1.As the semester is drawing to an end, the student unionC. resist2.You don’t agree with me on this matter, I know, butB. in time3.As some of the rules concerning foreign trade ranA. abolish4.It is impossible for me to sing a song these days, forC. going off5.The old man regained consciousness and found himselfD. bare6.The typical symptom of the epidemic SARS is ____A. persistent7.The Christmas dinner includes poultry for the main coursB. features8.____ the events of last week, I think, we could haveB. Looking back on9. A suicide bomb exploded in a Jewish ____, killing dozensD. settlement10.In the last few years, the Internet and the World WideD. household11.It can said without exaggeration that no part of theB. more often than not12.While freshmen are considered part of the academicB. kept at bay13.As she matured as an artist, she ____ realize thatA. came to14.He always uses the same ____ of lies to cheatB. flock15.Many European countries ____ all alliance(同盟) againstB. forged 16.Because of the mad cow disease, the European UnionD. imposed17.The ancient tribes there are supposed ____ from theC. to have moved18.Bicycle riders want the city government to set asideB. not everyone19.On Children’s Day, our nieces and nephews were takenD. turned loose21. Our house is about a mile from the station and thereA. in between22. The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankindD. make up for23. Some fish have a greater ________ for acid waterA. tolerance24. Many scientists have been _________ the goal ofA. pursuing25. I have no formal clothes for the occasion. PerhapsB. by26. The money I get from teaching the piano is a usefulC. supplement27. The _________ consists of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, theirC. home28. He never talks to me _________ to ask for something.D. other than29. I _________ my grant by working in the evenings.C. supplement30._________ my point I have done a comparative study.B. To illustratePassage One:If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.1.Which of the following ideas is not conveyed in theD.Where there are no written records, there is no history.2.We know very little about the central Africa 200 yearsD.the people there had not known how to write.3.“Remember history”(line 19) refers to ____.B.stories of important happenings passed down from4.“Remember history”(line 19) is regarded as valuableB.no written account is available5.It can be inferred from the passage that we could haveD.made more songs and dancesPassage Two:For the most part, rapid economic development has been a boon. But there is a down side to development –health problems such as overweight are all becoming more prevalent, as more people take taxis to work instead of riding their bicycles, and other labor-saving devices become more popular.6.Rapid economic development has resulted in all theD.people’s awareness of the importance of exercise7.Some people are getting overweight because ____.A.they are too busy to have any time for exercise8.According to the passage, who need regular daily exerciseB.Urban adults with full-time jobs.9.What is the main idea of the last paragraph but one?C.Moderate physical exercise is usually enough for10.By referring to rapid economic development as “a boon”A.it has benefited the general public greatlyPassage Three:Every human being, no matter what he is doing, gives off body heat. The usual problem is how to dispose of it. But the designers of the Johnstown campus of the University of Pittsburgh set themselves the opposite problem –how to collect body heat. They have designed a collection system which utilizes not only body heat, but the heat given off by such objects as light bulbs and refrigerators as well. The system works so well that no conventional fuel is needed to make the campus’s six buildings comfo rtable.11.Until recently, body heat has caused problems because it_____.C. was difficult to get rid of it12.Which of the following is true of the heating system of theJohnstownB. The heat is supplied by both human bodies and other heat-emitting13.At the Johnstown campus, how many of the buildings areheated entirelyD. Six14.According to the passage, which of the following wouldproduce theB. A thin female who does not study15.In the last paragraph, the “hottest prospect” means the____.C. most diligent studentPassage Four：The resources of the library can be helpful even when we are doing something very informal, such as trying to devise a better way to measure attitudes toward music or looking for a better way to teach mathematics. The library can be equally helpful when we are doingsomething very formal, such as writing a dissertation (学位论文) or preparing an article for publication in a professional journal. In either case, our goal should be to use the library as a useful tool to help us understand and solve our problem.16.The library resources can be helpful when we ______.D. All of the above17.Readers’ familiarity with different resources ______.C. differs greatly18.The author believes that ______.D. one is supposed to have good knowledge and make gooduse of library resources19.When educators wish to share some information with theircolleagues, they often ______.A. publish it in a professional journal20.The chapter in question mainly ______.C. introduces some library servicesPart III. Cloze (15%)One day when Jamie came home after school, his mother had on her worry face. He knew she was thinking of 1.the weather “It’s bad out there. Black clouds are coming from the sea,” Jamie sai d. “Yes. I’m thinking of those fishing boats at sea,” she sai d.At that moment 2.the lights. went out. Jamie and his mother were in the dark.“The coastline will be in the dark,” Jamie’s mother sai d. She got more worried. 3.Troubles always come in threes. I broke my best glasses this morning, and my sister has the cold.“Now, don’t worry, mum. They’re right.” They’re 4.sure to come through this all right.But Jamie really worried about those fishing boats himself. The fishing boats would 5.miss the cove in the dark.Jamie took flares and rushed into the wind. There was a cliff by the sea. He started to climb. He 6.pulled himself up hand over hand. At last he reached the top.He 7.failed three times. On the fourth try he fired off one of the flares. It rose and cut into the black sky in bright light. Then he saw an answering flare up at sea. Jamie fired off two more. He saw another answering flare up, then another, then another. The answering flares from the fishing boats showed they 8.had passed by the entrance to the cove but then changed course and were 9.now sailing into the cove. They were almost home. Jamie helped 10.save the fishermen of the village.1. 我们的计算机系统出了问题，但我觉得问题比较小。