PartⅠ
Section
A:
1. Between 1897 and 1919 at least 29 motion pictures in which
artificial beings were portrayed _____.
A. had produced B. have
been produced C. would have produced D. had been produced
2. There
ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of getting cancer
than ___ in the public mind today.
A. exists B. exist C. existing
D. existed
3. The professor can hardly find sufficient grounds
_____ his argument in favor of the new theory.
A. which to base
on B. on which to base C. to base on which D. which to be based on
4.
________ can help but be fascinated by the world into which he is
taken by the science fiction.
A. Everybody B. Anybody C. Somebody
D. Nobody
5. How many of us ___, say, a meeting that is irrelevant
to us would be interested in the discussion?
A. attended B. Attending
C. to attend D. have attended
6. Hydrogen is the fundamental element
of the universe ____ it provides he building blocs from which the
other elements are produced.
A. so that B. but that C. in that
D. provided that
7. We are taught that a business letter should
be written in a formal style ____ in a personal one.
A. rather
than B. Other than C. better than D. less than
8. ______ is generally
accepted, economical growth is determined by the smooth development
of production.
A. What B. That C. It D. As
9. It is believed
that today`s pop music can serve as a creative force ____ stimulating
the thinking of its listeners.
A. by B. with C. at D. on
10.
Just as the soil is a part of the earth, _____ the atmosphere.
A.
as it is B. the same as C. so is D. and so is
Section B(改错):
ll
. The conveniences that Americans desire reflecting not so much a
leisurely lifestyle as a
A
B
busy lifestyle in which even minutes of time are too valuable
to be wasted.
C D
12. In debating
one must conect the opponent`s facts, deny the relevance of his proof,
or deny
A
that what he presents as proof,
unless relevant , is sufficient.
B CD
13 . We
are not conscious of the extent of which provides the psychological
satisfaction that can
AB
C
make the difference between a full and an empty life.
D
14.
The Portuguese give a great deal of credit to one man for having promoted
sea travel, that
A BC
man was
Prince Henry the navigator, who lived in the 15th century.
D
15 . Accounts of scientific experiments are generally correct
for those write about science are
A
B C
careful in checking the accuracy of their reports.
D
16. whenever we hear of a natural disaster, even in a distant
part of the world, we feel sympathy
AB
C
for the people to have affected.
D
17 . It
is perhaps not an exaggeration to say that we shall soon be trusting
our health, wealth
A B
and
happiness to elements with whom very names the general public are
unfamiliar.
C D
18. The speaker
claimed that no other modern nation devotes so small a portion of
its wealth to
AB
public assistance
and health than the United States does.
C
D
19 . There are those who consider it questionable that these
defence-linked research projects
A
will
account for an improvement in the standard of living or, alternately,
to do much to protect
B
C
our diminishing resources.
D
20. If individuals are
awakend each time as they begin a dream phase of sleep, they are likely
to
A B
become irritable even though their
total amount of sleep has been sufficient.
CD
Section
C:
21. In that country, guests tend to feel they are not highly
___ if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or
four days before the party date.
A. admired B. regarded C. expected
D. worshipped
22. A _____ of the long report by the budget committed
was submitted to the mayor for approval.
A. shorthand B. scheme
C. schedule D. sketch
23. A man has to make ____ for his old age
by putting aside enough money to live on when old.
A. supply B.
assurance C. provision D. adjustment
24. The newly-built Science
Building seems _____ enough to last a hundred years.
A. spacious
B. sophisticated C. substantial D. steady
25. It is well-known
that the retired workers in our country are ___ free medical care.
A.
entitled to B. involved in C. associated with D. assigned to
26.
The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city
because they had more at ____.
A. danger B. stake C. loss D. threat
27.
I felt ____ to death because I could make nothing of the chairman`s
speech.
A. fatigued B. tired C. exhausted D. bored
28. When
the engine would nto start, the mechanic inspected all the parts to
find what was at ___.
A. wrong B. trouble C. fault D. difficulty
29.
Your advice would be ____ valuable to him, who is at present at his
wit`s end.
A. exceedingly B. excessively C. extensively D. exclusively
30.
He failed to carry out some of the provisions of the contract, and
now he has to _____ the consequences.
A. answer for B. run into
C. abide by D. step into
31. The river is already _____ its bans
because of excessive rainfall; and the city is threatened with a likely
flood.
A. parallel to B. level in C. flat on D. flush with
32.
People _____ that vertical flight transports would carry millions
of passengers as do the airliners of today.
A. convinced B. anticipated
C. resolved D. assured
33. In spite of the wide range of reading
material specially written or _____ for language learning purposes,
there is yet no comprehensive systematic programmed for the reading
skills.
A. adapted B. acknowledged C. assembled D. appointed
34.
The mother said she would ____ her son washing the dished If he could
finish his assignment before supper.
A. let down B. let alone C.
let off D. let out
35. We should always keep in mind that _____
decisions often lead to bitter regrets.
A. urgent B. hasty C. instant
D. prompt
36. John complained to the bookseller that there were
several pages ____ in the dictionary.
A. missing B. losing C dropping
D. leaking
37. In the past, most foresters have been men, but today,
the number of women ____ this field is climbing.
A. engaging B.
devoting C. registering D. pursuing
38. The supervisor didn`t have
time so far to go into it _____, but he gave us an idea about his
plan.
A. at hand B. in turn C. in conclusion D. at length
39.
Their demand for a pay raise has not the slightest ____ of being met.
A.
prospect B. prediction C. prosperity D. permission
40. It`s usually
the case that people seldom behave in a _____ way when in a furious
state.
A. stable B. rational C. legal D. credible Part Two:
Sleep is divided into periods of so-called REM sleep, characterized
by rapid eye movements and dreaming, and longer periods of non-REM
sleep. 41 kind of sleep is at all well-understood , but REM sleep
is 42 to serve some restorative function of the brain. The purpose
of non-REM sleep is even more 43 .The new experiments, such as these
44 for the first time at a recent meeting of the Society for Sleep
Research in Minneapolis, suggest fascinating explanations 45 of non-REM
sleep .
For example, it has long been known that total sleep
46 is 1OO percent fatal to rats, yet ,47 exanlination of the dead
bodies , the animals look completely normal . A researcher has now
48 the mystery of why the aninlals die. The rats 49 bacterial infections
of the blood ,50 their immune systems--the self-protecting mechanism
against disease--had crashed.
41 . (A)Either (B)Ndther (C)Each
tn)Any
42 . (A) intended ( B)required ( C) assumed ( D) inferred
43
. (A) subtle (B)obvious (C)mysterious (D)doubtful
44 . (A) maintained
( B) described (C)settled (D)afforded
45. (A)in the light (B)by
virtue (C)with the exception (D)for the purpose
46 . (A) reduction
( B) destruction (C) deprivation (D) restriction
47. (A)upon (B)by
(C)through (D)with
48. (A)paid attention to (B)caught sight of
tc)laid emphasis on (D)cast light on
49 . (A) develop (B)produce
(c)stimulate (D)induce
50. (A)if (B)as if (C)only if (D)if only
Part
Ⅲ Reading Comprehensinn
Passage l
Money spent on advertising
is money spent as well as any I know of. It serves directly to assist
a rapid distribotion of goods at reasonable price, thereby establishing
a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export
at competitive prices. By drawing attention to new ideas it helps
enormously to raise standards of living. By helping to increase demand
it ensures an increased need for labour, and is therefore an effective
way to fight unemployment. It lowers the costs of many services: without
advertisements your daily newspaper would cost four times as much,
the price of your television licence would need to be doubled, and
travel by bus or tube would cost 20 per cent more.
And perhaps
most important of all, advertising provides a guarantee of reasonable
value in
the products and services you buy. Apart from the fact
that twenty-seven acts of Parliament gov-
ern the terms of advertising,
no regular advertiser dare promote a product that fails to live up
to the promise of his advertisements. He might fool some people for
a little while through misleading advertising. He will not do so for
long, for mercifully the public has the good sense not to buy the
inferior article more than once. If you see an article consistently
advertised, it is the surest proof I know that the article does what
is claimed for it , and that it represents good value.
Advertising
does more for the material benefit of the community than any other
force I can think of.
There is one more point I feel I ought
to touch on. Recently I heard a well-known television
personality
declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather
than informs. He was drawing excessively fine distinctions. Of course
advertising seeks to persuade.
If its message were confined
merely to information-and that in itself would be difficult if not
impossible to achieve, for even a detail such as the choice of the
colour of a shirt is subtly persuasive----advertising would be so
boring that no one would pay any attention. But perhaps that is what
the well-known television personality wants.
51 . By the first
sentence of the passage the author means that__.
(A) he is fairly
familiar with the cost of advertising
(B) everybody knows well
that advertising is money consuming
(C) advertising costs money
like everything else
(D) it is worthwhile to spend money on advertising
52.
In the passage, which of the following is NOT included in the advantages
of advertising?
(A) Securing greater fame. (C) Enhancing living
standards.
(B) Providing more jobs. (D) Reducing newspaper cost.
53
. The author deems that the well-known TV personality is_.
(A)
very precise in passing his judgement on advertising
(B) interested
in nothing but the buyers` attention
(C) correct in telling the
difference between persuasion and information
(D) obviously partial
in his views on advertising
54. In the author`s opinton,__.
(A)
advertising can seldom bring material benefit to man by providing
(B)
advertising informs people of new ideas rather than wins them over
(C)
there is nothing wrong with advertising in persuading the buyer
(D)
the buyer is not interested in getting information from an advenisement
Passage
2
There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product,
the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth
as an external result or product that can easily be identified and
measured. The worker who gets a promotion, the student whose grades
improve, the foreigner who learns a new language-all these are examples
of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.
By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult
to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific
signposts or landmarks along the way.The process is not the road itsetf,
but rather the attitudes and feellings people have, their caution
or courge, as they encounter new experiences and unexpected obstacles.
In this process ,the journey never really ends; there are always new
ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to
accept .
In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need
to have a willingness to take risks, to confront the unknown, and
to accept the possibility that they may "fail"at first.
How we see our-selves as we try a new way of being is essential to
our abitity to grow. Do we perceive ourselves as quick and curious?
If so, then we tend to take more chances and to be more open to unfamiliar
experiences. Do we think we`re shy and indecisive? Then our sense
of timidity can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and not to take
a step until we know the ground is safe. Do we thiQk we`re slow to
adapt to change or that we` re not smart enough to cope with a new
challenge? Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try
at all.
These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both
unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we do not
confront and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protect
ourselves too much, then we cease to grow. We become trapped inside
a shell of our own making .
55 . A person is generally believed
to achieve personal growth then__.
(A) he has given up his smoking
habit
(B) he has made great efforts in his work
(C) he is keen
on leaming anything new
(D) he has tried to determine where he
is on his journey
56. In the author` s eyes, one who views personal
growth as a process would__.
(A) succeed in climbing up the social
ladder
(B) judge his ability to glow from his own achievements
(C)
face difficulties and take up challenges
(D) aim high and reach
his goal each time
57. When the author says "a new way of
being" (line 3, para. 3) he is referring to__.
(A) a new approach
to experiencing the world (C) a new method of perceiving ourselves
(B)
a new way of taking risks (D) a new system of adaptation to change
58.
For personal growth ,the author advocates all of the following except_.
(A)
curiosity about more chances ( C) open-mindedness to new experiences
(B)
promptness in self-adaptation (D) avoidance of intemal fears and doubts
Passage
3
In such a changing , complex society formerly simple solutions
to informational needs become complicated. Many of life` s problems
which were solved by asking family members, friends or colleagues
are beyond the capability of the extended family to resolve. Where
to turn for expert information and how to determine which expert advice
to accept are qaestions facing many people today.
In addition
to this, there is the growing mobility of people since World War Ⅱ.
As families move away from their stable community, their friends of
many years, their extended family relationships, the informal flow
of information is cut off, and with it the confidence that information
will be available when needed and will be trustworthy and reliable.
The almost unconscious flow of information about the simplest aspects
of living can be cut off. Thus, things once learned subconsciously
through the casual communications of the extended family must be consciously
learned .
Adding to societal changes today is an enormous stockpile
of information. The individual now has more information available
than any generation, and the task of finding that one piece of information
relevant to his or her specific problem is complicated , time-consuming
and sometimes even overwhelming .
Coupled with the growing quantity
of information is the development of technologies which enable the
storage and delivery of more information with greater speed to more
locations than has ever been possible before. Computer technology
makes it possible to store vast amounts of data in machine-readable
files, and to program computers to locate specific information . Telecommunications
developments enable the sending of messages via television, radio,
and very shortly, electronic mail to bombard people with multitudes
of messages. Satellites have extended the power of communications
to report events at the instant of occurrence. Expertise can be shared
world wide through teleconferencing , and problems in dispute can
be settled without the parttcipants leaving their homes and/or jobs
to travel to a distant conference site. Technology has facilitated
the sharing of information and the storage and delivery of information,
thus making more information available to more people.
In this
world of change and complexity , the need for infomtatian is of greatest
importance.
Those people who have accurate , reliable up-to-date
information to solve the day-to-day problems,the critical problems
of their business, social and family life, will survive and succeed.
"Knowledge is power" may well be the truest saying and access
to information may be the most critical requirement of all people.
59.
The word "it" (line 3, para. 2) most probably refers to__.
(A)
the lack of stable communities
(B) the breakdown of informal information
channels
(C) the increased mobility of families
(D) the growing
number of people moving from place to place
60. The main problem
people may encounter today arises form the fact that__.
(A) they
have to learn new things consciously
(B) they lack the confidence
of securing reliable and trustworthy information
(C) they have
difficulty obtaining the needed informatton readily
(D) they can
hardly carry out casual communications with an extended family.
61
. From the passage we can infer that__.
(A) electronic mail will
soon play a dominant role in transmitting messages
(B) it will
become more difficult for people to keep secrets in an information
era
(C) people will spend less time holding meetings or conferences
(D)
events will be reported on the spot mainly through satellites
62.
We can learn from the last paragraph that __.
(A) it is necessary
to obtain as much
(B) people should make the best use of the information
(C)
we shoutd realize the importance of accumulating information .
(D)
it is of vital importance to acquire needed information efficiently
Passage
4
Personality is to a large extent inherent--A-type parents
usually bring about A-type offspring. But the environment must also
have a profound effect, since if competition is important to the parents,
it is likely to become a major factor in the lives of their children.
One place where children soak up A-characteristics is school , which
is, by its very nature, a highly competitive institution. Too many
schools adopt the `win at all costs` moral standard and measure their
success by sporting achievements. The current passion for making children
compete against their classmates or against the clock produces a two-layer
system , in which competitive Atypes seem in some way better than
their B-type fellows. Being too keen to win can have dangerous consequences:
remember that Pheidippides , the first marathon runner , dropped dead
seconds after saying: ` Rejoice, we conquer! `
By far the worst
form of competition in schools is the disproportionate emphasis on
examinations. It is a rare school that allows pupils to concentrate
on those things they do well. The merits of competition by examination
are somewhat questionable , but competition in the certain knowledge
of failure is positively harmful.
Obviously, it is neither practical
nor desirable that all A-youngsters change into B` s. The world needs
A types, and schools have an important duty to try to fit a child`
s personality to his possible future employment . It is top management
.
If the preoccupation of schools with academic work was lessened,
more time might be spent teaching children surer values. Perhaps selection
for the caring professions , especially medicine,could be made less
by good grades in chemistry and more by such considerations as sensitivity
and sympathy. It is surely a mistake to choose our doctors exclusively
from A-type stock. B`s are important and should be encouraged.
63
. According to the passage , A-type individuals are usually__.
(A)
impatient ( B) considerate ( C) aggressive (D) agreeable
64. The
author is strongly opposed to the practice of examinations at schoois
because__.
(A) the pressure is too great on the students
(B)
some students are bound to fail
(C) failure rates are too high
(D)
the results of exarninations are doubtful
65 . The selection of
medical professionals are currentiy based on__.
(A) candidates`
sensitivity (C) competitive spirit
(B) academic acbievements (D)
surer values
66. From the passage we can draw the oonclusion that__.
(A)
the personality of a child is well established at birth
(B) family
innuence dominates the shaping of one` s characteristics .
(C)
the development of one` s personality is due to multiple factors
(D)
B-type characteristics can find no place in competitive society
Passage
5
That experiences influence subsequent behaviour is evidence
of an obvious but nevertheless remarkable activity called remembering.
Learning could not occur without the function popularly named memory.Constant
practice has such as effect on memory as to lead to skillful performance
on the piano, to recitation of a poem, and even to reading and understanding
these words. So-called intelligent behaviour demands memory , remembering
being a primary requirement for reasoning. The ability to solve any
problem or even to recognize that a problem exists depends on memory.
Typically, the decision to cross a street is based on remembering
many earlier experiences .
Practice (or review) tends to build
and maintain memory for a task or for any learned material. Over a
period of no practice what has been learned tends to be forgotten;
and the adaptive consquences may not seem obvious. Yet, dramatic instances
of sudden forgetting can seem to be adaptive. In this sense, the ability
to forget can be intffpreted to have survived through a process of
natural selection in animals.Inded, when one`s memory of an emotionally
painful experience lead to serious anxiety, forgetting may produoe
relief. Nevertheless, an evolutionary interpretation might make it
difficult to understand how the commonly gradual process of forgetting
survived natural selection.
In thinking about the evolution
of memory together with all its possible aspects,it is helpful to
consider what would happen if memories failed to fade. Forgetting
clearly aids orientation in time, since old memories weaken and the
new tend to stand out,providing clues for inferring duration. Without
fotgetting, adaptive ability would suffer, for example ,learned behaviour
that might have been correct a decade ago may no longer be. Cases
are recorded of people who (by or-dinary standards) forgot so little
that their everyday activities were full of confusion. This forgetting
seems to serve that survival of the individual and the species.
Another line of thought assumes a memory storage system of limited
capacity that provides adaptive flexibility specifically through forgetting.
In this view, continual adjustments are made between learning or memory
storage ( input) and forgetting (output) . Indeed, there is evidence
that the rate at which individuals forget is directly related to how
much they have learned. Such data offers gross support of contemporary
models of memory that assume an input-output balance.
67. From
the evolutionary point of view,__.
(A) forgetting for lack of practice
tends to be obviously inadaptive .
(B) if a person gets very forgetful
all of a sudden he must be very adaptive
(C) the gradual process
of forgetting is an indication of an individual` s adaptability
(D)
sudden forgetting may bring about adaptive consequences
68. According
to the passage, if a person never forgot ,__.
(A) he would survive
best (C) his ability to learn would be enhanced
(B) he would have
a lot of trouble (D) the evolution of memory would stop
69. From
the last paragraph we know that__.
(A) forgetfulness is a response
to learning
(B) the memory storage system is an exactly balanced
input-output systenl
(C) memory is a compensation for forgetting
(D)
the capacity of a memory storage system is limited because forgetting
occurs
70. In this article, the author tries to interpret the function
of__.
(A) remembering (B) forgetting (C) adapting (D) experiencing
Part
Ⅳ English-Chinese Translation
The standardized educational or
psychological test that are widely used to aid in selecting,
classifying,
assigning, or promoting students, employees, and military personnel
have been the target of recent attacks in books, magazines, the daily
press, and even in congress. 71 )The target is wrong, for in attacking
the tests, critics divert attention form the fault that lies with
ill-informed or incompetent users. The tests themselves are merely
tools , with characteristics that can be measured with reasonable
precision under specified conditions. Whether the results will be
valuable , meaningless, or even misleading depends partly upon the
tool itself but largely upon the user .
All informed predictions
of future performance are based upon some knowledge of relevant past
performance: school grades, research productivity, sales records,
or whatever is appropriate. 72 )How well the predictions will be validated
by later performance depends upon the amount , reliability , and appropriateness
of the information used and on the skill and wisdom with which it
is interpreted. Anyone who keeps careful score knows that the information
available is always incomplete and that the predictions are always
subject to error.
Standardized tests should be considered in
this context. They provide a quick, objective method of getting some
kinds of information about what a person learned , the sktlls he has
developed, or the kind of person he is. The information so obtained
has, qualitatively, the same advantages and shortcomings as other
kinds of information. 73)Whether to use tests. other kinds of information,
or both in a particular situation depends, therefore, upon the evidence
from experience concerning comparative validity and upon such factors
as cost and availability.
74)In general,the tests work most
effectivelv when the qualities to be measured can be most precisely
defined and least effectively when what is to be messured or predicted
cannot be well defined. Properly used, they provide a rapid means
of getting comparable information about many people Sometimes they
identify students whose high potential has not been previously recognized,
but there are many things they do not do. 75)For example, they do
not compensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how
able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up
under more favorable circumstances.
Part Ⅴ Wrlting (15 points)
DIRECTIONS
:
A. Title: THE "PROJECT HOPE"
B. Time limit : 40
minutes
C. Word limit : 120 - 150 words (not including the given
opening sentence)
D. Your composition should be based on the OUTLINE
below and should start with the
given opening sentence : "Education
plays a very important role in the modernization of
our country
" .
E. Your composition must be written neatly on the ANSWER
SHEET.
OUTLEVE:
1. Present sluation
2. Necessity of the project
3. My suggestion
答案:
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. B 6.
C 7. A 8. D 9. A 10.C
11. A, renect 12. D, if
13. B, to which
14. D, being
15. C, writing about 或 who write about 16. D, affected
17.
C, whose 18. C, as
19. C, do much 20. B, each time
21. B 22.
D 23. C 24. C 25. A 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. A
31. D 32. B 33.
A 34. C 35. B 36. A 37. D 38. D 39. A 40. B
41. B 42. C 43. C 44.
B 45. D 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. A 50. B
51. D 52. A 53. D 54. C 55.
A 56. C 57. A 58. D 59. B 60. C
61. A 62. D 63. C 64. B 65. B 66.
C 67. D 68. B 69. A 70. B
71．把标准化测试作为抨击目标是错误的，因为在抨击这类测试时，批评者不考虑其弊病来自人们对测试不甚了解或使用不当。
72．这些预测在多大程度上为后来的表现所证实，这取决于所采用信息的数量、可靠性和适宜性，以及解释这些信息的技能和才智。
73．因此，在某一特定情况下，究竟是采用测试还是其他种类的信息，或是两者同时使用，须凭有关相对效度的经验依据而定，也取决于诸如费用和有无来源等因素。
74．一般地说，当所要测定的特征能很精确地界定时，测试最为有效；而当所要测定或预测的东西不能明确地界定时，测试的效果则最差。
75．例如，测试并不弥补明显的社会不公；因此，它们不能说明一个物质条件差的年轻人，如果在较好的环境下成长的话，会有多大才干。
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