15. Information given to employees must be        , clear and in easy-to-follow language。

　　A.convenient                B.continuous

　　C.constant                  D.concise

　　16. John was very upset because he was        by the police with breaking the law。

　　A. sentenced                 B. arrested

　　C. accused                   D. charged

　　17. David likes country life and has decided        farming。

　　A. go in for                 B. go back on

　　C. go along with             D. go through with

　　18. Jennifer has never really      her son's death. It's very hard to accept the face that she'll

　　never have a child。

　　A. come to terms with       B. come up against

　　C. come out with           D. come down to

　　19. A national debate is now      about whether we should replace golden weeks with paid

　　Vacations。

　　A. in the way              B. by the way

　　C. under way              D. out of the way

　　20. When a psychologist does a general experiment about the human mind, he selects people

　　and asks them questions。

　　A. at ease                 B. at random

　　B. in essence              D. in sum

　　Section II  Cloze   ( 10 points )

　　Directions: Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1.

　　In1999, the price of oil hovered around $16 a barrel. By 2008, it had   21 the $100 a barrel mark. The reasons for the surge 22    from the dramatic growth of the economies of china and India to widespread   23 in oil-producing regions, including Iraq and Nigeria's  delta region. Triple-digit oil prices have   24   the  economic  and political map of the world,   25  some old notions of power. Oil-rich nations are enjoying historic gains and opportunities,   26   major importers—including china and  India, home to a third of the world's population--  27  rising economic and social costs. Managing this new order is fast becoming a central   28   of global politics. Countries that need oil are clawing at each other  to   29  scarce supplies, and are willing to deal with any  government,    30   how  unpleasant, to do it 。

　　In many poor nations with oil , the profits are being ,lost to corruption, 31 these countries of their best hope for development. And oil is fueling enormous investment funds run by foreign governments,  32  some in the west see as a new threat。

　　Countries like Russia, Venezuela and Iran are well supplied with rising  oil  33, a change reflected in newly aggressive foreign policies. But some unexpected countries are reaping benefits,    34 costs,  from  higher  prices. Consider Germany. 35  it  imports virtually all its oil, it has prospered from extensive trade with a booming Russia and the Middle East. German exports to Russia   36   128 percent from 2001 to 2006.

　　In the United States, as already high gas prices rose  37  higher in the spring of 2008,the issue cropped up in the presidential campaign, with Senators McCain and Obama  38  for a federal gas tax holiday during the peak summer driving months. And driving habits  began  to  39   ,as sales of small cars jumped and mass transport systems  40  the country reported a sharp increase in riders。

　　21. A. come            B. gone            C. crossed         D. arrived

　　22. A. covered         B. discovered        C. arranged        D. ranged

　　23. A. intensity        B. infinity         C. insecurity       D. instability

　　24. A. drawn           B. redrawn          C. retained        D. reviewed

　　25. A. fighting        B. struggling        C. challenging      D. threatening

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