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 ANSWER SHEET Ⅰ.
A. kick B. resist C. silver D. April
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A B C D
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A B C D
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A B C D
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A B C D
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A B C D
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 ANSWER SHEET Ⅰ.
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Both Tom and Mary ______ the exam. A. has passed B. have past C. have passed D. had passed
A B C D
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We've done once but failed. We'll have to do it ______ time. A. a second B. the second C. the twice D. twice
A B C D
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She showed him the photo she ______ the day before. A. has taken B. took C. was taking D. had taken
A B C D
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Of the two toys, the child chose ______. A. the less expensive one B. one most expensive C. a least expensive D. the most expensive of them
A B C D
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Don't leave your luggage in the corridor. It'll be ______. A. in B. by C. on D. to
A B C D
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He was a good swimmer, so he ______ swim to the river bank when the boat sank. A. could B. might C. succeeded to D. was able to
A B C D
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The door was ______ and I could not see who she was talking to. A. shut B. shutted C. strutting D. being shut
A B C D
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"What's your opinion of our teacher's new painting?" "It would seem to me that it's ______ his usual standard." A. beyond B. below C. beside D. before
A B C D
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You never told us why you were late for the party, ______? A. weren't you B. didn't you C. had you D. did you
A B C D
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Mary, along with her parents, ______ to Paris. A. have moved B. has moved C. are moving D. have been moving
A B C D
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I know nothing about him ______ he is a teacher. A. besides B. in addition C. except that D. except for
A B C D
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I've been taking English lessons for 3 months but I ______ haven't made much progress. A. always B. yet C. still D. already
A B C D
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All that can be done ______. A. have been done B. have done C. has been done D. has done
A B C D
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Don't ______ your books on the floor. A. lie B. lay C. laid D. lain
A B C D
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Have another cup of coffee, ______? A. won't you B. will you C. have you D. haven't you
A B C D
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 ANSWER SHEET Ⅰ.
During the Olympic Games, people from all over the world come together in peace and friendship. The first Olympic Games that we have (21) of were in Greece in 776 B. C. The games lasted one day. The only (22) in the first thirteen Olympic Games was a race. Men ran the length of the stadium. In 1896 the games were (23) again in Athens, Greece. The Greeks (24) a new stadium for the competition. 311 (25) from thirteen countries (26) in many events. The (27) became national heroes. After 1896, the games were held every four years during the summer in different cities around the (28) . In 1908, in London, England, the first gold (29) were given to winning athletes. The Olympic Winter Games (30) in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Athletes competed in (31) events such as skiing, ice skating and ice hockey. Today the Winter Games take place (32) four years. Until recently, Olympic competitors could not be (33) athletes. All of the athletes in the Olympic Games were amateurs. Today, (34) , many of the Olympic athletes are professionals who play their sports (35) money during the year. Some people disagree with this idea.
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A. books B. history C. records D. publications
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A. event B. activities C. sport D. play
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A. held B. took C. set D. planed
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A. made B. built C. did D. started
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A. people B. persons C. teams D. athletes
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A. fought B. against C. lasted D. competed
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A. failures B. winners C. athletes D. players
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A. country B. universe C. world D. area
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A. medals B. price C. money D. title
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A. held B. began C. took D. joined
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A. summer B. spring C. winter D. fall
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A. any B. other C. between D. every
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A. professional B. amateur C. special D. ordinary
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A. whereas B. however C. whoever D. whenever
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A. for B. by C. with D. out of
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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 the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET Ⅰ.
Passage One 1. Needed: Full time secretary position available Applicants should have at least 2 years experience and be able to type 60 words a minute. No computer skills required. Apply in person at United Business Ltd. , 17 Browning Street. 2. Are you looking for a part-time job? We require 3 part-time shop assistants to work during the evening. No experience required, applicants should between 18 and 26. Call 366-76564 for more information. 3. Computer trained secretaries: Do you have experience working with computer? Would you like a full time position working in an exciting new company? If your answer is yes, give us a call at 887-50928. 4. Teacher Needed: Tommy's Kindergarten needs 2 teachers/trainers to help with classes from 9 a. m. To 3 p. m. Applicants should have appropriate licenses. For more information visit Tommy's Kindergarten in Leicester Square No. 56. 5. Part Time work available: We are looking for retired adults who would like to work part-time at the weekend. Responsibilities include answering the telephone and giving customer's information. For more information contact us by calling 302-68567. 6. University positions open: The University of Cumberland is looking for 4 teaching assistants to help with homework correction. Applicants should have a degree in one of the following: Religion, Economics or History. Please contact the University of Cumberland for more information.
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Which might be the best for someone who needs an evening job? A. Computer trained secretary. B. Trainerin kindergarten. C. Teaching assistant. D. Shop assistant.
A B C D
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Clare who is retired wants to work part-time at the weekend, for further information she should ______. A. call 302-68567 B. visit Tommy's Kindergarten C. contact the University of Cumberland D. apply in person at United Business Ltd
A B C D
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This is a ______. A. job advertising B. business advertising C. part time advertising D. television advertising
A B C D
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Jack Anderson. Jack graduated from the University of Trent with a degree in Economics two years ago, He would like an academic position. Which position is best for him? A. Teacher in kindergarten. B. University position. C. Secretary position. D. Shop assistant.
A B C D
Passage Two When the TV viewer turns on his set, what sort of programs does he have to choose from? You might think there would be more programs devoted to entertainment than to anything else, but that's not the case. In most countries, fewer than 20% of broadcasting hours are devoted to entertainment. U. S. figures are high-34.8%, and the funlovig Canadians are even higher with 44%. Except Canada and Italy, all countries give more broadcasting time to education than to either information (news, documentaries and so on) or entertainment programs. Of course, few educational broadcasts take place during peak viewing times. In Japan though, more than 60% of broadcasting time is taken up with education of one kind of another-just another example of the businesslike Japanese philosophy. In the U. K. , the figure is 56.4%. The Italians have fewer educational programs than anyone else. They don't go in for entertainment either. Only about ten percent of viewing time is devoted to dramas and serials, quiz shows, music, sports, etc. You will find more news information programs on Italian TV than anything else. That's understandable in a country experiencing social and political changes. Italians rely on TV to tell them what's going on-and events are happening almost too fast to follow. The percentage of time the U. S. devoted to news and documentary programs is much smaller. After education, most TV time is given to entertainment. Many of these programs are shown around the world.
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Based on this passage, the percentage of TV broadcasting hours devoted to education is greatest in ______. A. Japan B. Italy C. Canada D. the United States
A B C D
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In the United States, ______. A. TV broadcasting hours devoted to education are more than those devoted to entertainment B. educational programs are shown during peak viewing times C. most of TV broadcasting hours are given to entertainment D. TV programs are shown for world audience to watch
A B C D
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So far as the broadcasting hours devoted to entertainment are concerned, ______. A. the U. S. figure is smaller than the U. K. figure B. the U. K. figure is second to the Japanese figure C. the Canadian figure is higher than that of any other country D. the Japanese figure is the highest in the world
A B C D
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More news information programs are broadcast on Italian TV than anywhere else because the Italians ______. A. are interested in what is happening in the world B. like to undergo social and political changes C. prefer to learn news information on TV rather than in newspapers D. expect TV to tell them the latest news about what is going on in their country
A B C D
Passage Three Nursing at Beth Israel Hospital the best patient care possible. If we are to solve the nursing shortage, hospital administration and doctors everywhere would do well to follow Beth Israel's example. At Beth Israel each patient is assigned to a primary nurse who visits at length with the patient and constructs a full-scale health account that covers everything from his medical history to his emotional state. Then she writes a care plan centered on the patient's illness but which also includes everything else that is necessary. The primary nurse stays with the patient through his hospitalization, keeping track with his progress and seeking further advice from his doctor. If a patient at Beth larael is not responding to treatment, it is not uncommon for his nurse to propose another approach to his doctor. What the doctor at Beth Israel has in the primary nurse is a true colleague. Nursing at Beth Israel also involves a decentralized nursing administration; Every floor, every unit is a self-contained organization. There are nurse-managers instead of head nurse; in addition to their medical duties they do all their own hiring and dismissing, employee advising, and they make salary recommendations. Each unit's nurses decide among themselves who will work what shifts and when. Beth Israel's nurse-in-chief ranks as an equal with other vice presidents of the hospital. She also is a member of the Medical Executive Committee, which in most hospitals includes only doctors.
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Which of the following best characterizes the main feature of the nursing system at Beth Israel Hospital? A. The doctor gets more active professional support from the primary nurse. B. Each patient is taken care of by a primary nurse day and night. C. The primary nurse writes care plans for every patient. D. The primary nurse keeps records of the patient's health conditions every day.
A B C D
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A primary nurse can propose a different approach of treatment when ______. A. the present one is refused by the patient B. the patient complains about the present one C. the present one proves to be ineffective D. the patient is found unwilling to cooperate
A B C D
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It can be inferred from the passage that ______. A. compared with other hospitals nurses at Beth Israel Hospital are more patient B. in most hospitals patient care is inadequate from the professional point of view C. in most hospitals nurses get low salaries D. compared with other hospitals nurses have to work longer hours at Beth Israel Hospital.
A B C D
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The main difference between a nurse-manager and a head nurse is that the former ______. A. is a member of the Medical Executive Committee of the hospital B. has to arrange the work shifts of the unit's nurses C. can make decisions concerning the medical treatment of a patient D. has full responsibility in the administration of the unit's nurses
A B C D
Passage Four For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies and other creatures learn to do things because certain acts lead to" rewards"; and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological "drives" as thirst or hunger. [n other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise. It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except the successful outcome. Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to "reward" the babies and so teach them to carry out some simple movements, such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response with clear signs of pleasure. So he began to study the children's responses in situations where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement "switched on" a display of lights-and indeed that they were capable of learning quite complex turns to bring about this result. For instance, two left or two right, or even to make as many as three turns to one side. Papousek's light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the lights closely although they would "smile and bubble" when the display came on. Papousek concluded that it was not primarily the sight of the lights which pleased them, it was the success they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and that there exists a fundamental human urge to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control.
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According to the author, babies learn to do things which ______. A. are directly related to pleasure B. will meet their physical needs C. will bring them a feeling of success D. will satisfy their curiosity
A B C D
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Papusek noticed in his studies that baby ______. A. would make learned responses when it saw the milk B. would carry out learned movements when it had enough to drink C. would continue the simple movements without being given milk D. would turn its head to right .or left when it had enough to drink
A B C D
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In Papusek's experiment babies make learned movements of the head in order to A. have the lights turned on B. be rewarded with milk C. please their parents D. be praised
A B C D
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The babies would "smile and bubble" at the lights because ______. A. the lights were directly related to some basic "drives" B. the sight of the lights was interesting C. they need not turn back to watch the lights D. they succeeded in "switching on" the lights
A B C D
Passage Five Auctions (拍卖) are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction room to make offers, or "bids", for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of goods. This is called "knocking down" the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands, This is often set on a raised platform called a rostrum. The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning "increase". The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils taken in war; these sales were called "subusta", meaning "under the spear", a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries goods were often sold by the candle', a short candle was lit by the auctioneer; and bids could be made while it stayed alight. An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by possible buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a "lot", is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with lot 1 and continue in numerical order; he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in. The auctioneer's services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. Practicaly all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, hider, skins, wool, tea, cocoa, furs, spices, fruit and vegetables and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, antique, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china, and similar works of art. The auction-rooms at Christie's and Sotheby's in London and New York are world famous.
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Auctioned goods are sold ______. A. at a price less than their true value B. very cheaply C. for the highest price offered D. only at fixed prices
A B C D
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A candle used to burn at auction sales ______. A. to keep the auctioneer warm B. to limit the time when offers could be made C. because they took place at night D. as a signal for the crowd together
A B C D
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The Romans used to sell by auction ______. A. spoilt goods B. property taken from the enemy C. old worn-out weapons D. spears
A B C D
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The end of the bidding is called "knocking down" because ______. A. the auctioneer knocks the buyer down B. the auctioneer knocks the rostrum down C. the goods are knocked down on to the table D. the auctioneer bangs the table with a hammer
A B C D
Ⅴ．Daily Conversation Directions: Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
A. Why didn't you go to the party last night? B. That wasn't all that terrible. C. What's the temperature? D. I will go with you. E. What a pity. F. That's not cold. G. I don't like winter. H. You are so lucky. Pat Alex (P) comes by to see Li Hong (L). They talk about the party last night and about the weather. P: Hi, Li Hong. L: Hi, Pat. (56) P: Because it was so cold and rainy. L: (57) ! It was a really good party. Hey, why don't we go for a walk this afternoon, Pat? P: Go for a walk? But it's so cold out. L: Cold out? (58) P: About 13℃. L: 13℃? (59) . Just wait until winter. P : Why? L: Well...it snows a lot and sometimes it's very cold. Last winter it was 7℃ below zero for three weeks. And it was windy too. P: That sounds terrible! L: (60) The sun was out almost every day.
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Ⅵ．Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed 20 minutes to write a composition of about 100 - 120 words according to the following topic: