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　　完形填空

　　1.

　　Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the

　　best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.

　　In order to comprehend the (1) realities of labor market discrimination (2) females, it is (3) to understand both its

　　function and its origins. Functionally, labor market segmentation (4) a number of purposes. It provides a (5) labor

　　supply to accommodate the anarchy of the market while reducing the risks to capital; it divides labor into antagonistic

　　groups based on pre-existing social divisions, (6) prevents the recognition of the common conflict of all labor with

　　employers; it allows employers to divide (7) the market and pay the (8) necessary price for each group of workers (just

　　as the airlines divide up the (9) market among business travelers, youth, families, pensioners, vacationers, et cetera, so

　　as to extract the (10) price from each group); and it provides the employer (11) different sets of labor characteristics

　　that are required by (12) types and levels of operation.

　　The origin of this labor market segmen- tation (13) in the transition from the household form of production, with its

　　(14) division of labor, which recognizes power of the family, (15) the industrial capitalist form of production. Women as

　　a group have never totally escaped from household production, (16) economically socially. The result is the relegation of

　　women to those unskilled (in the sense of marketable credentials) jobs (17) that are a market extension of home production

　　or, given to low productivity of homework, to the emerging labor intensive occupations that rely on low wages, such as

　　clerical work. The women's role in reproduction has also encouraged a broken pattern of labor market participation that has

　　traditionally blocked (18) to employers to the class struggle put up primarily by male workers (19) the degradation of

　　work under industrial capitalism, which (20) the capture of high-productivity, high-wage jobs for the primary male work.

　　2. A. economic

　　B. economical

　　C. economy

　　D. uneconomical

　　3. A. in

　　B. at

　　C. against

　　D. to

　　4. A. needless

　　B. necessary

　　C. unnecessary

　　D. necessarily

　　5. A. provides

　　B. serves

　　C. delivers

　　D. means

　　6. A. various

　　B. variants

　　C. variable

　　D. vary

　　7. A. that

　　B. which

　　C. whose

　　D. who

　　8. A. out

　　B. up

　　C. into

　　D. by

　　9. A. minimum

　　B. maximum

　　C. high

　　D. low

　　10. A. passenger

　　B. customer

　　C. employee

　　D. staff

　　11. A. minimum

　　B. maximum

　　C. much

　　D. great

　　12. A. with

　　B. against

　　C. from

　　D. by

　　13. A. different

　　B. same

　　C. similar

　　D. differ

　　14. A. relies

　　B. comes

　　C. lies

　　D. takes

　　15. A. sex

　　B. sexual

　　C. sexy

　　D. sex's

　　16. A. at

　　B. on

　　C. to

　　D. with

　　17. A. neither...nor

　　B. either...or

　　C. both...or

　　D. either...and

　　18. A. ghettos

　　B. places

　　C. markets

　　D. slums

　　19. A. area

　　B. means

　　C. ways

　　D. access

　　20. A. in response

　　B. in response to

　　C. response to

　　D. response

　　21. A. lead to

　　B. led

　　C. lead

　　D. led to

　　语法&词汇

　　1. So addicted to the computer games______that the school authority forbids them to keep computers in their dorm.

　　A. became the students B. become the students

　　C. had the students become D. do the students become

　　2. ______a miracle can save her now.

　　A. Nothing but B. Anything but

　　C. No less than D. Nothing more than

　　3. Confidence is good characteristic, but if______to an excess it becomes vanity.

　　A. carries B. to carry

　　C. carried D. carrying

　　4. Which of the following is CORRECT?

　　A. There is a chocolate, delicious, round, mouth-wateringly cake in the baker's window.

　　B. There is a round, mouth-wateringly, delicious chocolate cake in the baker's window.

　　C. There is a mouth-wateringly, delicious, round, chocolate cake in the baker's window.

　　D. There is a mouth-wateringly, chocolate, delicious, round cake in the baker's window.

　　5. It is as a well-known scholar that he represents himself, and______he is warmly received.

　　A. as such B. such as

　　C. as that D. so that

　　6. The party was hosted by the minister himself in grandeur, we______so casually.

　　A. needn't dress up B. mustn't dress up

　　C. needn't have dressed up D. shouldn't have dressed up

　　7. Doing exercise regularly is a sure way to improve health, and this is especially important ______it comes to the youth.

　　A. before B. when

　　C. as D. since

　　8. I arrived at the shop______to find I'd left all my money at home.

　　A. only B. just

　　C. hence D. thus

　　9. Which of the following is the correct response to "Susie had a wonderful time at the party"?

　　A. So she had. and so did I. B. So had she, and so did I.

　　C. So she did. and so did I. D. So did she, and so did I.

　　10. Which of the following is right to be put after "Yesterday we noticed a hole in the roof. so now..."?

　　A. the roof needed fixing B. we had the roof fixed

　　C. we fixed the roof ourselves D. we are having the roof fixed

　　11.

　　______us most was that the blind boy who lost his sights m a medical treatment could play several musical instruments

　　skillfully.

　　A. What amazed B. Which amazed

　　C. That amazed D. It amazed

　　12.

　　The little town will never again have as a region the atmosphere of mystery as it ______when it was first known to the

　　outside.

　　A. could B. would

　　C. was D. did

　　13. ______in the country, a huge reduction in crops and fruits is apparent.

　　A. There being a serious drought B. There has been a serious drought

　　C. Having a serious drought D. There having been a serious drought

　　14. Which of the following is INCORRECT?

　　A. It is a beautiful place for traveling and worth a visit.

　　B. The car isn't worth repairing.

　　C. The problem is worth to be considered.

　　D. The book is worthy of being read.

　　15.

　　Unless you have insured your property, you are not entitled______a compensation from the insurance company for the loss

　　during the flood.

　　A. to B. for

　　C. with D. in

　　16. Don't keep us in . Tell us what happened!

　　A. suspension B. suspense

　　C. tension D. tense

　　17. She is not______with all her roommates, yet she has nowhere else to live.

　　A. considerate B. complimentary

　　C. compatible D. concerned

　　18. In order to live in a harmonious community, all the residents should______to the rules and regulations.

　　A. conform B. confront

　　C. confirm D. conduct

　　19. The demonstration for civil rights was cruelly______by the authority.

　　A. depressed B. oppressed

　　C. suppressed D. impressed

　　20. After he ate the garlic, the smell______in his mouth for a whole afternoon.

　　A. rested B. lingered

　　C. stayed D. sojourned

　　21. When you are driving on the highway, make sure you get into the right

　　A. way B. road

　　C. track D. lane

　　22. Most metals expand when it is hot, while they______as they grow cooler.

　　A. contract B. reduce

　　C. condense D. compress

　　23. This painting is said to be______, accomplished by a famous painter in Song Dynasty.

　　A. worthless B. priceless

　　C. valueless D. worth

　　24. We must take measures to______the situation.

　　A. simplify B. modify

　　C. verify D. rectify

　　25. Comparing the original and the revised version of the novel, I prefer the______one.

　　A. latter B. last

　　C. late D. later

　　26.

　　Despite the fact that a wide range of reading materials was specially written or______for language learning purposes,

　　there is yet no comprehensive systematic program for the reading skills.

　　A. adapted B. acknowledged

　　C. assembled D. appointed

　　27. She was very angry because she was______the opportunity to see her parents at school.

　　A. denied B. deserted

　　C. declined D. deprived

　　28. These chocolates are______wrapped.

　　A. individually B. independently

　　C. irrespectively D. irregularly

　　29. He didn't say anything like that at all. You are purposely______his idea to prove your point.

　　A. revising B. contradicting

　　C. distorting D. distracting

　　30. If a couple are divorced and their child lives with his mother, he is said to suffer from lack of______love.

　　A. maternal B. fraternal

　　C. paternal D. parental

　　阅读理解

　　1.

　　EXT A

　　Standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon, gazing across this giant wound in the Earth's surface, a visitor might assume that

　　the events that produced the canyon, far from being sudden and cataclysmic, simply add up to the slow and orderly process of

　　erosion.

　　Many millions of years ago the Colorado Plateau in the Grand Canyon area contained 10,000 more feet of rock than it does

　　today and was relatively level. The additional material consisted of some 14 layered formations of rock. In the Grand Canyon

　　region these layers were largely worn away over the course of millions of years.

　　Approximately 65 million years ago the plateau's flat surface in the Grand Canyon area bulged upward from internal

　　pressure; geologists refer to this bulging action as upwarping; it was followed by a general elevation of the whole Colorado

　　Plateau. a process that is still going on. As the plateau gradually rose, shallow rivers that meandered across it began to

　　run more swiftly and cut more definite courses. One of these rivers, located east of the upwarp, was the ancestor of the

　　Colorado. Another river system called the Hualapai, flowing west of the upwarp, extended itself eastward by cutting back into

　　the upwarp; it eventually connected with the ancient Colorado and captured its waters. The new river then began to carve out

　　the 277-mile-long trench that eventually became the Grand Canyon. Geologists estimate that this initial cutting action began

　　no earlier than 10 million years ago.

　　Since then, the canyon forming has been cumulative. To the erosive force of the river itself have been added other

　　factors. Heat and cold, rain and snow. along with the varying resistance of the rocks, increase the opportunities for

　　erosion. The canyon walls crumble; the river acquires a cutting tool, tons of debris; rainfall running off the high plateau

　　creates feeder streams that carve side canyons. Pushing slowly backward into the plateau, the side canyons expose new rocks,

　　and the pattern of erosion continues.

　　2. What does the passage mainly discuss?

　　A. Patterns of erosion in different mountain ranges.

　　B. Forces that made the Grand Canyon.

　　C. The increasing pollution of the Colorado River.

　　D. The sudden appearance of the Grand Canyon.

　　3. According to the passage, the first phenomenon to contribute to the formation of the Grand Canyon was______.

　　A. a series of volcanic eruptions

　　B. the collapse of rock formations in the Colorado Plateau

　　C. a succession of floods from the Hualapai River and what is now the Colorado River

　　D. the Earth's internal pressure lifting the Colorado Plateau region

　　4. The author mentions all of the following as causes of erosion EXCEPT______.

　　A. wind B. rain

　　C. heat D. cold

　　5. Which of the following conclusions about the Grand Canyon can be drawn from the passage?

　　A. Its contours are constantly changing.

　　B. It contains approximately 14 million tons of rock.

　　C. Its eruptions have increased in recent years.

　　D. It is being eroded by toxic waste and pollutants.

　　6.

　　TEXT B

　　In the People's Republic of China the odd prequake behavior of horses and other animals has been used successfully to warn

　　people that earthquakes are about to occur. Recently, a group of American geologists and geophysicists visited China and

　　listened with great interest to scientists there who explained how they have been able to predict many earthquakes in the

　　past three years. The American scientists compared the influence of the unique Chinese program with the influence of Chinese

　　acupuncture on Western medicine.

　　The Chinese scientists use modern electronic equipment--but they also monitor strange signals such as various ground

　　noises, the fluctuation of well water levels, and the strange behavior of animals. The results are quite interesting. Chinese

　　earthquake experts, for example, successfully predicted two magnitude 6.9 quakes near the China-Burma border on May 29, 1976.

　　The earthquake experts say that their predictions have been so precise that they were able to remove many of their people

　　before an earthquake occurred, thus saving thousands of lives. On the other hand, the Chinese experts also admit that there

　　have been some false alarms.

　　In the most intensive effort on earth to predict earthquakes, an army of Chinese professional and amateur quake watchers

　　is organized to obtain daily information about ground movements wherever a major tremor is anticipated. The volunteer

　　observation teams use electronic instruments and listen for earthquake warning signals that have been described in old

　　records. According to these historical records, farmers had known that something was very wrong in the earth beneath them

　　whenever horses reared and raced, dogs howled, and fish leaped. Also animals such as snakes and rats that people saw rarely,

　　suddenly came out of their hiding places by the dozen. Some records said that sounds like thunder could be heard coming from

　　the ground in the days and hours just before an earthquake. In some cases, swimmers could hear underwater sounds that people

　　on land did not hear. Also, clear well water usually became muddy and the water levels of the wells changed.

　　The Chinese methods of prediction are probably based on intuition and experience with many major earthquakes. Three

　　thousand years of historical records show that China suffered its greatest natural disaster when earthquake in 1556 killed

　　more than 820,000 people. At present, China averages six quakes of at least 6.0 on the Richter scale each year, whereas the

　　United States averages two or three per year, mainly in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

　　American scientists have heard stories of unusual prequake animal behavior before, but they never took them too seriously

　　until their recent visit to China. "Maybe there's something to it," said Jack Everndon, a California earthquake expert, "We

　　need some kind of short term warning. We need something."

　　He didn't mention the kind of research he may be considering. "Some of us are thinking it's worthwhile enough to give a

　　serious look," he commented. "Two years ago, we wouldn't have said that."

　　7. ccording to paragraph 1, which statement is NOT true?

　　A. The method of earthquake prediction in China is exactly the same as in the United States.

　　B. Some American scientists are very interested in the explanation given by China's geologists.

　　C. In order to learn more about earthquake prediction, a group of foreign scientists visited China.

　　D. Recently, the earthquake experts of China have explained how they are able to predict earthquakes.

　　8. According to paragraph 3, what can we conclude?

　　A. To predict earthquakes, an army should be organized.

　　B. Farmers are able to anticipate an earthquake precisely.

　　C. Animals have the ability to foretell an earthquake.

　　D. Peculiar behavior of animals can be used to assist scientists in making short term prediction of earthquakes.

　　9. What is the main idea of this passage?

　　A. The anticipating of earthquake in China.

　　B. The difference between China and the U.S.A. in earthquake warning.

　　C. Earthquakes in the history of China.

　　D. The Americans' comments on animal behaviors.

　　10.

　　TEXT C

　　Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him. It is the moment when his emotions achieve their most

　　powerful sway over him, and afterward when you say to this person "the world today" or "life" or "reality", he will assume

　　that you mean this moment, even if it is fifty years past. The world, through his unleashed emotions, imprinted itself upon

　　him, and he carries the stamp of that passing moment forever.

　　For me, this moment—four years in a moment in history—was the war. The war was and is reality for me. I still

　　instinctively live and think in its atmosphere. These are some of its characteristics: Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the

　　President of the United States, and he always has been. The other two eternal world leaders are Winston Churchill and Joseph

　　Stalin. America is not, never has been, and never will be what the songs and poems call it, a land of plenty. Nylon, meat,

　　gasoline and steel are rare. There are too many jobs and not enough workers. Money is very easy to earn but rather hard to

　　spend, because there isn't very much to buy. Trains are always late and always crowded with "service men". The war will

　　always be fought very far from America, and it will never end. Nothing in America stands still for very long, including the

　　people who are always either leaving or on leave. People in America cry often. Sixteen is the key and crucial natural age for

　　a human being to be, and people of all other ages are ranged in an orderly manner ahead of and behind you as a harmonious

　　setting for the sixteen year olds of the world. When you are sixteen, adults are slightly impressed and almost intimidated by

　　you. This is a puzzle finally solved by the realization that they foresee your military future: fighting for them. You do not

　　foresee it. To waste anything in America is immoral. String and tinfoil are treasures. Newspapers are always crowded with

　　strange maps and names of towns, and every few months the earth seems to lurch from its path when you see something in the

　　newspapers, such as the time Mussolini, who almost seemed one of the eternal leaders, is photographed hanging upside down on

　　a meathook.

　　11. Which statement best describes the main idea of the first paragraph?

　　A. Reality is what you make of it. B. Time is like a river.

　　C. Emotions are powerful. D. Every person has a special moment.

　　12. hich statement is not supported in the first paragraph?

　　A. Some moments last forever. B. Each person has his own reality.

　　C. Reality is converted to emotion. D. All men are brothers.

　　13. Which statement best describes the author's feelings about the war?

　　A. It was very real for him, yet he was not actively involved.

　　B. It was real for him because he was a soldier at that time.

　　C. It was very unreal to him.

　　D. The war was very disruptive to the people at home.

　　14. Why does the author think adults are impressed with sixteen year olds?

　　A. Adults would like to be young. B. Sixteen year olds do not waste things.

　　C. Sixteen year olds read newspapers. D. They will be fighting soon for adults.

　　15.

　　EXT D

　　Every profession or trade, every art, and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to

　　designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English, and partly to secure greater exactness in

　　nomenclature. Such special dialects or jargons, are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally

　　understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have precision of a mathematical formula. Besides, they

　　save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very

　　properly included in every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on the outskirts of the English language than

　　actually within its borders.

　　Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts

　　and other vocations, such as fanning and fishing, which have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical

　　vocabulary is very old. It consists largely of native words, or of borrowed words that have worked themselves into the very

　　fibers of our language. Hence, though highly technical in many particulars, these vocabularies are more familiar in sound,

　　and more generally understood, than most other technicalities. The special dialects of law, in their older strata, become

　　pretty familiar to cultivated persons, and have contributed much to the popular vocabulary. Yet, every vocation still

　　possesses a large body of technical terms that remain essentially foreign, even to educated speech. And the proportion has

　　been much increased in the last fifty years, particularly in the various departments of natural and political science and in

　　the mechanic arts. Here new terms are coined with the greatest freedom, and abandoned with indifference when they have served

　　their turn. Most of the new coinages are confined to special discussions and seldom get into general literature or

　　conversation. Yet, no profession is nowadays, as all professions once were, a closed guild. The lawyer, the physician, the

　　man of science, and the cleric associates freely with his fellow creatures, and does not meet them in a merely professional

　　way. Furthermore, what is called popular science makes everybody acquainted with modem views and recent discoveries. Any

　　important experiment, though made in a remote or provincial laboratory, is at once reported in the newspapers, and everybody

　　is soon talking about it--as in the case of the Roentgen rays and wireless telegraphy. Thus, our common speech is always

　　taking up new technical terms and making them commonplace.

　　16. Which of the following words is least likely to have started its life as jargon?

　　A. Sun. B. Calf.

　　C. Plow. D. Hammer.

　　17. When the author refers to professions as no longer being "closed guilds", he means that______.

　　A. it is much easier to become a professional today than it was in the past

　　B. there is more social intercourse between professionals and others

　　C. popular science has told their secrets to the world

　　D. anyone can now understand anything in a profession

　　18.

　　What does the passage seem to imply?

　　A. The English language is always becoming larger and larger.

　　B. The words of the English language are always changing.

　　C. One can never be sure of what a word means without consulting an expert.

　　D. Technical terms in most nonscientific fields have little chance of becoming part of the main body of the language in

　　these scientific days.

　　19. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of jargon?

　　A. Jargon is more precise than ordinary language of describing special topics.

　　B. Jargon saves time.

　　C. Jargon is familiar to almost everybody.

　　D. Jargon designates things and processes that do not have names in ordinary language.

　　写作

　　1.

　　Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:

　　You are now working part time as the tutor of a junior high student. The cousin of your student wants to find a tutor from

　　your university as well. You think your friend Julia is the best candidate. Write a note to Julia, tell her about the job,

　　and ask her to contact you after seeing this note.

　　Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.

　　2.

　　Sometimes it is better not to tell the truth. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Use reasons and details to

　　support your answer.

　　Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words.

　　You are to write in three parts.

　　In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.

　　In the second part, support your opinion with appropriate details.

　　In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

　　You should supply an appropriate title for your composition.

　　Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may

　　result in a loss of marks.

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