57.________ I wanted to find out first was how long it would take to complete the bridge.
A) That B) Those C) What D) Which
58.His eyes then (# shifted #) to a small table that stood in the corner of the room. A) traveled
B) sought
C) searched D) moved
59.When ______, the power station will have nine 70,000kw generators. A) is completed B) completed C) being completed D) having completed
60.The pressure of too much homework has led to an evident ______ in interest in sports among the students. A) absence B) shortage C) minimum D) decline
Part IV Cloze
Directions: There are a number of 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.
Man cannot go on (* 61 *) his numbers at the present rate. In the (* 62 *) 30 years man will face a period of crisis. (* 63 *) experts believe that there will be a widespread food (* 64 *). Other experts think this is (* 65 *)
pessimistic, and that man can prevent things (* 66 *) worse than they are now. But (* 67 *) that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now.
One thing that man can do is to limit (* 68 *) of babies born. The need (* 69 *) this is obvious, but it is (* 70 *) to achieve. People have to (* 71 *) to limit their families. In the countries of the population (* 72 *), many people like
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big families. The parents think that this (* 73 *) a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look (* 74 *) them in old age.
Several governments have (* 75 *) birth control policies in recent years. (* 76 *) them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some (* 77 *) the results have not been (* 78 *). Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People (* 79 *) to limit their families. The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per year to about 17.0 per year (* 80 *).
61. A) increasing
B) to increase
C) and increase D) with increasing
62. A) second B) recent C) next D) late
63. A) Any
B) Some C) More D) All 64. A) need B) want C) absence D) shortage
65. A) so B) much C) too D) enough
66. A) getting B) from getting
C) to get D) get
67. A) remember B) remembering C) to remember
D) remembers
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68. A) an amount B) a number C) the amount D) the number
69. A) for B) in C) of
D) about 70. A) not easy
B) no easy C) not easily
D) no ease
71. A) persuade B) be persuading C) be persuaded D) persuading 72. A) bursting B) explosion C) raising
D) extension
73. A) takes B) brings C) makes D) earns
74. A) upon B) for C) into D) after 75. A) adjusted B) created C) adopted
D) presented
76. A) Of B) Among C) Between
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D) Out of
77. A) exceptions B) examples C) events
D) cases
78. A) success
B) succeeded C) successful D) succeeding
79. A) were encouraged B) encouraged C) are encouraged D) encourage
80. A) presently B) at present C) in time D) on time
Paper Two
Part I Listening Comprehension Compound Dictation
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its
general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Americans (*81.__________*) a lot of money in their daily lives. Working people spend money on transportation to and from work (*82._____________*) throughout the day. They spend a lot of money on (*83.___________________*). They buy sports equipments, go to sporting (*84.___________*) and so many things that cost money. However, many Americans don’t pay (*85._________*) or write check for these things. More and more they pay for things
(*86._________*) credit cards. Credit cards are small rectangular
(*87.____________*) cads. Banks give these cards to their customers. When the customers buy something at the store, he shows his card at the store.
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This authorizes the store to charge the bank for the customer’s purchase.(
*88._________________________________________________*). The bank does not force the customer to pay the full amount. It allows the customer to pay for the charges in several payments over a period of time.(*89.________________
____________________________________________________________________________ __*). In this way, the bank allows customers to buy things they can’t afford at one time. People can use the card to buy what they want and pay for it over a period of time.(*90._________________________________________ _________*).
Part II Writing
Directions: For this part, you are asked to write a composition on a
certain topic. You should write at least 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline below:
91.Learning and Love
1) School's view on love, give up, for the sake of, time-consuming, tear one away, fall behind
2) Students' own view on love, no need to forbid, insist
3) My view, take... as a drive, be infatuated with, failure
Name:________________ Class:______________ Student No.:________________ Score:______________
Answer Sheet Part I Listening Comprehension
Section A
1._____2._____3._____4._____5._____
6._____7._____8._____9._____10._____
Part II Reading Comprehension
11.____________12.____________13.____________14.____________15.____________ 16.____________17.____________18.____________19.____________20.____________ 21.____________22.____________23.____________24.____________25.____________ 26.____________27.____________28.____________29.____________30.____________
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