A) To B) For C) On D) With
25. Our work in this sphere cannot quite _______ with the situation.
A) keep up B) keep step
C) catch step D) follow pace
26. The boy was _______ by the noise of the explosion.
A) afraid B) nervous
C) frightened D) fearful
27. So little ______ about physics that the lecture was completely
beyond me.
A) I knew B) did I know
C) I had known D) had I known
28. _______ fairly recently _______ solved, at least partially.
A) Until/that this problem was
B) It was until/that this problem was
C) Not until/was this problem
D) It was not until/whe n this problem was
29. It took some explaining for the professor to _______ his point to the
students.
A) make out B) make off
C) get across D) get out
30."What did Professor Downhill do next?"
"He _______ our names on a piece of paper."
A) had all of us written B) had us all write
C) had us all to write D) had all us writing
31. Give me your telephone number _______ I need your help.
A) unless B) so that C) in case D) whether
32. We couldn't cut the string because the ______ of the knife was
not sharp enough.
A) edge B) side C) border D) front
33. He offered to ______ her a hand as the suitcase was too heavy for
her to carry.
A) help B) show C) borrow D) lend
34. "You missed a golden opportunity."
"Yes, I _______ that job when it was offered."
A) must take B) should have taken
C) ought to take D) might have taken
35. Allen placed too much _______ on sports and paid little attention on
his studies.
A) concern B) interest
C) hobby D) emphasis
36. If you have mosquito problem, remember that they reproduce in water.
Be sure to _______ these spots in and around your home.
A) release B) occupy C) eliminate D) investigate
37. Certainly I'll come, but I am afraid I shall be _______.
A) a few minutes late B) a few minutes later
C) late for a few minutes D) later for a few minutes
38. The new student is having trouble _______ his English pronunciation
correct.
A) getting B) to get
C) for getting D) in how to get
39. Bill refused to go home at this _______ stage of his experiment.
A) superior B) superficial
C) cautious D) critical
40. I was outside the office of the company _______.
A) before it long opened B) long before it opened
C) before it opened long D) opened long before it
41. Hardly had he finished his speech ______ the audience started
cheering.
A) and B) as C) than D) when
42. The emphasis has been placed on the reform _______ on the p unishmen
of the criminals.
A) less than B) than
C) rather than D) more than
43. "Could I borrow that newspaper for a few minutes?""_______."
A) By any means B) By all means
C) No, you couldn't D) Yes, you could borrow
44. Millions of dollars in the city bank is said _______ during the
black-out yesterday.
A) to be stolen B) stolen
C) to have been stolen D) having been stolen
45. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any _______
of it at all.
A) explanation B) meaning
C) sense D) interpretation
46. We would contact your nearest relative _______ any accident occurring.
A) in the event of B) in the place of
C) in spite of D) on account of 47. I don't think Jane is pretty, ____________?
A) is she B) isn't she
C) do I D) don't I
My sister wasn't in Paris last month so you _______ her there.
A) can't have seen B) shouldn't have seen
C) ought not to have seen D) must not have seen
48. The tourist group was taken out to see a film _______ on location
in the desert.
A) being shot B) while being shot
C) being now shot D) that being shot
49. He was _______ asleep when the alarm went off.
A) sound B) completely
C) profoundly D) deep
50. I'll contact you the moment I _______ the document.
A) obtain B) will obtain
C) have obtained D) will have obtained
CLOZE
Men have travelled ever since they
__51__ on the earth. 51. A) were first appeared
In primitive times they did not B) had first appeard
C) first appeared
D) had first been appeard
travel for pleasure but __52__ new 52. A) for visiting
places where their herds could feed, B) for exploring
or to escape from hostile neighbours, C) to explore D) to visit
or to find more __53__ climates. They 53. A) convenient B) warm
C) favourable D) humid
travelled on foot. Their __54__ were 54. A) journeys B) roads
long, tiring, and often dangerous. They C) destinations D) ways< br>protected themselves with simple __55__ 55. A) ways B) tools
such as wooden sticks, or stone clubs, C) methods D) weapons
and by lighting fires at night and,
__56__ all, by keeping together. 56. A) at B) above
Being intelligent and creative, C) for D) in
they soon discovered __57__ ways of 57. A) different B) recovered
C) more difficult D) easier
travelling. They __58__ on the backs 58. A) drove B) rode
of their domesticated animals; they C) ran D) moved
hollowed out(挖空) tree __59__ and, 59. A) logs B) trunks
C) branches D) wood
by using bits of wood __60__ paddles, 60. A) of B) for
were able to travel across water. C) as D) like
Later they travelled, not from
necessity, but __61__ the joy and 61. A) with B) from
excitement of seeing and experiencing C) for D) to
new things, which is still the main
__62__ why we travel today. 62. A) reason B) purposREADING COMPREHENSION
Questions 71 to 75 are ba sed on the following passage:
The pig was the last animal to be fully domesticated by the farmer.Unlike the cow and the sheep, it is not a grass-eater. Its ancient home was the forest, where it searched for different kinds of food, such as nuts, roots and dead animals, and found in the bushes protection for its almost hairless body from extremes of sun and cold. For many centuries the farmer allowed it to continue there, leaving his pigs to look after themselves most of the time. As the woodlands began to shrink, the pig slowly began to be kept on the farm itself. But it did not finally come into a shed, where it was fed on waste food from the farm and the house, until the eighteenth century.
The pig, then, became a farm animal in the age of agricultural improve- ment in Britain in the eighteenth century, but it was given little attention by special animal breeders, for the major farmers of the time preferred to develop the larger kinds of animal. There were, however, various less well- known farmers interested in pigs and they based their improvements on new types of pig from overseas. These were the Chinese Pig, and its various relatives, including the Neapolitan pig, which were descended from Chinese pigs that had found their way to the Mediterranean in ancient times. These were very different from the thin and leggy British woodland pigs. They were wider and squarer, with shorter legs and flatter faces, and they matured earlier and produced more delicate meat. By the end of the eighteenth cen- tury these overseas pigs had influenced the colour, shape and characteristics of the native British pig a great deal.
In the early nineteenth century, pig-farmers worked at improving all sorts and conditions of pig. Many of the special pigs they developed are now forgotten, but by the end of the century they had established most of the kinds we know in Britain today 79. Some American people thought that _______.
A) the government should make some of the huge corporations much
smaller
B) the country's industry was growing too rapidly
C) shops should have the same price for the same kind of goods
D) their country's getting rich was both good and bad to the people
80. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A) Big companies could not influence the government.
B) A large number of markets were controlled by big companies.
C) Many Americans were worried about the changes in their country.
D) Some of the laws were in favor of cust omers.
Questions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage:
A group of people who share the same interests and way of life is called a society. Sociology is the science that examines human society. The term sociology is derived from the Latin word socins, which means "companion, union of people."
Sociologists are interested in how a society began and how it grew. They also study the levels within a society. For example, the child is part of the family, the family is part of the neighborhood, and the neighborhood is part of the community. There are many different groups, and sociologists are interested in the effect that these groups have on people.
A Frenchman named Auguste Comte made sociology a separate science in the 1830s. He suggested that a new science was necessary to study a society of people. A famous book, Principles of Sociology, was published by an Eng- lishman, Herbert Spencer, in 1882. This book had an unprecedented effect on the science of sociology. In this book, Spencer theorized that a society's customs evolved, or grew, from very simple to more complicated and advanced.
This theory shows the influence that Charles Darwin (who believed that man
had evolved from very simple forms to the present human) had on Spencer.
81. A good title for this selection is _______.
A) What a Society is Made of
B) Society
C) How Sociology Began
D) Sociology 82. The word "levels" in Line 6 means _______.
A) stages B) organizations
C) standards D) classes
83. We may conclude that _______.
A) Sociology also studies the relationships between different groups
B) A society consists chiefly of four social levels
C) How a society began and grew is the main interest of sociologists
D) There were no societies before the 1830
84. Spencer probably agreed with Darwin _______.
A) that the present human developed from simple forms
B) that there were simple and advanced societies
C) in how a society devel oped
D) in when a society began
85. The book which greatly influenced sociology was written _______.
A) in Latin B) in the 1830s
C) by Darwin D) by Spencer
Questions 86 to 90 are based on the following passage:
For years, the Tobacco Institute has tried unsuccessfully to refute (反駁) the charge by health experts that cigarette smoking can be dangerous to your health. Now the Institute has taken a new track. In an advertising campaign last fall, the industry trade association ignored health questions and stressed that not smoking could be dangerous to local economy."Tobacco means ＄1,193,000,000 to Virginia," trumpeted one ad. "Virginia tobacco helps pave Virginia roads, build Virginia parks and support Virginia social programs. Tobacco means 90,000 Virginia jobs." The message was repeated with the appropriate dollar figures in six other tobacco states.
The statistics (統(tǒng)計) are based on a study by the University of Pennsyl- vania's Wharton School, which calculates that, overall, the U.S. tobacco industry generates ＄30 billion in wages and earnings, ＄15.5 billion in capital investment and ＄22 billion in tax revenue (收入) each year."If you look at the economic contribution tobacco makes to America," says Edward Horrigan, Jr., Chairman of R.J. Reymolds Tobacco Co., "there's no reason for us to be ashamed of the business we are in."
The American Cancer Society disagrees. While Virginia is collecting its ＄1.2 billion in tobacco revenue this year, the society said, 2,900 of its citizens will be victims of lung cancer. Thousands more, the society could add, will be victims of other diseases strongly associated with smoking. And the U.S. Surgeon General estimates the direct dollar costs of treating smoking-related illnesses nationally at more than ＄13 billion a year -- not to mention another ＄25 billion in lost wages and productivity.
86. On what ground did the Tobacco Institute dispute with health
experts in the past?
A) The Tobacco Inst itute insisted that not smoking will harm local
economy.
B) The Tobacco Institute argued that much of the government's revenue
comes from tobacco tax.
C) The Tobacco Institute argued that cigarette smoking can be dangerous
to your health.
D) The Tobacco Institute insisted that cigarette smoking can't be
dangerous to your health.
87. "Tobacco means ＄1,193,000,000 to Virginia"(in Paragraph 1).
This statement means _______.
A) Virginia will produce ＄1,193,000,000 tobacco
B) Tobacco is worth ＄1,193,000,000 in Virgina
C) Virginia will collect ＄1,193,000,000 in tobacco revenue
D) There is a heavy tax on tobacco in Virginia
88. Which organization pays attention to the health warning?
A) The industry trade association
B) R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
C) The American Cancer Society.
D) The Tobacco Institute.
89. The U.S. Government's annual tobacco revenue is _______.
A) ＄1.2 billion B) ＄30 billion
C) ＄1,193,000,000 D) ＄22 billion
90. Why does Edward Horrigan, Jr. say,"there's no reason for us to be ashamed
of the business we are in"?
A) Because he thinks that not smoking will affect the American economy.
B) Because he thinks that tobacco is not harmful to people's health.
C) Because he thinks that there is not enough evidence to prove the
harmful effect of smoking.
D) Because he thinks that tobacco will contribute to the health of the
American people.
WRITING
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composi- tion on Changes in Farming in the U.S. Your composition should be based on the information given in the table below and should be no less than 120 words. Remember to write clearly. You should quote as few figures as possible.
Farm Population Number of Farms Average Farm Size
(Million) (Million) (Acre)
1940s 32 6.3 170
1950s 24.5 5.6 230
1960s 17 4 300
1970s 9.5 2.9 360
1980s 6 2.5 450
Write your composition in three pa ragraphs to
(1) compare the information contained in the table;
(2) give possible reasons;
(3) present your point of view.
Changes in Farming in the U. S.
25. Our work in this sphere cannot quite _______ with the situation.
A) keep up B) keep step
C) catch step D) follow pace
26. The boy was _______ by the noise of the explosion.
A) afraid B) nervous
C) frightened D) fearful
27. So little ______ about physics that the lecture was completely
beyond me.
A) I knew B) did I know
C) I had known D) had I known
28. _______ fairly recently _______ solved, at least partially.
A) Until/that this problem was
B) It was until/that this problem was
C) Not until/was this problem
D) It was not until/whe n this problem was
29. It took some explaining for the professor to _______ his point to the
students.
A) make out B) make off
C) get across D) get out
30."What did Professor Downhill do next?"
"He _______ our names on a piece of paper."
A) had all of us written B) had us all write
C) had us all to write D) had all us writing
31. Give me your telephone number _______ I need your help.
A) unless B) so that C) in case D) whether
32. We couldn't cut the string because the ______ of the knife was
not sharp enough.
A) edge B) side C) border D) front
33. He offered to ______ her a hand as the suitcase was too heavy for
her to carry.
A) help B) show C) borrow D) lend
34. "You missed a golden opportunity."
"Yes, I _______ that job when it was offered."
A) must take B) should have taken
C) ought to take D) might have taken
35. Allen placed too much _______ on sports and paid little attention on
his studies.
A) concern B) interest
C) hobby D) emphasis
36. If you have mosquito problem, remember that they reproduce in water.
Be sure to _______ these spots in and around your home.
A) release B) occupy C) eliminate D) investigate
37. Certainly I'll come, but I am afraid I shall be _______.
A) a few minutes late B) a few minutes later
C) late for a few minutes D) later for a few minutes
38. The new student is having trouble _______ his English pronunciation
correct.
A) getting B) to get
C) for getting D) in how to get
39. Bill refused to go home at this _______ stage of his experiment.
A) superior B) superficial
C) cautious D) critical
40. I was outside the office of the company _______.
A) before it long opened B) long before it opened
C) before it opened long D) opened long before it
41. Hardly had he finished his speech ______ the audience started
cheering.
A) and B) as C) than D) when
42. The emphasis has been placed on the reform _______ on the p unishmen
of the criminals.
A) less than B) than
C) rather than D) more than
43. "Could I borrow that newspaper for a few minutes?""_______."
A) By any means B) By all means
C) No, you couldn't D) Yes, you could borrow
44. Millions of dollars in the city bank is said _______ during the
black-out yesterday.
A) to be stolen B) stolen
C) to have been stolen D) having been stolen
45. His answer was so confused that I could hardly make any _______
of it at all.
A) explanation B) meaning
C) sense D) interpretation
46. We would contact your nearest relative _______ any accident occurring.
A) in the event of B) in the place of
C) in spite of D) on account of 47. I don't think Jane is pretty, ____________?
A) is she B) isn't she
C) do I D) don't I
My sister wasn't in Paris last month so you _______ her there.
A) can't have seen B) shouldn't have seen
C) ought not to have seen D) must not have seen
48. The tourist group was taken out to see a film _______ on location
in the desert.
A) being shot B) while being shot
C) being now shot D) that being shot
49. He was _______ asleep when the alarm went off.
A) sound B) completely
C) profoundly D) deep
50. I'll contact you the moment I _______ the document.
A) obtain B) will obtain
C) have obtained D) will have obtained
CLOZE
Men have travelled ever since they
__51__ on the earth. 51. A) were first appeared
In primitive times they did not B) had first appeard
C) first appeared
D) had first been appeard
travel for pleasure but __52__ new 52. A) for visiting
places where their herds could feed, B) for exploring
or to escape from hostile neighbours, C) to explore D) to visit
or to find more __53__ climates. They 53. A) convenient B) warm
C) favourable D) humid
travelled on foot. Their __54__ were 54. A) journeys B) roads
long, tiring, and often dangerous. They C) destinations D) ways< br>protected themselves with simple __55__ 55. A) ways B) tools
such as wooden sticks, or stone clubs, C) methods D) weapons
and by lighting fires at night and,
__56__ all, by keeping together. 56. A) at B) above
Being intelligent and creative, C) for D) in
they soon discovered __57__ ways of 57. A) different B) recovered
C) more difficult D) easier
travelling. They __58__ on the backs 58. A) drove B) rode
of their domesticated animals; they C) ran D) moved
hollowed out(挖空) tree __59__ and, 59. A) logs B) trunks
C) branches D) wood
by using bits of wood __60__ paddles, 60. A) of B) for
were able to travel across water. C) as D) like
Later they travelled, not from
necessity, but __61__ the joy and 61. A) with B) from
excitement of seeing and experiencing C) for D) to
new things, which is still the main
__62__ why we travel today. 62. A) reason B) purposREADING COMPREHENSION
Questions 71 to 75 are ba sed on the following passage:
The pig was the last animal to be fully domesticated by the farmer.Unlike the cow and the sheep, it is not a grass-eater. Its ancient home was the forest, where it searched for different kinds of food, such as nuts, roots and dead animals, and found in the bushes protection for its almost hairless body from extremes of sun and cold. For many centuries the farmer allowed it to continue there, leaving his pigs to look after themselves most of the time. As the woodlands began to shrink, the pig slowly began to be kept on the farm itself. But it did not finally come into a shed, where it was fed on waste food from the farm and the house, until the eighteenth century.
The pig, then, became a farm animal in the age of agricultural improve- ment in Britain in the eighteenth century, but it was given little attention by special animal breeders, for the major farmers of the time preferred to develop the larger kinds of animal. There were, however, various less well- known farmers interested in pigs and they based their improvements on new types of pig from overseas. These were the Chinese Pig, and its various relatives, including the Neapolitan pig, which were descended from Chinese pigs that had found their way to the Mediterranean in ancient times. These were very different from the thin and leggy British woodland pigs. They were wider and squarer, with shorter legs and flatter faces, and they matured earlier and produced more delicate meat. By the end of the eighteenth cen- tury these overseas pigs had influenced the colour, shape and characteristics of the native British pig a great deal.
In the early nineteenth century, pig-farmers worked at improving all sorts and conditions of pig. Many of the special pigs they developed are now forgotten, but by the end of the century they had established most of the kinds we know in Britain today 79. Some American people thought that _______.
A) the government should make some of the huge corporations much
smaller
B) the country's industry was growing too rapidly
C) shops should have the same price for the same kind of goods
D) their country's getting rich was both good and bad to the people
80. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A) Big companies could not influence the government.
B) A large number of markets were controlled by big companies.
C) Many Americans were worried about the changes in their country.
D) Some of the laws were in favor of cust omers.
Questions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage:
A group of people who share the same interests and way of life is called a society. Sociology is the science that examines human society. The term sociology is derived from the Latin word socins, which means "companion, union of people."
Sociologists are interested in how a society began and how it grew. They also study the levels within a society. For example, the child is part of the family, the family is part of the neighborhood, and the neighborhood is part of the community. There are many different groups, and sociologists are interested in the effect that these groups have on people.
A Frenchman named Auguste Comte made sociology a separate science in the 1830s. He suggested that a new science was necessary to study a society of people. A famous book, Principles of Sociology, was published by an Eng- lishman, Herbert Spencer, in 1882. This book had an unprecedented effect on the science of sociology. In this book, Spencer theorized that a society's customs evolved, or grew, from very simple to more complicated and advanced.
This theory shows the influence that Charles Darwin (who believed that man
had evolved from very simple forms to the present human) had on Spencer.
81. A good title for this selection is _______.
A) What a Society is Made of
B) Society
C) How Sociology Began
D) Sociology 82. The word "levels" in Line 6 means _______.
A) stages B) organizations
C) standards D) classes
83. We may conclude that _______.
A) Sociology also studies the relationships between different groups
B) A society consists chiefly of four social levels
C) How a society began and grew is the main interest of sociologists
D) There were no societies before the 1830
84. Spencer probably agreed with Darwin _______.
A) that the present human developed from simple forms
B) that there were simple and advanced societies
C) in how a society devel oped
D) in when a society began
85. The book which greatly influenced sociology was written _______.
A) in Latin B) in the 1830s
C) by Darwin D) by Spencer
Questions 86 to 90 are based on the following passage:
For years, the Tobacco Institute has tried unsuccessfully to refute (反駁) the charge by health experts that cigarette smoking can be dangerous to your health. Now the Institute has taken a new track. In an advertising campaign last fall, the industry trade association ignored health questions and stressed that not smoking could be dangerous to local economy."Tobacco means ＄1,193,000,000 to Virginia," trumpeted one ad. "Virginia tobacco helps pave Virginia roads, build Virginia parks and support Virginia social programs. Tobacco means 90,000 Virginia jobs." The message was repeated with the appropriate dollar figures in six other tobacco states.
The statistics (統(tǒng)計) are based on a study by the University of Pennsyl- vania's Wharton School, which calculates that, overall, the U.S. tobacco industry generates ＄30 billion in wages and earnings, ＄15.5 billion in capital investment and ＄22 billion in tax revenue (收入) each year."If you look at the economic contribution tobacco makes to America," says Edward Horrigan, Jr., Chairman of R.J. Reymolds Tobacco Co., "there's no reason for us to be ashamed of the business we are in."
The American Cancer Society disagrees. While Virginia is collecting its ＄1.2 billion in tobacco revenue this year, the society said, 2,900 of its citizens will be victims of lung cancer. Thousands more, the society could add, will be victims of other diseases strongly associated with smoking. And the U.S. Surgeon General estimates the direct dollar costs of treating smoking-related illnesses nationally at more than ＄13 billion a year -- not to mention another ＄25 billion in lost wages and productivity.
86. On what ground did the Tobacco Institute dispute with health
experts in the past?
A) The Tobacco Inst itute insisted that not smoking will harm local
economy.
B) The Tobacco Institute argued that much of the government's revenue
comes from tobacco tax.
C) The Tobacco Institute argued that cigarette smoking can be dangerous
to your health.
D) The Tobacco Institute insisted that cigarette smoking can't be
dangerous to your health.
87. "Tobacco means ＄1,193,000,000 to Virginia"(in Paragraph 1).
This statement means _______.
A) Virginia will produce ＄1,193,000,000 tobacco
B) Tobacco is worth ＄1,193,000,000 in Virgina
C) Virginia will collect ＄1,193,000,000 in tobacco revenue
D) There is a heavy tax on tobacco in Virginia
88. Which organization pays attention to the health warning?
A) The industry trade association
B) R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
C) The American Cancer Society.
D) The Tobacco Institute.
89. The U.S. Government's annual tobacco revenue is _______.
A) ＄1.2 billion B) ＄30 billion
C) ＄1,193,000,000 D) ＄22 billion
90. Why does Edward Horrigan, Jr. say,"there's no reason for us to be ashamed
of the business we are in"?
A) Because he thinks that not smoking will affect the American economy.
B) Because he thinks that tobacco is not harmful to people's health.
C) Because he thinks that there is not enough evidence to prove the
harmful effect of smoking.
D) Because he thinks that tobacco will contribute to the health of the
American people.
WRITING
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composi- tion on Changes in Farming in the U.S. Your composition should be based on the information given in the table below and should be no less than 120 words. Remember to write clearly. You should quote as few figures as possible.
Farm Population Number of Farms Average Farm Size
(Million) (Million) (Acre)
1940s 32 6.3 170
1950s 24.5 5.6 230
1960s 17 4 300
1970s 9.5 2.9 360
1980s 6 2.5 450
Write your composition in three pa ragraphs to
(1) compare the information contained in the table;
(2) give possible reasons;
(3) present your point of view.
Changes in Farming in the U. S.