Section I Basic Knowledge (Vocabulary and Structure)

　　A. Fill in each of the following blanks with a word sharing the same ending as the one given in the bracket, and the first two or three letters are given as a clue.

　　1. The changes in the contract ne________ that you sign a new one. (to make necessary, to require)

　　2. He is so fu ________ over the theft of his wallet that we dare not to speak to him. ( very angry)

　　3. He co ________ a plan to cheat people out of their money. (to make up)

　　4. She is a fashion model and a go ________ woman. (beautiful)

　　5. His car broke down, so he has a pl ________ explanation as to why he is late. ( referring to sth. that seems true, logical or reasonable)

　　6. The market for coffee beans has been in a sl ________ for months. ( a time of slow economic activity)

　　7. Her in ________ made her call the police when she found drugs in her son's room. (strong morals, honesty)

　　8. He gave exp ________ directions on how to get to the train station. (precise, clear)

　　9. The insurance company required a written ap ________ before it would insure the jewels. (an estimate of value of sth., usually made by an expert)

　　10. Some people who disagreed with the government said they were living under re_______ and couldn't say what they thought. (the stopping of some action or feeling)

　　B. Fill in each of the following blanks by dropping one letter from the word given in the bracket.

　　1. After her lover's death, she fell into a(n) ________ of sadness. (avoid)

　　2. The colors of the sunset ________ gradually into each other. (emerge)

　　3. The teapot looked old but was a recent ________ . (flake)

　　4. In cheap furniture, plastic is often used to ________ wood. (stimulate)

　　5. She's ________ the paper for damages after they wrongly described her as a prostitute. (sure)

　　6. He made a(n) ________ attack on the policies of the government. (salvage)

　　7. "You'd better move on," said the bodyguard ________ her elbow. (thug)

　　8. Most of the villages in the north of the country are virtually rural ________ . (slump)

　　9. The company is engaged in the ________ search for a product that will lead the market. (external)

　　10. There is ________ evidence to suggest that the lawyer in question knew exactly what she was doing. (sample)

　　C. There are 25 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that completes the sentence.

　　1. At that time the Prime Minister was fairly busy ________ between the two countries which were at war.

　　A. mediating B. negotiating

　　C. speculating D. stipulating

　　2. Your employer's ________ does not cover accidents that you have on your way to work.

　　A. perspective B. assurance

　　C. liability D. charge

　　3. Please don't be ________ by his bad manners since he is merely trying to attract attention.

　　A. disregarded B. distorted

　　C. irritated D. intervened

　　4. It ________ rains when I take my holidays, so you can always find an umbrella in my bag.

　　A. instantaneously B. continually

　　C. successively D. invariably

　　5. There was much plotting and ________ in the capitals of Europe before the outbreak of war.

　　A. intrigue B. impulse

　　C. discrepancy D. disregard

　　6. It's the first time that the boy has seen the ________ flashes of light from a lighthouse.

　　A. erupting B. stable

　　C. luminous D. intermittent

　　7. I must go now. ________ , if you want that book I'll bring it next time.

　　A. Accidentally B. Occasionally

　　C. Incidentally D. Subsequently

　　8. The criminal was told that he would be ________ from punishment if he said what he knew about the murder.

　　A. destined B. immune

　　C. anonymous D. profitable

　　9. I was deeply impressed by the hostess' ________ and enjoyed the dinner very much.

　　A. hospitality B. humanity

　　C. hostility D. indignation

　　10. It's impossible to ________ whether she'll be well enough to come home from hospital next month.

　　A. visualize B. ponder

　　C. foresee D. speculate

　　11. Pamela's annoyance was so great that she could not find the ________ words for it.

　　A. beneficial B. efficient

　　C. abstract D. fitting

　　12. His record of success ________ the student from taking the first set of examinations.

　　A. exempted B. consolidated

　　C. enabled D. implemented

　　13. When people are asked what kind of housing they need or want, the question ________ a variety of answers.

　　A. evokes B. defies

　　C. mediates D. magnifies

　　14. When we put the suggestion to him he was ________ for its immediate application.

　　A. enthusiastic B. sensitive

　　C. tentative D. optimistic

　　15. Nobody seemed to be anxious to ________ me about the events that led up to the dispute.

　　A. enlighten B. convince

　　C. furnish D. bestow

　　16. These factors helped to ________ the town into the list of the elegant, then most attractive in the country.

　　A. evaluate B. initiate

　　C. elevate D. cultivate

　　17. Recently a number of cases have been reported of young children ________ a violent act previously seen on television.

　　A. modifying B. duplicating

　　C. accelerating D. stimulating

　　18. He had fixed on his target for the next six months. From this nobody and nothing could ________ him.

　　A. preclude B. suppress

　　C. divert D. defy

　　19. There was such a(n) ________ in the room that everyone knew the teacher had gone out.

　　A. offense B. rage

　　C. disturbance D. irritation

　　20. He works hard, gets tired, gets behind with his work, and has to work harder still; it a(n) ________ circle.

　　A. weary B. resultant

　　C. vicious D. subtle

　　21. If the teacher makes a rule I can be sure that my dad will ________ it.

　　A. affirm B. uphold

　　C. warrant D. classify

　　22. We should always be ________ of the views of others, even if we disagree with them.

　　A. ignorant B. tolerant

　　C. aggressive D. mysterious

　　23. One February 6 Chad announced the immediate ________ of diplomatic relations with Libya.

　　A. disorder B. invalid

　　C. suspension D. discrepancy

　　24. More people than ever before are ________ to the theatre ticket service and will have their tickets sent through the post.

　　A. attaching B. resorting

　　C. pertaining D. subscribing

　　25. Although there are occasional outbreak of gunfire, we can report that the rebellion has in the main been ________ .

　　A. destroyed B. suppressed

　　C. cancelled D. restrained

　　D. Choose the best one to complete the following sentences.

　　1. The police went into action ________ they heard the alarm.

　　A. directly B. presently

　　C. quickly D. promptly

　　2. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test score, and this is especially true________ it comes to classroom tests.

　　A. before B. as

　　C. since D. when

　　3. You never told me that you were late for the last meeting, ________ ?

　　A. weren't youB. had you

　　C. didn't youD. did you

　　4. Whatever the causes, English at the end of the 20th century is more widely spoken and nowhere than any other language ________ .

　　A. ever was B. had ever been

　　C. has ever beenD. would ever be

　　5.The second book was ________ by August 1952, but two years later, the end was still nowhere to insight.

　　A. completed

　　B. to have been completed

　　C. to complete

　　D. to have completed

　　6. No matter how frequently ________ , the works of Beethoven always attract large audiences.

　　A. performing B. performed

　　C. to be performedD. being performed

　　7. Christie stared angrily at her boss and turned away, as though ________ out of the office.

　　A. went B. gone

　　C. to go D. would go

　　8. I could not persuade him to accept it, ________ make him see the importance of it.

　　A. nor could I

　　B. no more than I could

　　C. or I could not

　　D. if only I could not

　　9. I would have gone to visit him in the hospital, but I ________ fully occupied the whole of last week.

　　A. were B. had been

　　C. have been D. was

　　10. The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each ________ one major point in contrast with the other.

　　A. makes B. making

　　C. is to make D. made

　　11. The project requires more labor than ________ because it is extremely difficult.

　　A. has been put inB. have been put in C. being put inD. to be put in

　　12. They lost their way in the forest, and ________ made matters worse was that night began to fall.

　　A. that B. it

　　C. what D. which

　　13. The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, ________ could go penniless by next year.

　　A. the larger oneB. the larger of which C. the largest one D. the largest of which

　　14. Professor Steward is said ________ some significant advance in his research in the past three years.

　　A. to have madeB. making

　　C. having madeD. to make

　　15. It is not so much the language ________ the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand.

　　A. butB. nor

　　C. asD. like

　　Section II Comprehensive Exercises

　　A. Error Correction.

　　The heat produced by an animal must be transported to the surface before it can be transported to the environment. Therefore, the surface of the organism must be at a higher 1. ________

　　temperature than the inner parts, for if the temperature were the same throughout, no heat could be transported. The conclusion is that temperature of an organism mustn't, of neces- 2. ________

　　sity, be uniform throughout. If we examine where in the mammalian(哺乳动物) body production takes place, we find that some parts produce more heat than another. In man3. ________

　　organs of the chest and abdomen (腹), although they make up less than 6 per cent of the body weight, produces 56 per cent of the total heat. 4. ________

　　If we include the brain, which in man is large and has a high heat production, we have accounted for 72 per cent and more than

　　5. ________

　　two-thirds, of the total heat production. We can thus consider that the body consists of a core which most of the heat production takes place,6. ________

　　and a much larger shell which includes skin and muscles and produces only a small fraction of the total body heat. During exercise, the situation is different, for the total metabolic rate may increase tenfold or more. Most of this increase occurs in the muscles. During exercise then, for the internal temperature to remain constant, more than ten times as many heat as 7. ________

　　was produced at rest must be transported to thesurface of the organism. The inner, or core temperature remains reasonable constant, but 8. ________

　　this does not mean that the temperature throughout the core is uniform. Organs which have a high rate of heat production may be warm than others, but they are cooled by the9. ________

　　blood, i.e. the venous(静脉的)blood which leaves these organs is warmer than arterial(动脉的)blood. The temperature differences in the core may be as much as 0.5 degrees Centigrade from one site to another. We however 10. ________

　　cannot speak about a single core temperature, but as a practical measure the deep rectal(直肠的) temperature is often used as a representative measure.

　　B. Read the passage carefully, then translate the underlined sentences into Chinese and complete the statements.

　　Americans are proud of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star general. Why are uniforms so popular in the United States?

　　Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more professional than civilian clothes. People have become conditioned to expect superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. (1) The television repairman who wears a uniform tends to inspire more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the skill of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform. What easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to lose professional identity than to step out of uniform?

　　Uniforms also have many practical benefits. They save one other clothes. They save one laundry bills. They are tax-deductible (可减税的). They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes.

　　Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of individuality experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without change, until retirement. (2) When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act similarly, on the job at least.

　　Uniforms also give rise to some practical problems. Though they are long-lasting, often their initial expense is greater than the cost of civilian clothes. (3) Some uniforms are also expensive to maintain, requiring professional dry cleaning rather than the home laundering possible with many types of civilian clothes.

　　1. ________________________________________________

　　________________________________________________.

　　2. ________________________________________________

　　________________________________________________.

　　3. ________________________________________________

　　________________________________________________.

　　4. People are accustomed to think that a man in uniform ________ .

　　5. According to the passage, people wearing uniforms ________ .

　　C. Read the passages below and choose the best answer to each question or complete the sentences.

　　(A)

　　In the early days of the United States, postal charges were paid by the recipient, and charges varied with the distance carried. In 1825, the United States Congress permitted local postmasters to give letters to mail carriers for home delivery, but these carriers received no government salary and their entire compensation depended on what they were paid by the recipients of individual letters.

　　In 1847 the United States Post Office Department adopted the idea of a postage stamp, which of course simplified the payment for postal service but caused grumbling by those who did not like to prepay. Besides, the stamp covered only delivery to the post office and did not include carrying it to a private address. In Philadelphia, for example, with a population of 150,000, people still had to go to the post office to get their mail. The confusion and congestion of individual citizens looking for their letters was itself enough to discourage the use of the mail. It is no wonder that, during the years of these cumbersome arrangements, private letter-carrying and express businesses developed. Although their activities were only semi-legal, they thrived, and actually advertised that between Boston and Philadelphia, they were a half-day speedier than the government mail. The government postal service lost volume to private competition and was not able to handle efficiently even the business it had.

　　Finally, in 1863, Congress provided that the mail carriers who delivered the mail from the post offices to private addresses should receive a government salary, and that there should be no extra charge for that delivery. But this delivery service was at first confined to cities, and free home delivery became a mark of urbanism. As late as 1887, a town had to have 10,000 people to be eligible for the home delivery. In 1890, of the 75 million people in the United States, fewer than 20 million had mail delivered free to their doors. The rest, nearly three-quarters of the population, still received no mail unless they went to their post office.

　　1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

　　A. How postmen got money from their service.

　　B. The development of a government post system.

　　C. A comparison of urban and rural postal service.

　　D. How postmen's work influenced government's decisions.

　　2. Which of the following was seen as a disadvantage of the postage stamp?

　　A. It had to be purchased by the sender in advance.

　　B. It was not in the interest of those doing private letter-carrying.

　　C. It was not available in the countryside.

　　D. It was not easy to keep the spare ones.

　　3. Why does the author mention the city of Philadelphia in the second paragraph?

　　A. Because it had a special relationship with the famous city Boston.

　　B. Because it was a city with a population bigger than 150,000.

　　C. Because its postal service was inadequate for its population.

　　D. Because it was the site of the first post office in the United States.

　　4. Which of the following is true according to the last paragraph?

　　A. The mail carriers' salary was proportionally raised as a result of their excellent work.

　　B. Residents in a city with a population bigger than 10,000 could receive letters at home.

　　C. People living in big cities received more letters than those in smaller ones.

　　D. Mail carriers in bigger cities had a higher salary than those in smaller ones.

　　5. The word "eligible" in the last paragraph can most probably be replaced by ________ .

　　A. hopefulB. likely

　　C. preferableD. qualified

　　(B)

　　The way people cling to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equals happiness actually diminishes their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: more times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

　　As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, civic or charitable work, self-improvement.

　　Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he's honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

　　Similarly, couples who choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they feel like and sleep as late as they wish. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night's sleep or a three-day vacation. I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.

　　Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we ever come to. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buy that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all. The moment we understand that fun does not bring happiness, we begin to live differently. The effect can be, quite literally, life-transforming.

　　6. According to the writer, people who think happiness as fun ________ .

　　A. are somewhat denied the chances of gaining happiness

　　B. will remain single although they may go dating

　　C. must know what true happiness is

　　D. should devote more time to activities

　　7. Which of the following is true?

　　A. Lots of people get their happiness and fun confused.

　　B. One must have painful experience before getting happiness.

　　C. Happiness and pain cannot be separated in most cases.

　　D. The writer regards happiness as having fun and pleasure.

　　8. If a person decides to marry, ________ .

　　A. he will not have fun and excitement in his life any more

　　B. he should be well-prepared for the coming of babies

　　C. he must buy some beautiful clothes for his fiancée

　　D. he should shoulder the corresponding responsibility

　　9. Couples having infant children ________ .

　　A. are lucky since they can have a whole night's sleep

　　B. find fun in tucking them into bed at night

　　C. find more time to play and joke with them

　　D. derive happiness from raising their children

　　10. If one knows the true sense of happiness, he will ________ .

　　A. surely try his best to get the meaning

　　of pain

　　B. make the best use of his time increasing happiness

　　C. probably spend much of his money on the public interest

　　D. know how the rich families are getting on with their lives

　　D. Writing.

　　The following table shows a change in the amount and type of fast food consumed by French teenagers from 1975 to 2000. Write a report of no less than 160 words describing the information shown in the table.

　　Consumption of fast food by French teenagers

　　参考答案及部分详解

　　Section I

　　A. 1.necessitate　2. furious3. contrived4. gorgeous5. plausible　　6.slump　7.integrity　　8. explicit　　9. appraisal10.repression

　　B. 1. void 2. merged 3. fake 4. simulate 5. suing 6. savage 7. tugging　8. slums9. eternal 10. ample

　　C. 1-5 ACCDA 6-10 DCBAC

　　11-15 DAAAA 16-20 CBCCC

　　21-25 BBCDB

　　D. 1. A。directly一词在此题中用作连词，其语义等同于as soon as。

　　2. D。when it comes to sth.为习惯性表达，译成汉语为"当谈到……时"。

　　3. D。附加疑问句中，如果陈述部分为主从复合句，主句主语不是第一人称时，疑问部分在人称和数上与主句保持一致。此题中疑问句部分就与you never told me...保持一致。

　　4. C。ever一词为完成体标志，由于前面分句使用的是一般现在时，所以C正确。

　　5. B。动词be, expect, mean, intend等的一般过去时后用不定式的完成体，表示事先安排的动作或行为，但最终没有发生。由于动词complete为及物动词，所以此题该用被动形式，故选B。

　　6. B。如果主从句主语相同，从句又为被动语态，可以将从句中的主语和助动词省略。如：He will not come unless (he is) invited.

　　7. C。as if或as though引出的方式状语从句中，如果主从句主语相同，从句则可以采用省略形式，as if或as though后或用动词不定式，或用V-ing分词，或用介词词组。如：He fell off the horse as if (he was) shot./ He walked around as if in search of something.

　　8. A。此题测试nor引出的倒装句。如：He couldn't swim, nor will he learn it.

　　9. D。在含but的错综时间虚拟语气里有两种结构：

　　第一分句：would +动词原形←→第二分句：原形动词

　　第一分句：would have +过去分词←→第二分句：动词一般过去时

　　本题测试第二种形式。如：I would have gone with her but I was too busy.

　　10. B。如果一逗号将试题分为两部分，没有使用连词，而空白前又有一名词或代词，该题多半测试独立主格结构的用法。本题就是一例。由于是主动关系，自然该使用V-ing分词形式。

　　11. A。该题测试than作关系代词的用法。在句中，它作从句主语。如：You spent more money than was intended to be spent. /The town offers better cultural advantage than has been generally supposed.

　　12. C。原句是由连词and连接的一个并列句。第二个分句中的谓语是was，所填的词应该既能引出主语从句，又能在句中作made的主语，使整个从句表达"使事情变得更糟"这个意思。在所给的选项中，只有连接代词what符合上述条件。在语义上what等同于the things that。

　　13. B。由于前面提到two trust funds,所以可以排除C和D。由于选项A没有连词，所以B为正确答案。

　　14. A。由于不定式表示的动作先于谓语动词表示的动作，所以用完成体形式。

　　15. C。此题测试not so much...as...这一搭配，它表示"与其……不如……"。

　　Section II

　　A. 1. higher改为lower

　　2. mustn't改为can't

　　3. another改为others

　　4. produces改为produce

　　5. and改为or

　　6. which改为where

　　7. many改为much

　　8. reasonable改为reasonably

　　9. warm改为warmer

　　10. however改为therefore

　　B.　1.电视机修理工如果身着制服的话，就会比身着百姓衣服的人更让人信任。

　　2.当人们看起来差不多时，他们思考、讲话和做事的方式都会相似，至少干起活来都差不多。

　　3.某些制服的保养花销也很昂贵，需要专业干洗，而不像很多百姓衣服在家就能洗净。

　　4. suggests quality work

　　5. tend to lose their individuality

　　C.1.B。文章第一段提及1825年的邮资付费情况，第二、三段提到了1847、1863、1887、1890年的邮政费用问题，所以，通篇主要论述邮政系统的发展史，B正确。

　　2.A。从第二段第1句看出，实行邮票制后，简化了邮政服务的付费过程，但遭到一些不愿事先付费的人的抱怨(caused grumbling by those who did not like to repay)，所以A正确。

　　3.C。作者指出在第二段，当时的Philadelphia的人口为150，000，他们都必须到邮局取信件，试想，尽管不是同时收到来信，但如果有百分之一的人(达1500人)有邮件，他们都赶到邮局自己去找，那种拥挤的场面可想而知。这说明邮政服务的确不完善，所以选C。

　　4.B。从最后As late as 1887, a town had to have 10,000 people to be eligible for the home delivery.可以看出B为正确答案。

　　5.D。eligible的意思为"qualified or entitled to be chosen"，因此D正确。

　　6.A。文章第一句指出，那些认为幸福就是充满欢乐(fun-filled)，毫无痛苦(pain-free)的人，不可避免地减少了获得真正幸福的机会(diminish their chances of ever attaining real happiness)。

　　7.C。第一段最后指出，多数情况下，快乐与痛苦是不可分割的(more often than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain)，所以C正确。

　　8.D。从第三段第2句可以看出，独身主义者中，有的是担心承担义务(make a commitment)，这说明，要结婚就必须承担相应的义务，所以D正确。

　　9.D。从第四段最后一句可以看出，作者相信初为父母的年轻夫妇中，他们都没有将抚养小孩与简单的快乐对应起来，抚养小孩要付出，要承担责任，尽管这样，他们还是能得到满足，所以选D。另外，此题也可以用排除法确定正确答案。

　　10.B。文章最后一段指出，只要我们相信真正的happiness与fun没有联系，那么我们就可以做到几件事情，第一件就是给自己腾出更多的时间去参与能增进我们幸福的活动，所以B正确。

　　D. One possible version:

　　The table presents to us the amount of fast food consumed by French teenagers from 1975 to 2000.

　　As shown in the table, hamburgers are the most popular fast food with pizza coming out the second and the fish and chips the third. A close look at the figure shows that teenagers in France eat 10 times as many hamburgers now as they did in 1975. That is to say, in 1975, they had a hamburger almost once a month, but now they have it more than 10 times a month.

　　In 1975, fish and chips was the most popular fast food, because at that time the teenagers had it nearly twice a week, but it has undergone a decline, and in 2000 it has reached its bottom, for the teenagers have it 20 times a year. In other words, the consumption of fish and chips by the teenagers has decreased by five times in the last 25 years.

　　As for pizza, it has a steady increase, though a little slower than the consumption of hamburgers. In 1975, teenagers had a pizza five times a year, but in 2000 the age group have it 85 times a year, or we can say they have it a little more than 7 times a month.

　　Briefly, teenagers now like hamburgers best. The table doesn't give the reason for this change, yet it would be interesting to examine what has led teenagers to change their favorite fast food.

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