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Part 1 vocabulary (0.5 point each)Section A （7.5 point , 0.5 point each)Directions: There are 15 questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with one word or phase underlined, Below the sentence are four words or phases marked A B C and D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who cut though argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand and remember.A ) do away with B) bring to an end C) sum up D) resolve William Penn planned Philadelphia as the holy city, carefully laid out so that each house would have the appearance of a country cottage to avoid the density.work out B) put out C) designed D) constructed Jane courteously invited him to take a glass of wine with them.decisively B) straightforwardly C) politely D) indirectly He always has a penetrating mind in analyzing difficult problems like these.indifferent B) intelligent C) permeating D）carefulMillions of farmers, drawn by the prospect of employment, came into the city which made the problem of transportation and housing even more sperity B) expectation C)anticipation D)probabilitySome children display an unquenchable curiosity about every new thing they encounter.insatiable B) inherent C) indiscriminate D）incredible7. She feels herself superior to her twin sister in appearance and education.A) better than B) worse than C) as long as D) no better than 8. I admire him so much because he seems always calm and witty at critical moment.A) stretching B) important C) miraculous D) private9. It is only when you live in close proximity with him that you discover his personality.A) distance B) circle C) community D) nearness10.Cross-country bicycle racing, came into being eraly in the 20th century in France, was current in the 1920s and became prominent in the 1950s.A) generated B) originated C）sponsored D）proclaimed11. President Roosevelts words turned the sinking of the American fleet at Pearl Harbor into a national rallying cry instead of a humiliating national scandal.A) discouraging B) disastrous C) disgraceful D) destructive12. Frequent exposure to perilous substances will lead to a gradual deterioration of health.A) hazardous B) radioactive C) wasteful D) artificial13. The national institute of Mental Health is conducting far-reaching research to determine the psychological effects of using drugs.A) extensive B) refined C) prevalent D）serious14. The Lioncoln Memorial is built out of respect for President Linclon who made great contribution to the emancipation of the Blacks.A) in honor of B) passing for C) in the eyes of D) standing up for15. Our assumption that the Gulf War would soon come to an end was proved right.A) consumption B) presumption C) imagination D) deductionSection B （7.5 point , 0.5 point each)Directions: There are 15 questions in this section. There are four words or phases marked A B C and D. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.Call your doctor for advice if the persist for more than a few days. A) response B) signals C) symptoms D)reflectinsThe Japanese scientists have found that scents efficiency and reduce stress among office workers.enhance B) amplify C) foster D）magnifyThe club will new members the first week in September.register B)subscribe C）enroll D) absorbI think she hurt my feelings rather than by accident as she claimed.virtually B) deliberately C) literally D) appropriatelyWithin ten years they have tamed the hill into green woods.vacant B) barren C) weird D)wasteful 21. Jack was about to announce our plan but I A) put him through B) turned him out C) gave him up D) cut him short22. Do you have any about what living being on other planets would be like?A) except for B) but for C) with D) for23. He might have been killed the arrival of police.A)except for B) but for C)with D)for24.Many years had before they returned to their original urban areas.A) floated B) elapsed C)skipped D) proceeded25.Improved consumer confidence is to an economic recovery.A)crucial B)subordinate C)cumulative D)satisfactory26.We should be able to do the Job for you quickly, you give us all the necessary Information.in case B) provided that C)or else D) as if The day before my history exam, I still hadnt reading the first book on the list.see about B) caught up with C)got round to D)sat for28. They used to quarrel a lot, but now they are completely _ with each other.A、reconciled B、negotiated C、associated D、accommodated29. In order to keep the lines moving, customers with lengthy _ are required to do their banking inside.A、transit B、transactions C、turnover D、tempos30. Doctors are often caught in a _ because they have to decide whether they should tell their patients the truth or not.A、puzzle B、bewilderment C、dilemma D、perplexityPart II Cloze Test (20 points, 1 point each)Directions: For each numbered bland in the following passage, there are four choices marked A、B、C and D, Choose the best one and mark your answer on your Answer Sheet.There is virtually no limit to how one can serve community interests, from spending a few hours a week with some charitable organization to practically full-time work for a social agency. Just as there are opportunities for voluntary service 31 (VSO) for young people befogs they take up full-time employment, 32 there are opportunities for overseas service for 33 technicians in developing countries. Some people, 34 those who retire early. 35 their technical and business skills in countries 36 there is a special need.So in conceding voluntary or 37 community service there are more opportunities than there 38 were when one first began work. Most voluntary organizations have only a small full-time 39 , and depend very much on volunteers and part-timers. This means that working relationships are different from those in commercial organizations, and values may be different. 40 some ways they may seem more casual and less efficient, but one should not 41 them by commercial criteria. The people who work with them do so for different reasons and with different 42 both personal and 43. One should not join them 44 to arm them with professional expertise, they must be joined with commitment to the 45, not business efficiency. Because salaries are 46 or non-existent many voluntary bodies offer modest expenses, But many retired people take part in community service for 47. Simply because they enjoy the work.Many community activities possible 48 retirements were also possible during ones working life but they are to be undertaken 49 seriously for that. Retired people who are just looking for something different or unusual to do should not consider 50 community service.31. A、oversea B、over sea C、over seas D、overseas32. A、as B、so C、them D、that33. A、quantity B、qualifying C、quality D、quaffed34. A、partially B、partly C、particularly D、passionately 35. A、order B、operate C、offer D、occupy36. A、which B、where C、as D、that37. A、paying B、paid C、to be paid D、pay 38. A、before B、lately C、never D、ever39. A、team B、number C、staff D、crowd40. A、in B、by C、with D、Through41. A、look at B、comment C、enjoy D、judge42. A、subjective B、subject C、objectives D、objects43. A、organization B、organizational C、organized D、organizing44. A、expecting B、to expect C、being expected D、expected45. A、course B、cause C、case D、caution46. A、little B、small C、large D、big 47. A、free B、freedom C、money D、something 48. A、before B、on C、in D、at49. A、much B、very much C、no more D、no less50. A、to be taken B、to take C、taking D、being takenPart III. Reading Comprehension ( 30 points)Section A (20 points, 1 point each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are four short passages for you to read. Read each passage carefully and then do the questions that follow Choose the best answer A、B、C or D and mark the corresponding fetter on your Answer Sheet.Passage One The custom of sending the gullible on fools errands and of playing other practical jokes on April I has been around since at least the Middle Ages and has elicited more than its share of joking explanations. The two most popular ones in the nineteenth century, according to E. Cob ham Brewer, were that April was a month of fickle ( that is, “fooling”)weather, and that the Jews started the custom luring Jesus passion by sending him on fools errands to various magistrates ( Annals, Caiaphas, Herod, finally Pilate) before his crucifixion, An eighteenth-century journalist related the custom to Noahs error of “sending the dove out of the ark before the water had abated” on a date that corresponded to but April 1.William Walsh rightly ridiculed these speculations and offered a more plausible one. Until 1564 he pointed out March 25 marked the European New Year, and the festivities associated with its arrival typically lasted eight days, until April 1. With the calendar change of that year, the New year became January 1, but not everyone immediately got he message. Those who continued to make the New Years visits and to offer the traditional presents on April 1 would have been accounted April Fools, and eventually these bona fide courtesies were replaced by “pretended gifts and mock ceremonial visits.”That explains why fooling should have become associated with the beginning of April, but as Walsh himself makes clear, the concept of a day devoted to foolishness is older than the sixteenth century. Both the Roman Satumalia (沙特思之节) and the medieval “Feast of fools provided opportunities for the overturning of conventional reason, and indeed the overturning of the social order itself. Slaves were freed at the Saturnalia, and Boy Bishops, Mock Kings, and Lords of Misrule were elected during the Middle Ages, Harvey Cox, in his provocative study of the Feast of Fools, emphasizes its ” implicitly radical dimension, and places it within a social context whose flexibility was its capacity for self-mockery. “The divine right of kings, papal infallibility(天主教皇百罪不侵)，and the modern totalitarian ” he writes, “all flowered after the Feast of Fools disappeared.”51. Which of the following can best tell the main idea of this passage?A、the custom of April FoolsB、the history of April FoolsC、the account of April FoolsD、the practice of April Fools.52. Which of the following statements was NOT mentioned among the interpretations of April 1 festival.A、It originated from the Jews customB、It was related to Noahs errorC、It came from the calendar change of the European New YearD、It was the day of sending presents to foolish people.53.Which of the following words can best describe William Walshs explanation on April 1st?A、reasonable B、factual C、practical D、sensible54. According to Wash, April Fools can most probably be dated back toA、the Middle Ages B、earlier than the sixteenth centuryC、the eighteenth century D、the nineteenth century55. What is associated with the Feast of Foots?A、the overturning of the Roman SaturnaliaB、the disappearing or infallibility of the Pope C、the production of to solidarismD、the freedom of slaves Passage TwoIt is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy. These figures from the Department of Education are sufficient 27 million Americans cannot read at all, and a further 35 mullioned at a level that is less than sufficient to survive in our society.But my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of the middle-class reader of his unwillingness to afford those spaces of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration, that surround the image of the classic act of reading. It has been suggested that almost 80 percent of Americas literate, ducted teenagers can no longer read without an accompanying noise (music) in the background a television screen flickering (闪烁) at the comer of their field of perception. We know very little about this brain and how it deals with simultaneous conflicting input, but every common-sense intuition suggests should be profoundly alarmed. This violation of concentration silence, solitude(独处的状态)goes to the very heart of our notion of literacy: this new form of part-reading, of part-perception against background distraction, renders impossible certain essential acts of apprehension and concentration, let alone that most important tube any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose be or she really loves. Which is to learn it by heart. Not by brain. By heart the expression is vital.Under these circumstances the question of what future there is for the arts of reading is a real one. Ahead of us he technical, psychic(心理上的) and social transformations probably much more dramatic than those brought abbot by Gutenberg, the German inventor in printing. The Gutenberg revolution as we now know it, took a long time, its effects are still being debated. The information revolution will touch every fact of composition, publicatiop, distribution, and reading. No one in the book industry can say with any confidence what will happen to the book as weve known it.56. The picture of the reading ability of the American people, drawn by the author is_A、fairly bright B、rather bleak C、quit encouraging D、very impressive57. The authors biggest concern is _ .A、the surprisingly low rate of literacy in the U.S B、the musical setting American readers require or reading C、the reading ability and reading behavior of the middle classD、elementary school childrens disinterest in reading classics58. A major problem with most adolescents who can read is _.A、their fondness of music and TV programsB、their inability to focus on conflicting inputC、their ignorance or various forms of art and literatureD、their lack of attentiveness and basic understanding59. The author claims that the best way a reader can show animation for a piece of poetry or prose is _.A、to be able to appreciate it and memorize it B、to make a fair appraisal of its artistic valueC、to think it over conscientiously D、to analyze its essential features60. About the future of the arts of reading the author reels_.A、upset B、alarmed C、pessimistic D、uncertainPassage ThreeIn the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows.Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “trash talk（废话）”. The topics on his show are as shocking as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of societys moral catastrophes(灾难), yer people are wining to eat up the intriguing predicaments(困境) of other peoples lives.Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individuals quality of life, Topics range from teaching your children responsibility. Managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.Clean as it is, Oprah show is not for everyone. The shows main target audience are middle-class Americans, Most of these people have the time, money, and stability to deal with lifes tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18-to 21-year-olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who se some value and lessons to be learned underneath the shows exploitation.While the two shows are as different as night and day, both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans; Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in the talk show world.61. Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are _ A、more family-oriented B、mutually popularC、more profound D、relatively formal62. Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the audience _ A、remain incitement to them B、are ready to face up to themC、remain fascinated by them D、are willing to get involved in them63. Which of the following lively to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?A、A new type of robot B、Racist hatredC、Family budget planning D、Street violence64. Despite their different approaches, the two talk shows are both _A、ironical B、sensitive C、instructive D、cynical65. We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows _A、have monopolized the talk show circuitB、exploit the weaknesses in human natureC、appear at different times of the dayD、are targeted at di