Passage two
26. C) the globalization of economy
27. B) Information technology has removed the restrictions of time and space in business transactions
28. A) it should not overlook the importance of information, services, support, and distribution
29. B) can eliminate an entire business segment
30. D) businesses have to meet individual customers’ specific needs in order to succeed
Passage Three
31．A) To discourage people from insisting on having grandchildren.
32. B) draw attention to the troubles and difficulties grandchildren may cause
33. D) they find it hard to resist the carrot-and-stick approach of their parents
34. B) her parents kept pressuring her to have a child
35. C) It is troublesome but rewarding.
Passage four
36. D) The reduction of public expenditure.
37. B) obtain funding from the government
38. C) They think they work in an environment hostile to the free pursuit of knowledge.
39. D) they could be influenced by their association with the project concerned
40. C) People would not believe scientists even when they tell the truth.
Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
41. A) defy
42. D) decent
43. B) scrutiny
44. A) impose
45. C) obscure
46. B) hinged upon
47. B) abnormal
48. A) drowned
49. D) flushed
50. C) out of stock
51. D) absurd
52. A) cherish
53. C) stimulus
54. B) by analogy with
55. C) handicap
56. A) recession
57. D) ambiguous
58. C) designated
59. B) luminous
60. D) erase
61. B) suppress
62. C) in relation to
63. A) abolished
64. A) comply
65. D) finite
66. B) irritated
67. B) blank
68. D) rectify
69. A) ascribed
70. B) tucked
26. C) the globalization of economy
27. B) Information technology has removed the restrictions of time and space in business transactions
28. A) it should not overlook the importance of information, services, support, and distribution
29. B) can eliminate an entire business segment
30. D) businesses have to meet individual customers’ specific needs in order to succeed
Passage Three
31．A) To discourage people from insisting on having grandchildren.
32. B) draw attention to the troubles and difficulties grandchildren may cause
33. D) they find it hard to resist the carrot-and-stick approach of their parents
34. B) her parents kept pressuring her to have a child
35. C) It is troublesome but rewarding.
Passage four
36. D) The reduction of public expenditure.
37. B) obtain funding from the government
38. C) They think they work in an environment hostile to the free pursuit of knowledge.
39. D) they could be influenced by their association with the project concerned
40. C) People would not believe scientists even when they tell the truth.
Part III Vocabulary (20 minutes)
41. A) defy
42. D) decent
43. B) scrutiny
44. A) impose
45. C) obscure
46. B) hinged upon
47. B) abnormal
48. A) drowned
49. D) flushed
50. C) out of stock
51. D) absurd
52. A) cherish
53. C) stimulus
54. B) by analogy with
55. C) handicap
56. A) recession
57. D) ambiguous
58. C) designated
59. B) luminous
60. D) erase
61. B) suppress
62. C) in relation to
63. A) abolished
64. A) comply
65. D) finite
66. B) irritated
67. B) blank
68. D) rectify
69. A) ascribed
70. B) tucked