Ⅰ Phonetics Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1.
A listen
B castle
C costly
D soften
2.
A receipt
B accept
C expect
D empty
3.
A bottle
B bold
C college
D concert
4.
A coffee
B sorry
C doctor
D motor
5.
A cup
B mud
C just
D tune
Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
6.
Not being able to speak English, they felt rather ______ in the USA.
A strange
B puzzled
C alone
D lonely
7.
The book is worth ______.
A read
B being read
C reading
D having read
8.
Staying in a hotel costs ______ renting a room in a dormitory for a week.
A twice more than
B twice as much as
C as much twice as
D as much as twice
9.
Before you can fly a plane in the sky you have to learn the ______ of flying it.
A skill
B technology
C knowledge
D ability
10.
The town was no longer the sleepy little village ______.
A it has been being
B it was
C it has been
D it had been
11.
The little girl could not ______ the attraction of the piece of the chocolate.
A consist
B persist
C insist
D resist
12.
Eggs, though good to health, have ______ of fat content.
A large number
B a large number
C a high number
D a high amount
13.
It is very important that enough money ______ to fund the project.
A be collected
B must be collected
C is collected
D can be collected
14.
Among the Chinese, tea ______ coffee.
A prefers
B is preferred.
C is preferred to
D preferred
15.
Make a note of it ______ you should forget it.
A so
B to
C how
D lest
16.
They are seeking to ______ the most advanced technological levels in the world.
A obtain
B gain
C attain
D arrive to
17.
Our teacher had us ______ a report on our investigation of the case.
A writing
B to writing
C to write
D written
18.
Language is ______ to human beings.
A peculiar
B odd
C queer
D strange
19.
I haven' t decided which hotel ______.
A to stay
B is to stay at
C to stay at
D is for staying
20.
Our earth is full of sound because it is full of ______ like trucks rolling along the highway or jets climbing into the sky.
A travel
B motion
C construction
D excitement
Ⅲ Cloze Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. A land not suffering from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labour supply--all these were important factors in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. (21) they were not enough. Something else was needed to start the industrial process. That "some thing special" was men-- (22) individuals who could invent machines, find new (23) of power, The men who (24) the machines of the Industrial Revolution (25) from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were (26) inventors than scientists. A man who is pure scientist is primarily interested in doing his research (27) . He is not necessarily working and that his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something that has a real and specific (28) . He may try to solve a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a (29) result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of light bulb, or one of (30) other objectives. Most of the people who developed the machines were inventors, not trained scientists.
21.
A employed
B created
C operated
D controlled
22.
A few
B those
C many
D all
23.
A came
B arrived
C developed
D appeared
24.
A origins
B sources
C bases
D discoveries
25.
A plan
B use
C idea
D means
26.
A less
B better
C more
D worse
27.
A single
B sole
C specialized
D specific
28.
A But
B And
C Besides
D Even
29.
A generating
B effective
C motivating
D creative
30.
A happily
B occasionally
C reluctantly
D accurately
Ⅳ Reading Comprehension Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Passage One The strange close understanding between twins is a familiar enough phenomenon. Often they seem to understand each other and share each other' s emotions to such an extent that one suspects some kinds of thought communication. What is not so widely known is that this special relationship often acts as brake on twins' intellectual development. As they are partly isolated in their own private world, twins communicate less with adults than do other children. The verbal ability of a four-year-old twin is typically six months behind that of a non-twin. The problem can be particularly severe in a deprived home, a one-parent family for example, where there is little stimulation for children anyway. Such children, while capable of mutual comprehension in a private language, often remain in comprehensible to outsiders and thus at a severe educational disadvantage. The only solution to the problem, cruel though it may seem, is to separate the twins thus forcing them to acquire ordinary speech helped and guided by sympathetic parents and teachers.
31.
Many people don' t know that ______.
A twins understand each other very well
B twins are slow to learn to talk
C twins are unlikely to do less well at school than other children
D there exists more communication between twins
32.
"A deprived" family in Para. 2 may refer to ______.
A the family where the parents are divorced
B the family which is in poor condition
C the family where the children are less educated
D all of the above
33.
What' s the reason for twins to be at a disadvantage in their intellectual development?
A They can only understand their own private language.
B They communicate with outsiders less than non-twins.
C There is little stimulation for them.
D Adults don' t like to talk with them.
34.
The writer mentions all of the items listed below except ______.
A twins can help each other
B twins share each other's emotion
C twins are able to understand each other in a private language
D twins communicate less with their parents
35.
The author probably feels that twins' problem ______.
A can not be solved because situation is very cruel
B can be solved because twins will be separated
C can not be solved unless the twins are forced to live in an ordinary environment
D can be solved if the adults communicate with them more often
Passage Two Clifford Stoll ran a computer system in Berkeley, California. As a system administrator, he kept a close eye on the records. One day, Stoll found something strange in the payment record. There was a 75 cents mistake. One of the thousands of users had used the system for 75 cents worth of time and not paid for it. It might sound like very little money to worry about. But that 75 cents was the first clue Stoll had to a much bigger problem--that a hacker had broken into Stoll' s computer system. Who was it? Stoll spent the next year trying to find out. During that time the hacker used the system in Berkeley as a starting point to break into military computer systems all over the United States. Stoll had to keep track of the hacker’s activities on the computer without the hacker' s knowing someone was watching him. Stoll even made up huge files of false information so the hacker would have lots to read. When the hacker spent long time reading, the telephone company was able to trace the lines. After a year, the hacker was traced back to his computer--in Germany. He was later caught by the German police.
36.
In order to keep track of the hacker, ______.
A the telephone company cut all the telephone lines
B the police stored false information in Stoll' s computer system
C Stoll told the police everything he knew
D Stoll spent lots of time and efforts
37.
38.
75 cents ______.
A is a large sum of money
B is a small sum of money
C is important in a computer system
D can buy a computer at that time
39.
The 75 cents mistake ______.
A was a sign that someone had broken into Stoll' s system
B would cause serious health problems
C would make Stoll a very rich man
D was found out by a Berkeley student
40.
Clifford Stoll was a ______.
A student
B hacker
C manager
D professor
Passage Three The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In that year a special feast was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The colonists who had settled there had left England because they were denied of religious freedom. They came to the new land and faced difficulties in coming across the ocean. The ship that carried them was called the Mayflower. The North Atlantic was difficult to travel. There were bad storms. They were assisted in learning to live in the land by the Indians who lived in the region. The Puritans, as they were called, had much to be thankful for. Their religious practices were no longer a source of criticism by the government. They learned to adjust their farming habits to the climate and soil. When they selected the fourth Thursday of November for their Thanksgiving Celebration, they invited their neighbors, the Indians, to join them in dinner and a prayer of gratitude for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women and children who left England. They remembered their dead who did not live to see the shores of Massachusetts. They reflected on the 65 days journey that tested their strength.
41.
The Mayflower was ______.
A the city they left from
B the city they arrived at
C the ship they traveled in
D the name of the Indian chief
42.
The tradition of Thanksgiving Day is ______.
A nearly 100 years old
B nearly 200 years old
C nearly 300 years old
D nearly 400 years old
43.
The climate and soil in Massachusetts are ______.
A similar to that of England
B different from that of England
C similar to that of Plymouth
D different from that of Plymouth
44.
Why did the colonists leave England?
A because of religious problems
B to establish a new religion
C to learn farming
D because of the Indians
45.
The Indians had ______.
A made life difficult for them
B helped them to adjust
C taken their land
D been too afraid to talk to them
Passage Four As he closed his service station at 1:20 one Sunday morning, Tony Payseur set on the ground a metal cash box containing $7000. At home a short while later, he reached in the back of his car for the box. It was missing. Realizing that he must have left it outside the station, Payseur speeded back. The box was gone. Sunday morning; although he felt iii, Payseur went to work with his two sons. Then, in the middle of the afternoon, a man named Wayne came and told his story. Passing the station minutes after Payseur left the previous night, Brazzell had spotted the metal box. Thinking it was a tool-box someone had left accidentally, he stopped and picked it up. About 3 p. m. Sunday, Brazzell opened the box. Finding it filled with cash, he rushed to the station. "I couldn' t believe someone would be so honest," Payseur said it when he got back his box.
46.
.... Brazzell had spotted the metal box. ( Para. 2) Here "spot" means ______.
A catch
B know
C meet
D see
47.
When did Mr. Payseur realized the missing of his metal box?
A Saturday morning.
B A little time after he got home.
C Sunday afternoon.
D A little time before he went home.
48.
By saying "I couldn' t believe someone would be so honest." Mr. Payseur means that ______.
A it' s hard to believe he is so honest
B there are honest people like Mr. Payseur
C we should believe most of the people
D Mr. Brazzell is a nice man
49.
What is the passage mainly about?
A How the missing metal box was returned.
B Mr. Payseur is a lucky man.
C Mr. Payreur' s metal box.
D Mr. Payseur' s carelessness.
50.
Mr. Wayne found the metal box ______.
A on the ground with the cover open
B laid on the ground
C lying in the comer
D in the back of a car
Passage Five Few Americans remain in one position or one place for a lifetime. We move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job else where, from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan to live in retirement. With each move we are forever making new friends, who become part of our new life at that time. For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friend ship is possible. The word "friend" can be applied to a wide range of relationships--to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confidant(知己).
51.
From the passage it can be seen that a "friend" can be ______.
A a fellow worker
B a football teammate
C a boy or a girl
D all of the above
52.
Many Americans move from place to place for the following reasons except ______.
A going to college
B getting a better job
C finding a place to live in retirement
D saving money
53.
When summer comes, many Americans ______.
A hope to meet new people
B expect to find some close friends
C want to begin lasting friendships with new people
D both A and B
54.
Which of the following is the topic sentence of the second paragraph?
A For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships.
B Today millions of Americans vacation abroad.
C No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend.
D But surely the beginning of friendship is possible.
55.
Summer is a special time when "many Americans ______.
A enjoy the sunlight
B feel strange
C travel to other countries
D get a new job
Ⅴ Daily Conversation Directions: Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and compete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. A. I'm sorry' to hear that. B. Why do you look so depressed? C. I really feel sorry for you. D. Have you finished it? E. All the best in your exam. F. That' s just what I was thinking. G. Would you like to come for dinner sometime? H. I regreted.
56.
Michael: ______
Ann: What a silly thing I've done, you know!
57.
Mimi: I burnt my finger on the stove.
Mrs. Tan: Oh dear, ______
58.
Chen: I' ve been preparing for it for over three months.
Mr. Wu: ______
59.
Linda: ______
Wang: I'd love to, but I'm a bit busy at the moment.
60.
Bob: Classes are over at last! What about going for a picnic tomorrow?
Peter: Great! ______What time and Where?
Ⅵ Writing Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a short composition in 100 - 120 words according to the following topic. Remember to write it clearly.
61.
(1)To stop halfway is very bad.
(2) Many people failed because they stopped halfway.
(3) To finish a job, whether hard or not, it requires confidence.