A. However B. sure C. ride D. court E. Therefore F. environment G. reduce H. complex I. speed J. only K. seriously L. decide M. prevent N. dangerously O. rule Section B. Passages (20 points)
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
In some ways the employment interview is like a persuasive speech because the applicant (interviewee) seeks to persuade the employer (interviewer) to employ him or her. Several suggestions might prove helpful to the applicant when he or she is preparing for the actual interview.
A job applicant should gather certain types of information before the interview. First, the applicant should know what kind of job he wants and how that job relates to his career objective. It is important that the applicant be able to state why he wishes to work for a particular company. Second, the applicant should seek as much information as possible concerning the company, such as the location, the financial situation of the company, plans for expansion, and company philosophy. Information about most big corporations is available in reference books and periodicals.
After gathering information concerning the company, the applicant is ready for the interview. The interviewer’s first impression comes from the interviewee’s appearance. For most interviews, the appropriate dress for a man is a conservative(保守的) dark colored suit with a long sleeve white or light blue shirt and conservative tie.
Although hairstyle and dress are matters of personal taste, many personnel directors get first impressions from these characteristics. For example, one recent college graduate, who felt himself qualified, interviewed for a public relations job. However, the personnel manager considered this young man’s long hair, sloppy dress, and overly casual manner unsuited for this particular position. 62. For whom is the passage most likely written? A. An employee. B. An employer. C. An interviewee. D. An interviewer.
63. As the author suggests, what the applicant should know before the interview is _____. A .the type of work he wants and his career expectation B. his career objective a particular company will decide
C. the reasons why a particular company wants to employ him D. all of the above
64. Before the interview, the applicant should obtain some information about _____. A. most big corporations
B. the company he wants to work for C. reference books and periodicals D. business and philosophy
65. What the applicant wears, as the author suggests, can make him become _____. A. expressive B. impressive C. informative D. conservative
66. What does the passage tell us through the example in the last paragraph? A. The importance of personal taste. B. The importance of public relations. C. The importance of self-confidence.
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D. The importance of a first impression. Passage Two
Questions 67 to 71 are based on the following passage.
Sleep is part of a person's daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, and they too occur in cycles. If you are an average sleeper, your sleep cycle is as follows. When you first drift off into slumber (安睡), your eyes will roll about a bit, your temperature will drop slightly, your muscles will relax, and your breathing were slow and become quite regular. Your brain waves slow down a bit too, with the alpha rhythm of rather fast waves predominating for the first few minutes. This is called stage 1 sleep. For the next half hour or so, as you relax more and more, you will drift down through stage 2 and stage 3 sleep. The lower your stage of sleep, the slower your brain waves will be. Then about 40 to 60 minutes after you lose consciousness you will have reached the deepest sleep of all. Your brain waves will show the large slow waves that are known as the delta rhythm. This is stage 4 sleep.
You do not remain at this deep fourth stage all night long, but instead about 80 minutes after you fall into slumber, your brain activity level will increase again slightly. The delta rhythm will disappear, to be replaced by the activity pattern of brain waves. Your eyes will begin to dart around under your closed eyelids (眼皮) as if you were looking at something occurring in front of you. This period of rapid eye movement lasts for some 8 to 15 minutes and is called REM sleep. It is during REM sleep period, your body will soon relax again, your breathing will grow slow and regular once more, and you will slip gently back from stage 1 to stage 4 sleep — only to rise once again to the surface of near consciousness some 80 minutes later. 67. The stages of sleep take on ____.
A) an irregular aspect. B) a regular aspect C) a punctual aspect D) a similar aspect 68. Stage 4 sleep lasts ____.
A) about 80 minutes B) about 40 to 60 minutes C) about 30 minutes D) about 20 to 40 minutes 69. The brain waves are the slowest during ____.
A) stage 1 B) stage 2 and stage 3 C) stage 4 D) REM sleep 70. In the second paragraph the word “dart” means ____.
A) glare B) move rapidly or suddenly C) stop moving D) gaze 71. One of the features of REM sleep is that ____.
A) there are large slow waves, though rapid for the first few minutes B) you have the deepest sleep C) there are no brain waves
D) the brain waves are a little fast and the brain becomes a little active
Part IV. Vocabulary and Structures (10 points)
Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
72. Few of the students understand why language is _______ to human beings. A. aware B. unique C. absolute D. continual 73. The method he used turned out to be _______ in improving the students' English. A. effective B. able C. capable D. explicit
74. The boss refused to give any _______ on the fact that his workers were out of jobs.
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A. response B. comment C. answer D. reply 75. What a ________ smell! Open the window and air the room. A. disgusting B. pleasing C. powerful D. disturbing 76. She was putting on her jeans ________ me to hand her the sweater. A. while asked B. asked C. asking D. while asking
77. I got a little ________ when I learned that the appointment with the general manager was changed to another time.
A. concerned B. distracted C. upset D. awful
78. People working in the government should not _________________ business affairs that might change their political judgment. A. engage in B. hope for C. choose between D. pick on 79. The large wings of that bird _________________ it to fly very high and fast. A. make B. enable C. force D. realize
80. When you're in Paris you can't help being ________ of the way the streets are kept clean. A. effective B. relaxed C. conscious D. obvious 81. He was a good worker who was ________ to his family as well as to his work. A. consistent B. committed C. content D. engaged 82. It is said that ________ to the plan so far have been positive. A. reactions B. views C. ideas D. opinions
83. Robin thought that the best _______ to learning a foreign language is the study of the spoken language. A. method B. way C. means D. approach
84. Listening, speaking, reading, and then writing _______ the basic order in language learning. A. assists B. constitutes C. establishes D. founds
85. The young professor ______ himself as an international leader in the field of mathematics. A. established B. built C. founded D. found 86. With the job ________, he went to see a film with his colleagues. A. done B. doing C. to do D. do 87. Neither his colleagues nor his mother ________ his marriage to that girl. A. accept B. accepts C. agree D. agrees
88. Most people have no real idea how to change to healthy food, and Maureen was no ________. A. foundation B. possibility C. exception D. ignorance 89. Good managing of a company ________ great efforts. A. calls on B. calls out C. calls in D. calls at 90. She is a ______ woman who is certain of her ideas and actions. A. significant B. aware C. confident D. intense
91. ________ speech is the most obvious form of communication, we do use other forms to communicate. A. Since B. When C. While D. As
Part V. Cloze (10 points)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
In Hollywood there is a company that publishes children’s books with the 92_ of computers. Although other book companies also publish that 93 , this particular company is very 94 . It “personalizes” the
books, 95 having the computer make the reader the leading 96 in the story. Here is 97 they do it. Let us say 98 child is named Jenny.
She lives on Oak Drive in St. Louis, has a dog named Spot, a cat named Tabby, and three playmates 99
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names are Betsy, Sandy, and Jody. The computer uses this information to fill 100 a story that has 101 been prepared and illustrated. The story is then 102 with standard equipment as a hardcover 103 . A child who receives such a book might say, “This book is 104 me.” The company, therefore, 105 itself the “Me~Books Publishing Company”.
Children like the me-books 106 they. like to see 107 print their own names and the names of their 108 and their pets. But more important, “personalization” has been found an important tool in 109
enthusiasm for reading. Me-books are 100 helping a child to learn how to read, by appealing 111 that natural desire to see his own name in print. 92. A) use B) aid C) instruction D) guide 93. A) time B) way C) kind D) form 94. A) unusual B) scarce C) common D) modern 85. A) in B) with C) by D) at 96. A) role B) hero C) character D) person 97. A) what B) why C) where D) how 98. A) your B) their C) its D) our 99. A) their B) whose C) by D) with 100. A) with B) into C) up D) out 101. A) always B) hardly C) already D) ever 102. A) printed B) built C) pressed D) made 103. A) magazine B) story C) issue D) book 104. A) beyond B) about C) of D) with 105. A) calls B) earns C) entitles D) marks 106. A) which B) when C) because D) but 107. A) in B) on C) at D) with 108. A) families B) schools C) teachers D) friends 109. A) developing B) making C) discovering D) growing 110. A) throughout B) thus C) otherwise D) ever 111. A) for B) upon C) with D) to
Part VI. Translation (10 points)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
Please write your composition on the back of the Answer Sheet in a clear and tidy way. 102. I have had great deal of trouble______________________________.(跟得上班上的其他同学) 103. A good many proposals were raised by the delegates,________________(正如预料的那样).
104. Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used______________(习惯了学生迟到) his lecture. 105. There’s a man at the reception desk who seems very angry and I think he means____________(想找麻烦). 106. It may be necessary to stop__________________________(每隔…时间) in the learning process and go back
to the difficult points in the lessons.
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