly

　　40.A) weak?? B) little?? C) meagre?? D) sparse

PART III GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

　　There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answer on your answer sheet.

　　41. You won't get a loan _______ you can offer some security.

　　A) lest

　　B) in case

　　C) unless

　　D) other than

　　42. ______ time, he'll make a first-class tennis player.

　　A) Having

　　B) Given

　　C) Giving

　　D) had

　　43. I _____ the party much if there hadn't been quite such a crowd of people there.

　　A) would enjoy

　　B) will have enjoyed

　　C) would have enjoyed

　　D) will be enjoying

　　44. This company has now introduced a policy ____ pay rises are related to performances at work.

　　A) which

　　B) where

　　C) whether

　　D) what

　　45. He wasn't asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, _______ insufficiently popular with all members.

　　A) having considered

　　B) was considered

　　C) was being considered

　　D) being considered

　　46. This may have preserved the elephant from being wiped out as well as other animals ______ in Africa.

　　A) hunted

　　B) hunting

　　C) that hunted

　　D) are hunted

　　47. The office has to be shut down ______ funds.

　　A) being a lack of

　　B) from lack of

　　C) to a lack of

　　D) for lack of

　　48. In international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid _____.

　　A) from being beaten

　　B) being beaten

　　C) beating

　　D) to be beaten

　　49. As it turned out to be a small house party, we ____ so formally.

　　A) need not have dressed up

　　B) must not have dressed up

　　C) did not need to dress up

　　D) must not dress up

　　50. Western Nebraska generally receives less snow than _____ Eastern Nebraska.

　　A) in

　　B) it receives in

　　C) does

　　D) it does in

　　51. _____ no cause for alarm, the old man went back to his bedroom.

　　A) There was

　　B) Since

　　C) Being

　　D) There being

52. The brilliance of his satires was ______ make even his victims laugh.

　　A) so as to

　　B) such as to

　　C) so that

　　D) such that

　　53. If he _____ in that way for much longer he will find himself in the bankruptcy court.

　　A) carries on

　　B) carries off

　　C) carries by

　　D) carries away

　　54. Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not ____ close examination.

　　A) look up

　　B) pay up

　　C) keep up

　　D) stand up

　　55. He must give us more time, ______ we shall not be able to make a good job of it.

　　A) consequently

　　B) otherwise

　　C) therefore

　　D) doubtlessly

　　56. When there was a short ______ in the conversation, I asked if anyone would like anything to drink.

　　A) blank

　　B) space

　　C) pause

　　D) wait

　　57. You can do it if you want to, but in my opinion it's not worth the ____ it involves.

　　A) effort

　　B) strength

　　C) attempt

　　D) force

　　58. The main road through Little bury was blocked for three hours today after an accident ____ two lorries.

　　A) involving

　　B) including

　　C) combining

　　D) containing

　　59. Very few scientists _____ with completely new answers to the world's problem.

　　A) come to

　　B) come round

　　C) come on

　　D) come up

　　60. Hotel rooms must be _____ by noon, but luggage may be left with the porter.

　　A) departed

　　B) abandoned

　　C) vacated

　　D) displaced

　　61. The ____ physicist has been challenged by others in his field.

　　A) respectable

　　B) respectful

　　C) respective

　　D) respecting

　　62. Ill try to get in touch with him but hes_____ ever at home when I phone.

　　A) hardly

　　B) almost

　　C) rarely

　　D) occasionally

　　63. With hundreds of works left behind, Picasso is regarded as a very ____ artist.

　　A) profound

　　B) productive

　　C) prosperous

　　D) plentiful

64. The city suffered ______ damage as a result of the earthquake.

　　A) considered

　　B) considerate

　　C) considerable

　　D) considering

　　65. Undergraduate students have no _____ to the rare books in the school library.

　　A) access

　　B) entrance

　　C) way

　　D) path

　　PART IV READING COMPREHENSION

　　SECTION A (25 MIN.)

　　In this part there are four passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Mark you choice on your answer sheet.

　　TEXT A In the past thirty years many social changes have taken place in Britain. The greatest of these have probably been in the economic lives of women. The changes have been significant, but, because tradition and prejudice can still handicap women in their working careers and personal lives, major legislation to help promote equality of opportunity and pay was passed during the 1970s. At the heart of womens changed role in society has been the rise in the number of women at work, particularly married woman. As technology and society permit highly effective and generally acceptable methods of family planning there has been a decline in family size. Women as a result are involved in child-rearing for a much shorter time and related to this, there has been a rapid increase in the number of women with young children who return to work when the children are old enough not to need constant care and attention. Since 1951 the proportion of married women whose work has grown from just over a fifth to a half. Compared with their counterparts elsewhere on the Continent, British women comprise a relatively high proportion of the work force, about two-fifths, but on average they work fewer hours, about 31 a week. There is still a significant difference between womens average earnings and mens, but the equal pay legislation which came into force at the end of 1975 appears to have helped to narrow the gap between womens and mens basic rates. As more and more women joined the work force in the 1960s and early 1970s there was an increase in the collective incomes of women as a whole and a major change in the economic role of large numbers of housewives. Families have come to rely on married womens earnings as an essential part of their income rather than as "pocket money". At the same time social roles within the family are more likely to be shared, exchanged or altered.

　　66. The general idea of the passage is about ______

　　A) social trends in contemporary Britain.

　　B) changes in women's economic status.

　　C) equal opportunity and pay in Britain.

　　D) women's roles within the family.

　　67. According to the author, an increasing number of married women are able to work because ______

　　A) their children no longer require their care.

　　B) there are more jobs available nowadays.

　　C) technology has enabled them to find acceptable jobs.

　　D) they spend far less time on child care than before.

TEXT B Natures Gigantic Snow plough On January 10,1962, an enormous piece of glacier broke away and tumbled down the side of a mountain in Peru. A mere seven minutes later, when cascading ice finally came to a stop ten miles down the maintain, it had taken the lives of 4 000 people. This disaster is one of the most devastating example of a very common event: an avalanche of snow or ice. Because it is extremely cold at very high altitude, sow rarely melts. It just keeps piling up higher and higher. Glaciers are eventually created when the weight of the snow is so great that the lower layers are pressed into solid ice. But most avalanches occur long before this happens. As snow accumulates on a steep slope, it reaches a critical point at which the slightest vibration will send it sliding into the valley below. Even an avalanche of light power can be dangerous, but the Peruvian catastrophe was particularly terrible because it was caused by a heavy layer of ice. It is estimated that the ice that broke off weighted three million tons. As it crashed down the steep mountainside like a gigantic snow plough, it swept up trees, boulders and tons of topsoil, and completely crushed and destroyed the six villages that lay in its path. At present there is no way to predict or avoid such enormous avalanches, but, luckily, they are very rare. Scientists are constantly studying the smaller, more common avalanches, to try to understand what causes them. In the future, perhaps dangerous masses of snow and ice can be found and removed before they take human lives.

　　68. The first paragraph catches the reader's attention with a ______

　　A) first-have report.

　　B) dramatic description.

　　C) tall tale.

　　D) vivid word picture.

　　69. In this passage devastating means ______

　　A) violently ruinous.

　　B) highly interesting.

　　C) stunning.

　　D) unpleasant.

　　70. The passage is mostly about ______

　　A) avalanches

　　B) glaciers.

　　C) Peru.

　　D) mountains.