Part I Structure and Vocabulary
Sections A
Directions:Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices
marked A),B),C)andD). Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding
letter in the brackets. (5 points)
The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds,
_____ could go penniless by next year.
A)the larger one
B)the larger of which
C)the largest one
D)the largest of which
Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always _____
with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.
A)combined
B)having combined
C)combine
D)being combined
Andrew, my father's younger brother, will not be at the picnic, _____
to the family's disappointment.
A)much
B)more
C)too much
D)much more
I would have gone to visit him in the hospital had it been at all
possible, but I _____ fully occupied the whole of last week.
A)were
B)had been
C)have been
D)was
Help will come from the UN, but the aid will be _____ near what's
needed.
A)everywhere
B)somewhere
C)nowhere
D)anywhere
The chief reason for the population growth isn't so much a rise in
birth rates _____ a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in
medical
care.
A)and
B)as
C)but
D)or
He claims to be an expert in astronomy, but in actual fact he is quite ignorant
on the subject. _____ he knows about it is out of date and inaccurate.
A)What little
B)So much
C)How much
D)So little
Although we feel dissatisfied with the election results, we have to
become reconciled _____ the decision made by our fellow countrymen.
A)for
B)on
C)to
D)in
Just as the value of a telephone network increases with each new phone
_____ to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase with
each program that turns out.
A)adding
B)to have added
C)to add
D)added
The vocabulary and grammatical differences between British and American
English are so trivial and few as hardly _____ .
A)noticed
B)to be noticed
C)being noticed
D)to notice
Section B
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts
marked A),B),C)andD). Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect
and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding
letter in the brackets. (5 points)
Example:
A number of A) foreign visitors were taken B) to the industrial exhibition
which C) they saw D) many new products.
Part C) is wrong. The sentence should read, “A number of foreign visitors
were taken to the industrial exhibition where they saw many new products.” So
you should choose C).
Although Professor Green's lectures usually ran over A) the fifty
minute B) period, but none C) of his students even D) objected as they
found his lectures both informative and interesting.
When A) Edison died, it was proposed that the American people turned
off B) all power C) in their homes, streets, and factories for several
minutes in honor of D) this great man.
They pointed out A) the damage which B) they supposed that C) had
been done by last night's D) storm.
Because of A) the recent accidents, our parents forbid my brother
and me from swimming B) in the river unless C) someone agrees to watch
D) over us.
A great many A) teachers firmly B) believe that English is one of
the poorest taught C) subjects in high schools at present. D)
In this way these insects show an efficient use of their soundproduced
A) ability, organizing B) two sounds delivered C) at a high rate as one
call. D)
I thought the technician was to blame
A) for the blowing B) of the fuse, but I see now how C) I was D) mistaken.
For him to be re elected, A) what is essential is not that his policy
works, B) but that C) the public believe that it is. D)
As far as A) I am concerned, his politics are B) rather conservative
compared C) with other politicians. D)
I'd say whenever you are going A) after something that is belonging
B) to you, anyone who is depriving C) you of the right to have it is criminal.
D)
Sections C
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 the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding
letter in the brackets. (10 points)
Example:
The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.
A)vanishedB)scattered C)abandonedD)rejected
The sentence should read, “The lost car of the Lees was found abandoned
in the woods off the highway.” Therefore, you should choose C).
When workers are organized in trade unions, employers find it hard
to lay them _____.
A)off
B)aside
C)out
D)down
The wealth of a country should be measured _____ the health and
happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
A)in line with
B)in terms of
C)in regard with
D)by means of
He has failed me so many times that I no longer place any _____ on
what he promises.
A)faith
B)belief
C)credit
D)reliance
My students found the book _____ it provided them with an abundance
of information on the subject.
A)enlightening
B)confusing
C)distracting
D)amusing
Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial
system will _____ down the economy.
A)put
B)settle
C)drag
D)knock
In this factory the machines are not regulated _____ but are jointly
controlled by a central computer system.
A)independently
B)individually
C)irrespectively
D)irregularly
Every chemical change either results from energy being sued to produce
the change, or causes energy to be _____ in some form.
A)given off
B)put out
C)set off
D)used up
If businessmen are taxed too much, they will no longer be motivated
to work hard, with the result that incomes from taxation might actually
_____ .
A)shrink
B)delay
C)disperse
D)sink
American companies are evolving from massproduction manufacturing
to _____ enterprises.
A)moveable
B)changing
C)flexible
D)varying
If you know what the trouble is, why don't you help them to _____
the situation?
A)simplify
B)modify
C)verify
D)rectify
I can't _____ what has happened to the vegetables, for they were freshly
picked this morning.
A)figure out
B)draw out
C)look out
D)work out
I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with
a flat _____ .
A)disapproval
B)rejection
C)refusal
D)decline
From this material we can _____ hundreds of what you may call direct
products.
A)derive
B)discern
C)diminish
D)displace
She had clearly no _____ of doing any work, although she was very
well paid.
A)tendency
B)ambition
C)intention
D)willingness
What seems confusing or fragmented at first might well become _____
a third time.
A)clean and measurable
B)notable and systematic
C)pure and wholesome
D)clear and organic
The public opinion was that the time was not _____ for the election
of such a radical candidate as Mr. Jones.
A)reasonable
B)ripe
C)ready
D)practical
Hudson said he could not kill a living thing except for the _____
of hunger.
A)sensation
B)cause
C)purpose
D)motive
For the new country to survive, _____ for its people to enjoy
prosperity, new economic policies will be required.
A)to name a few
B)let alone
C)not to speak
D)let's say
Foreign disinvestment and the _____ of South Africa from world capital markets
after 1985 further weakened its economy.
A)displacement
B)elimination
C)exclusion
D)exception
When a number of people _____ together in a conversational knot, each
individual expresses his position in the group by where he stands.
A)pad
B)pack
C)squeeze
D)cluster
Part II Cloze Test
Directions:For each numbered blank in the following passage, there
are four choices marked A),B),C),D). Choose the best one and mark your
answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the
brackets. (10 points)
Manpower Inc., with 560,000 workers, is the world's largest temporary
employment agency. Every morning, its people 41 into the offices and factories
of America, seeking a day's work for a day's pay. One day at a time 42
industrial giants like General Motors and IBM struggle to survive 43 reducing
the number of employees, Manpower, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is
booming.
44 its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming
a nation of part timers and temporary workers. This "45" work
force is the most important 46 in American business today, and it is
47 changing the relationship between people and their jobs. The phenomenon
provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive 48 avoiding
market cycles and the growing burdens 49 by employment rules, healthcare
costs and pension plans. For workers it can mean an end to the security,
benefits and sense of 50 that came from being a loyal employee.
41. A)swarm B)stride C)separate D)slip
42. A)For B)Because C)As D)Since
43. A)from B)in C)on D)by
44. A)Even though B)Now that C)If only D)Provided that
45. A)durable B)disposable C)available D)transferable
46. A)approach B)flow C)fashion D)trend
47. A)instantly B)reversely C)fundamentally D)sufficiently
48. A)but B)while C)and D)whereas
49. A)imposed B)restricted C)illustrated D)confined
50. A)excitement B)conviction C)enthusiasm D)importance
Part III Reading Comprehension
Directions:Each of the passages below is followed by some questions.
For each question there are four answers marked A),B),C) and D). Read
the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions.
Then mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding
letter in the brackets. (40 points)
Passage 1
It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After
six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates,
Australia's Northern Territory became the first legal authority in
the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients
who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10.
Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half
a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die
Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group's on line service, Death
NET. Says Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course
this isn't just something that happened in Australia. It's world history.”
The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the
Terminally III law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal
with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief,
others, including churches, right to life groups and the Australian Medical
Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage.
But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia where an aging population,
life extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played
their part — other states are going to consider making a similar law to
deal with euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the right to die movement
is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes to start
falling.
Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request
death — probably by a deadly injection or pill — to put an end to suffering.
The patient must be diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors.
After a “cooling off” period of seven days, the patient can sign a
certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met.
For Lloyd Nickson, a 54 year old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer,the
NT Rights of Terminally III law means he can get on with livingwithout
the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from hisbreathing
condition. “I'm not afraid of dying from a spiritual point ofview, but
what I was afraid of was how I'd go, because I've watched people die in
the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.
From the second paragraph we learn that _____ .
A)the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries
B)physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia
C)changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hasty passage
of
the law
D)it takes time to realize the significance of the law's passage
When the author says that observers are waiting for the dominoes tostart
falling, he means _____.
A)observers are taking a wait and see attitude towards the future
of euthanasia
B)similar bills are likely to be passed in the US, Canada and other
countries
C)observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoes
D)the effecttaking process of the passed bill may finally come to
a stop
When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will _____.
A)face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasia
B)experience the suffering of a lung cancer patient
C)have an intense fear of terrible suffering
D)undergo a cooling off period of seven days
The author's attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that of _____.
A)opposition
B)suspicion
C)approval
D)indifference
Passage 2
A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is howfriendly,
courteous, and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair,this observation
is also frequently made of Canada and Canadians, andshould best be considered
North American. There are, of course,exceptions. Small minded officials,
rude waiters, and illmannered taxidrivers are hardly unknown in the US
Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment.
For a long period of time and in many parts of the country, a traveler
was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence. Dullness and loneliness
were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from
one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources ofdiversion,
and brought news of the outside world.The harsh realities of the frontier
also shaped this tradition of hospitality. Someone traveling alone, if
hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest
cabin or settlement. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or
merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers. It reflected
the harshness of daily life: if you didn't take in the stranger and take
care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, you
might be in the same situation.
Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize
in helping the weary traveler. Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to
strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities
and towns away from the busy tourist trails. “I was just traveling through,
got talking with this American, and pretty soon he invited me home for
dinner — amazing.” Such observations reported by visitors to the US are
not uncommon, but are not always understood properly. The casual friendliness
of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as
artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition.
As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of
cultural signals, assumptions, and conventions underlies all social interrelationships.
And, of course, speaking a language does not necessarily meant that someone
understands social and cultural patterns.
Visitors who fail to “translate” cultural meanings properly often draw wrong
conclusions. For example, when an American uses the word “friend”, the
cultural implications of the word may be quite different from those it has
in the visitor's language and culture. It takes more than a brief encounter
on a bus to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest.
Yet, being friendly is a virtue that many American value highly and expect
from both neighbors and strangers.
In the eyes of visitors from the outside world, _____.
A)rude taxi drivers are rarely seen in the US
B)small minded officials deserve a serious comment
C)Canadians are not so friendly as their neighbors
D)most Americans are ready to offer help
It could be inferred from the last paragraph that _____.
A)culture exercises an influence over social interrelationship
B)courteous convention and individual interest are interrelated
C)various virtues manifest themselves exclusively among friends
D)social interrelationships equal the complex set of cultural
conventions
Families in frontier settlements used to entertain strangers _____.
A)to improve their hard life
B)in view of their long distance travel
C)to add some flavor to their own daily life
D)out of a charitable impulse
The tradition of hospitality to strangers _____.
A)tends to be superficial and artificial
B)is generally well kept up in the United States
C)is always understood properly
D)was something to do with the busy tourist trails
Passage 3
Technically, any substance other than food that alters our bodily
or mental functioning is a drug. Many people mistakenly believe the term drug
refers only to some sort of medicine or an illegal chemical taken by drug
addicts. They don't realize that familiar substances such as alcohol and
tobacco are also drugs. This is why the more neutral term substance is now
used by many physicians and psychologists. The phrase “substance abuse”
is often used instead of “drug abuse” to make clear that substances such
as alcohol and tobacco can be just as harmfully misused as heroin and
cocaine.
We live a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances
(drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be
sociable, coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves.
When do these socially acceptable and apparently constructive uses of
a substance become misuses? First of all, most substances taken in excess
will produce negative effects such as poisoning or intense perceptual
distortions. Repeated use of a substance can also lead to physical addiction
or substance dependence. Dependence is marked first by an increased tolerance,
with more and more of the substance required to produce the desired effect,
and then by the appearance of unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the
substance is discontinued.
Drugs (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter
perception, mood, and behavior are known as psychoactive substances.Psychoactive
substances are commonly grouped according to whether they are stimulants,
depressants, or hallucinogens. Stimulants initially speed up or activate
the central nervous system, whereas depressants slow it down.
Hallucinogens have their primary effect on perception, distorting and
altering it in a variety of ways including producing hallucinations. Theseare
the substances often called psychedelic (from the Greek word meaning “mindmanifesting”)
because they seemed to radically alter one's state of consciousness.
“Substance abuse” (Line 5, Paragraph 1) is preferable to “drug abuse”
in that _____.
A)substances can alter our bodily or mental functioning if illegally
used
B)“drug abuse” is only related to a limited number of drug takers
C)alcohol and tobacco are as fatal as heroin and cocaine
D)many substances other than heroin or cocaine can also be poisonous
The word “pervasive” (Line 1, Paragraph 2) might mean _____.
A)widespread
B)overwhelming
C)piercing
D)fashionable
Physical dependence on certain substances results from _____.
A)uncontrolled consumption of them over long periods of time
B)exclusive use of them for social purposes
C)quantitative application of them to the treatment of diseases
D)careless employment of them for unpleasant symptoms
From the last paragraph we can infer that _____.
A)stimulants function positively on the mind
B)hallucinogens are in themselves harmful to health
C)depressants are the worst type of psychoactive substances
D)the three types of psychoactive substances are commonly used in
groups
Passage 4
No company likes to be told it is contributing to the moral decline
of a nation. “Is this what you intended to accomplish with your careers?”
Senator Robert Dole asked Time Warner executives last week. “You have
sold your souls, but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children
as well?” At Time Warner, however, such questions are simply the latest
manifestation of the soul searching that has involved the company ever
since the company was born in 1990. It's a selfexamination that has, at
various times, involved issues of responsibility, creative freedom and
the corporate bottom line.
At the core of this debate is chairman Gerald Levin, 56, who took
over for the late Steve Ross in 1992. On the financial front, Levin is
under pressure to raise the stock price and reduce the company's mountainous
debt, which will increase to 17.3 billion after two new cable deals
close. He has promised to sell off some of the property and restructure
the company, but investors are waiting impatiently.
The flap over rap is not making life any easier for him. Levin
has consistently defended the company's rap music on the grounds of expression.
In 1992, when Time Warner was under fire for releasing Ice T's violent
rap song Cop Killer, Levin described rap as a lawful expression of street
culture, which deserves an outlet. “The test of any democratic society,”
he wrote in a Wall Streel Journal column, “lies not in how well it can
control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression
the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results
may sometimes be. We won't retreat in the face of any threats.”
Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were
signs that the chairman was backing off his hard line stand, at least
to some extent. During the discussion of rock singing verses at last
month's stockholders' meeting, Levin asserted that “music is not the
cause of society's ills” and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx,
New York, who uses rap to communicate with students. But he talked as
well about the “balanced struggle” between creative freedom and social
responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive
to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable
music.
The 15 member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin
and his corporate strategy. But insiders say several of them have shown
their concerns in this matter. “Some of us have known for many, many
years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited,” says
Luce. “I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with
the company have only recently come to realize this.”
Senator Robert Dole criticized Time Warner for _____.
A)its raising of the corporate stock price
B)its selfexamination of soul
C)its neglect of social responsibility
D)its emphasis on creative freedom
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A)Luce is a spokesman of Time Warner.
B)Gerald Levin is liable to compromise.
C)Time Warner is united as one in the face of the debate.
D)Stever Ross is no longer alive
In face of the recent attacks on the company, the chairman _____.
A)stuck to a strong stand to defend freedom of expression
B)softened his tone and adopted some new policy
C)changed his attitude and yielded to objection
D)received more support from the 15member board
The best title for this passage could be _____.
A)A Company under Fire
B)A Debate on Moral Decline
C)A Lawful Outlet of Street Culture
D)A Form of Creative Freedom
Passage 5
Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as “steering
the economy to a soft landing” or “a touch on the brakes”, makes it sound
like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth. The link
between interest rates and inflation is uncertain. And there are long,
variable lags before policy changes have any effect on the economy. Hence
the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car
with a blackened windscreen, a cracked rear view mirror and a faulty steering
wheel.
Given all these disadvantages, central bankers seem to have had
much to boast about of late. Average inflation in the big seven industrial economies
fell to a mere 2.3% last year, close to its lowest level in 30 years,
before rising slightly to 2.5% this July. This is a long way below the
double digit rates which many countries experienced in the 1970s and early
1980s.
It is also less than most forecasters had predicated. In late 1994
the panel of economists which The Economist polls each month said that
America's inflation rate would average 3.5% in 1995. In fact, it fell
to 2.6% in August, and expected to average only about 3% for the year
as a whole. In Britain and Japan inflation is running half a percentage
point below the rate predicted at the end of last year. This is no flash
in the pan; over the past couple of years, inflation has been consistently
lower than expected in Britain and America.
Economists have been particularly surprised by favorable inflation
figures in Britain and the United States, since conventional measures
suggest that both economies, and especially America's, have little productive
slack. America's capacity utilization, for example, his historically
high levels earlier this year, and its jobless rate (5.6% in August)
has fallen bellow most estimates of the natural rate of unemployment
— the rate below which inflation has taken off in the past.
Why has inflation proved so mild? The most thrilling explanation
is, unfortunately, a little defective. Some economists argue that powerful
structural changes in the world have up ended the old economic models
that were based upon the historical link between growth and inflation.
From the passage we learn that _____.
A)there is a definite relationship between inflation and interest
rates
B)economy will always follow certain models
C)the economic situation is better than expected
D)economists had foreseen the present economic situation
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A)Making monetary policies is comparable to driving a car
B)An extremely low jobless rate will lead to inflation
C)A high unemployment rate will result from inflation
D)Interest rates have an immediate effect on the economy
The sentence “This is no flash in the pan” (Line 5, Paragraph 3) means
that _____.
A)the low inflation rate will last for some time
B)the inflation rate will soon rise
C)the inflation will disappear quickly
D)there is no inflation at present
The passage shows that the author is _____ the present situation.
A)critical of
B)puzzled by
C)disappointed at
D)amazed at
Part IV English Chinese Translation
Directions:Read the following passage carefully and then translate
the underlined sentences into Chinese. Your translation must be written
clearly on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points).
Do animals have rights? This is how the question is usually put.
It sounds like a useful, groundclearing way to start. 71) Actually,
it isn't, because it assumes that there is an agreed account of human
rights, which is something the world does not have.
On one view of rights, to be sure, it necessarily follows that animals
have none. 72) Some philosophers argue that rights exist only within a
social contract, as part of an exchange of duties and entitlements.
Therefore, animals cannot have rights. The idea of punishing a tiger
that kills somebody is absurd, for exactly the same reason, so is the
idea thattigers have rights. However, this is only one account, and by
no means an uncontested one. It denies rights not only to animals but
also to some people — for instance to infants, the mentally incapable
and future generations. In addition, it is unclear what force a contract
can have for people who never consented to it, how do you reply to somebody
who says “I don't like this contract”?
The point is this: without agreement on the rights of people, arguing
about the rights of animals is fruitless. 73) It leads the discussion
to extremes at the outset: it invites you to think that animals should
be treated either with the consideration humans extend to other humans,
or with no consideration at all. This is a false choice. Better to start
with another, more fundamental, question: is the way we treat animals
a moral issue at all?
Many deny it. 74) Arguing from the view that humans are different
from animals in every relevant respect, extremists of this kind think
that animals lie outside the area of moral choice. Any regard for the
suffering of animals is seen as a mistake — a sentimental displacement
of feeling that should properly be directed to other humans.
This view which holds that torturing a monkey is morally equivalent
to chopping wood, may seem bravely “logical”. In fact it is simply shallow:
the confused center is right to reject it. The most elementary form of
moral reasoning — the ethical equivalent of learning to crawl — is to
weigh others' interests against one's own. This in turn requires sympathy
and imagination: without there is no capacity for moral thought. To see
an animal in pain is enough, for most, to engage sympathy. 75) When that
happens, it is not a mistake: it is mankind's instinct for moral reasoning in
action, an instinct that should be encouraged rather than laughed at.
71._____________________________________________________________.
72._____________________________________________________________.
73._____________________________________________________________.
74._____________________________________________________________.
75._____________________________________________________________.
Part V Writing (15 points)
Directions:
A.Study the following set of pictures carefully and write an essay
in no less than 120.
B.Your essay must be written clearly on the ANSWER SHEET.
C.Your essay should cover all the information provided and meet the
requirements below:
1. Interpret the following pictures.
2.Predict the tendency of tobacco consumption and give your reason.
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