Part I Structure and Vocabulary
Section
A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences,there are
4 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.(5 points)
- _____ lessons were not easy.
A)Our first few short English
B)Our few
first English short
C)Few our first English short
D)Our few first short
English
- _____ ,a Form 35 must be completed.
A)To apply for this job
B)Making application for the job
C)In order to get this job
D)If
you want to apply for this job
- We always keep some candles in our bedroom _____ there is power
cut.
A)in the event
B)unless
C)if
D)in case
- I doubt _____ .
A)whether she can come
B)what will she do
C)while she will be here
D)when will she do
- The instrcutions ask that we _____ a red pen.
A)did not use
B)use
not
C)not use
D)do not use
- I would have gone with her to New York except I _____ no time.
A)had
had
B)had
C)have
D)would have
- It′s high time that they _____ to take you seriously and they know
it.
A)begin
B)began
C)begun
D)had
- The lawyer for the defense made the recommendation to the judge that the
trial _____ until the missing witness was found.
A)be delayed
B)delayed
C)will be delayed
D)should delay
- The girls were sorry _____ the singers when they arrived at the railway
station.
A)to miss
B)to have been missed
C)to have
missed
D)missing
- Having the highest marks in his class, _____ .
A)the school offered him
a scholarship
B)he was offered a scholarship by the school
C)a
scholarship was offered him by the school
D)a school scholarship was
offered to him
Section
B
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four
underlined parts marked A,B,C and D) 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)
- Every (A) man and woman should vote (B) for
(C) the candidate of their choice (D) .
- I had trouble with (A) my car this morning (B) but
(C) I finally managed it to get started (D) .
- The grain of rye is longer (A) and slender (B) than
(C) that of (D) wheat.
- He has less (A) friends in his class (B) now than (C)
he had last year (D) .
- Seldom a single concept has played (A) so important a (B)
role in mathematics as (C) the concept of (D) function.
- The computer was of so (A) inferior quality that (B) I took
it back (C) and asked for a better one (D) .
- The Empire State Building, once (A) America′s tallest (B)
,is now surpassed (C) by either (D) the Sears Tower in Chicago
and the Trade Center in New York.
- The (4) Greens have visited (B) New York and Washington, and
they assure (C) me that they like Washington the best (D)
.
- Little (A) is known about (B) the cause of the common cold
than about the causes (C) of many more (D) serious
diseases.
- Unlike (A) commercial motion (B) pictures,educational films
are not financed (C) by paying (D)
admission.
Section
C
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences, there
are 4 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)
- The lawyer thought that piece of evidence was _____ early in the
investigation,but it turned out to be vital in convicting the
criminal.
A)satisfactory
B)insignificant
C)unalterable
D)important
- Jane _____ her sister; she′s always cheerful.
A)takes for
B)takes
in
C)takes after
D)takes on
- The elegant decorations _____ the gym into a starlit
ballroom.
A)interrupted
B)transformed
C)sustained
D)reverted.
- The driver of the car was _____ for the damage caused to the
passenger.
A)liable
B)reliable
C)responsive
D)corresponding
- I wonder if the manager will turn _____ my offer.
A)out
B)on
C)down
D)off
- After discussing the matter with the bank manager, Peter _____ received
his loan.
A)instantly
B)instinctively
C)casually
D)unexpectedly
- The office worker was dismissed because he was found to be _____
.
A)negligible
B)neglect
C)negative
D)negligent
- As we approached the pyramids,a _____ stone sphinx greeted us at the
entrance.
A)masssive
B)mass
C)mask
D)master
- The policeman′s _____ mind caught the suspect′s lies.
A)alarm
B)alert
C)warn
D)alien
- The supply of copper in the mines had _____ , causing great concerns among
the people of the town.
A)increased
B)diminished
C)extended
D)devalued
- After a week in space, the spacecraft returned to _____ .
A)land
B)earth
C)ground
D)floor
- The warranty guaranted that all _____ parts would be replaced without
change.
A)detective
B)defective
C)effective
D)defensive
- The gas company _____ a leak in the main line and evacuated all the
tenants of the building.
A)smelled
B)looked
C)detected
D)listened
- Plato′s teachings had a profound _____ on Aristotle.
A)affect
B)affection
C)effort
D)effect
- After a long lunch hour,business _____ as usual.
A)assumes
B)resumes
C)delays
D)retains.
- Peter was so _____ in his novel that he forgot about his dinner cooking in
the oven.
A)excited
B)absorbed
C)excelled
D)obliged
- Lyndon Johnson _____ John Kennedy as president of the United
States.
A)succeeded in
B)succeeded
C)assisted
D)followed
by
- When he was director of the company his first _____ was to bring about
better working conditions.
A)accomplishment
B)defeat
C)accumulation
D)accompany
- Exchanges of language and culture were a direct result of _____
.
A)commence
B)commerce
C)comment
D)commentary
- The dog saw his _____ in the pool of water.
A)reflect
B)reflection
C)bone
D)imagination
Part II Cloze
Test
Directions: For each numbered blank in the following
passage,there are four choices marked A,B,C and D) Choose the best one and mark
your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the
brackets.(10 points)
Success and vocabulary go hand
in hand. This has been proved so often that it no longer admits (41)
argument.
I have (42) vocabulary testing for
innumerable business concerns (商行企业)、Almost without exception the results were a
remarkble indication of the salaries (43). Even the vocabularies and the pay of
the secretaries of executives usually followed the same ascending scale as (44)
of the positions of the bosses whom they served. In one outfit (公司) that I
remember well, the two lowest paid girls were poorest in
(45).
Why shouldn′t this be
so?
Our knowledge of words is all (46) makes it
possible for us to understand our associates or our friends. And it is only by
words that we can (47) ideas to others, or command them to do our wishes. More
important than this, we think (48) words. We can′t think without
them!
Said the great American educator, Dr. John
Dewey:“(49) is impossible without words.”
Said Thomas
Sheridan, British actor of 200 years ago: “There is such an intimate connection
between ideas and words that whatever deficiency or fault there may be in the
one necessarily (50) the other.”
41.A)of B)about C)on D)to
42.A)done B)made C)gone D)had
43.A)received B)accepted C)adopted D)adapted
44.A)one B)this C)that D)scale
45.A)money B)experience C)word D)vocabulary
46.A)that B)which C)what D)it
47.A)impart B)past C)give D)impress
48.A)with B)in C)on D)through
49.A)Thinking B)Thought C)Working D)Work
50.A)affects B)effects C)affection D)defects
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 (30 points)