Part I: Vocabulary (20 points)
1. Many pure metals have little use because they are too soft, rust too easily, or have some other .
A. bruises
B. blunders
C. handicaps
D. drawbacks
2. Some studies confirmed that this kind of eye disease was _ _ in tropic countries.
A. prospective
B. prevalent
C. provocative
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D. perpetual
3. After several nuclear disasters, a has raged over the safety of nuclear energy.
A. quarrel
B. suspicion
C. verdict
D. controversy
4. He is a(n) and well-behaved child, but his parents worry about him for he talks too little.
A. obedient
B. transient
C. conscious
D. passionate
5. Mary once with another musician to compose a piece of pop music.
A. merged
B. collaborated
C. coincided
D. constituted
6. A man has to make for his old age by putting aside enough to live on when old.
A. supply
B. assurance
C. provision
D. adjustment
7. Earl was balancing himself on top of the fence when he lost his and fell off.
A. equilibrium
B. equivalence
C. equivalent
D. equation
8. The of a society, club, etc, are the records of its doings, especially as published each year.
A. procedures
B. processes
C. proceedings
D. projects
9. Keys should never be hidden around the house since thieves know where to look.
A. virtually
B. initially
C. invariably
D. infinitely
10. Outsiders have the success of Eastern Asia's economics with admiration, wonderment and
sometimes hostility.
A. gazed
B. glanced
C. contemplated
D. peered
11. It took a lot of imagination to come up with such an plan.
A. inherent
孤独者的歌词
B. ingenious
C. infectious
D. indulgent
12. There are some between their two descriptions; we are puzzled which we should believe.
A. discrepancies
B. distractions
C. diversions
D. discretion
13. In many cultures people who were thought to have the ability to dreams were likely to be
highly respected.
A. interpret
B. intervene
C. inherit
D. impact
14. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning, whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly
on .
A. consciousness
B. impulse
C. instinct
D. response
15. Equipment not official safety standards has all been removed from the workshop.
A. conforming to
B. consistent with
C. predominant over
D. providing for
16. According to a growing number of experts, it is already technically to construct a pioneering
space colony, powered by solar energy.
A. practical
B. flexible
C. feasible
D. beneficial
17. Some researchers feel that certain people have nervous systems particularly _ _ to hot, dry winds.
They are what we call weather-sensitive people.
A. subjective
B. subordinate
C. liable
D. vulnerable
18. These areas rely on agriculture almost , having few mineral recourses and a minimum of
industrial development.
A. respectively
B. extraordinarily
C. incredibly
D. exclusively
19. There is no doubt that the of these goods to the others is easy to see.
A. prestige '
B. superiority
C. priority
D. publicity
20. Military orders are and cannot be disobeyed.
A. defective
B. conservative
C. alternative
D. imperative
21. Some educators try to put students of similar abilities into the same class because they believe this kind of
grouping is advisable.
A. homogenous
B. instantaneous
C. spontaneous
D. anonymous
利绮22. All the people in the stadium cheered up when they saw hundreds of colorful balloons
slowly into the sky.
A. ascending
B. elevating
C. escalating
D. lingering
23. He obviously displayed a great for some of your poems.
A. consent
B. admiration
C. respect
D. pleasure
24. The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause of vegetables in the coming days.
A. rarity
B. scarcity
C. invalidity
D. variety
25. The continuous unrest was _____________ the nation’s economy.
A. exaggerating
B. aggravating
C. amending
D. fastening
霍尊《卷珠帘》26. With a wave of his hand, the magician made the duck .
A. scatter
B. vanish
C. abandon
D. fly away
27. Changing from solid to liquid, water takes in heat from all substances near it, and this __________ produces
artificial cold surrounding it.
A. absorption
B. transition
C. consumption
D. interaction
28. They had planned to go outing this weekend, but they finally had to it because of the rainy
weather.
A. cancel
B. eliminate
C. delay
D. prolong
29. This dictionary is intended for American learners of Chinese.
A. especially
B. particularly
C. specifically
D. uniquely
30. A UN official said that aid programs would be until there was adequate protection for relief
convoy.
A. depended
B. suspended
C. postponed
D. expended
31. The problem is that most local authorities lack the ____to deal sensibly in this market.
A. anticipation
B. perception
C. prospect
D. expertise
32. Awards provide a(n)____for young people to improve their skills.
A. incentive
B. initiative
C. fugitive
D. captive
33. The physician had to visit his patient six ___________days before the patient could be considered in a fair
condition.
A. consequent
B. consecutive
C. consistent
D. conservative
34. Oil is derived from the ____of microscopic sea creatures, and is even older, according to most geologists.
A. layouts
B. reminders
便利店的约会C. remains
D. 1eftovers
35. Successful students sometimes become so ____with grades that they never enjoy their school years.
A. passionate
B. involved
C. immersed
D. obsessed
36. Apparently there were ____between police reports taken from the same witnesses at different times.
A. distortions
B. discrepancies
C. disorders
D. distractions
37. It had been a terrible afternoon for Jane, ____at about six o’clock in her father’s sudden collapse into
unconsciousness.
A. converging
B. culminating
C. finalizing
D. releasing
38. The 12-year-old civil war had____1.5 million lives.
A. declared
B. proclaimed
C. claimed
D. asserted
39. The tribe has agreed to contribute 2 percent of net ____to charitable activities in the county.
A. expenses
B. revenues
C. budgets
D. payments
40. Measuring skin fold thickness is considered to be an _________ method for estimating the amount of fat on
one’s body.
A. accessible
B. accountable
C. acceptable
D. adaptable
Part II: Reading Comprehension (30 points)
Passage l
In addition to redistributing incomes, inflation may affect the total real income and production of the community. An increase in prices is usually associated with high employment. In moderate inflation, industries are operating efficiently and output is near capacity. There is a great deal of private investment and jobs are plentiful. Such has been the historical pattern. Thus many business persons and union leaders, in evaluating a little deflation and a little inflation, consider the latter to be the lesser of two evils. In mild inflation, the losses to fixed-income groups are usually less than gains to the rest of the community. Even worker with relatively fixed wages are often better off because of improved employment opportunities and greater take-home pay, a rise in interest rates on new securities may partly compensate for any losses to creditor, and increases in pension benefits may partly make losses to retirees.
In deflation, on the other hand, the growing unemployment of labor and capital causes the community's total well-being to be less; so in a sense, the gainers get less than the losers lose. As a matter of fact, in a depression, or a time of severe deflation, almost everyone suffers, including the creditor who is left with uncollectible debts.
For these reasons an increase in consumption of investment spending is considered good in times of unemployment, even if this tends to increase prices slightly. When the economic system is sufferin
g from severe depression, few people will criticize private or public spending on the ground that this might be inflationary. Actually, most of this increased spending will increase production and create jobs. Once, full employment and full plant capacity have been reached, however, any further increases in spending are likely to be completely wasted in prices increase.
41. "Historical patterns" mentioned in the passage means that in mild inflation .
A. there will be more production and employment
B. private investment will be moderate and people's income influenced
C. the bad effects of the two evils will be associated with each other
D. industrial revolution made men and women more equal
42. Which of the following happens if there is mild inflation?
A. Everyone loses because of the increase of prices.
B. Retired people do experience any influence.
C. Creditors gain rather than lose with a rise in interest rates.
D. Some people gain more while other lose.
43. In times of inflation .
A. people like private or public investment
B. there is usually full plant capacity
C. creditors suffer more than other people
D. everyone suffers and no one gains
44. The author's attitude towards investment is that .
A. the more the investment, the better the economy
B. private investment is better than public investment
C. investment should be set to a limit
D. investment at the time of inflation is considered better than at the time of deflation
45. Which of the following is clearly the author's own opinion?
A. The lesser of the two evils is not deflation but inflation.
B. People's income is influenced by both inflation and deflation.
C. Investment is good in times of deflation and unemployment.
D. Private and public investment can cause inflation during deflation.
Passage 2
Perhaps all criminals should be required to carry cards which read: Fragile; Handle with Care. It will never be so, these days to go around referring to criminals as violent thugs. You must refer to them politely as "social misfits". The professional killer who wouldn't think twice about using his club or knife to batter some harmless old lady to death in order to rob her of her meager life-savings must never be given a dose of his own medicine. He is in need of "hospital treatment". According to his misguided defenders, society is to blame. A wicked society breeds evil-or so the argument goes. Wh
en you listen to this kind of talk, it makes you wonder why we aren't all criminals. We have done away with the absurdly harsh laws of the nineteenth century and this is only right. But surely enough is enough. The most senseless piece of criminal legislation in Britain and a number of other countries has been the suspension of capital punishment.
The violent criminal has become akin of hero-figure in our time. He is glorified on the screen: he is pursued by the press and paid vast sums of money for his "memoirs". Newspapers which specialize in crime reporting enjoy enormous circulations and the publishers of trashy cops and robbers stories or "murder mysteries" have never had it so good. When you read about the achievements of the great train robbers, it makes you wonder whether you are reading about the some glorious resistance movement. The hardened criminal is cuddled and cosseted by the sociologists on the one hand and adored as a hero by the masses on the other. It's no wonder he is a privileged person who expects and receives VIP treatment wherever he goes.
Capital punishment used to be a major deterrent. It made the violent robber think twice before pulling the trigger. It gave the cold-blooded poisoner something to ponder about while he was shaking up or serving his arsenic cocktail. It prevented unarmed policemen from being killed while pursuing their duty by killers armed with automatic weapons. Above all, it protected the most vulnerable members o
f society, young children, from brutal violence. It is horrifying to think that the criminal can literally get away with murder. We all know that "life sentence" does not mean what it says. After ten years or so of good comfortably, thank you, on the proceeds of his crime, of he will go on committing offences until he is caught again. People are always willing to hold liberal views at the expense of others. It's always fashionable to pose as the defender of under-dog, so long as you, personally, remain unaffected. Did the defenders of crime, one wonders, in their desire for fair-play, consult the victims before they suspended capital punishment? Hardly. You see, th ey couldn’t, because all the victims were dead.
46. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Society is to blame for the rising crime.
B. All the criminals are to be sympathized.
C. Crime defenders have done a lot for criminals.
D. Severe punishment should be used to prevent crime.
47. In the author's opinion, all the following are to blame for crime EXCEPT .
A. society
B. the criminals themselves
C. the suspension of life sentence
D. the defender's role
48. The word "deterrent"(Line 1, Para. 3) most probably means" ".
A. threat
B. delay
C. determination
D. hindrance
49. What is the tone of the text?
A. Critical.
B. Cynical.
C. Ironic.
D. Humorous.
50. What is the author's attitude toward capital punishment?
A. Negative.
B. Sympathetic.
C. Supportive.
D. Neutral.
Passage 3
The gravitational pull of the Earth and moon is important to us as we attempt to conquer more and more of outer-space. Here's why.
As a rocket leaves the Earth, the pull of the Earth on it becomes less and less as the rocket roars out into space. If you imagine a line between the Earth the pull of the Earth and the moon, there is a point somewhere along that line, nearer to the moon than to the Earth, at which the gravitation pull of both the Earth and the moon on an object is just about equal. An object placed on the moon side of that point would be drawn to the moon. An object placed on the Earth side of that point would be drawn to the Earth. Therefore, a rocket need be sent only to this "point of no return" in order to get it to the moon. The moon’s gravity will pull it the rest of the way.
The return trip of the rocket to Earth is, in some ways, less of a problem. The Earth's gravitational field reaches far closer to the moon than does the moon's to Earth. Thus it will be necessary to fire an Earthbound rocket only a few thousand miles away from the moon to reach a point where the rocket will drift to earth under the Earth's gravitational pull.
The problem of rocket travel is not so much concerned with getting the rocket into space as it is with guiding the rocket after it leaves the Earth's surface. Remember that the moon is constantly circling the Earth. A rocket fired at the moon and continuing in the direction in which it was fired would miss the moon by a wide margin and perhaps continue to drift out into space until "captured" in another planet's gravitational field. To reach the moon, a rocket must be fired toward the point where the moo
n will be when the rocket has traveled the required distance. This requires precise calculations of the speed and direction of the rocket and of the speed and direction of the moon.
For a rocket to arrive at a point where the moon's gravity will pull it the rest of the way, it must reach a speed called velocity of escape. This speed is about 25,000 miles per hour. At a speed less than this, a rocket will merely circle the Earth in an orbit and eventually fall back to Earth.
51. This passage deals mainly with .
A. the gravitational pull of the Earth and the moon
B. the factors involved in firing a rocket into the outer-space
C. the gravitational fields of the Earth and the moon
D. the speed and direction of a rocket traveling in the outer-space
52. It can be seen that if a rocket misses its target, it keeps on traveling through space until .
A. it burns up
B. it is caught in the gravitational field of another planet
C. it is brought back to the Earth by scientists
D. it runs out of fuel
53. A rocket might miss its target, by a "wide margin". This means the rocket missed the target .
A. because of mechanical failure
B. by a great deal
C. by a small distance
D. because the target moved
54. According to the passage, the most difficult task of firing a rocket is .
A. to get the rocket into the space
B. to calculate the rocket's velocity of escape
C. to guide the rocket after it leaves the Earth's surface
D. to identify the gravitational fields of the Earth and the moon
55. Precise calculations are .
A. good guesses
B. simple problems
C. big errors
D. exact
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