Part I Structure and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions:Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices
marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on
the ANSWER SHEET. (5 points)
- Grown people should never say or do anything wrong before children,lest they _____ them
a bad example.
A.will set
B.are to set
C.should set
D.set
- Backward somewhat technologically _____ we are for the moment,we have perfect faith in
our ability to catch up in time.
A.as
B.if
C.even though
D.that
- When his plane arrives at the airport in Shanghai,I _____ for Beijing.
A.shall leave
B.shall be leaving
C.am leaving
D.shall already have left
- The students _____ at the auditorium before 1∶30 p.m.,but the lecture was cancelled at
the last minute.
A.were to have assembled
B.would assemble
C.should have assembled
D.had assembled
- Psychologists use exactly the same instrument _____ they use for adults to record babies
responses.
A.which
B.that
C.with which
D.as
- Let everyone work with all his might;and most of all let the government arouse itself to
do that work which is vital,and which _____ government can do effectively.
A.none but
B.rather than
C.other than
D.more than
- _____ the choice of a fine home down town and a modest one in the suburbs the latter
will win.
A.Being given
B.Given
C.If given
D.When given
- Business was slackening and there was no expectation of the unemployed _____ within a
short period of time.
A.being taken on
B.to have been taken on
C.to be taken on
D.having been taken on
- Science is a structure of many interlocking disciplines,its growth _____ man's
imagination and his compelling desire to understand his environment and himself.
A.depends on
B.independent of
C.dependent on
D.is independent of
- Every Englishman has some knowledge, _____ ,of the work of the greatest writer,William
Shakespeare.
A.how slight
B.somewhat slight
C.even slight
D.however slight
Section B
Directions:Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked
A,B,C and D.Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark your answer on
the ANSWER SHEET.(5 points)
- It is highly desirable that every (A) effort will be (B) made
to reduce expenditure and that (C) every member of the staff economize (D)
wherever possible.
- At first we were so high above (A) in the air (B) that everything seemed
like (C) ants;but I could see whatever (D) I wanted.
- Dresses,skirts,shoes and children's clothing (A) are advertised (B) at lowly
reduced (C) prices this (D) weekend.
- Paris is one of many world cities that are (A) currently (B) developing
programs of restoring its (C) historical (D) buildings.
- Saddened by the actor's sudden death, a memorial fund will be established (A) so
that family and friends can make (B) donations in his (C) name to (D)
the American Cancer Society.
- While (A) the total number of farmers tilling (B) the soil is barely
(C) half what they were (D) in 1959,the size of the average farm has tripled.
- Under (A) no circumstances we should (B) do anything (C) that will
benefit ourselves but (D) harm the interest of the state.
- Travelling to work (A) by car is more convenient than to use (B) public
transport,for there is no irritation caused by waiting for buses or (C) underground
trains for as long as half an hour sometimes (D) .
- When (A) the west part of Scotland is wet with an (B) average rainfall of
(C) up to 200cm,the east is dryer (D) with about 75cm.
- I used to go down (A) to the bank of the stream and chose (B) little flattened
(C) stones to throw across the water,which moved as swiftly (D) as swallows.
Section C
Directions:Beneath each of the following sentences,there are four choices
marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that best completes the sentence.Mark your answer on the
ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)
- If someone is frowning,we _____ that she or he is sad or angry.
A.infer
B.claim
C.anticipate
D.acknowledge
- The new apartment built few months ago is large enough to _____ over two hundred people.
A.locate
B.reside
C.settle
D.accommodate
- A river _____ through the narrow wooded valley below.
A.extends
B.pours
C.expands
D.twists
- In order to strengthen his arguements,Toffler _____ respectable social scientists who
agree with him.
A.recites
B.confirms
C.quotes
D.convinces
- The decline of Rome _____ the disappearance of classical drama.
A.restrained
B.withheld
C.restored
D.witnessed
- The birthday party _____ and all the guests hurried home at once.
A.broke in
B.broke up
C.broke out
D.broke down
- In one scene of Modern Time,Charlie Chaplin was shown trying _____ to keep in time with
a rapid assembly line.
A.aimlessly
B.violently
C.hardly
D.desperately
- When writing about controversial topics,some authors try to be _____ without favouring
either side.
A.impressive
B.reflective
C.objective
D.persuasive
- When people have their basic needs satisfied,they begin to think of other things to
fulfil their life _____ .
A.necessities
B.requirements
C.appreciations
D.expectations
- The doctor assured me that the pain would _____ one hour after I took the medicine.
A.wear away
B.wear on
C.wear down
D.wear out
- In spite of Spanish origin,Brazil also has certain things which make her _____ .
A.specific
B.distinguished
C.specialized
D.distinctive
- The government will be better able to _____ other problems because it won't be caught up
in planning ahead for future population growth.
A.tackle
B.challenge
C.relieve
D.eliminate
- The teacher made strenuous efforts to read the faint, _____ handwriting in his students'
exercise books.
A.illegal
B.illiterate
C.illegible
D.illustrative
- One of the reasons for his popularity in our village is that he _____ almost everyone
every time he comes back from the big city.
A.looks after
B.cares for
C.asks after
D.runs for
- We hope to be able to get married early this month,but things didn't _____ as we had
expected.
A.work out
B.come by
C.fill up
D.lay down
- To ensure maximal voter participation in a presidential election,thorough planning and a
voter registration _____ are usually required.
A.restriction
B.encouragement
C.investigation
D.drive
- He was such a busy man that after a long delay,he _____ writing the letter.
A.got around to
B.look forward to
C.passed on to
D.took up with
- When people do not _____ to an acceptable standard of behavior,they are bound to offend
other people.
A.confirm
B.conform
C.confine
D.confound
- This unconventional theory was at first greeted with a good deal of _____ ,but soon
those who had laughed at him realized how wrong they were.
A.barrier
B.accusation
C.ridicule
D.elimination
- Being _____ by nature,he could not help asking questions whenever he asw something
unusual.
A.fantastic
B.optimistic
C.questionable
D.inquisitive
Part Ⅱ Cloze Test
Directions:For each numbered blank in the following passage,there are four
choices labelled A,B,C and D.Choose the best one and put your choice on the ANSWER
SHEET.(10 points)
From the earliest days the conviction has been growing among the
American people and their leaders that the state must be responsible for seeing that its
citizens have a certain amount of education.That the state has this responsibility 41 the
state constitutions,the hundreds of school laws in each state, and the 42 of
decisions of local,state,and 43 courts. 44 ,education has come to be 45
regarded as a state function.The assumption of educational control by the state is 46
accidental;state control has come because of the early and ever growing belief that
education is the backing of a democratic government and cannot, 47 ,be left too
much 48 the wishes of any individual or of any community.In a democracy the people
cannot be permitted to remain 49 although some of them might desire that 50 .
41.A.shows B.showing C.shown by D.is shown by
42.A.scale B.scores C.amount D.quantities
43.A.country B.national C.federal D.law
44.A.In brief B.In particular C.In consequence D.In addition
45.A.confidentially B.incidentally C.universally D.internationally
46.A.not B.only C.actually D.perhaps
47.A.however B.therefore C.for example D.above all
48.A.to B.for C.of D.against
49.A.ignorance B.ignored C.ignorant D.ignorantly
50.A.level B.standard C.status D.identity
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
Directions:Each of the passages below is followed by some questions.For each
question there are four answers marked A,B,C and D.Read the passages carefully and
choose the best answer to each of the questions.Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.(40
points)
Passage 1
Research indicates that parents who reward selfcontrol and
independence tend to have children with high achievement motivation.Such parents set high
standards for their children but allow them to work at their own level and to make their
own mistakes.By contrast,parents of lowneed achievers typically set impossibly high
goals for their children and make extreme demands.In addition,parents of highneed
achievers encourage good performance but do not berate their children when they fail.If a
child comes home from school with four A's and one B on a report card,the parents focus
on the A's;parents of a potential lowneed achiever tend to ask,“Why the B?”Parents
of highneed achievers respond to mediocre grades with warmth and suggestions for
reasonable goals and ways to reach them.Parents of lowneed achievers might say,“You're
dumb and lazy you'll never amount to anything”,and punish the child.When a child is
having trouble with a math problem,the parent of a potentially highneed achiever will
suggest the general procedure and let the child work out the particular solution;a lowneed
achiever's parent will solve the problem and then hand the child the answer.
That needs for affiliation and achievement exist within all of us,to
varying degrees,is undeniable.And although biological bases for at least the affiliation
need have been proposed,a great deal more is known about the psychological bases of
these needs and how they come about.
Closely related to motivation are emotions,which can activate
and direct behavior in much the same way as physiological,social,and psychological
motivations do.
- Parents of highneed achievers _____ .
A.usually leave their children alone
B.set very high standards for their children
C.allow for failure on the part of their children
D.control their children to a minimum degree
- In the fourth sentence of paragraph 1,the expression“berate their children”probably
means _____ .
A.praise them
B.neglect them
C.scold them
D.beat them
- If a child gets good marks for some courses and lower marks for others,a parent of a
highneed achiever will _____ .
A.criticize him for the lower marks and praise him for the good
B.praise him and give some suggestions for further improvement
C.praise him for the good marks and reward him
D.criticize him for the lower marks and punish him
- The passage is mainly about the role of _____ .
A.reward in promoting their children's study
B.selfcontrol and independence in child growth
C.emotional reaction in promoting achievement
D.praise in promoting desired behavior
Passage 2
A question that has puzzled anthropologists for years whether the
uniquely human habit of bipedalism (walking upright on two limbs)developed suddenly
among our ancient ancesters or occurred gradually over time-received new attention in
September 1988.Anthropologist William L.Jungers of State University of New York reported
evidence that australopithecines,humanlike creatures who lived between 1 million and 4
million years ago,probably moved in a manner similar to both human beings and apes,suggesting
that bipedalism was a gradual development in early human beings.
Jungers compared the hip and leg joints of apes.He noted that in
human beings these joints are exceptionally large relative to body size.This is because
they bear all of the body's weight when a person is standing.In apes,however,the leg
and hip joints are smaller because apes also use their forelimbs for support.
Jungers then examined the hip and leg joints of an
australopithecine skeleton nicknamed Lucy and found that its joints display both humanlike
and apelike characteristics,Jungers concluded that Lucy's physical development-as well
as that of other australopitheciness-falls somewhere between human beings and
apes.While australopithecines may have walked in an upright manner,their gait was
probably far different from the upright movement exhibited by modern human beings.
- Jungers'finding showed that _____ .
A.human beings walked upright later than australopithecines
B.bipedalism might have developed suddenly in early humans
C.early humans might have learned to walk gradnally
D.human beings evolved from australopithecines rather than from apes
- Jungers'report was based upon his comparison of _____ .
A.the body size of people, apes and australopithecines
B.the skeleton of people, apes and australopithecines
C.the hips and leg joints of people, apes and australopithecines
D.the size of hip and leg joints of modern people and australopithecines
- Which of the following is TRUE about Lucy according to Junger?
A.Lucy walked more like apes than like human beings.
B.Lucy moved her steps in the same manner as people.
C.Lucy might walk quite differently from modern man.
D.Lucy had hip and leg joints like people's.
- Why is the size of the hip and leg joints imortant in establishing the human habit of
bipedalism?
A.they support human body in an upright position.
B.they are the only observable evidence in australopithecines study.
C.the evolution of the joints is the fastest in animals.
D.they mark the major difference between humans and humanlike animals.
Passage 3
Mounting evidence has led astronomers to just such an improbable
conclusion:At least 90 percent and possibly 99 percent of all matter in the universe is
completely invisible. Astronomers call this invisible stuff dark matter.
An astronomer first reported the invisible matter after noting
some unusual behaviour in visible matter.In 1933,Swiss astrophysicist Fritz Zwicky
observed that galaxies(星系)in a cluster of galaxies travelled at higher speeds than
expected.He concluded that something was causing strange gravitational effects on these
galaxies.
Galaxies are like vast islands in deep space containing billions
of stars that are held together by the force of gravity.Some galaxies are part of larger
systems called clusters,which contain many galaxies.Most galaxies,however,belong to
smaller systems called groups. Groups and clusters in turn form even larger structures
known as superclusters. Just as the force of gravity keeps stars together in galaxies,so
the force of gravity appears to keep galaxies together in clusters.
This same force of gravity keeps planets orbiting around the sun,rather
than flying off into space.How great a force gravity exerts depends on the mass of the
objects attracted and the distance between them,a principle discovered by Newton. The
amount of mass and the distance between objects also determine how fast the objects travel
as they orbit each other. For example,in our solar system,the sun is the most massive
object,making up about 99.9 percent of the mass of the solar system,and the force of
its gravity keeps Earth and the other planets in orbit around it.The orbital speeds of the
planets decline with increasing distance from the sun.The planet nearest to the sun,Mercury,travels
at an orbital speed of 48 kilometers per second,while the distant planet Pluto orbits at
speed of 4.7 kilometers per second.
- Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Ninety percent of all the matter in the universe is invisible.
B.Dark matter causes visible matter to behave in a strange way.
C.Galaxies in a cluster sometimes behave in an unusual manner.
D.invisible matter keeps galaxies together with gravity.
- In astronomical terms, a cluster _____ .
A.consists of galaxies
B.consists of groups
C.makes up superclusters
D.makes up a group
- The nearer a planet is to the sun, _____ .
A.the lighter it is
B.the greater gravity it exerts
C.the heavier it is
D.the faster it orbits
- According to Newton's principle, _____ .
A.the force of gravity keeps planets orbiting around the sun rather than flying off
B.the sun is the most massive object, making up 99.8 percent of the mass of the solar
system
C.the amount of mass determine how fast the objects travel as they orbit each other
D.Pluto receives the least force of gravity from the sun of all the planets in the solar
system
Passage 4
A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes,as a rule,to
have it retold in identically the same words,but this should not lead parents to treat
printed fairy stories as sacred texts.It is always much better to tell a story than read
it out of a book,and,if a parent can produce what,in the actual circumstances of the
time and the individual child,is an improvement in the printed text,so much the
better.
A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by
frightening him or arousing his sadistic(虐待狂的)impulses.To prove the latter,one
would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories
were more often guilty of cruelty than those who had not.Aggressive,destructive,sadistic
impulses every child has and,on the whole,their symbolic verbal discharge seems to be
rather a safety valve than an incitement to overt action.As to fears,there are,I think,wellauthenticated(实际的)cases
of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story.Often,however,this arises
from the child having heard the story once.Familiarity with the story by repetition turns
the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.
There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds
that they are not objectively true,that giants,witches,twoheaded dragons,magic
carpets,etc.,do not exist;and that,instead of indulging his fantasies in fairy
tales,the child should be taught how to argue with them.If their case were sound,the
world should be full of madmen attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a
broomstick(扫帚把)or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was
their enchanted girlfriend.
No fairy story ever claimed to be a description of the external
world and no sane(健全的)child has ever believed that it was.
- The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is _____ .
A.repeated without variation
B.treated with correct attitude
C.adapted by the parent
D.suited to the age of the child
- Some people dislike fairy stories because they feel that they _____ .
A.tempt people to be cruel to children
B.show the primitive cruelty in children
C.lend themselves to undesirable experiments with children
D.increase the tendency to be aggressive in children
- The author thinks that fairy stories are a means by which children's impulses may be
_____ .
A.beneficially channelled
B.given a destructive tendency
C.held back until maturity
D.effectively suppressed
- According to the author, fairy tales _____ in a child.
A.create no fear at all
B.create no confused feeling
C.create too many fantasies
D.create a sense of guiltiness
Passage 5
One of the easiest approaches to solving the greenhouse problem is
to make our use of energy more efficient.An outstanding example of success in this area is
the increase in gasoline mileage achieved by automobile manufacturers since the late
1970's. Most engineers say that much more fuel economy can be built into cars.
Still another approach involves attacking the other side of the
carbon dioxide dilemma-increasing the absorption of the gas from the atmosphere.In
September 1988,Daniel J.Dudek,a senior economist for the Environmental Defense Funds,an
independent organization,proposed such an approach to the Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources.Dudek said that 4 million hectares of new forest could absorb all the
carbon dioxide emitted by all the U.S.power plants likely to be built in the next
decade.Replanting that many hectares of farmland as forest would cost between $1 billion
and $2 billion,according to Dudek,but would be a costeffective alternative in
battling global warming.
Was the very hot summer of 1988 caused by the greenhouse effect,
or was it just a random variation in Earth's fickle(无常的)weather? It really does not
matter,say many atmospheric scientists.Global warming is on the way,and it is
time,according to them,to take action to avoid a worse outcome than nature itself decrees.
As Schneider puts it,“It is often said that we do not so much
inherit the world from our forebears,but rather we borrow it from our children.It is
increasingly
- In the second sentence,“the oustanding example of success”here refers to
the improvement on _____ .
A.the quality of gasoline
B.street conditions
C.the speed of the car
D.the design of the car engine
- As a solution to the greenhouse problem, Dudek suggests _____ .
A.using fewer cars than necessary
B.stopping factories from emitting carbon dioxide
C.improving the quality of factory equipment
D.rebuilding and creating forests
- In the third sentence of paragaph 3, by saying that“global warming is on the way?”,the
author means _____ .
A.the atmosphere is too hot to be bearable
B.the earth is becoming increasingly warm
C.global warming is becoming uncontrollable
D.global warming is now within easy control
- When Schneider says“?we borrow it from our children.”,he means _____ .
A.we should work out a good method to control global warming and pass it onto our
children
B.we should make the future world a better place for our children to live in
C.in the days of our children, global warming will gorw out of control
D.global warming will go on to affect the life of our children anyway
Part IV English-Chinese Translation
Directions:Read the following passage carefully and then translate the underlined
sentences into Chinese.(15 points)
(71) One of the most critical problems facing black and other
minority Americans today is the difficulty of entering mainstream society without denying
their own racial and ethnic heritage .The process can be an agonizing one,and it
sometimes leads to disaster.On June 12,1985,Edmund Perry was shot and killed while
attempting to rob a plainclothes police officer.(72) Perry was black and a resident of
Harlem;he was also a graduate of one of the nation's finest prep schools and was preparing
to enter Stanford University on a full scholarship .In“The Two Worlds of Edmund
Perry”,Robert Sam Anson relates the details of this star student's double life and
examines the unique pressure of being caught between two radically different social
realms.
(73) This sense of doubleness experienced by many nonwhite
Americans makes it difficult to establish a stable personal identity .Barbara
Mellix's “From Outside,In”offers a solution to the problem.Raised in the rural
South,the author learned two languages-one to be used when speaking to family and
friends,the other when speaking to whites.(74) Years later,after enrolling in a writing
course at a northern university,she attempted to negotiate a way between her own language
and the language of others:I could not-in the process of composing-use the language of the
old me,yet I couldn't imagine myself in the language of“others”. In time
,however,she learned to shape her own experience in her own words.(75) Writing,she
suggests,provided a valuable tool in helping to establish a balance between her two worlds
.
Part V Writing(15 points)
Directions:
A.Title:NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION
The additional information:
a.The estimated natural gas reserves are 33000 billion cubic metres.
b.Large gas fields or areas have been discovered in northwest and northeast China.
B.Time limit:40 minutes
C.Word limit:no less than 150 words (not including the given topic sentences)
D.Your composition should be based on the given topic sentences of each paragraph.
E.Your composition should be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.
OUTLINE:
1.Natural gas is an energy different from other energies.
2.According to the chart above?
3.As it is reported that China is rich in natural gas.