Ⅰ. Phonetics (10 Points)

 

　　Directions:

 

　　In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined 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 the Answer Sheet.

 

　　1.A. captain B. various C. Atlantic D. metallic

 

　　2.A. beach B. beat C. beast D. great

 

　　3.A. heat B. health C. already D. pleasant

 

　　4.A. waste B. paste C. voyage D. snake

 

　　5.A. fortune B. public C. Russia D. suffer

 

　　6.A. familiar B. family C. blanket D. factory

 

　　7.A. thrown B. follow C. brown D. shown

 

　　8.A. nineteenth B. ninth C. southern D. fifth

 

　　9.A. pull B. pollute C. true D. truth

 

　　10.A. correct B. discover C. comfort D. come

 

　　Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (50 points)
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　　Directions:

 

　　There are 40 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 the Answer Sheet.

 

　　11. The old man found _______ on the floor.

 

　　A. lying dead B. lying death C. laying dead D. laying death

 

　　12. Grandma has no water, please ________ some for her.

 

　　A. take B. carry C. fetch D. bring

 

　　13. The shoes he wore made his _______ look funny.

 

　　A. feet B. foots C. hand D. foot

 

　　14. This restaurant always _______ delicious dishes.

 

　　A. gives B. offers C. have D. serves

 

　　15. There is _______ sugar. You needn’t go to buy any.

 

　　A. plenty of B. a large number of C. a great many D. plenty

 

　　16. Hardly _______ sat down when the telephone rang.

 

　　A. did I B. had I C. I D. have I

 

　　17. The ______ candle is still _______.

 

　　A. lit…burned B. lighted…burning C. lit…burning D. lighted…burned

 

　　18. _______ come into leaf or bloom is obviously a sign of spring.

 

　　A. Trees B. The trees C. That trees D. What trees

 

　　19. _______ in the open air, wet clothes can get dry easily.

 

　　A. Hang B. Hanged C. Hung D. To hang

 

　　20. He doesn’t spend much time _______ his homework.

 

　　A. in B. with C. on D. for

　21.—What do you think of it?

 

　　—It just happened _______ we had expected.

 

　　A. that B. which C. it D. as

 

　　22. Jane, what do you think of Mr. Green?

 

　　As ______ teacher, he ought to set _______ good example to the pupils.

 

　　A. the…a B. a…a C. a…the D. / …the

 

　　23. They found a _______ old woman ________ on the ground when the door was broken open.

 

　　A. dying…lying B. dead…lied C. death…laying D. died…lain

 

　　24. _______, the children went to the park.

 

　　A. It was a fine day B. Being a fine day

 

　　C. It being a fine day D. Because the fine day

 

　　25. ________ in the strange city, poor Bill fell to ________.

 

　　A. Lost…crying B. Lost…cry

 

　　C. Having been lost…crying D. To lese…cry

 

　　26. Don’t get off the bus until it ________.

 

　　A. has stopped B. stopped C. will stop D. shall stop

 

　　27. I took _______ tea than you.

 

　　A. less B. few C. fewer D. little

 

　　28. The squirrel was lucky that it just missed _______.

 

　　A. catching B. to be caught C. being caught D. to catch

 

　　29. I must be off now. It’s time I _______ to school.

 

　　A. go B. went C. will go D. am going

 

　　30. To serve the people means giving as _______ and ask for as _______ as possible.

 

　　A. much…little B. much…few C. many…a little D. more…less

 

　　31. What we are doing _______ good to the people.

 

　　A. are B. have been C. is D. be

 

　　32. John is _______ of the two students.

 

　　A. cleverer B. the clever C. the cleverer D. the cleverest

 

　　33. He used to be a heavy smoker, _______?

 

　　A. used he B. didn’t he C. doesn’t he D. wouldn’t he

 

　　34. Rather than _______, he ran all the way home.

 

　　A. walk B. walked C. walking D. to walk

 

　　35. Get to the top of hill, ______ you can see the whole city.

 

　　A. or B. but C. and D. so

 

　　36. What you said sounds right. I’m considering _______ this job.

 

　　A. accepting B. accept C. to accept D. will accept

 

　　37. _______ I came into the office, the teachers were having a meeting.

 

　　A. While B. When C. Once D. Since

 

　　38. Half of those books _______ best-sellers.

 

　　A. is B. are C. am D. was

 

　　39. _______ Chicago is a beautiful city today, but _______ Chicago of the 1920s was a very dirty place.

 

　　A. The…the B. /…/ C. A…the D. /…the

 

　　40. ______ he is, Tom knows a lot of things.

 

　　A. Child as B. Clever as C. Fool although D. A boy as

　41. Is that the reason _______ you are in favor of the proposal?

 

　　A. what B. of which C. why D. for

 

　　42. The train will _______ Beijing at about half past seven.

 

　　A. arrive B. get C. reach D. reach to

 

　　43. Nearly everybody _______ colds in winter.

 

　　A. suffer from B. suffers in C. suffers from D. suffer for

 

　　44. ______ that your son is well again, you no longer have anything to worry about.

 

　　A. When B. After C. Before D. Now

 

　　45. We never dared to ask him a question, _______?

 

　　A. did we B. didn’t we C. dared we D. daredn’t we

 

　　46. You seldom have to do the cooking, ________?

 

　　A. have you B. haven’t you C. do you D. don’t you

 

　　47. _______ no exercise-book, he had to write on a piece of paper.

 

　　A. There was B. There is C. There being D. There having

 

　　48.—Where _______ the camera? I can’t see it anywhere.

 

　　—I _______ it right here. But now it’s gone.

 

　　A. did you put…put B. have you put…have put

 

　　C. had you put…was putting D. had you put…have put

 

　　49. In another year or so, you ______ all about it.

 

　　A. would forget B. forget C. have forgotten D. will have forgotten

 

　　50.—If that’s not yours, _______?

 

　　—Probably John’s.

 

　　A. whose else can it be B. whose else’s can it be

 

　　C. who’s else can it be D. who else can it be

 

　　Ⅲ. Cloze (10 points)
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　　Directions:

 

　　For each blank in the following passage there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

 

　　This is an old story. People tell it to children all over the world. Cinderella’s father and mother _51_. She lived with her aunt. Her aunt had two daughters. All of them Cinderella because she was beautiful. They made her _52_ in the house all day long.

 

　　One day, the Prince was _53_. The king asked all the ladies in the land to come to a great dance. _54_ the dance the Prince would choose his wife.

 

　　When Cinderella heard about the dance, she wanted to go. Her aunt and the ugly sisters laughed and said, “You can’t go.” Then they went off to the dance. Poor Cinderella sat by the fire _55_.

 

　　_56_ she heard a gentle voice saying, “Don’t cry, Cinderella, you shall go to the dance. I will help you.” Cinderella _57_ and saw a little old lady. She waved her stick at Cinderella. Suddenly she was wearing a wonderful dress. “Now go to the dance.” said the little lady.

 

　　Cinderella enjoyed the dance very much. The Prince danced with her _58_. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve. She hurried back home. She lost one of her glass shoes _59_. The next day, the Prince sent men to all parts of the country with the glass shoe.

 

　　“If anyone can wear this small shoe,” he said, “She must be the beautiful lady, and I will marry her.”

 

　　When the men brought the shoe to the ugly sisters, they both pretended _60_ the shoe, but their feet were big and the shoe was small. The man laughed. “Let Cinderella try.” Said one of the men. Cinderella put the shoe on easily. Then the Prince married her, and they lived happily ever after.

 

　　51.A. both were dead B. were both death C. were both died D. were both dead

 

　　52.A. to do all the work B. did all the work C. do all the work D. doing all the work

 

　　53.A. old enough to be married with B. old enough to marry

 

　　C. old enough to marry with D. old enough to be married

 

　　54.A. During the night of B. At the night of C. One the night of D. In the night of

 

　　55.A. to cry B. crying C. to be crying D. to be cried

 

　　56.A. Sudden B. All on sudden C. On sudden D. All of a sudden

 

　　57.A. looked up B. looked at C. looked for D. looked down

 

　　58.A. at that time B. at times C. all the time D. at one time

 

　　59.A. on the steps B. within the steps C. in the steps D. under the steps

 

　　60.A. to put on B. putting on C. to wear D. to have on

　Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (60 points)

 

　　Directions:

 

　　There are four 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 one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

 

　　Passage One

 

　　What’s the best way to protect a tender, green seedling from the hungry stomach of deer? Give the seedling bad breath!

 

　　The same chemical that gives people bad breath after they have eaten garlic can save small trees from being eaten by animals.

 

　　A kind of chemical selenium(硒), which is also found in garlic, is planted in the soil near a young tree. The tree’s roots absorb the selenium which is then carried to the leaves.

 

　　From there the selenium is used to form a chemical called dimethyl selenide (乙烷硒化物)—the same chemical made in the human mouth after eating garlic. As deer wander around looking for food, they smell the seedlings’ leaves and leave the plants alone.

 

　　The selenium is important. Why? Because each year deer eat millions of dollars’ worth of trees farm seedlings.

 

　　So far, selenium has been tested only on Douglas fir (枞树) seedlings, but researchers think they could protect fruit trees and garden plants, too.

 

　　61. When people eat garlic, ________.

 

　　A. they send out a horrible smell B. they are out of breath

 

　　C. they will feel sick D. it is hard for them to breathe

 

　　62. According to this passage the bad smell given off from those leaves is that of ______.

 

　　the young trees absorb garlic

 

　　the roots of the young trees smell like garlic

 

　　the young trees aren’t fit for the deer to eat

 

　　the leaves of the young trees smell like garlic

 

　　64. Up till the time the news was announced, this kind of chemical was used _______.

 

　　A. all over the world B. all over the United States

 

　　C. on fruit trees and garden trees D. on Douglas fir young trees

 

　　65. The best title of this passage is ________.

 

　　A. Hungry Deer and Young Trees B. Why Don’t Deer Eat Young Fruit Trees

 

　　C. Plants Saved by “Bad Breath” D. How to Protect Young Trees

　　Passage Two

 

　　Hair loss is one of those things we still do not understand. Science has, of course, shown that men are more likely than women to suffer major hair loss. Some kinds of hair loss are temporary (暂时的), an effect of illness. In those cases we can expect the hair to grow back.

 

　　It all depends on whether the hair root is alive. If it is not, hair loss is permanent and nothing will help.

 

　　Some daily loss of hair is a normal, healthy sign. Most people lose between 40 to 50 scalp hairs each day.

 

　　Each of these scalp hairs grows for from two to six years and then rests. About three months later it is pushed out by a new hair growing from the same root.

 

　　This is not something that should cause great concern.

 

　　Something else we know is that normal hair loss is seasonal, with the most hair loss occurring in the fall. Everyone experiences a normal cycle of loss and growth.

 

　　The problem of hair loss results when loss is greater than growth.

 

　　The main cause of hair loss in men seems to be accumulation (积累) of a hormone (荷尔蒙) in the body. When that hormone reaches a certain level, the hair growing period is shortened and hair loss is the result. This is no cure for most cases of hair loss. This, however, is not the end of the world.

 

　　66. According to science, _________.

 

　　hair loss is a normal, healthy sign

 

　　man should pay special attention to hair loss

 

　　it’s likely that men have more problems of hair loss

 

　　men lose more hair than women do

 

　　67. The writer thinks _______.

 

　　illness causes hair loss

 

　　human beings have no way to cure hair loss

 

　　hair loss happening in the fall is an effect of illness

 

　　hair loss is permanent

 

　　68. We now know that the most hair loss happening in the autumn is ________.

 

　　A. permanent B. healthy sign C. seasonal D. nothing serious

 

　　69. The sentence “This, however, is not the end of the world” means _______.

 

　　man is sure to find the best way of curing his hair loss in the future

 

　　the writer believes the earth exists for ever

 

　　we can’t destroy the world by any means

 

　　the last day will never come to our people

 

　　70. The best title for the passage may be ________.

 

　　A. Loss or Growth B. Hair Loss C. Healthy Sign D. Change with Seasons

　　Passage Three

 

　　On the morning of November 18,1755, an earthquake shook Boston, Massachusetts. John Winthrop, a professor at Harvard College, felt the quake and awoke. “I rose,” Winthrop wrote, “and lighting a candle, looked on my watch, and found it was 15 minutes after four.” John Winthrop went downstairs to the grandfather clock. It had stopped four minutes before, at 4:11. Except for stopping the clock, the quake had only thrown a key from the mantel (壁炉台) to the floor.

 

　　The clock had stopped because Winthrop had put some long glass tubes he was using for an experiment into the case for care. The quake had knocked the tubes over and blocked the pendulum (钟摆). Winthrop, therefore, had the exact time that the earthquake had hit Boston. He looked at the key on the floor. The quake had thrown it forward in the direction of the quake’s motion (运动) by a shock coming from the northwest, perhaps in Canada.

 

　　71. The text proves that _______.

 

　　the power of nature is terrible

 

　　earthquakes happen most often during nighttime hours

 

　　the direction of an earthquake can be discovered

 

　　universities study the cause of earthquakes

 

　　72. The text suggests that _________.

 

　　A. Boston was badly destroyed B. earthquakes are common in Boston

 

　　C. John Winthrop had difficulty sleeping D. John Winthrop was a scientist

 

　　73. Which of the following is true?________.

 

　　Some tubes were broken into pieces and stopped the old clock

 

　　The professor lit a candle because of power failure

 

　　Boston is in the southeast of Canada

 

　　The shocks were slight in one way

 

　　74. The earthquake happened ________.

 

　　A. several minutes before the professor awoke B. and the professor awoke at 4:15

 

　　C. in the centre of Boston D. when John Winthrop felt it

 

　　75. Choose the right order according to the text.

 

　　a. The bed was shaking and John Winthrop awoke.

 

　　b. John Winthrop looked attentively at this watch.

 

　　c. John Winthrop got up to light a candle.

 

　　d. The earthquake happened in Boston in 1755.

 

　　e. John Winthrop knew the quake’s direction.

 

　　f. John Winthrop knew the exact quake’s time.

 

　　g. John Winthrop looked at the key on the floor.

 

　　A. g, d, e, a, c, b, f

 

　　B. d, a, c, b, f, g, e

 

　　C. a, e, d, c, b, f, g

 

　　D. e, d, g, b, c, a, f