7. We’ve got copies of all the documents, but we haven’t managed to track down the originals. A. show up B. get hold C. reveal D. find
8. It was an unpopular policy and causes a number of conflicts within the party. A. quarrels B. hardships
C. contests college. A. refuse C. shrug off
D. battles
9. It has taken Joe a long time to come to terms with the fact that he won’t be able to go to
B. accept D. live on
10. He was not much of a tennis-player when he was at high school. A. seldom played tennis B. was not a good tennis-player
C. didn’t like tennis very much
D. didn’t think much of tennis
Section B
Directions: For each of the following incomplete sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C
and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
11. I ________ the rush-hour traffic so much that I often avoid it by coming late to work.
A. disappoint B. disregard
C. frighten D. dread
12. Because of the rain, his car swerved and ________ into a wall.
A. smashed B. stroke C. dropped D. rushed
13. The cost of the reconstruction would ________ from 2.5 to 3 million pounds.
A. deserve C. spend
B. range D. include
14. It would be unwise to ________ too much importance to these opinion polls.
A. stick B. apply C. attach D. mention
15. Several people were reported to have suffered ________ and physical attacks.
A. verbal B. bodily C. sound D. spoken
16. “Shall I help you with the washing up?” “Don’t ________ — I’ll do it later.”
A. bother C. trouble A. crash C. crisis A. serious
B. care D. disturb B. threat D. danger B. critical
17. The sudden rise in oil prices led to an economic ________ in the country.
18. How can I have any self-confidence when you’re always so ________ of me? C. unpleasant D. mistaken
19. Many women find it difficult to combine ________ a career with having children.
A. chasing B. running
C. pursuing D. searching
20. By the time I saw the job advertised it was already too late to ________.
A. apply B. appoint C. demand D. seek
Part IV Structure (15%)
Section A
Directions: For each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
1. ________ what you intended, I should not have wasted my time trying to explain matters to
you.
A. I had realized
B. Had I realized
C. Realized had I D. Had realized I
2. ________ her mind was made up on any subject, it was very hard to make her change. A. While B. Once C. Although D. Whether
3. It’s my advice that she _________ right now, or she might be late for the plane.
A. start
B. starts D. will start
C. would start
4. 2. I’ll never forget ________ the Alps for the first time. The sight was impressive.
A. see C. seen B. to see D. seeing
5. ________ the look on his face, he doesn’t quite understand what the speaker is saying.
A. To judge by C. Judging by
B. Judge by
D. To be judged by
6. I’ll never know all that was in his mind, ________.
A. nor will anyone else either B. nor won’t anyone else too C. nor anyone else will D. nor will anyone else
7. Driving downtown to the stadium was easy. We arrived there quickly because there was ________ traffic.
A. a few C. few
B. a little D. little
8. Sometimes earthquakes cause tidal waves and, ________ in the case of Japan, these can be
dangerous.
A. as
C. such as
B. like D. just like
9. All the evidence pointed to the conclusion ________ he was guilty.
A. which C. that
B. whether D. where
10. If I couldn’t get a scholarship, I might get a job ________ to graduate school next semester.
A. instead go B. instead going C. instead to go D. instead of going
Section B
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A, B, C and D.
Identify the one part that is grammatically incorrect.
11. My brother wrote in his last letter that he was getting good grades but that he still had
A
B
C
difficulty to understand lectures. D
12. It was with great joy which he received the news that he succeeded in his final examination. A B C D 13. However much do you like doing dangerous things, you wouldn’t want your children
to do them.
A
B
C
D
14. He was very angry when his car broke down, having it be serviced only a week before. A B C D 15. I don’t think that necessary for Julie to make such a fuss about that sort of thing. A B C D
Part V Cloze (10%)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices
marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best fits into the passage.
After studying all night for an important examination, most college students find themselves wishing for one thing after their big test: sleep. Although the exact reasons (1) ________ people sleep are still being debated, researchers have come (2) ________ with a number of theories to explain the functions of sleep. (3) ________, sleep is believed to give the body time to repair burned-out brain cells (4) ________ make more of the special chemical that makes it possible for the brain to think. (5) ________ theory holds that sleep enables the body to save energy because when we sleep, the body temperature is lower, (6) ________ less energy is needed to create heat. This method of energy conservation may have helped people survive thousands of years (7) ________ when food was hard to find. Sleep may also have helped humanity survive by keeping people out of trouble. In prehistoric times, (8) ________ many large predators（食肉动物）hunted in darkness, the habit of sleeping at night helped prevent people from being an animal’s dinner. Scientists also believe that sleep, (9) ________ being a survival tactic（策略）, is used to reduce memory. It allows the brain to forget or unlearn things that are not necessary. Otherwise, the mind (10) ________ cluttered with unneeded information.
1. A. which C. when 2. A. up
C. on
B. why D. for B. out D. off
3. A. Above all C. First of all 4. A. but
C. and 5. A. Some
C. Other 6. A. however C. so 7. A. before
C. long
8. A. when
C. which
B. What’s more D. In addition B. yet D. so
B. Certain D. Another B. either D. yet B. ago D. on B. for D. that B. rather than D. in addition to B. would become D. has become
9. A. except for
C. instead of
10. A. will become
C. should become
Part VI Translation (20%)
Section A
Directions: In this section there are some sentences from the reading passages. Translate them
into Chinese. Refer to the related passages they are chosen from if necessary.
1. To the casual observer, dust seems to act in a totally random fashion, moving about chaotically
without fixed direction. But in fact dust particles are much larger than water droplets and they
finally fall.
___________________________________________________________________________
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2. Many underdeveloped nations find themselves in this position because they lack natural
resources or the industrial capacity to use these resources, and thus have to import raw materials or manufactured goods.
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____
3. Even in the case of a fully developed nation such as the United States, a large trade deficit is a
reason for alarm.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. News stories give facts, not the author’s opinions. Editorials do the opposite: you can expect
an editorial to take sides.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____
5. Most of all, the more you know about the current news, the more you will understand what is
in the newspaper; important stories are generally presented one day and followed up on following days.
___________________________________________________________________________
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Section B
Directions: There are five sentences in this section. Translate them into English.
6. 我认为孩子们成功的关键是学会为自己所做的事情负责。
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7. 我的父亲常常鼓励我生活中无论遇到什么困难决不要半途而废。
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8. 就我所知，他的所有政治观点都来自于他所读的报纸。
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9. 如果你在美国的超市购物，你会惊奇地发现那里的服装多半是中国制造的。
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. 孩子做错一些事是很自然的，所以你不能过分责备他。
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Key to College English Achievement Test
(Band 2)
Part I Listening Comprehension (20%)
Section A
1. D 6. C
2. C 7. D
3. D 8. B
4. C 9. A
5. C
Section B
10. C
Section C
11. silent 13. excited 15. laughter
12 named 14. success 16. beginning