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Part 1 Fill in the Blanks (with the initial

letters provided)

Each item/blank: 1 point(s) Full score: 10

Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the help of the

first letter(s). Use only ONE word to fill in each blank

1.

For those who are

dumb, a sign language is useful and

especially so for mentally disabled people who have speech difficulties.

2.

A list of available

utilities, charges for them, and details on

their reliability should be provided to newcomers on the first day of their

arrival.

3. Further cuts in government spending will be needed to give a promised new

boost

4.

to industry.

The government is trying to

boostthe weak economy by

converting the defense industry to civilian production.

5.

To be seen clearly under an

opticalmicroscope, cell tissues

often have to be stained with colors to increase contrast.

6.

On national holidays we had a

parade, marching up and down and

singing patriotic (爱国的) songs.

7.

The forests have been extensively

loggedand then cleared for

cocoa (可可粉), coffee, rubber and palm oil crops.

8. After the September 11 attacks, the United States underwent a domestic economic

recession

9.

.

The incident also has to be

loggedand the details passed over

the phone for the officer's briefing at the daily conference later that morning.

10. We must give young people the feeling that they have a

stakein the country's future.

Part 2 Reading Comprehension (Banked Cloze)

Each item/blank: 1 point(s) Full score: 10

Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable

words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once

11. I hear people complaining about how hard it was to find a job all the time. But

nowadays things are changing. The

recessionshould only affect

people who want to work for someone else. Now it is the perfect time to get a

stakenot make any

in the future by starting up your own business. You may

revenueat first, but you can get everything set

up for your own business. Listen, most people think that a business needs to have

a large warehouse (仓库) for keeping and

distributingthe goods.

This just isn't the case now. In our Information Age you can

importand export goods without ever even having to touch the

product. Advances in telecommunications make it possible for you to get involved

with the strategic phases of

transactions, but stay out of the

production and shipping. For example, through intensive research you can

identifya product that you want to sell and then you can develop

a relationship with that manufacturer. Often you can make use of the Internet to

veilthe manufacturer's identity so the buyer and

manufacturer never communicate. You market the product and the orders and money

all

flowto you, but the product is directly shipped to the

customer from the manufacturer. Once it's set up, all you have to do is manage

your email and bank

a try now.

account. Believe it or not, you may have

Part 3 Cloze (with four choices provided)

Each item/blank: 1 point(s) Full score: 20

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from

the four choices given for each blank.

12. A transformation is taking place to greatly raise living standards in the

developing world. Nowhere is the shift to 21st technology more evident than in

Vietnam where they are taking

boldsteps to install the most

reliable and up-to-date telecommunications equipment. Investing

inthe future is an important step toward realizing

increased opportunities and

revenuesfor their citizens. I,

however, don't fully agree. I believe that many of these

countries are not making very

technologies. It sometimes does

strategicno goodplans in acquiring new

to install expensive

optical fibers. It is true that they are only a millimeter

in diameterand are a big improvement over the technology of the

past. However, if only a very small

percentageof the country's

citizens are going to use them, installing them doesn't make much sense. The price

tagthat it will be more

for these items right now is too high. It is possible

feasibleaccessa couple of years from now. The

to the information existing cables will provide

superhighway. Until more people are ready to get

involved, the

current technology will be fine. The most important step right now

liesin the realm of education.

I believe that only the urban business centers should be

providedwith this expensive technology right now. Leaders

need to look at spending money not only on the future,

but alsostakeWhileon the present. The poor have a

in what is being decided as well.

greater revenues might be possible, they will not help

the poor as much as other things will. I can't argue against the fact that benefits

might be

gainedfrom having Internet access. Still, it is far

more likely that the poor will benefit more from basic

utilitieslike electricity and water. It is hard to

Part 4 Reading Comprehension (Multiple

Choice)

Each item/blank: 1 point(s) Full score: 10

Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from

the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

During the first half of the nineteenth century much thought was given

to building the Panama Canal. The discovery of gold in California in 1848

brought an increased demand for a transportation link across Panama. A

railroad line was completed after six years of hard labor in the swamps

(沼泽) and jungles. Over two thousand workmen died from yellow fever and

malaria (疟疾). In 1881 a French organization tried to build a canal

across the Isthmus (巴拿马地峡). For eleven years workmen struggled

against heat and disease. At least 15,000 died before the French gave

up their attempts to build the canal. For years the abandoned machinery

lay in the jungles. At the close of the Spanish-American War the United

States bought a strip of land ten miles wide across the Isthmus. Immediate

attention was given to the control of diseases. In two years yellow fever

was completely eliminated. Because of the work of American medical

heroes, it was possible to build the splendid Panama Canal.

13. Prior to the successful completion of the Panama Canal,

________.

France bought a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama

A)

B)

Malaria was wiped out as a killer disease

C)

one country failed in its attempts to build a canal

American doctors were honored for their work

D)

14. The building of the Panama Canal represents ________.

man's unyielding desire for progress

A)

B)

man's unceasing thirst for danger

C)

man's ability to resist disease

During the first half of the nineteenth century much thought was given

to building the Panama Canal. The discovery of gold in California in 1848

brought an increased demand for a transportation link across Panama. A

railroad line was completed after six years of hard labor in the swamps

(沼泽) and jungles. Over two thousand workmen died from yellow fever and

malaria (疟疾). In 1881 a French organization tried to build a canal

across the Isthmus (巴拿马地峡). For eleven years workmen struggled

against heat and disease. At least 15,000 died before the French gave

up their attempts to build the canal. For years the abandoned machinery

lay in the jungles. At the close of the Spanish-American War the United

States bought a strip of land ten miles wide across the Isthmus. Immediate

attention was given to the control of diseases. In two years yellow fever

was completely eliminated. Because of the work of American medical

heroes, it was possible to build the splendid Panama Canal.

man's spirit of invention

D)

15. What was given priority by the United States?

Buying a strip of land.

A)

B)

Starting the building the canal immediately.

C)

the prevention of illness.

the Spanish-American War.

D)

16. The author presents details according to ________.

order of importance

A)

B)

spatial (空间的) order

C)

simple listing

time order

D)

17. What is the main idea of the passage?

The elimination of yellow fever.

A)

B)

The discovery of gold in California.

During the first half of the nineteenth century much thought was given

to building the Panama Canal. The discovery of gold in California in 1848

brought an increased demand for a transportation link across Panama. A

railroad line was completed after six years of hard labor in the swamps

(沼泽) and jungles. Over two thousand workmen died from yellow fever and

malaria (疟疾). In 1881 a French organization tried to build a canal

across the Isthmus (巴拿马地峡). For eleven years workmen struggled

against heat and disease. At least 15,000 died before the French gave

up their attempts to build the canal. For years the abandoned machinery

lay in the jungles. At the close of the Spanish-American War the United

States bought a strip of land ten miles wide across the Isthmus. Immediate

attention was given to the control of diseases. In two years yellow fever

was completely eliminated. Because of the work of American medical

heroes, it was possible to build the splendid Panama Canal.

The efforts recorded in the building of the Panama Canal.

The work of American medical heroes.

D)

C)

Real policemen, both in Britain and the United States, hardly recognize

any resemblance (相似) between their lives and what they see on TV-if

they are even able to watch TV.

The first difference is that in real life a policeman has been trained

in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what

evidence can be used to prove them in court.

He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on

thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are

guilty-or not-of stupid, petty (不重要的) crimes.

Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as

he's arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is

seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and

terrorist attacks-where failure to produce results reflects on the

standing of the police-little effort is spent on searching.

A third big difference is between the drama detective and the real life

ones. Detectives are subject to two opposing pressures: first, as members

of a police force they always have to behave with absolute legality (合法); secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results.

They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break

the rules in small ways.

If the detective has to deceive the world, the world often deceives him.

Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the

detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened

by the simplemindedness-as he sees it-of citizens, social workers,

doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of stamping out crime,

punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them

reform. The result, detectives feel, is that nine-tenths of their time

is spent re-catching people who should have stayed behind bars. This makes

them rather cynical.

18. It is essential for a policeman to be trained in criminal law

________.

so that he can catch criminals in the streets

A)

B)

because many of the criminals he has to catch are dangerous

C)

so that he can justify his arrests in court

Real policemen, both in Britain and the United States, hardly recognize

any resemblance (相似) between their lives and what they see on TV-if

they are even able to watch TV.

The first difference is that in real life a policeman has been trained

in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what

evidence can be used to prove them in court.

He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on

thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are

guilty-or not-of stupid, petty (不重要的) crimes.

Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as

he's arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is

seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and

terrorist attacks-where failure to produce results reflects on the

standing of the police-little effort is spent on searching.

A third big difference is between the drama detective and the real life

ones. Detectives are subject to two opposing pressures: first, as members

of a police force they always have to behave with absolute legality (合法); secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results.

They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break

the rules in small ways.

If the detective has to deceive the world, the world often deceives him.

Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the

detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened

by the simplemindedness-as he sees it-of citizens, social workers,

doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of stamping out crime,

punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them

reform. The result, detectives feel, is that nine-tenths of their time

is spent re-catching people who should have stayed behind bars. This makes

them rather cynical.

because he has to know nearly as much about law as a professional lawyer

D)

19. The everyday life of a policeman or detective is ________.

A)

exciting and mysterious

B)

full of danger

C)

devoted mostly to routine matters

Real policemen, both in Britain and the United States, hardly recognize

any resemblance (相似) between their lives and what they see on TV-if

they are even able to watch TV.

The first difference is that in real life a policeman has been trained

in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what

evidence can be used to prove them in court.

He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on

thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are

guilty-or not-of stupid, petty (不重要的) crimes.

Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as

he's arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is

seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and

terrorist attacks-where failure to produce results reflects on the

standing of the police-little effort is spent on searching.

A third big difference is between the drama detective and the real life

ones. Detectives are subject to two opposing pressures: first, as members

of a police force they always have to behave with absolute legality (合法); secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results.

They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break

the rules in small ways.

If the detective has to deceive the world, the world often deceives him.

Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the

detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened

by the simplemindedness-as he sees it-of citizens, social workers,

doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of stamping out crime,

punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them

reform. The result, detectives feel, is that nine-tenths of their time

is spent re-catching people who should have stayed behind bars. This makes

them rather cynical.

wasted on unimportant matters

D)

20. When murders and terrorist attacks occur the police ________.

A)

prefer to wait for the criminal to give himself away

B)

work hard to track down the criminals

C)

try to make a quick arrest in order to keep up their reputation

Real policemen, both in Britain and the United States, hardly recognize

any resemblance (相似) between their lives and what they see on TV-if

they are even able to watch TV.

The first difference is that in real life a policeman has been trained

in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what

evidence can be used to prove them in court.

He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on

thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are

guilty-or not-of stupid, petty (不重要的) crimes.

Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as

he's arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is

seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and

terrorist attacks-where failure to produce results reflects on the

standing of the police-little effort is spent on searching.

A third big difference is between the drama detective and the real life

ones. Detectives are subject to two opposing pressures: first, as members

of a police force they always have to behave with absolute legality (合法); secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results.

They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break

the rules in small ways.

If the detective has to deceive the world, the world often deceives him.

Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the

detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened

by the simplemindedness-as he sees it-of citizens, social workers,

doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of stamping out crime,

punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them

reform. The result, detectives feel, is that nine-tenths of their time

is spent re-catching people who should have stayed behind bars. This makes

them rather cynical.

usually fail to produce results

D)

21. The real detective lives in an unusual moral climate because

________.

he is an expensive public servant

A)

B)

he must always behave with absolute legality

Real policemen, both in Britain and the United States, hardly recognize

any resemblance (相似) between their lives and what they see on TV-if

they are even able to watch TV.

The first difference is that in real life a policeman has been trained

in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what

evidence can be used to prove them in court.

He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on

thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are

guilty-or not-of stupid, petty (不重要的) crimes.

Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as

he's arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is

seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and

terrorist attacks-where failure to produce results reflects on the

standing of the police-little effort is spent on searching.

A third big difference is between the drama detective and the real life

ones. Detectives are subject to two opposing pressures: first, as members

of a police force they always have to behave with absolute legality (合法); secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results.

They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break

the rules in small ways.

If the detective has to deceive the world, the world often deceives him.

Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the

detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened

by the simplemindedness-as he sees it-of citizens, social workers,

doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of stamping out crime,

punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them

reform. The result, detectives feel, is that nine-tenths of their time

is spent re-catching people who should have stayed behind bars. This makes

them rather cynical.

he is obliged to break the law in order to preserve it

he feels himself to be cut off from the rest of the world

D)

22. Detectives are rather cynical because ________.

nine-tenths of their work involves arresting people

C)

A)

B)

hardly anyone tells them the truth

Real policemen, both in Britain and the United States, hardly recognize

any resemblance (相似) between their lives and what they see on TV-if

they are even able to watch TV.

The first difference is that in real life a policeman has been trained

in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what

evidence can be used to prove them in court.

He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on

thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are

guilty-or not-of stupid, petty (不重要的) crimes.

Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as

he's arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is

seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and

terrorist attacks-where failure to produce results reflects on the

standing of the police-little effort is spent on searching.

A third big difference is between the drama detective and the real life

ones. Detectives are subject to two opposing pressures: first, as members

of a police force they always have to behave with absolute legality (合法); secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results.

They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break

the rules in small ways.

If the detective has to deceive the world, the world often deceives him.

Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the

detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened

by the simplemindedness-as he sees it-of citizens, social workers,

doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of stamping out crime,

punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them

reform. The result, detectives feel, is that nine-tenths of their time

is spent re-catching people who should have stayed behind bars. This makes

them rather cynical.

society does not punish criminals severely enough

C)

D)

D too many criminals escape from jail