Passage Four
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Even plants can run a fever, especially when they're under attack by insects or disease. But unlike humans, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000 feet away-straight up. A decade ago, adapting the infrared（红外线）scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide（杀虫剂）spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that don't have pest（害虫）problems.
Even better, Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running "fevers". Farmers could then spot-spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.
The bad news is that Paley's company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. "This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States," says George Oerther of Texas A&M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.
26. Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are ________.
A) sprayed with pesticides
B) facing an infrared scanner
C) in poor physical condition
D) exposed to excessive sun rays
27. In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to ______.
A) estimate the damage to the crops
B) draw a color-coded map
C) measure the size of the affected area
D) locate the problem area
28. Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by ______.
A) resorting to spot-spraying
B) consulting infrared scanning experts
C) transforming poisoned rain
D) detecting crop problems at an early date
29. The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties due to _____.
A) the lack of official support
B) its high cost
C) the lack of financial support
D) its failure to help increase production
30. Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of ______.
A) the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produce
B) growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on crops
C) the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture
D) full support from agricultural experts
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
31 The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at ____________ chemist's.
A) each B) some
C) certain D) any
32 You cannot be __________ careful when you drive a car.
A) very B) so
C) too D) enough
33 In general, the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth the total _________ for living expenses.
A) acceptable B) available
C) advisable D) applicable
34 Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to _____ the color of his skin.
A) with the exception of B) in the light of
C) by virtue of D) regardless of
35 Housewives who do not go out to work feel they are not working to their full _______.
A) capacity B) strength
C) length D) possibility
36 I hate people who __________ the end of a film that you haven't seen before.
A) reveal B) rewrite
C) revise D) reverse
37 He's watching TV? He's ________ to be cleaning his room.
A) known B) supposed
C) regarded D) considered
38 The old couple decided to _________ a boy and a girl though they had three of their own.
A) adapt B) bring
C) receive D) adopt
39 The government is trying to do something to ________ better understanding between the two countries.
A) raise B) promote
C) heighten D) increase
40 The newspaper did not mention the ________ of the damage caused by the fire.
A) range B) level
C) extent D) quantity
41 The soldier was ___________ of running away when the enemy attacked.
A) scolded B) charged
C) accused D) punished
42 Had he worked harder, he __________ the exams.
A) must have got through
B) would have got through
C) permitted are freshmen
D) are permitted freshmen
43 Only under special circumstances ________ to take make-up tests.
A) are freshmen permitted
B) freshmen are permitted
C) permitted are freshmen
D) are permitted freshmen
44 I had just started back for the house to change my clothes ___________ I heard voices.
A) as B) when
C) after D) while
45 It seems oil ________ from this pipe for some time. We'll have to take the machine apart to put it right.
A) had leaked B) is leaking
C) leaked D) has been leaking
46 When he arrived, he found _________ the aged and the sick at home.
A) none but B) none other than
C) nothing but D) no other than
47 The pressure ________ causes Americans to be energetic, but it also puts them under a constant emotional strain.
A) to compete B) competing
C) to be competed D) having competed
48 Your hair wants _________. You'd better have it done tomorrow.
A) cut B) to cut
C) cutting D) being cut
49 As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think ________.
A) ought to be said B) must say
C) have to be said D) need to say
50 Once environmental damage __________, it takes many years for the system to recover.
A) has done B) is to do
C) does D) is done
51 Studies show that the things that contribute most to a sense of happiness cannot be bought, __________ a good family life, friendship and work satisfaction.
A) as for B) in view of
C) in case of D) such as
52 He will agree to do what you require __________ him.
A) of B) from
C) to D) for
53 The mere fact _________ most people believe nuclear war would be madness does not mean that it will not occur.
A) what B) which
C) that D) why
54 John seems nice person. ____________, I don't trust him.
A) Even though B) Even so
C) Therefore D) Though
55 I don't think it advisable that Tom ________ to the job since he has no experience.
A) is assigned B) will be assigned
C) be assigned D) has been assigned
56 ________, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.
A) Other things being equal
B) Were other things equal
C) To be equal to other things
D) Other things to be equal
57 _______ that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better.
A) For B) Now
C) Since D) Despite
58 The man in the corner confessed to __________ a lie to the manager of the company.
A) have told B) be told
C) being told D) having told
59 By 1929, Mickey Mouse was as popular ________ children as Coca-Cola.
A) for B) in
C) to D) with
60 Because Edgar was convinced of the accuracy of this fact, he _______ his opinion.
A) struck at B) stove for
C) stuck to D) stood for
Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should 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.
Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food ___61___ it is badly cooked. The ___62___ a meal is cooked and served is most important and an ___63___ served meal will often improve a child's appetite. Never ask a child ___64___ he likes or dislikes a food and never ___65___ likes and dislikes in front of him or allow ___66___ else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother ___67___ vegetables in the child's hearing he is ___68___ to copy this procedure. Take it ___69___ granted that he likes everything and he probably ___70___. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a ___71___ dislike. At meal times it is a good ___72___ to give a child a small portion and let him ___73___ back for a second helping rather than give him as ___74___ as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child ___75___ meal times, but let him get on with his food; and do not ___76___ him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will ___77___ learn to swallow his food ___78___ he can hurry back to his toys. Under ___79___ circumstances must a child be coaxed (哄骗) ___80___ forced to eat.
61. A) if B) until C) that D) unless
62. A) procedure B) process C) way D) method
63. A) adequately B) attractively C) urgently D) eagerly
64. A) whether B) what C) that D) which
65. A) remark B) tell C) discuss D) argue
66. A) everybody B) anybody C) somebody D) nobody
67. A) opposes B) denies C) refuses D) offends
68. A) willing B) possible C) obliged D) likely
69. A) with B) with C) over D) for
70. A) should B) may C) will D) must
71. A) supposed B) proved C) considered D) related
72. A) point B) custom C) idea D) plan
73. A) ask B) come C) return D) take
74. A) much B) little C) few D) many
75. A) on B) over C) by D) during
76. A) agree B) allow C) force D) persuade
77. A) hurriedly B) soon C) fast D) slowly
78. A) so B) until C) lest D) although
79. A) some B) any C) such D) no
80. A) or B) nor C) but D) neither
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Getting to Know the World Outside the Campus. You should write at least 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1. 大学生了解社会的必要性。
2. 了解社会的途径（大众媒介、社会服务等）
3. 我打算怎么做。
Getting to Know the World Outside the Campus
参考答案：
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. A
11. C 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. C 17. A 18. D 19. A 20. B
21. D 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. B
31. D 32. C 33. B 34. D 35. A 36. A 37. B 38. D 39. B 40. C
41. C 42. B 43. A 44. B 45. D 46. A 47. A 48. C 49. A 50. D
51. D 52. A 53. C 54. B 55. C 56. A 57. B 58. D 59. D 60. C
61. D 62. C 63. B 64. A 65. C 66. B 67. C 68. D 69. D 70. C
71. A 72. C 73. B 74. A 75. D 76. B 77. B 78. A 79. D 80. A
S1. typical S2. relatively S3. boring
S4. describe S5. variety S6. normal S7. uniform
S8. seven bad men jumped out, one man had a knife and we got into a fight.
S9. She was trying to get to the hospital, but there was a bad traffic jam.
S10. the baby waited to "arrive" until we got to the hospital.