man with one modern weapon can kill thousands.
31.
In modern wars more people get killed because _____. A) people are more cruel
B) people don’t care others’ lives C) people have more advanced weapons D) people are more civilized
正确答案： C 32.
In what way are we more civilized than the ancients? A) We can kill more people.
B) We respect those people different from us. C) We have more interesting stories of war.
D) We don’t think of killing as a personal affair anymore. 正确答案： B 33.
In modern war the enemy is treated as _____. A) an animal B) a victim C) a man
D) a statistic without life
正确答案： D 34.
How is the enemy killed in modern war?
A) By an opponent running him through with a sword. B) By a man who knows him well. C) By remote control. D) By a puff of smoke. 正确答案： C 35.
What is the attitude of the author toward war? A) Negative. B) Supportive. C) Neutral. D) Indifferent. 正确答案： A
Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Given a good shopping position and the right amount of money available, an educated person ought to be able to make a small, steady living out of a bookshop. It is not a
difficult trade to learn and the large chain-stores can never force the small independent bookseller out of existence as they have done to the corner shop and the local milkman. But the hours of work are very long ? I was only a part-time employee, but my employer put in a seventy-hour week, apart from regular journeys out of shopping hours to buy books. It is an unhealthy life too. As a rule a bookshop is very cold in winter, because if it is too warm the windows get steamed up, and a bookseller depends on the display in his windows trying to bring customers into his shop. Books give off more dust and dirtier dust than anything else yet invented, and the top of a book is the place where every fly prefers to die.
But the real reason why I should not like to be back in the book trade for life is that while I was in it, I lost my love of books. A bookseller cannot always tell the truth about his books, and that gives him a dislike for them; still worse is the fact that he is always dusting them and moving them to-and-fro. There was a time when I really did love books ? loved the sight and smell and feel of them ? if they were fifty or more years old, that is. Nothing pleased me quite so much as to buy a bargain lot of them for 50 pence at a country auction sale. There is a peculiar flavor about the knocked-about unexpected books you pick up in that kind of collection; little-known eighteenth-century poets, out-of-date geography books, one or two volumes of forgotten novels. For occasional reading ? in your bath, for instance, or late at night when you are too tired to go to sleep ? there is nothing as good as a very old picture storybook.
But as soon as I went to work in the bookshop I stopped buying books. Seen in a mass, five or ten thousand at a time, books were dull and even a little sickening. Nowadays I do buy one occasionally, but only if it is a book that I want to read and can’ t borrow, and I never buy rubbish.
36.
What does the author mean in the first sentence of the passage?
A) If an educated person wants to make a living, he should run a bookshop. B) It is easy for an educated person to earn money by running a bookshop.
C) When an educated person is given a good shopping position and a certain amount of money he should open a bookshop.
D) If an educated person has proper money and finds a suitable shopping location, he could open a bookshop for steady income. 正确答案： D 37.
Running a bookshop is a good way to make a living because ________. A) the owner will never be forced out of business by bigger shops B) there are many corner shops to help
C) even the local milkmen come to buy books D) the bookseller is independent 正确答案： A 38.
Bookshops are kept cold in winter because _______. A) it is a rule which must be followed
B) booksellers want customers to see the display clearly through the windows C) more customers come to buy books in winter
D) customers like them kept cold
正确答案： B 39.
All of the following statements are true EXCEPT ________.
A) the author was tired of cleaning books and moving them about in the bookshop B) his telling lies about the books made him lose his love of them C) running a bookshop is not a difficult trade to learn D) the author did not like any books
正确答案： D 40.
The author once took great pleasure in _________. A) buying old books and reading them occasionally B) taking bath occasionally late at night C) buying all kinds of books
D) buying books quite often which he couldn’t borrow 正确答案： A
Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 11 minutes )
Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.
41.
The ________ figures below are presented both in numbers and as a percent of the total forces mobilized. A) causalities B) casualty C) casual D) casuals 正确答案： B 42.
Data on Australian house-building approvals released on Tuesday showed housing construction would continue to __________ throughout the next year. A) pull on B) drag on C) push on D) dash on 正确答案： B 43.
A solar day is the length of time _______ the Earth to revolve once around the Sun. A) takes B) takes it C) it takes D) one takes
正确答案： C 44.
Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, _______ obtaining water is not the worst.
A) for which B) to which C) of which D) in which
正确答案： C 45.
His remarks left me _______ about his real purpose. A) wondered B) wonder C) to wonder D) wondering 正确答案： D 46.
Improved consumer confidence is _____________ to an economic recovery. A) coordinate B) crucial C) collective D) satisfactory
正确答案： B 47.
An American presidential _______ lasts for eighteen months. A) activity B) event C) occasion D) campaign 正确答案： D 48.
My parents, ______ touring in Britain, are looking forward to a traditional English afternoon tea in a beautiful setting. A) nowadays B) instantly C) presently D) publicly 正确答案： C 49.
Tom _____ off the field with a foot injury. A) limped B) limbed C) limned D) lambed
正确答案： A 50.
He played the guitar so well that everyone was ______. A) affected B) aroused C) effected D) impressed 正确答案： D 51.
The crust of the Earth was thin here, and other conditions appeared ______ for drilling. A) favorable B) imaginable C) curable D) durable
正确答案： A 52.
A good hunting dog is _____ to every sound and movement in the field. A) alert B) sensible C) watchful D) awake 正确答案： A 53.
Even the smallest baby can _____ its mother by her voice. A) confirm B) know C) claim D) identify 正确答案： D 54.
The war may _____, but victory is sure to belong to the peace-loving people. A) drag out B) drag on C) drag up D) drag along
正确答案： B 55.
The gymnast seemed to _____ to give a performance on the balance beam. A) exercise herself B) signify her readiness C) be poised D) be trained 正确答案： C 56.