Section I Structure and Vocabulary

Part 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 ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)

Example:

I have been to the Great Wall three times ________ 1979.

[A] from

[B] after

[C] for

[D] since

The sentence should read, "I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979." Therefore, you should choose [D].

Sample Answer

[A] [B] [C] [■]

1. If I were in movie, then it would be about time that I ________ my head in my hands for a cry.

[A] bury

[B] am burying

[C] buried

[D] would bury

2. Good news was sometimes released prematurely, with the British recapture of the port ________ half a day before the defenders actually surrendered.

[A] to announce

[B] announced

[C] announcing

[D] was announced

3. According to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself apparent, so one ________ wait instead of searching for it.

[A] would rather

[B] had to

[C] cannot but

[D] had best

4. She felt suitably humble just as she ________ when he had first taken a good look at her city self, hair waved and golden, nails red and pointed.

[A] had

[B] had had

[C] would have and

[D] has had

5. There was no sign that Mr. Jospin, who keeps a firm control on the party despite ________ from leadership of it, would intervene personally.

[A] being resigned

[B] having resigned

[C] going to resign

[D] resign

6. So involved with their computers ________ that leaders at summer computer camps often have to force them to break for sports and games.

[A] became the children

[B] become the children

[C] had the children become

[D] do the children become

7. The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is ________ an anonymous, statistically significant" title="a.无意义的；无价值的">insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.

[A] everything except

[B] anything but

[C] no less than

[D] nothing more than

8. One difficulty in translation lies in obtaining a concept match. ________ this is meant that a concept in one language is lost or changed in meaning in translation.

[A] By

[B] In

[C] For

[D] With

9. Conversation becomes weaker in a society that spends so much time listening and being talked to ________ it has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.

[A] as

[B] which

[C] that

[D] what

10. Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions, ________ they Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Jewish, and so on.

[A] be

[B] being

[C] were

[D] are

Part B

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 ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the rackets with a pencil. (10 points)

Example:

The lost car of the Lees was found ________ in the woods off the highway.

[A] vanished

[B] scattered

[C] abandoned

[D] rejected

The sentence should read. "The lost car of the Lees was found abandoned in the woods off the highway." There fore, you should choose [C].

Sample Answer

[A] [B] [■][D]

11. He is too young to be able to ________ between right and wrong.

[A] discard

[B] discern

[C] disperse

[D] disregard

12. It was no ________ that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery.

[A] coincidence

[B] convention

[C] certainty

[D] complication

13. One of the responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to make sure that all ships ________ follow traffic rules in busy harbors.

[A] cautiously

[B] dutifully

[C] faithfully

[D] skillfully

14. The Eskimo is perhaps one of the most trusting and considerate of all Indians but seems to be ________ the welfare of his animals.

[A] critical about

[B] indignant at

[C] indifferent to

[D] subject to

15. The chairman of the board ________ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ.

[A] compelled

[B] posed

[C] pressed

[D] tempted

16. It is naive to expect that any society can resolve all the social problems it is faced with ________.

[A] for long

[B] in and out

[C] once for all

[D] by nature

17. Using extremely different decorating schemes in adjoining rooms may result in ________ and lack of unity in style.

[A] conflict

[B] confrontation

[C] disturbance

[D] disharmony

18. The Timber rattlesnake is now on the endangered species list, and is extinct in two eastern states in which it once ________.

[A] thrived

[B] swelled

[C] prospered

[D] flourished

19. However, growth in the fabricated metals industry was able to ________ some of the decline in the iron and steel industry.

[A] overturn

[B] overtake

[C] offset

[D] oppress

20. Because of its intimacy, radio is usually more than just a medium; it is ________.

[A] firm

[B] company

[C] corporation

[D] enterprise

21. When any non-human organ is transplanted into a person, the body immediately recognizes it as ________.

[A] novel

[B] remote

[C] distant

[D] foreign

22. My favorite radio song is the one I first heard on a thick 1923 Edison disc I ________ at a garage sale.

[A] trifled with

[B] scraped through

[C] stumbled upon

[D] thirsted for

23. Some day software will translate both written and spoken language so well that the need for any common second language could ________.

[A] descend

[B] decline

[C] deteriorate

[D] depress

24. Equipment not ________ official safety standards has all been removed from the workshop.

[A] conforming to

[B] consistent with

[C] predominant over

[D] providing for

25. As an industry, biotechnology stands to ________ electronics in dollar volume and perhaps surpass it in social impact by 2020.

[A] contend

[B] contest

[C] rival

[D] strive

26. The authors of the United States Constitution attempted to establish an effective national government while preserving ________ for the states and liberty for individuals.

[A] autonomy

[B] dignity

[C] monopoly

[D] stability

27. For three quarters of its span on Earth, life evolved almost ________ as microorganisms.

[A] precisely

[B] instantly

[C] initially

[D] exclusively

28. The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow ________, particularly in Western Europe.

[A] obscure

[B] obsolete

[C] optional

[D] overlapping

29. Whoever formulated the theory of the origin of the universe, it is just ________ and needs proving.

[A] spontaneous

[B] hypothetical

[C] intuitive

[D] empirical

30. The future of this company is ________: many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.

[A] at odds

[B] in trouble

[C] in vain

[D] at stake

Section II Cloze Test

Directions:

For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)

The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases __31__ the trial of Rosemary West.

In a significant __32__ of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a __33__ bill that will propose making payments to witnesses __34__ and will strictly" title="ad.严格地">strictly control the amount of __35__ that can be given to a case __36__ a trial begins.

In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he __37__ with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not __38__ sufficient control.

__39__ of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a __40__ of media protest when he said the __41__ of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges __42__ to Parliament.

The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which __43__ the European Convention on Human Rights legally __44__ in Britain, laid down that everybody was __45__ to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.

"Press freedoms will be in safe hands __46__ our British judges," he said.

Witness payments became an __47__ after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were __48__ to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised __49__ witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to __50__ guilty verdicts.

31. [A] as to

[B] for instance

[C] in particular

[D] such as

32. [A] tightening

[B] intensifying

[C] focusing

[D] fastening

33. [A] sketch

[B] rough

[C] preliminary

[D] draft

34. [A] illogical

[B] illegal

[C] improbable

[D] improper

35. [A] publicity

[B] penalty

[C] popularity

[D] peculiarity

36. [A] since

[B] if

[C] before

[D] as

37. [A] sided

[B] shared

[C] complied

[D] agreed

38. [A] present

[B] offer

[C] manifest

[D] indicate

39. [A] Release

[B] Publication

[C] Printing

[D] Exposure

40. [A] storm

[B] rage

[C] flare

[D] flash

41. [A] translation

[B] interpretation

[C] exhibition

[D] demonstration

42. [A] better than

[B] other than

[C] rather than

[D] sooner than

43. [A] changes

[B] makes

[C] sets

[D] turns

44. [A] binding

[B] convincing

[C] restraining

[D] sustaining

45. [A] authorized

[B] credited

[C] entitled