1、 第 1 页 共 12 页Part I Structure and Vocabulary (30 minutes, 10 points) Section ADirections: There are 10 sentences in this section. Each sentence has an underlined part and there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.1
2、. The energy companies launched urgent studies of the Arctic environment.A. made B. stressedC. moved D. started2. As working hours tend to get shorter and shorter, people should learn how to spend their increased leisure time in some satisfying way.A. longer hours B. more chanceC. free time D. happy
3、 time3. Establishment of a sound insurance system is essential for deepening economic reforms.A. accurate B. healthyC. undisturbed D. safe4. The workers at large approved of the governments policy.A. mostly B. freelyC. happily D. angrily5. It would take Mary some time to get over the grief at her hu
4、sbands death.A. overcome B. do withoutC. pass D. deal with6. Mail service is often suspended in this country when the postal workers were on strike.A. inspected B. uninterruptedC. delayed D. reduced7. Lifting the shoulders is a gesture that indicates lack of interest.A. Napping B. ShruggingC. Sighin
5、g D. Provoking8. Electrical energy may be divided into two components specified as positive and negative.A. confused B. designatedC. specialized D. amplified9. Although I tried to concentrate on the lecture, I was distracted by the noise made by the rushing-in girls.A. confused B. diverted第 2 页 共 12
6、 页C. attracted D. discharged10. History is thus used to justify and support national ideals and institutions.A. explain B. assistC. establish D. judgeSection BDirections: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one th
7、at best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.11. Movie directors use music to _the action on the screen.A. contaminate B. complimentC. contemplate D. complement12. The critical moment for harvest _ from year to year and from one planet to the next.A. renews
8、B. enviesC. baffles D. varies13. Your story about the frog turning into a prince is _ nonsense.A. sheer B. shearC. shield D. sheet14. The political future of the president is now hanging by a _ .A. cord B. threadC. string D. rope15. As an excellent shooter, Peter practiced aiming at both _ targets a
9、nd moving targets.A. standing B. still C. stationary D. stable16. The table was very large and heavy; in fact, it was so _ that it could not be moved. A. extravagant B. massiveC. plentiful D. exercise17. Fewer and fewer of todays workers expect to spend their working lives in the same field, _ the s
10、ame company.A. all else B. much worseC. less likely D. let alone18. The new technological revolution in American newspapers has brought increased _ a wider range of publications and an expansion of newspaper jobs.第 3 页 共 12 页A. manipulation B. reproductionC. circulation D. penetration19. He is _ a v
11、ery old man but in fact he is only fifty. A. apparently B. evidentlyC. obviously D. actually20. It is possible to _ the Pauline arguments in terms of two directives.A. take up B. sum upC. show up D. turn up Part II Cloze Test (20 minutes, 10 points)Directions: For each numbered blank in the followin
12、g passage, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Television is the most effective brainwashing medium ever invented by man. Advertisers know this to be _ (21). Children are affected by television in _ (22) we scarcely understand. In th
13、e fall of 1971, I was _ (23) a story involving a young white woman living on the fringe of Bostons black ghetto. Her car had _ (24) out of gas. She had gone to a filling station _ (25) a can and was returning to her car when she was _ (26) in an alley by a gang of black youths. The gang _ (27) gasol
14、ine over her and set fire to her. She died _ (28) her burns. It was later established _ (29) some of the youths involved had, on the night before the killing, _ (30) on television a rerun of an old movie in which a drifter is _ (31) on fire by an adolescent gang. There is some kind of strange reduct
15、ive process (还原过程) at work here. To see something on television robs it _ (32) its reality, and then when the same thing is _ (33) out it is like the reenactment (重演) of something unreal._ (34) other words when the gang set fire to the girl, they were imitating _ (35) they had seen on a screen, as i
16、f they themselves were on a screen, and in a _ (36). I dont think we have _ (37) begun to realize how powerful a(n) _ (38) television. It has already _ (39) very clear that the candidate with the most television _ (40) wins the election.21. A. true B. sincere C. dependant D. exact22. A. methods B. w
17、ays C. directions D. respects23. A. arranged B. allotted C. appointed D. assigned第 4 页 共 12 页24. A. left B. run C. stayed D. stopped25. A. for B. by C. with D. in26. A. traced B. followed C. trapped D. hit27. A. put B. poured C. dropped D. sprayed28. A. of B. with C. in D. over29. A. when B. that C.
18、 because D. as30. A. looked B. watched C. experienced D. gone31. A. set B. seen C. watched D. burned32. A. of B. from C. by D. for33. A. acted B. played C. put D. taken34. A.On B. In C. By D. At35. A. that B. which C. what D. those36. A. scene B. fiction C. television D. story37. A. even B. already
19、C. much D. little38. A. equipment B. appliance C. source D. medium39. A. become B. turned C. seemed D. looked40. A. appearance B. appeal C. practice D. experience Part III. Reading Comprehension (50 minutes, 40 points)Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 4 quest
20、ions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneIn cities across the United States, old factories, warehouses, schools, railroad stations and other buildings are being renovated for new
21、uses. City planners and private investors are finding that good building, no matter how old, can be remodeled for new purposes. “If youd asked some four or five years ago whether hed rent an apartment in an abandoned piano factory or clothing warehouse, hed have thought you were crazy, ”says a New Y
22、ork architect. “Today, many people are eager to do it.” The renovating may include a former city hall or courthouse changed into offices; a bank or church changed into a restaurant; or, as in Plains, Georgia, a railroad station used as a center for a presidential campaign.Only a few decades ago, ren
23、ovation was unpopular and generally far more expensive than taking down abandoned buildings and starting from the beginning. A change began in the 1960s with a number of well-advertised 第 5 页 共 12 页projects. They included Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, where an old chocolate factory was restor
24、ed an d made into shops and restaurants; Trolley Square in Salt Lake City, where abandoned car warehouses became a shopping mall; the Soho district of New York City, where unused warehouses ere made into artists studios and apartments.What caused the change? “One reason is nostalgia,” a San Francisc
25、o builder suggests. “Maybe old is better than new, many people are saying. Feelings about preserving attractive or historic buildings have changed a great deal.” A second cause is economy. The cost of tearing down an old building and constructing a new one from nothing now has risen to the point whe
26、re it is often less expensive to fix a solid older structure. Also builders realize that fixing up an existing building often requires no new permits, sewer lines, or water connections.Even when the costs of restoration are the same as or a bit more than the costs of putting up a new building, fixin
27、g the old building may be better. A Boston architect says, “The advantage comes when you can develop a final project that is more desirable than a new building one with the right location, more space, more floor area, a special character, materials of a particular quality.” Gradually, architects and
28、 builders are developing knowledge about renovation and preservation, bringing imagination and creativity to the job.41. In the United States, renovating old buildings _?A. has had a long historyB. is becoming increasing popularC. is still unpopularD. has just caught the fancy of architects and buil
29、ders42. Ghirardelli Square, Trolley Square, and the Soho district are projects that _.A. have been given much publicityB. are little known to the publicC. have been widely discussed among builders and city plannersD. have changed the building business43. “Nostalgia” in the 3rd paragraph most probabl
30、y means _.A. being conservativeB. being keen on saving money C. being fond of things newD being fond of things of the remote past44. Which of the following statements is true? 第 6 页 共 12 页A. Every old building can be renovated for new uses.B. Renovating old buildings is always less costly than putti
31、ng up new ones.C. Renovation does not require imagination and creativityD. Fixing an old building may have advantages even when it costs a little more45. The passage is mainly about _.A. the increasing popularity of renovation.B. nostalgia.C. changes in the building business.D. preservation of attra
32、ctive or historic buildings.Passage TwoAdvertising plays a major role in the distribution of goods from manufacturers to consumers. It provides an effective way for sellers to inform buyers about products. Advertising thus helps manufacturers sell their products and benefits consumers by providing t
33、hem with shopping information.Advertising also helps the economy grow by stimulating demand for new products. Manufacturers spend much money to develop new products. Through advertising, they can speed up the process of creating a market for a product and so recover their costs more quickly. Fewer n
34、ew products would be developed if manufacturers could not use advertising to help sell the products.Advertisers include the expense of advertising in the sales price of a product. In some cases, advertising raises the price of a product. In other cases, advertising helps lower prices by creating the
35、 mass demand that supports mass production. Successful advertising makes many people want a product. By mass producing a product and developing a large volume of sales, the manufacturer can charge less per unit.Sociologically, advertising supports the mass communication media. It pays all the costs
36、of commercial television and radio. It provides viewers with free entertainment and news programs, though viewers are often annoyed by commercial interruptions. Advertising also pays three-fourths of the costs of newspapers and magazines. Without advertising, readers would have to pay a higher price
37、 for newspapers and magazines, and many of the publications would go out of business.Because the mass media depend on advertising to stay in business, many people question whether advertisers control the media. Generally, media do not allow advertisers to influence their programming or editorial con
38、tent. However, many broadcasters and publishers do not hesitate to run favorable information 第 7 页 共 12 页about their advertisers, and they sometimes refuse to run unfavorable information. Critics of commercial television maintain that dependence on advertising lowers the quality of TV programming. I
39、n order to sell advertising time at high prices, TV stations try to attract the largest possible audience. Critics argue that the stations therefore broadcast too many general entertainment programs and not enough informational and cultural programs.Many critics also charge that advertising persuade
40、s people to buy products they do not need or want through the use of psychological techniques. Advertisers reply that they do not have the means to make people buy unwanted products. They argue that adults freely choose what to buy or what not to buy. Most experts agree, however, that advertising is
41、 particularly persuasive to young children, who do not have the ability or experience to judge advertising critically. For this reason, the Federal Trade Commission has strict regulations governing advertising aimed at children.46. Advertising is useful to the economy in the sense that _A. it helps
42、to inform customers about new products.B. it gives the designers a chance to make money.C. it helps to create a market for new products.D. it gives the producers an excuse to raise prices.47. Consumers will not benefit until advertising becomes successful_.A. and the producer lowers the price B. wit
43、h mass productionC. before a new market has been createdD. or the manufacturer has recovered the cost48. The author seems to think that commercial interruption on television and radio _.A. are a waste of timeB. are fully justifiedC. only serve the interest of producersD. only serve the interest of t
44、he media.49. What critics are really worried about _.A. Broadcasters and publishers do not want to make open bad news about their advertisersB. Stations are too much interested in seeking money from their advertisersC. Programs are not so appealing to more and more audienceD. Stations will not broad
45、cast enough educational programs第 8 页 共 12 页50. What is the authors attitude towards advertising?A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Indifferent. D. Not clear.Passage ThreeMost publishing is now “electronic” in the sense that books, magazines, and newspapers are prepared on computers, and exist as computer
46、 files before they are printed on paper. Often there are advantages to giving readers access to the electronic versions of publications as well as or even instead ofthe printed versions.Print publications have lots of advantages. Paper is pleasant to handle, easy to read, and very portable: you can
47、read it almost anywhere. On the other hand, print has its weaknesses. Paper is expensive, and articles are often cut to fit the space available. Printing and distributing paper is expensive and takes time. Printed materials are expensive to store and almost impossible to search. Electronic publishin
48、g offers solutions to all these problems.Suppose a publisher makes the electronic copy of a newspaper or magazine available from the net, perhaps on the Internets World Wide Web. No paper is used and disc space is cheap, so internet publishing costs very little. Articles dont have to be cut (althoug
49、h there is of course a limit to the amount people are willing to read on line). Internet publishing is fast, and readers can access material as soon as it becomes available: within minutes, instead of the next day, next week or next month. Internet publishing goes beyond geographical boundaries: the humblest local paper can be read everywhere from New York
