Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes) Section A 1. D) Dr. Holden is the best person for the chairmanship. 2. A) They’ll keep in touch during the summer vacation 3. B) Peaches are not at their best now. 4. C) They work on the assignment together. 5. A) She admires Jean’s straightforwardness 6. A) He liked writing when he was a child 7. D) He does not study hard enough 8. C) It will be very difficult for them to find John 9. A) Its rapid growth is beneficial to the world 10. B) Most students can’t afford to live in the new apartments Section B Passage One 11. C) The need for greater cultural diversity in the school curriculum 12. D) He believed the speaker was a foreigner 13. A) The US population doesn’t consist of white European descendants only Passage Two 14. A) By making laws 15. B) It should be raised quickly by hand 16. D) It should be carried high up in the air 17. C) There are precise regulations and customs to be followed Passage Three 18. C) Truancy 19. D) Students with good attendance records 20. B) Rewarding schools that have decreased the destruction
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Passage one 21. D) To discourage people from insisting on having grandchildren. 22. B) draw attention to the troubles and difficulties grandchildren may cause 23. A) they find it hard to resist the carrot-and-stick approach of their parents 24. A) her parents kept pressuring her to have a child 25. C) It is troublesome but rewarding. Passage Two 26. D) People can fully enjoy individual freedom. 27. A) the more diligent one is, the bigger his returns 28. C) became wealthy after starting life very poor 29. B) Americans wish to succeed in every aspect of life 30. D) What Americans strive after often contradicts their beliefs. Passage Three 31. B) The reduction of public expenditure. 32. C) obtain funding from the government 33. A) They think they work in an environment hostile to the free pursuit of knowledge. 34. D) they could be influenced by their association with the project concerned 35. B) People would not believe scientists even when they tell the truth. Passage Four 36. D) the globalization of economy 37. B) Information technology has removed the restrictions of time and space in business transactions 38. C) it should not overlook the importance of information, services, support, and distribution 39. A) can eliminate an entire business segment 40. D) businesses have to meet individual customers’ specific needs in order to succeed
Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes) 41. C) absurd 42. C) entitled 43. D) flushed 44. C) abolished 45. B) out of stock 46. C) luminous 47. A) comply 48. D) erase 49. C) scrutiny 50. A) ascribed 51. B) decent 52. C) finite 53. C) defy 54. A) suppress 55. D) rectify 56. C) irritated 57. C) deficit 58. B) impose 59. D) stimulus 60. D) cherish 61. C) blank 62. A) tucked 63. B) obscure 64. A) by analogy 65. B) hinged upon 66. C) by means of 67. D) exclusive 68. D) abnormal 69. C) recession 70. C) deafened
Part IV Error Correction (15 minutes) S1. in first 改 in the first S2．ultimate 改ultimately S3. acceptance 改unacceptance S4.avoid end 改 ending S5.stand out 改 upon S6.pick up改 pick out S7.listing改 list S8.keep up改 keep S9.taking 改 taken
