I. Vocabulary and Structure1. –Hello! I want to make a person-to-person call to Toronto, Canada. The number is 932-0806.--____B____.A. But I don’t know whom do you want to call.B. What’s the name of the party you’re calling?C. What’s the address of the person you’re calling?D. What’s the extension number you’re calling?2. ---Have you ever been to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing?-- ___B__.A. No, but I have no time.B. No, but I’d like to.C. Yes. I was too busy then.D. Yes. I couldn’t do it right now.3. –Is everyone always so helpful to you in your office?--- __D___.A. Yes. What can I do for you now?B. Yes, there is a hotel nearby.C. Yes. Can I help you?D. Yes. It’s a great place to work.4. ---It’s a beautiful day today! How about a little trip out into the country?--- ____A_____.A. That sounds great. What should I do for the preparation?B. I don’t know. I really haven’t thought about what we’d do.C. Well, would you like me to pack picnic or to buy something?D. It’s all right. Thank you.5. –Excuse me. Could you show me the way to the nearest subway station?--- ___A____.A. Any time. It’s next to the post office.B. All right. Do you want me to go with you?C. No problem. With pleasure.D. Of course not. Go down this street and turn right.6. It is in the south-eastern part of the country, __ A ___ most Australians live.A. whereB. thatC. whichD. what7. Although most of the continent ___C_____ extensive plains and nothing hills, thereare also spectacular forests.A. consists ofB. is consisted ofC. consist ofD. are consisted of8. Neither the students nor the teacher __ B____ anything about the matter.A. knowB. knowsC. have not knownD. has not known9. The tutor accused the students of great ___C_____.A. efficiencyB. inefficientC. inefficiencyD. efficient10. They had good reason to think that the experience was worth ___C___.A. to tryB. triedC. tryingD. being tried11. My friends don’t mind ____C_____ in on them unexpectedly on Sundays.A. I dropB. me to dropC. my droppingD. if I am dropping12. Does anyone know ___ A_____ this coat might be?A. whoseB. whomC. to whomD. who13. He paid ____ D ___ visits to the old couple to help them with some routines.A. similarB. completeC. entireD. regular14. The singer sang with incredible ___A____ and zest.A. strengthB. powerC. forceD. energy15. The computer now can fulfill many tasks for human beings, but it can neverreplace human ___C_____.A. inferenceB. insurgencyC. intelligenceD. intellectual16. The ____C_____ of computer science to other braches of knowledge has provedto be a very broad scientific field.A. relianceB. applicationC. dependenceD. implication17. He was always attentive A my ideas.A. toB. withC. onD. at18. Mary is still inseparable D her mother.A. toB. withC. aboutD. from19. It’s rude to point B someone.A. forB. atC. inD. on20. Even with adequate light and moisture, plant growth ceases when the airtemperature suddenly drops below a certain minimum level. DA. nearlyB. steadilyC. narrowlyD. abruptly21. In the 1700’s North American colonists proclaimed their wealth and socialstanding by wearing elaborate stockings. CA. responsibilityB. eventsC. organizationD. status22. Histamine is one of the chemicals released by certain body cells when tissues are injured. DA. destroyedB. given offC. inhibitedD. renewed23. Social reformer Jacob Rila’s efforts to improve the rundown neighborhoods ofNew York City were aided by his intimate friend, Theodore Roosevelt. AA. closeB. wealthyC. influentialD. charismatic24. The Chippewa people made their home in the seemingly boundless forests ofthe Canadian North. CA. denseB. agelessC. infiniteD. uninhabitable25. A power failure completely ____________ the cake she was baking. CA. damagedB. weakenedC. spoiledD. despairedII. ClozeThere are 10 blanks in the following passage(s). For each blank there are five choices marked A, B, C, D and E. Choose the ONE that best fits into the passage(s).As she walked round the large shop, Edith realized how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas gift for her father.She wished that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was__36__satisfied with perfume(香水). _37__, shopping at this time of the year was a most __38__job. People stood on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost __39__ you over in their hurry in order to grasp something cheap ahead of you.Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on __40__. "They are real silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to __41__her to buy one. But Edith knew from past __42__that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the __43__were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father only smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was __44__ to please him.When she got home, with her small but well-chosen present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great excitement. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so __45__that she could not say a single word.C 36. A. never B. seldom C. always D. scarcelyC 37. A. Therefore B. Fortunately C. Besides D. FinallyA 38. A. unhappy B. careful C. exciting D. tiringD 39. A. turned B. hit C. brought D. knockedB 40. A. time B. show C. board D. duty D 41. A. hope B. ask C. force D. persuadeA 42. A. experience B. things C. books D. schoolC 43. A. money B. cigarette C. shapes D. shopD 44. A. hardly B. impossibly C. possibly D. certainly C 45. A. glad B. happy C. surprised D. excitedIII. Reading ComprehensionPassage 1The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the proportion of a woman’s life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century world probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which custom, opportunity and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman’s youngest childwill be fifteen when she is forty-five and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by household appliances and convenience foods.The important change in women’s life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.46. For women at the beginning of the twentieth century, the amount of timespent taking care of children ____A____.A) was shorter than in previous centuriesB) was longer than in previous centuriesC) was considered to be surprisingly longD) account for a great part of their lives47. According to the passage, around the year 1900 most women married ____A____.A) at about twenty-fiveB) in their early fiftiesC) as soon as possible after they were fifteenD) at any age from fifteen to forty-five48. When she was over fifty, the late nineteenth-century mother ___D_____.A) would be healthy enough to take up paid employmentB) was usually expected to die fairly soonC) would expect to work until she diedD) was unlikely to find a job even if she wanted one49. One reason why the woman of today may take a job is that she ____A____.A) is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselvesB) does not like children herselfC) need not worry about food for her childrenD) can retire from family responsibilities when she reaches sixty50. According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to ___C_____.A) stay at home after leaving schoolB) marry men younger than themselvesC) start working again later in lifeD) marry while still at schoolIV. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. He earns twice as much as I do.他挣的钱是我的两倍。