years to form but which are now being destroyed in decades. We are also doing the same with other vital resources not usually thought of as being nonrenewable such as fertile soils, groundwater and the millions of other species that share the earth with us.
It is a very common belief that the problems of the population explosion are caused mainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit their reproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important as the effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment, but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth as a whole.
62. According to the passage, what contributes to the population increase?
A) Human beings’ ignorance.
63. Land to support human beings is insufficient because ________.
A) most of the world’s land is unusable
B) farm land becomes desert due to climate change C) populations in poor countries take up greater land D) the world’s land is not distributed equally
64. What do we learn from the fourth paragraph?
A) Mineral resources do bring people fortune. B) Fertile soils are nonrenewable sources in fact. C) People have learned to use land in a protective way. D) People usually regard groundwater as not replaceable.
65. According to the passage, many people tend to believe that ________.
A) lowering the birth rate doesn’t make any sense B) it is wealth countries that should practice birth control C) it’s wrong to artificially prolong people’s lives D) poor countries are to blame for the harm to nature
66. What is the author really concerned about in the passage?
A) Unnecessarily prolonged life spans. C) Overuse of resources.
Part V
Cloze
(15 minutes)
B) Population explosion.
D) The gap between the rich and the poor.
B) The failure of “Birth Control”. D) Technological innovations.
C) The success of “Death Control”.
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
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The first attempt of most artists, musicians, and writers is seldom a masterpiece. If you consider your drafts as dress rehearsals (彩排), revising will seem a natural part of the writing 67 . What is the purpose of the dress rehearsals that many Broadway shows 68 ? The answer is
adding, deleting, replacing, reordering— 69 revising. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Phantom of the Opera
67. A) technique B) style C) process D) career 68. A) go through B) go with C) go over D) go by 69. A) in particular B) as a result 70 such a process.
When Lloyd Webber began writing in 1984, he had in 71 a funny, exciting production. However, when Phantom opened in London in 1986, the audience saw a(n) 72 psychological love story set to music. The musical had undergone several revisions due, in part, 73 problems with costuming and makeup (戏服和化妆).
When you revise, you change aspects of your work in 74 to your evolving purpose, or to
include 75 ideas or newly discovered information.
Revision is not 76 an afterthought that gets only as much time as you have at the end of an assignment. 77 , it is a major stage of the writing process, and writers revise every step of the way. Even your decision to switch topics while prewriting is a type of 78 . However,
don’t make the mistake of 79 the revision stage that follows drafting. Always make time to become your own 80 and view your dress
rehearsal, 81 to speak. Reviewing your work
in this 82 can give you valuable new ideas.
Revising involves mixing the effectiveness and appropriateness of all 83 of your writing. When you revise, ask yourself the following questions: Is my main idea or purpose 84 throughout my draft? Have I given my readers all of the 85 ? Finally, have I included
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C) for example 70. A) underwent C) rejected 71. A) head C) mood 72. A) amusing C) moving 73. A) for
C) with 74. A) addition C) reference 75. A) apparent C) fresh 76. A) just C) almost 77. A) Moreover C) Instead
78. A) rearranging C) drafting 79. A) abandoning C) abusing
80. A) director C) audience 81. A) and C) as 82. A) method C) procedure 83. A) abstracts
D) replaced
B) mind
D) thought
B) disappointing D) living
B) in
D) to
B) response
D) contrast
B) obvious D) ambitious B) even D) hardly B) However D) Therefore
B) revising
D) performing B) skimming
D) skipping B) master
D) teacher
B) or D) so B) way D) means
B) aspects
D) in other words B) exceeded
too many
86 details that may confuse readers?
C) views D) assumptions 84. A) puzzling B) bright C) unique D) clear 85. A) angles
B) evidence
C) information D) hints 86. A) unnecessary B) unreliable C) uninteresting D) unimportant
Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.
87. Even though we ___________________________ (去过她家几次), we did not remember what street it was on.
88. ___________________________ (没有可靠的证据说明) that people can control their dreams.
89. The captain apologized ___________________________ (因无法告诉我们) more about the accident.
90. In primitive times human beings did not travel for pleasure ___________________________ (而是为了找到较为
宜人的气候).
91. I am often asked to describe the experience of ___________________________ (抚养一个残疾孩子).
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