Part Ⅲ Vocabulary (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences it: this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose cite ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. These were stubborn men, not easily ________to change their mind.
A) tilted C) persuaded
B) converted D) suppressed
42. The circus has always been very, popular because it ________both the old and the young.
A) facilitates C) immerses
B) fascinates D) indulges
43. By patient questioning the lawyer managed to ________enough information from the witnesses.
A) evacuate C) impart
B) withdraw D) elicit
44. George enjoys talking about people's private affairs. He is a ________.
A) solicitor C) gossip
B) coward D) rebel
45. The new secretary has written a remarkably ________report within a few hundred words but with all the important details included.
A) concise C) precise
B) brisk D) elaborate
46. His face ________as he came in after running all the way from school.
A) flared C) fluttered
B) fluctuated D) flushed
47. Steel is not as ________ as cast iron; it does not break as easily.
A) elastic C) adaptable
B) brittle D) flexible
48. A big problem in lemming English as a foreign language is lack of opportunities for ________interaction with proficient speakers of English.
A) instantaneous C) verbal
B) provocative D) dual
49. Within ten years they have tamed the ________hill into green woods.
A) vacant C) weird
B) barren D) wasteful
50. The ________of our trip to London was the visit to Buckingham Palace.
A) summit C) peak
B) height D) highlight
51. Harold claimed that he was a serious and well-known artist, but in fact he was a(n) ________.
A) alien C) counterpart
B) client. D) fraud
52. We don't ________any difficulties in completing the project so long as we keep within our budget.
A) foresee C) infer
B) fabricate D) inhibit
53. He is looking for a job that will give him greater ________for career development.
A) insight C) momentum
B) scope D) phase
54. The high school my daughter studies in is ________our university.
A) linked by C) mingled with
B) relevant to D) affiliated with
55. The Browns lived in a ________and comfortably furnished house in the suburbs.
A) spacious C) wide
B) sufficient D) wretched
56. A membership card ________the holder to use the club's facilities for a period of twelve months.
A) approves C) rectifies
B) authorizes D) endows
57. They have done away with ________Latin for university entrance at Harvard.
A) influential C) compulsory
B) indispensable D) essential
58. It is no ________that a large number of violent crimes are committed under the influence of alcohol.
A) coincidence C) inspiration
B) correspondence D) intuition
59. One's university days often appear happier in ________than they actually were at the time.
A) retention C) return
B) retrospect D) revere
60. She ________through the pages of a magazine, not really concentrating on them.
A) tumbled C) switched
B) tossed D) flipped
61. Scientists are pushing known technologies to their limits in an attempt to ________more energy from the earth.
A) extract C) discharge
B) inject D) drain
62. The Chinese Red Cross ________a generous sum to the relief of the victims of the earthquake in Turkey.
A) administered C) assessed
B) elevated D) contributed
63. The first sentence in this paragraph is ________; it can be interpreted in many ways.
A) intricate C) duplicated
B) ambiguous D) confused
64. They used to quarrel a lot, but now they are completely ________with each other.
A) reconciled C) associated
B) negotiated D) accommodated
65. The local business was not much ________by the sudden outbreak of the epidemic.
A) intervened C) hampered
B) insulated D) hoisted
66. The most important ________for assessment in this contest is originality of design.
A) threshold C) warrant
B) partition D) criterion
67. The woman was worried about the side effects of taking aspirins. but her doctor ________her that it is absolutely harmless.
A) retrieved C) reassured
B) released D) revived
68. We can't help being ________of Bob who bought a luxurious sports car just after the money was stolen from the office.
A) skeptical C) suspicious
B) appreciative D) tolerant
69. He greatly resented the publication of this book. which he saw as an embarrassing invasion of his ________.
A) privacy C) dignity
B) morality D) secrecy
70. In fact as he approached this famous statue, he only barely resisted the ________to reach into his bag for his camera.
A) impatience C) incentive
B) impulse D) initiative
Part Ⅳ Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mis takes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word o delete a word, Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided, If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank, If you add a word, put an insertion mark (^) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.
Example:
Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods. 1.time/times/perild
Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature as a 2.____/____
school subject are valid for^study of television. 3._ _the_____
"Home, sweet home" is a phrase that expresses an
essential attitude in the United States. Whether the reality
of life in the family house is sweet or no sweet，the S1.________
cherished ideal of home has great importance for many
people.
This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This
dream, dramatized in the history of nineteenth-century
European settlers of the American West, was to find
a piece of place, build a house for one's family, and S2.________
started a farm. These small households were portraits of S2.________
independence: the entire family -- mother, father, children.
even grandparents -- live in a small house and working S2.________
together to support each other. Anyone understood the life S2.________
and death importance of family cooperation and hard work.
Although most people in the United States no longer
live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership is just as S2.________
strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.
When U.S, soldiers came home before World War II., for S2.________
example, they dreamed of buying houses and starting
families. But there was a tremendous boom in home S2.________
building. The new houses, typically it the suburbs, were
often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied S2.________
a deep need. Many regarded the single-family
house the basis of their way of life. S2.________
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
图表作文，关于一个美国大学图书馆的图书流动量（pop fiction, general nonfiction, science, art等），给出他们的流动比例对比，说明原因，并说明你自己喜欢阅读什么样的书。
参考答案：
PartⅠ Listening Comprehension
1----5 DDBBC
6----10 ABAAC
11---15 DBCAA
16---20 BADAC
PartⅡ Reading Comprehension
21---25 CACBD
26---30 BCBDA
31---35 ACDBA
36---40 BCDCD
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary
41---45 CBDCD
46---50 DBCBA
51---55 DABDA
56---60 BCABD
61---65 ADBAC
66---70 DCCAB
Part IV Error Correction
1. no -------- not
2. place -------- land
3. started -------- start
4. working -------- work
5. anyone -------- everyone
6. but ---------- (去掉)
7. before -------- after
8. But ----------- And
9. it ------------- they
10. 在house后增加as