Passage 1
The universities from which our own are descended were founded inthe Middle Ages. They were established either by corporations of studentswanting to learn, as in Italy, or by teachers wanting to teach as in France.Corporations that had special or customary privileges for the purposeof carrying out the intentions of the incorporators were common in thosedays. The university corporations of the Middle Ages at the height oftheir power were not responsible to anybody, in the sense that they couldnot bebrought to bookby any authority. They claimed, and madegoodtheir claim, complete independence of all secular and religious controlThe American university was, however,at first a corporation formed bya religious denomination or by thestate for the purposes of thedenominationor the state.
A. bleach
B. blush
C. blend
D. blot
6.Readingthe mind only with material of knowledge; it isthinking that makes what we read ours.
A. rectifies
B. prolongs
C. minimizes
5. Failure is a better teacher than success since success alwaysencourages repetition of old behavior whereas failure can prompt freshthinking, a change of direction.
I.It isto believe that the number 8 brings fortune or good luck.
A. absurd
B. adhere
C. accumulation
D. accord
2.Although most dreams apparently happen ___, dream activity maybe provoked by external influences.
II. Translation (50 points)
Section C Translate these sentences into English (20 points, 4 for each)
1，我们想心平气和，通情达理地通过直接谈判解决问题。
2，对不同文化价值观少了解或不了解时，就会产生跨文化交际的困难。
第二部分阅读
I. Vocabulary (10 points, I for each)
Directions: Read each of the following sentences carefully, and chooseA,B, C, or D to complete the sentences.
A. coarse
B.rude
C. crude
D. rough
4.Your story about the frog turning into a princeisnonsense.
A. sheer
B. shear
C. shield
D. sheet
5.You could paint the walls and ceilings the same color so theytogether.ultaneously
C. homogeneously
D. instantaneously
3.Bycomputation,heestimated that the repairs on the housewould cost him a thousand dollars.
D. furnishes
7.Mr. Berry, the author of the play, said that the resemblance of thehero to an actual person was a pure
A. comedy
B. combat
C. coincidence
D. conceit
In the second part, give one or two reasons to support your point of view.
In the last part, bringwhat you have written to a natural conclusion.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.
The American university in the seventeenth century was much closerto the American university today than to the medieval university. ThePuritan communities needed ministers and professional men and soestablished universities to provide them. Later, religious groups builtuniversities in order to extend their own influence. For example, theUniversity of Chicago was founded by devout Baptists to combat the risingtide of Methodism in the Middle West. The president and trustees of theuniversity were required to have the proper religious affiliations inorder to keep the university on the right path. Fortunately, thecombination of John D. Rockefeller, William Rainey Harper, and theenlightened wing of the Baptist Church preserved the university from toonarrow an interpretation of its purpose.
8.Though her parentsher musical ability, Jerry' s pianoplaying is really terrible.
A. pour scorn on
B. heap praise upon
C. give vent to
D. cast light upon
1. Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients--to speed recoveryor toconceal the approach of death?
2. The relationship of the individual to his culture is analogous to anactor and his director. The actor puts his own acting but is neverthelessinfluenced by the director.
9.The president argued that the depression stemmed from the Americaneconomy'sflaws.
A. underlining
B. vulnerable
C. vulgar
D. underlying
10. This kind of material canheat and moisture.
3. Our flesh may perish, our hands will wither, but that which they createin beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come.
4. In the face of the tensions and pressures we all face every single day,a sense of humor can be a saving grace. The ability to laugh is crucialto our fullest development, to our "mental health".
Write on ANSWER SHEET a composition of about 150 words on the followingtopic: