51. There is no _______ to the house from the main road. A) access B) avenue C) exposure D) edge
52. ________ energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for example, an earthquake.
A) Accumulated B) Gathered C) Assembled D) Collected
53. He wasn't appointed chairman of the committee, ________ not very popular with all its members.
A) to be considered B) considering C) being considered D) having considered
54. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic and cultural
A) tradition B) transportation C) transmission D) transformation
55. The ________ stuck on the envelope says \A) diagram B) label
C) signal D) mark
56. Mobile telecommunications ________ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a contract signed between the two companies. A) capacity B) potential C) possession D) impact
57. Reading ________ the lines, I would say that the Government are more worried than they will admit.
A) behind B) between C) along D) among
58. My brother's plans are very ________; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen. A) arbitrary B) aggressive C) ambitious D) abundant
59. Things might have been much worse if the mother _______ on her right to keep the baby.
A) has been insisting B) had insisted C) would insist D) insisted
60. The statistical figures in that report are not ________ . You should not refer to them.
A) accurate B) fixed C) delicate D) rigid
61. Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when ________ alone.
A) seen B) is seen C) to be seen D) having been seen
62. The football game comes to you ________ from New York. A) lively
B) alive C) live D) living
63. None of us expected the chairman to ________at the party. We thought he was still in hospital. A) turn in
B) turn over C) turn up D) turn down
64. The mother didn't know who ________ for the broken glass. A) blamed
B) be blamed C) to blame D) would blame
65. He ________ to his customers and halved the price. A) leaked B) drew C) quoted D) yielded
66. Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to ________ storming into the boss's office.
A) prevent B) prohibit C) turn D) avoid
67. All flights ________ because of the terrible weather, they had to go there by train.
A) having been canceled B) had been canceled C) having canceled D) were canceled
68. The author of the report is well ________ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years. A) informed B) acquainted C) enlightened D) acknowledged
69. The boy spent as much time watching TV as he ________ studying. A) does C) was
B) had D) did
70. The ship's generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated ________ instead of mechanically. A) manually B) artificially C) automatically D) synthetically
Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)
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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn't face my 71 apartment. Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the 72 between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the 73 every time she leaned over to talk to him, 74 he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such 75 in a public place?
I thought the movie would be good for my English, but 76 it turned out, it was an Italian movie. 77 about an hour I decided to give up on the movie and 78