[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 not 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 banks because of excessive rainfall; and the city is threatened with a likely flood.
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[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 programme for the reading skills. [A] adapted [B] acknowledged [C] assembled [D] appointed
34. The mother said she would ________ her son washing the dishes 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
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[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
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[C] legal [D] credible Section 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 ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)
Sleep is divided into periods of so-called REM sleep, characterized by rapid eye movements and dreaming, and longer periods of non-REM sleep. 大41家 kind of sleep is at all well-understood, but REM sleep is 大42家 to serve some restorative function of the brain. The purpose of non-REM sleep is even more 大43家. The new experiments, such as those 大44家 for the first time at a recent meeting of the Society for Sleep Research in Minneapolis, suggest fascinating explanations 大45家 of non-REM sleep.
For example, it has long been known that total sleep 大46家 is 100 percent fatal to rats, yet, 大47家 examination of the dead bodies, the animals look completely normal. A researcher has now 大48家 the mystery of why the animals die. The rats 大49家 bacterial infections of the blood, 大50家 their immune systems -- the self-protecting mechanism against disease -- had crashed. 41. [A] Either
[B] Neither
[C] Each
[D] Any [D] inferred
42. [A] intended [B] required 43. [A] subtle
[C] assumed
[B] obvious [C] mysterious [D] doubtful
[D] afforded
44. [A] maintained [B] described [C] settled
45. [A] in the light [B] by virtue 46. [A] reduction [B] destruction 47. [A] upon
[B] by
[C] with the exception [D] for the purpose [C] deprivation [C] through
[D] restriction [D] with
48. [A] paid attention to [B] caught sight of [C] laid emphasis on [D] cast light on 49. [A] develop
[B] produce
[C] stimulate
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[D] induce
50. [A] if Section III Directions:
[B] as if [C] only if [D] if only
Reading Comprehension
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 ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (40 points) Text 1
Money spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of. It serves directly to assist a rapid distribution of goods at reasonable prices, 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 license 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 govern 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 point I feel I ought to touch on. Recently I heard a well-known television personality
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