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I .Phonetics (5 points)Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A. take B.gradehave D.nameC.break C. meat D. dreamB.2. A .teachercollectionelection D.emotion C.3. A .question B.shoutshouldD.mouseC.4. A .outsideB.5. A .enough B. though C. cough D. toughII. Situational Dialogues (15 points)Section A (5 points)Directions: In this section there are 5 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to choose the ONE that best fits into the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.6. ——What do you think of the food in this restaurant?——__________.A. Yes, it is delicious.B. No, I don’t like it.C. I think it is delicious.D. I don’t think so.7. ——John fell ill yesterday.——_________.A .I am sorry to hear that. B. I’m glad to hear that.C. It doesn’t matter.D. No problem.8. ——Would you mind turning off the radio?——_________..A .Yes, I would. B. No, I wouldn’t.C. Of course not.D. Certainly, go ahead.9. ——You look very beautiful today.——__________.A. No, you are not right.B. It is very kind of you to say so.C. I think so.D. Please don’t say so.10. ——May I see your ticket, please?——__________.A. Thank you very much.B. No, I can’t.C. Certainly, here you are.D. It is my pleasure.Section B (10 points)Directions: In this section there is a long conversation with 5 missing sentences. At the end of the conversation, there is a list of given choices. You are required to select the ONE that best fits into the conversation. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Note that there are two additional choices and you can not use any of the choices in the list more than once.Mike: Hi, Alice. How are your final exams going?Alice: Oh hi, Mike. I finished my last exam this morning.Mike: Great. Now, how about a change? I’ve got two tickets for the new modern art exhibit downtown. ____11____.Alice: Oh, I don’t know. I don’t know anything about modern art, and ____12____.Mike: You don’t have to be an artist to enjoy a good art show!Alice: You are right. ____13____.Mike: No, but I’ve heard that it’s great. The exhibit was in New York last summer and in Chicago after that.Alice: Oh, well, it ought to be good then.Mike: ____14____. So we could hit both of them.Alice: OK. You’ve talked me into it. Do you want to go this afternoon?Mike: If you have time. It’s up to you. I’m ready.Alice: OK. Shall we meet at 1:30 right here?Mike: It sounds good to me. ____15____.Alice: See you.A. And, besides, there is a new Asian Art Museum nearby.B. I’d like to help you get there.C. Have you seen this exhibit yet?D. I don’t want to go.E. I’m no artist.F. See you then.G. Do you want to go with me?III. Reading Comprehension (45 points)Section A (30 points)Directions: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to choose the ONE that best fits into the statement. Mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage 1Questions 16--20 are based on the following passage.Have you ever seen a movie in which a building was burned down or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which a train crashed or a ship sank into the ocean? If so, you may have wondered how these things could happen without harming the people in the film.The man who knows the answer is the “special-effects” man. He has one of the most important jobs in the film industry. He may be ordered to create a flood or to make a battlefield explode. But he may also be asked to create a special effect which is much less exciting, though just as important to the success of the film.In a scene for one movie, there was a big glass bowl filled water in which small fish were swimming. The director of the movie wanted the fish to stop swimming suddenly while they seemed to stare at an actor. Then the director wanted the fish to stop staring and swim away. But fish cannot be ordered to do anything. It was quite a problem. The special-effects man thought about this problem for a long time. The result was an idea for controlling the fish with a harmless use of electricity. First, he applied electricity to the fish bowl, causing the fish to be absolutely still. Then he rapidly reduced the amount of electricity, allowing the fish to swim away. Thus, he got the humorous effect that the director wanted.As in other parts of movie making, there are those who have developed particular skill in creating certain kinds of effects. For fires, the special-effects man does not trust the normal burning process of wood or other materials. He does not have time to wait until large flames appear. Usually he places metal pipes in the area that is to be burned. Gas flowing through the pipes burns instantly but can be kept under control easily by opening or closing the pipes.All this requires training, skill, and experience. It also adds a great deal to the expense of producing the film. It helps explain why so many movies are very expensive to make.16. All the following scenes are probably the results of special effects in films except that_____.A. a bridge was destroyedB. a building was burned downC. a person wondered how not to harm peopleD. a ship san into the ocean17. The job of a special-effects man is_____.A. most importantB. always excitingC. less importantD. very rewarding18. The special-effects man used electricity to control the fish in a bowl because_____.A. the fish cannot swim and stop freelyB. the fish cannot stare at the actorC. the fish cannot stay stillD. the fish cannot be ordered to do anything19. The special-effects man creates the effects of fire by_____.A. burning wood or other materialB. burning metal pipesC. opening and closing gas pipesD. waiting for large flames20. The passage is mainly about_____.A. the importance of a special-effects manB. the way to make special effectsC. the expense of special effectsD. the needs of special effectsPassage 2Questions 21-25 are based on the following passageBefore a new airliner goes into service, every part of it is tested again and again. But there are two tests that are more important than all the others. One of them is very strange and the other is very dangerous.The first of these is called the “tank test”. A modern airliner must fly at very high altitudes. Air must be pumped into the place so that the passengers can breathe. The metal structure of the plane has to be very strong for this reason. When the plane is filled with air, or “pressured”, the air presses against the skin of the plane inside. The pressure on a small window, for example, is like a huge foot that is trying to get out. If a small part of the plane were to crack, the plane would explode in the sky. This is what happened to the first Comets. In order to test the structure of the plane, it is lowered into a huge tank of water. Then it is filled with air. The pressure inside the plane is greater than it ever will be when it is in the air. Finally, there is an explosion. Engineers can discover which part of the plane has cracked. This part is made stronger.The most dangerous test happens when the new plane is going through test flight in the air. The test pilot must find exactly what happens when all the engines are shut off at once. He takes the plane up very high. Then he shuts the engines off, the plane begins to fall like a stone. It is the pilot’s job to find out how he can get control of the plane again. These two tests are examples of how planes are made safe before they ever carry passengers.21．The purpose of the “tank test” is to find out_______.A. how much air passengers need to breathe at certain altitudes.B. how much air can be pumped into the plane.C. what would happen if the plane crashed in the water.D. if there are any weak parts in the plane that would burst under pressure22. It can be inferred that during the test, ______.A. water is pumped into the plane instead of airB. more air is pumped into the plane than usualC. water exerts great pressure on the skin of the planeD. the weaker parts receive greater pressure23．The test is carried out under water because______.A. the pressure under water is greater than in the airB. the first Comets exploded in the waterC. it will be easier for engineers to find out where the crack isD. it can protect the testers from being injured24．A test flight is dangerous because the test pilot has to_____.A. fly his plane at a very high altitudeB. secure a safe landing in a plane crashC. find out how to handle a plane when its engines stop workingD. fix the damaged engines during the flight25. The passage implies that modern airlines are ________A. reliableB. dangerousC. complicatedD. efficientPassage 3Questions 26-30 are based on the following passageAmerican this year will swallow 15,000 tons of aspirin, one of the safest and most effective drugs invented by man. The most popular medicine in the world today, it is an effective pain reliever. Its bad effects are relatively mild, and it is cheap.For millions of people suffering from arthritis (关节炎), it is the only thing that works. Aspirin, in short, is truly the 20th-century wonder drug. It is also the second largest suicide drug and is the leading cause of poisoning among children. It has side effects that although relatively mild are largely unrecognized among users.Although aspirin was first sold by a German company in 1899, it has been around much longer than that. Hippocrates, in ancient Greece, understood the medical value of the leaves and tree bark which today are known to contain salicylates, the chemical in aspirin. During the 19th century, there was a great deal of experimentation in Europe with this chemical, and it led to the introduction of aspirin. By 1915, aspirin tablets were available in the United States.A small quantity of aspirin (two five-grain tablets) relieves pain and inflammation (发炎). It also reduces fever by interfering with some of the body's reactions. Specifically, aspirin seems to slow down the formation of the acids involved in pain and the complex chemical reactions that cause fever. The chemistry of these acids is not fully understood, but the slowing effect of aspirin is well known.Aspirin is very irritating to the stomach lining, and many aspirin takers complain about upset stomach. There is a right way and a wrong way to take aspirin. The best way is to chew the tablets before swallowing them with water, but few people can stand the bitter taste. Some people suggest crushing the tablets in milk or orange juice and drinking that.26. This passage discusses ________.A. only the good things about aspirinB. only the bad things about aspirinC. both the good and bad things about aspirinD. neither the good things nor the bad things about aspirin27. The information in Para. 2 shows that ________.A) aspirin can be dangerousB) aspirin is always safeC) aspirin has been around a long timeD) aspirin is very cheap28. In Para. 3, the word "salicylates" means "________".A) leaves and tree barkB) the chemical in aspirinC) aspirin tabletsD) the name of a German company29. The author of this article seems to be ________.A) in favor of aspirinB) against the use of aspirinC) not interested in aspirinD) experienced in how to take aspirin30. A good title for this passage would be ________.A) The Side Effects of AspirinB) Why I Take AspirinC) Aspirin: The Most Popular Medicine in the WorldD) The Commercial Value of AspirinSection B（15 points）Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Questions 31-40 are based on the following passageThe world is not only hungry, but it is also thirsty for water. This may __31__ strange to you, since nearly 70% of the earth's surface is covered with water. But almost 97% of this huge amount is seawater. Man can only drink and use the other 3%--the __32__water from rivers, lakes, underground, and other sources. And we cannot even use all of that, because some of it is in the form of icebergs and glaciers. Even worse, some of it has been __33__.At the moment, this small __34__ of fresh water is still enough for us. However, our demand for water is increasing rapidly. Only if we take steps to __35__ with this problem now can we avoid a severe worldwide water shortage later on.In addition to __36__wasting our precious water one useful step we should take is to develop ways of reusing it.Today in most large cities, water is used only once and it __37__ returns to sea or runs into underground storage tanks. But it is possible to pipe water that has been used to a purifying（净化）plant. There it can be filtered and __38__with chemicals so that it can be used again just as it were fresh from a spring.But even if every large city purified and reused its water, we still would not have enough. Where could we turn next? To the oceans! We can make __39__ of the vast amount of seawater by __40__ the salt. This salt-removing process is already in use in many parts of the world.A. eventuallyB. dealC. useD. numberE. preventF. moveG. dirtyH. treatedI. amountJ. stoppingK. fresh L. seem M. removing N. make O. pollutedIV. Cloze（30 points）Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage．For each blank there are four choices marked A，B，C and D. You are required to 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.At the age of 21, Steve Jobs and a friend, Stephen Wozniak, built a personal computer called the Apple. The Apple changed people’s idea of a computer __41__ a huge mass of vacuum tubesonly big business and the government could __42__ to a small box used by ordinary people. No company has done more to __43___ the computer and make it used friendly than Apple Computer Inc. Two years after building the Apple I, Steve Jobs __44__ the Apple II. The Apple II was the best buy in __45__ computers for home and small business __46__ the following five years. Steve Jobs was __47__ a brilliant young man in Silicon Valley, because he saw the future demands of the computer industry. “The personal computer was created by the hardware revolution of the 1970s and the next __48__ change will come from a software revolution”, said Jobs.Job was an orphan __49__ by Paul and Clara Jobs in 1955. While still in high school, Jobs __50__ lectures at the Hewlett-Packard electronics firm. There he was __51__ as a summer employee and met another employee, Wozniak, who had a(n) __52__ for inventing electronic __53__. In 1972 Jobs graduated from high school and __54__ at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. After dropping out of Reed after one semester, he __55__the campus for a year, taking classes in philosophy. Early in 1974 Jobs took a job __56__ video games for Atari, Inc. But, he really had his eye on the __57__ end of the electronics business and __58__ Wozniak to work with him toward building a personal computer.They sold everything they had, __59__ $1,300 to start their new company. With that capital base and credit begged from local electronics suppliers, they set up their first production line. Jobs __60__the name of their new company Apple in memory of a happy summer he had spent as an orchard worker in Oregon.41.A. from B. in C. with D. of42.A. use B. afford C. buy D. purchase43.A. accomplish B. consist C. popularize D. compose44.A. had introduced B. introduced C. introducing D. to introduce45.A. personal B. individual C. personnel D. private46.A. after B. before C. across D. throughout47.A. consented B. considered C. condemned D. consulted48. A. urgent B. strong C. powerful D. dramatic49. A. adapted B. received C. adopted D. taken50. A. attended B. went C, participated D. visited51. A. reserved B. engaged C. appointed D. hired52. A. emotion B. passion C. feeling D. rage53.A. plan B. system C. method D. devices54. A. employed B. entered C. registered D. recorded55. A. hung around B. hung on C. hung out D. hung overdefeating C.designing D.denyingdescribingB.56.A.57. A. economical B. influential C. industrial D. commercial58. A. confirmed B. protected C. persuaded D. provided59. A. raising B. recovering C. enhancing D. rising60.A. camp up for B. camp up to C. camp up from D. camp up withV. Writing（25 points）Directions: In this part you are required to write a composition entitled Where to Seek Employment----In a Big City or In a Small City in no less than 100 words according to the following Chinese outline．Please remember to write it on the Answer Sheet．1. 有些人喜欢在大城市找工作，因为这可以带来很多好处。