一、1.Vocabulary and Structure

Part I Vocabulary and StructureDirections: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then, mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

0. Every person"s usual temperature varies ______ the time of days.

A．fromB．inC．toD．with

1. It is requested that every student ______ a paper on sustainable development.

A．writesB．wroteC．writingD．write

2. The only way to do that is to ______ expenses.

A．decreaseB．diminishC．lessenD．reduce

3. Many a teacher in our department ______ abroad.

A．have beenB．has beenC．have goD．has go

4. My sole object was to get shelter ______ the snow, to get myself covered and warm.

A．forB．offC．fromD．over

5. You can stay in my room ______ you promise not to use the computer.

A．so far asB．exceptC．unlessD．provided

6. It is ______ impossible to find a high building in this part of this poorly developed area.

A．barelyB．nearlyC．hardlyD．merely

7. But for your help, I ______ my work yesterday.

A．can"t finishB．wasn"t able to finishC．couldn"t finishD．couldn"t have finished

8. Mabel wanted to make a dress, but she didn"t know how to go ______ it.

A．throughB．overC．intoD．about

9. There is no point ______ it again to him, for he never listens to our advice.

A．sayingB．to sayC．sayD．said

10. We must get there ______ before he has a chance to break the news to her.

A．by no meansB．by all meansC．at no meansD．in all means

11. We must study English well, no matter ______ difficult it is.

A．whatB．howeverC．howD．that

12. She takes great delight ______ cooking fancy dishes.

A．forB．inC．ofD．at

13. ______ out of money, we were reduced to staying in a cheap hotel.

A．Having almost runB．Almost runC．Almost being runningD．Having almost been run

14. In order to proceed we must agree ______ a plan of action.

A．withB．onC．toD．in

15. Nowhere in the world is there ______ a place for an idle man ______ London.

A．such/thatB．so/thatC．such/asD．so/as

16. Peter is very smart, polite and well-behaved, ______ he is admirable.

A．in shortB．in allC．in generalD．in brief

17. You seldom go to the cinema on the weekends, ______ ?

A．don"t youB．will youC．do youD．did you

18. They ______ their neighbor of playing his radio too loudly.

A．chargedB．unsatisfiedC．complainedD．accused

19. That book ______ color is blue belongs to me.

A．whichB．whatC．thatD．whose

20. The key ______ success is hard work and persistence.

A．onB．toC．ofD．into

21. He was fired by his boss last week, because he ______ his duty.

A．neglectedB．obeyedC．insuredD．ignored

22. Yesterday when I was walking on the street, I ______ to see an old friend of mine.

A．managedB．happenedC．settledD．occurred

23. I am considering ______ your advice.

A．to acceptB．to receiveC．acceptingD．receiving

24. It took me a year to be ______ to the college life.

A．adaptedB．adoptedC．receivedD．accepted

25. Is he ______ much from his injuries?

A．sufferingB．bearingC．standingD．tolerating

26. The climate here agrees ______ me and I feel pretty comfortable.

A．inB．forC．withD．on

27. To be honest, I am ______ already that what you have said is quite right.

A．believedB．trustedC．convincedD．proved

28. I really can"t figure ______ who the person that phoned me just now was.

A．outB．fromC．atD．out of

29. Man is the only animal that has the ______ of speech.

A．abilityB．powerC．capacityD．capability

30. In the ______ half of the 18th century those cities became even more prosperous.

A．latterB．latestC．laterD．late

31. When you write a composition, would you please leave enough ______ for correction?

A．edgeB．marginC．borderD．limit

32. It is one of the strangest ______ in my life that I got lost in my hometown.

A．accidentsB．incidentsC．presidentsD．dependents

33. After a lot of difficulties, Geoffrey ______ to open the door.

A．succeededB．gainedC．obtainedD．managed

34. The boss thought that young man was well ______ to do the job.

A．ableB．qualifiedC．skillfulD．capable

二、2.Reading Comprehension

Part III Reading ComprehensionDirections: In this part there are four passages. Each passage is followed by a number of comprehension questions. Read the passages and choose the best answer to each question. Then, mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

A．does what he is toldB．plays with other childrenC．can perform. certain taskD．tells other children what to do

2. A five-year-old child sometimes shows his independence by ______. ( )

A．making friendsB．calling his mother namesC．seeking adult approval and praiseD．being bossy with other children

3. The passage points out that when everyone wants to be the mother or the bride, group play is often ______. ( )

A．broken upB．spoiledC．interruptedD．halted for a moment

4. Which of the following is not conceit but a cry for reassurance? ( )

A．An urgent need for contact with adult.B．A child"s efforts to be independent.C．A child"s unsureness.D．A child"s making statements about his own cleverness.

5. The last sentence of the passage tells us that the five-year-old child ______. ( )

A．likes to recite factsB．tells liesC．gets very confusedD．sometimes mixes up what is real with what is unreal

A．Suez CanalB．trans-Siberian RailroadC．Taj MahalD．pyramids of Egypt

8. A canal in Panama was first proposed in the ______. ( )

A．1, 300SB．1, 500SC．1, 600SD．1,700S

9. The canal was built with the help of ______. ( )

A．the airplaneB．the automobileC．both the plane and the automobileD．neither the plane nor the automobile

10. Which of these statements is true? ( )

A．About half of Panama lies east of Miami.B．Panama is squeezed into the narrowest portion of Central America.C．Panama offers the lowest point in the North American continental divide.D．All of the above are true.

11. The isthmus of Panama is a ______. ( )

A．canalB．narrow strip of handC．kind of crocodileD．man who once ruled Panama

A．for oceanographic studiesB．for military purposesC．for business considerationsD．for investigating the depths of the oceans

14. It was ______ that asked Maury for help in oceanographic studies. ( )

A．the American NavyB．some early intercontinental travellersC．those who earned a living from the seaD．the company which proposed to lay an undersea cable

15. The aim of voyages Maury encouraged in the 1840s was ______. ( )

A．to make some sound experiments in the oceansB．to collect samples of sea plants animalsC．to estimate the length of cable that was to be madeD．to measure the depths of two oceans

16. "Defied" in the 5th paragraph probably means ______. ( )

A．doubtedB．gave proof toC．challengedD．agreed to

17. This passage is mainly about ______. ( )

A．the beginnings of oceanographyB．the laying of the first undersea cableC．the investigation of ocean depthsD．the early intercontinental communications

A．When language is a barrier, people will find other forms of communication.B．Everybody uses only one form. of communication.C．Nonlinguistic language is invaluable to foreigners.D．Although other forms, apart from language of communication exist, they are of little value.

20. Which of the following statements is NOT true? ( )

A．There are many forms of communication in existence today.B．Language is the most common form. of communication.C．Tourists are incapable of using an oral form. of communication.D．Ideas and thoughts can be transmitted by body language.

21. Which form. other than oral speech could be most commonly used among blind people? ( )

A．Picture signs.B．Braille.C．Body language.D．Signal flags.

22. Sign language is said to be very vivid and exact and can be used internationally except for ( )

A．spellingB．ideasC．whole wordsD．expressions

23. How many different forms of communication are mentioned here? ( )

A．5.B．7.C．9D．3

A．there are great differences among the lecturers as to their quality of teachingB．quite a lot of teachers can produce the results students desireC．they must be inspired to learnD．it is too dull to attend lectures

26. In the author"s opinion, teachers can only be promoted depending on ______. ( )

A．how well they get along with the studentsB．how well they give their lecturesC．how many papers and books they have publishedD．how well they conduct their academic researches.

27. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ( )

A．Students are academically capable of making comments on the skills of teaching.B．Students are actually capable of judging the class accomplishments of lectures.C．Students likes and interests are the standards of evaluation of a teacher"s lecturing.D．Students are not to give assessments of a teacher"s lecturing.

28. The author believes that ______. ( )

A．many teachers are opposed to the idea of being evaluated by the studentsB．students are opposed to the idea of evaluating the teachers on their ownC．students fear that they are likely to be criticized by their teachers if they are to give their assessmentsD．many teachers fear that they are likely to criticize the students who have given their assessments

29. The passage mainly discusses ______. ( )

A．who are to evaluate teachers" lecturingB．how to promote teachersC．how to give lectures in classesD．how to help improve teachers" lecturing techniques

三、3.Cloze

Part IV ClozeDirections: There are some blanks in the following passages. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passages. Then, mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

A．procedureB．processC．wayD．method

2.(62)

A．whetherB．whatC．thatD．which

3.(63)

A．everybodyB．anybodyC．somebodyD．nobody

4.(64)

A．opposesB．deniesC．refusesD．offends

5.(65)

A．withB．asC．overD．for

6.(66)

A．pointB．customC．ideaD．plan

7.(67)

A．muchB．littleC．fewD．many

8.(68)

A．agreeB．allowC．forD．persuade

9.(69)

A．hurriedlyB．soonC．fastD．slowly

10.(70)

A．someB．anyC．suchD．no

四、4.Translation from Chinese to English

Part V Translation from Chinese to EnglishDirections: This part is to test your ability to translate Chinese into English.

0. 除了你要的纸和信封外，他还给你带来了一枝笔。

1. 他今天一直在复习英语，没有看电视。

2. 警察用武力将人群赶走。

3. 他还是个孩子时就开始学英语了。

4. 我们为部队提供食物和衣服。

五、5.Translation from English to Chinese

Part VI Translation from English to ChineseDirections: This part is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese.

0. The water inside this man-made harbour would be calm. ( Passage One)

1. People living in the city could move around on small boats driven by electricity, so there would be no air pollution from the burning of petrol. ( Passage One)

2. Scattered efforts across the country indicate that new technology, properly applied, might some day turn these millions of tons of refuse into an excellent source of raw materials for new uses. (Passage Two)

3. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. (Passage Three)

4. Though in the course of time the firm employed some of America"s finest artists, artistic excellence could certainly not be counted among the firm"s real goals. (Passage Four)

六、6.Writing

Part VII Writing