23. The owner and editor of the newspaper ______ the conference. A. were attending B. was to attend to C. is to attend D. are to attend
24. It ______ John and Peter who helped me with my work the other day.
A. were
C. had been
B. is D. was
25. It’s high time ______ him a severe lesson for being late.
26. ______, we decided to leave at once, as we didn’t want to risk missing the last bus.
A. Being pretty late C. It being pretty late
B. As it being pretty late D. It was being pretty late
A. you give C. you’ll give
B. you gave D. you should give
27. No announcement has been made concerning _____ on the next flight. A. who go B. who is going
C. is who going
D. who went
28. The electric furnace _____ before it can be used. A. needs repairing B. should be in repair C. must repair D. has to be repairable
29. We can’t enter the room because its door ______. A. locked B. locks
C. is locked D. is locking
30. ______ Charles starts a job, he will do it ______ it is finished.
A. Since, where C. Once, till
B. Each time, once D. The moment, as
31. Seldom ______ any mistakes during my past 10 years of working here.
32. ______ in the park, I came across my former English teacher. A. If wandered B. If wandering
C. While wandered
D. While wandering
A. I did make C. I would make
B. did I make D. I made
33. I’m sorry ______ so long. I forgot to tell you in advance that I would have
a meeting this afternoon. A. to keep you waited B. to keep you waiting
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C. to have kept you waiting D. to have kept you waited
34. I bitterly regret ______ him the sad story. A. having told B. to have told C. to tell D. told
35. The house that ______ in the floods must be rebuilt before winter comes.
36. “Do you think he will make a good president?” “He is just ______ Bill.”
A. as qualified as C. the same qualified as
B. more qualified like D. much qualified than
A. has been washed away C. has them washed away
B. has to wash away
D. has washed them away
37. Although ______ alone at home, he didn’t feel lonely. A. leaving B. leave
C. leaves D. left 38. The crime was not discovered till 48 hours later, ______ gave the criminals plenty
of time to get away.
A. which
B. that
C. as D. what
39. After 15 years abroad, his brother came back only ______ his hometown severely
damaged in an earthquake.
A. to be finding C. found
B. finding D. to find
40. ______ the final exam, I would go shopping this afternoon. A. As for B. Because of
C. But for
D. Due to
41. By the time you get home, we ______ in Qingdao for one week. A. will be staying B. will have stayed
C. would have stayed
D. have stayed
42. If we ______ this speed, we will arrive there in about two days.
A. keep up C. keep out
B. keep from D. keep away
43. They are shocked to find ______ water has been polluted.
A. large quantities of C. a good deal of
B. a great number of D. a plenty of
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44. This university is outstanding ______ its faculty and reference resources. A. in place of B. in terms of C. by means of D. by way of
45. Liquids are like solids ______ they have a definite volume.
A. on that C. with that
B. for that D. in that
46. Her sense of inferiority ______ her unfortunate family background.
A. results from C. results in
A. sporting equipment C. sports equipments
B. brings about D. stands for B. sports equipment D. sport equipments
47. With more members signing up, our recreation club needs more ______.
48. He is such a strong-willed person that there is nothing in the world that can ______ him. A. win C. rescue
B. defeat D. attach
49. She liked shopping but she was not in the ______ for it because she was a little exhausted. A. mood C. state
B. mind D. spirit
50. Go back to the factory on time, or you will be ______. A. hired B. rented
C. employed D. fired
51. I would much ______ it if you could help me carry the luggage.
A. appreciate C. admit
B. apply D. achieve
52. It has been two years since her brother was ______ with her parents.
53. One must obtain ______ from the landowner to hunt in this forest. A. admiration B. requirement
C. permission
D. association
A. on contract C. keep contact
B. in contact
D. come into contact
54. The pill my mother gave me ______ my toothache. A. regained B. restricted C. relieved D. released
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55. He is in ______ about the job he is going to lose. A. despair B. regret C. defeat D. risk
56. The famous actress tried hard to answer any ______ questions about her unhappy marriage.
57. The young man fought to save a drowning girl. He was ______ admiration.
A. worthy of C. worth of
B. worthwhile D. worth
A. embarrassed C. emergent
B. embarrassing D. urgent
58. My father has many friends because he has a warm and ______ personality. A. outside B. outlook C. outstanding D. outgoing
59. I don’t like that fellow. He always talks with ______ of self-importance.
A. an appearance C. an air
B. a face D. a color
60. It was ______ of him to leave the classroom when the teacher criticized him. A. childlike B. childish C. childhood D. childless
Part III Cloze（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the context. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Many people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They are left in the ___61___ of strangers for the rest of their lives. Their ___62___ children visit them only occasionally, but more often, they do not have any ___63___ visitors.
The truth is that this idea is an ___64___ story. In fact, family members provide over 80 percent of the care ___65___ elderly people need. Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, studied ___66___ the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the ___67___ American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. ___68___, because people today live longer after an illness than people did years ___69___, family members must provide long term care.
More psychologists have found that all caregivers ___70___ a common characteristic: All caregivers believe that they are the best ___71___ for the job.
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In other words, they all felt that they ___72___ do the job better than anyone else. Social workers ___73___ caregivers to find out why they took ___74___ the responsibility of caring for an elderly relative. Many caregivers believed they had a(n) ___75___ to help their relative. Some stated that helping others ___76___ them feel more useful. Others hope that by helping ___77___ now, they would deserve care when became old and ___78___. Caring for the elderly and being taken care of can be a ___79___ satisfying experience for everyone who might be ___80___. 61. A. hands 62. A growing 63. A. constant 64. A. imaginary 65. A. that 66. A. when 67. A. common 68. A. Further 69. A. before 70. A. share 71. A. person 72. A. would 73. A. questioned 74. A. in 75. A. admiration 76. A. caused 77. A. someone 78. A. elderly 79. A. similarly
B. arms B. grown B. lasting B. imaginable B. this
B. how B. regular B. However B. ago B. enjoy B. people B. will
B. interviewed B. up
B. action B. enabled B. anyone B. dependent B. differently
C. bodies C. being grown C. regular C. imaginative C. what C. what C. standard C. Moreover C. later C. divide C. character C. could C. inquired C. on
C. necessity C. made
C. everyone C. dependable C. mutually C. included
D. homes D. having grown D. normal D. imagery D. who D. where D. average D. Whereas D. lately D. consent D. man D. can
D. informed D. off D. duty D. got
D. anybody D. independent D. certainly D. considered
80. A. involved B. excluded
Part IV Translation(共35分)
Section A (共5小题，每小题4分，共20分)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into Chinese. You may refer to the corresponding passages in Part I.
81. Before entering a house in some Asian countries, it is good manners to take off your shoes.
82. We should like to find out the customs of other races, so that they will not
think us ill-mannered.
83. He read a play of mine and, though he did not much like it, he thought it might
just run for the six weeks till the play he had in mind could be produced 84. Brazil is now the world’s largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important
crop in Columbia and other South American countries. 85. Now, however, there are people who seek an immediate thrill from a risky activity
which may only last a few minutes or even seconds.
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