part i structure and vocabulary (20%)
directions: there are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. for each sentence there four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. then blacken the corresponding letter on answer sheet with a pencil.
1. the restaurant has applied for a _______ to sell wine several times.
a. license b. regulation c. rejection d. reservation
2. this is a(n) _________ cause you have a choice to take or not.
a. minimum b. optional c. odd d. moderate
3. the quality of this kind of radio is ______ to that kind of radio.
a. inferior b. legal c. liberal d. literary
4. the workers will _______ up the truck with this furniture soon.
a. loosen b. lift c. match d. load
5. the museum is _________ in the middle of the city. a. measured b. situated c. thrust d. tied
6. it is easier for travelers to _____ in a motel every night.
a. tidy b. lodge c. touch d. trail
7. in regard with successful cooperation, they need to have a ____understanding.
a. specific b. mutual c. spiritual d. stern
8. the leaders of the two countries will meet to __ a settlement of the dispute. a. negotiate b. smash c. shiver d. nourish
9. i think that he is ______ to take over the investigation.
a. partial b. painful c. particular d. peculiar
10. the students are required to _______ these skills for operating the machine. a. weed b. master c. weep d. whisper
11.as they can’t afford to let the situation get worse,they will take some necessary _
a. decisions b. sides c. directions d. steps
12. many difficulties have ____ as a result of the change to a new type of fuel. a. risen b. reached c. arisen d. arrived
13. it is clear that there will be little chance that mankind would ______ a nuclear war.
a. retain b. maintain c. endure d. survive
14. the governor was expected to ________ on this event openly to the public.
a. command b. handle c. comment d. grant
15. these workers are now busy _____ the bags of rice onto the truck over there.
a. filling b. accepting c. loading d. adjusting
16. the institution will provide to her all the research _______ she can desire. a. applications b. apartments c. assignments d. facilities
17. we are very _________ to jessica for her help and kindness.
a. impatient b. dependent c. objective d. grateful
18.the identity of the two crimes led the police to think that the same person _______ them.
a. combined b. committed c. conducted d. compelled
19. wheat, corn, and cotton are three ______ of the united states.
a. crops b. criminals c. creatures d. crowds
20. the mayor _______ the report that taxes would be increased.
a. confined b. confirmed c. conflicted d. confused
part ii reading comprehension (50 points)
section a
directions: there are four passages in this part. each passages is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. for each of them there four choices marked a, b, c and d. you should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a pencil. questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
it's now the season for senior college students to return to their campuses after all their hard and exciting days of being teachers, doctors, journalists and technicians during their internships. in the united states many colleges adopt an internship system to enable students to undergo on-the-job training at companies and other places of work before graduation. students favor this system because it helps in the choice of their future careers. in fact, the internship system has advantage for both students and entrepreneurs ( 企業 家); the students are awarded academic credits when they have gone through several months of study at college, and the employers have the opportunity for easier access to the human resources they need. american colleges are putting a great deal of effort into publicizing the list of businesses that have accepted their students for internships. the big three tv networks and some leading hotel chains are reportedly very popular, in particular with students from foreign countries. people involved with higher education in america support the internship system and stress that among other things, it enables colleges to serve as a practical link with society for students who want to get a brief but practical glimpse of what the working world is really like. in japan, on the other hand, it is only recently that some universities have introduced an internship system. keiji onose, a hosei university professor of economics, says that his university has started initiating a similar system on a trial basis. particularly, he is concerned about the currently prevailing situation in which new graduates tend to quit their hard-won jobs quite casually even though employment remains an urgent problem for students in general. "given this, the internship is definitely worth a try from the standpoint of enabling students to take a clear look at the realities of social life and realize the need to choose their most fitting career," onose pointed out.
21. "the internship system" means _____.
a) the colleges help students seek fitful jobs
b) the employers get cheap human resources
c) college students are given academic credits when at school
d) college students take practical training at some working places before graduation
22. which of the following statements is not true?
a) the internship system has been adopted by many american colleges.
b) the internship system has been introduced in japan on a trial basis.
c) the internship system is inappropriate to japanese students.
d) the internship system can help students get a brief idea about the society before they graduate.
23. which of the following is mentioned as the way to know which businesses have accepted students for internships ?
a) newspapers b) tv networks and hotel chains c) magazines d) advertisements
24. all of the following are mentioned as the advantages of the internship system except that it can help _____.
a) graduates give up their jobs more casually
b) graduates make a better choice for their future careers
c) entrepreneurs get human resources more easily
d) colleges serve as a link between society and students better.
25. the best title for this passage might be _____.
a) students seek jobs
b) students learn on-the-job
c) the employment problem for students
d) the easier access to the human resources
questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
home-schooling(家庭教學) provides a child's main education program at home and takes the place of full-time school education. families of various races, social groups, educational backgrounds, and religious faiths teach their children at home. families often choose to home-school their children because they are not satisfied with their local public schools. many parents also want to make religion a central part of their children's education. seventh-day adventists and mormons, for example, often provide religion home-schooling so they can change the courses to match their child's interests and abilities. nearly all parents who choose home-schooling believe that it can help improve family relations by allowing them to spend more time with their children. educational experts are not sure exactly how many children receive most of their schooling at home. although many states now try to keep a record of home-schooled children, many families do not inform the government. in the 1960s and 1970s some families began home-schooling to provide an education in which the child is free to learn subjects that arouse personal interests. in the 1980s and 1990s even more families began home-schooling, often because of religious reasons. many parents believed that public schools were placing less and less emphasis on moral instruction. often, these parents felt they had a duty to educate their children in a religious environment at home. parents who home-school their children for religious reasons typically offer a combination of religious and usual instruction.
26. which of the following statements can not be the reason for parents to home-school their children?
a. they are not satisfied with the public education.
b. they want to teach their children religious belief.
c. they want to be closer with their children.
d. they don't want to let their children stay with other children.
27. in paragraph 2, "seventh-day adventists and mormons" probably refers to _____.
a. a magazine b. a newspaper c. a text book d. a group of people
28. why can't people find the exact amount of children who get home-schooling?
a. because not all parents of home-schooled children report to the government.
b. because there are more and more home-schooled children.
c. because these people can estimate the amount.
d. because home-schooling has a long history.
29. it can be inferred from the last paragraph that ____.
a. in the 1980s there are many families that began to home-school their children
b. home-schooling as a new teaching method began to become popular
c. some parents are not satisfied with the scientific instruction their children get in school
d. children can be forced to learn more than in school in home-schooling
30. which statement the author will most probably agree with?
a. most local public schools are not satisfying.
b. home-schooling is better than full-time school education.
c. home-schooling is becoming more and more popular.
d. the traditional school education should be replaced by home-schooling as quickly as possible.
questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
in 1798 the political economist malthus announced that in time mankind would face starvation, having outgrown the available food supplies. today, a century and a half later, there are still experts who forecast the same global disaster---unless urgent measures are taken to prevent it. by the end of the present century there may well be over six thousand million people living on this globe. in order to keep pace with this increase in mankind the farmers of the world will have to step up their production of food by at least two percent every year. but in our world, there are no large worthwhile reserves for farmland remaining, and good fertile land is continually being changed into industrial use. moreover, erosion of the soil makes a constant loss. careful research, carried out over many years in all manners of climatic conditions, has produced a revolutionary method of growing crops without using any soil at all. hydroponics(水栽法), as this technique is called, may well be the answer to all our food worries; already it has accomplished wonders in producing huge crops. hydroponics was once a complicated and expensive business, now it is well out of the experimental stage. labor costs are far lower than when normal methods of agriculture are employed. in fact, it is a completely automatic system. there is no hard work, no digging or ploughing, and no weeding to speak of. yields can be far higher than they are in soil.
31. which of the following best sums up the whole passage?
a. malthus' prediction has been proved to be correct by modern experts.
b. hydroponics is a new development in agriculture.
c. hydroponics may be the answer to the world food shortage in the future.
d. conventional methods of agriculture should be improved so as to step up food production by two percent every year.
32. the phrase "having outgrown the available food supplies" in the first paragraph implies that____.
a. the available food supplies will be enough to feed world population
b. the earth is too exhausted to support its increasing population
c. world population will grow at a rate faster than food production
d. food supplies will be too much available for world population
33. "erosion" in the last sentence of the second paragraph probably means____
. a. "washing away" b. "taking away" c. "digging up" d. "picking up"
34. which of the following statements is not true of hydroponics?
a. hydroponics is still too complicated and expensive for practical use
b. hydroponics is considered a revolutionary method of agriculture.
c. hydroponics has created wonders in agriculture.
d. hydroponics has already been employed in food production.
35. judging from the passage, the most important advantage of hydroponics should be____.
a. higher yield b. lower labor costs c. more automation d.less hard manual work
questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
during the nineteenth century, women in the united states organized and took part in a large number of reform movements, including movements to reorganize the prison system, improve education, and, most importantly, to free the slaves. many young women fought hard to get the right to enter university as men did, and the right to work side by side with male workers in a factory. some women saw similarities in the social position of women and slaves. women like elizabeth stanton and lucy stone were feminists（女權主義者） who supported the rights of women to speak and join equally with men in opposing slavery. women became involved primarily in order to better their living conditions and the conditions of others. when the civil war ended in 1865, the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments（修正） to the constitution passed in 1868 and 1870 gave citizenship and right to vote to blacks but not to women. discouraged but resolved, feminists influenced more and more women to demand this right. in 1869 the state of wyoming had gave way to demands by feminists, but eastern states resisted more stubbornly than before. a women's voting law had been presented to every congress since 1878 but it continually failed to pass until 1920, when the nineteenth amendment gave women the right to vote.
36. with what topic is the passage primarily concerned?
a. the wyoming territory
b. the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
c. blacks and women
d. women's right to vote
37. according to the passage, why did women become active in politics?
a. to improve the conditions of life that existed at the time
b. to support elizabeth stanton for president
c. to be elected to public office
d. to amend the declaration of independence
38. what had occurred shortly after the civil war?
a. wyoming was admitted to the union.
b. a women's voting law was introduced in congress.
c. the eastern states resisted the end of the war.
d. black people were granted the right to vote.
39. what does the nineteenth amendment guarantee?
a. voting rights for blacks
b. citizenship for blacks
c. voting rights for women
d. citizenship for women
40. when were women allowed to vote throughout the united states?
a. after 1866 b. after 1870 c. after 1878 d. after 1920
part iii identification (10%)
directions: each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked a, b, c and d. identify the one that is not correct. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
61. at no time and under no circumstances china will be the first to use nuclear weapons. a b c d
62. neither john and his father was able to wake up early enough to catch the a b c d morning train.
63. the development of industry has also brought about large numbers of problems a b which have to solve. c d
64. as time went on, he suffered such heavy losses that he was forced giving up his a b c d business.
65. mary found it difficult to talk calmly about which she had experienced at the a b c d station.
66. some people find swimming more enjoyable than to sit at home reading. a b c d
67. the law i am referring to requires that everyone who owns a car has accident a b c d insurance.
68. the responsibility of the manager in such a large international enterprise is far greater a b c than his typist. d
69. the course would have been offered this term. but it cancelled because too few a b students had registered before registration closed. c d
70. in the days when coal was so widely used, no one realized how soon and how complete a b c oil would replace it. d
translation:
一般說來，經濟學是研究個人行為、社會行為及價值的學科。經濟學之所以重要是因為它提供了解決許多影響人類幸福問題的方法。一個人如果不具備一些經濟學方面的知識，就不能很好地理解他所生活的社會。
part iv writing (15%) directions: in this part, you are asked to write a composition entitled “the relation between market economy and public service”. your composition should be about 120 words. be sure to write it in readable handwriting. the composition should be written on the answer sheet.
1. 市場經濟與公益服務的關係。
2. 在現代生活中，有許多公益服務的實例。
3. 我們應該如何做。
answer sheet name: ______________________
part i structure and vocabulary (20%)
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part iii reading comprehension (50 points)
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section b (10%)
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part iii english-chinese translation (15%) part iv writing (15%)