Section II Vocabulary and Structure (10 points)
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are
four choices marked A, B, C and D, Choose the ONE answer that best completes the
sentence Then blacken the corresponding Letter on the ANSWER SHEET I with a pencil.
21.The precious manuscripts were hopelessly by long exposure in the cold, damp cellar.
A．ruined B. damaged
C. destroyed D. harmed
22. the board of the company has decided to its operation to include all aspects of the clothing
business.
A. extend B. enlarge
C. expand D. amplify
23.That sound doesn’t in his language, so it’s difficult for him to pronounce it .
A. happen B. occur
C. have D. take place
24. the accommodation was cheap, but the food was very .
A. high B. costly
C. dear D. overpaid
25.My boss insists on seeing everything in before he makes a decision.
A. black and blue B. red and blue
C. black and white D. green and yellow
26. The work is not very profitable cash, but I am getting valuable experience from it.
A. in the light of B. according to
C. on the basis of D. in terms of
27. At the meeting ,Smith argued in favor of the proposal.
A. severely B. warmly
C. forcefully D. heavily
28. His attention often at lectures, No wonder he failed the exam.
A. branched B. wondered
C. wandered D. went out
29.It’s often a mistake to appearance: that poor-looking individual is anything but poor. In fact, he is a millionaire.
A. go over B. go by
C. go against D. go for
30. He doesn‘t seem to be able to any interest in his studies.
A. make up B. work up
C. turn up D. use up
31.Man has used metals for centuries in gradually increasing quantities but it was the Industrial
Revolution that they came to be employed in really vast quantities.
A. till B. until
C. not until D. not till
32. His brother had become a financier, he wanted to be.
A. who B. what
C. which D. that
33. These goods are sold at reduced prices, .
A. the defects are pointed out to the customers
B. the defects pointed out to the customers
C. the defects have been pointed out to the customers
D. the defects being pointed out to the customers
34. Basic research provides the capital fund of scientific knowledge, which the applied researchers
drew to give society a rich rate of interest.
A. on B. up
C. out D. to
35. I’ve kept up a friendship with a girl who I was at school twenty years ago.
A. about B. since
C. with D. till
36. is generally accepted, economical growth is determined by the smooth development of
production.
A. What B. That
C. it D. As
37. The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, could go penniless
by next year.
A. the larger one B. the larger of which
C. the largest one D. the largest of which
38. For my own part, in seems that the main requirement of an international language is that it .
A. would be easily learned B. is easily learned
C. will be easily learned D. be easily learned
39. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of getting cancer than in the public
mind today.
A. exist B. exists
C. existing D. existed
40. the government is believed to be considering a law making it a crime to import any kind of
weapon.
A. to pass B. to have passed
C. passing D. having passed
Section III Cloze (5 points)
Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked a, B,
C, and D, Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET 1.In order to
work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied for by his prospective
employer. The problem here is that the Department of Employment has the right to 41 or refuse
these permits, and there is little that can be 42 about it, it would be extremely unwise 43 a
foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 44 to immediate deportation.
There are some 45 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who
are 46 to work without permits and who are often given temporary residence permits of up to
five years. Some 47 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, authors and others, can work
without permits.
The problem with the Act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 48 it is administered,
and the people who administer it.An immigration official has the power to stop 2 visitor 49
these shores coming into the country, if this happens the visitor has the 50 to appeal to the
Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no choice but
to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
41. A. allow B. admit C. present D. grant
42. A. made B. done C. explained D. talked
43. A. for B. to C. as D. in
44. A. apt B. likely C. liable D. inclined
45. A. exemptions B. exceptions C. excerptions D. expositions
46. A. prescribed B. qualified C. entitled D. certified
47. A. more B. fewer C. others D. other
48. A. the way B. that C. the time D. what
49. A. out of B. to C. from D. off
50. A. honor B. force C. right D. authority
Section IV Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Part A
Directions: There are 4 passages m this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked , B, C, and D, you should
decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET I with
a pencil.
Questions 51 to 54 are based on the following passage:
Shoppers who have flocked to online stores for their holiday shopping are losing privacy with
every mouse click, according to a new report.
The study by the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center scrutinized(仔细审查)privacy policies on 100 of the most popular online shopping sites and compared those policies
with a set of basic privacy principles that have come to be known as “fair information practices.”
The group found that none of the 100 sites met all of the basic criteria for privacy protection,
which include giving notice of what information is collected and how it is used, offering
consumers a choice over whether the information will be used in certain ways, allowing access
to data that give consumers a chance to see and correct the information collected, and instituting
the kind of security measures that ensure that information won’t fall into the wrong hands.
“This study shows that somebody else, other than Santa, is reading your Christmas list,” said
Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Media Education, which also worked on the
survey.The online privacy of children is protected by Federal Trade Commission rules, but adults
do not share the same degree of privacy protection. The movement, like the online shopping
industry, favors selfregulation over imposition of further movement restrictions on electronic
commerce.”Marc Rosenberg, executive director of the privacy group, said the study shows that self
regulations have failed, “We need legislation to enforce fair information pretences,” he said.
“Consumers are at greeter risk than they were in 1997,” when the group released its first report.
The survey also asked whether the 100 sites used” profilebased” advertising, and whether the sites
incorporate “cookies ”technology, which gives Web sites
basic information on visitors. Profiling is the practice of gathering in then used to create targeted
advertising on Wed sites.All but 18 of the top shopping sites did display a privacy policy, a
major improvement over the early days of electronic commerce, when such policies were scarce.
But that did not satisfy the privacy group:” Companies arc posting privacy policies, but these
policies are not the same thing As fair information practices,” Rosenberg said.
The sites also did not perform well by other measures, the group said it found that 35 of the
sites feature profilebased advertising, and 87 percent use cookies, The group concluded that the
phonies that were posted “are typically confusing, incomplete, and inconsistent”, The report,
“Surfer Beware III: Privacy Policies Without Privacy Protection, ” is the third such survey by
the group, It called for further development of technologies that help consumers protect their
privacy and even anonymity (匿名)when exploring the internet.
51What does the sentence “This study shows that somebody else, other than Santa, is reading
your Christmas list” mean?
A. the study shows that someone else would buy consumers a gift for Christmas
B. The study shows that consumers’ privacy is being invaded.
C. the study shows that companies want to make a Christmas list for children.
D. the study shows that Santa would not bring the Christmas gifts this year.
52.Which of the following is not in the list of the basic criteria of privacy protection mentioned
in paragraph 3?
A. Give notice of what in formation is collected and how it is used to consumers.
B. Allow access to data that give consumers a chance to see and correct the information collected.
C. Make consumers believe that the information provided by the sites is surely correct.
D. Institute the kind of security measures that ensure that the information won’t fall into the
wrong hands.
53. it could be drawn from the passage that .
A. the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center has released at least 3 reports concerning the online
privacy
B. adults cannot get any online privacy protection
C. both the online privacy of children and that of adults are not protected by FTC rules
D. only 18 of the top shopping sites displayed a privacy policy nowadays
54. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Mare Rosenberg’s study on self-regulation.
B. Some online problems found by a privacy group’s study.
C. Adults and children are different.
D. Online security measures.
Questions 55 to 58 are based on the following passage:
Suppose you go into a fritterer’s shop, wanting an apple-you take up one, and on biting it you find it is sour; you look at it, and see that it is hard and
green. You take up another one, and that, too, is hard, green, and sour. The shipman offers you
a third; but, before biting it, you examine it, and find that it is hard and green, and you
immediately say that you will not have it, as it must be sour, like those that you have already
tried.Nothing can be more simple than that, you think; but if you will take the trouble to analyze
and trace out into its logical elements what has been done by the mind, you will be greatly
surprised. In the first place you have performed the operation of induction You find that, in two
experiences, hardness and greenness in apples went together with sourness. It was so in the first
case, and it was confirmed by the second. Trued, it is a very small basis, but still it is enough
from which to make an induction; you generalize the facts, and you expect to find spumes in
apples where you get hardness and greenness. You found upon that a general law, that all hard
and green apples are sour; and that, so far as it goes, is a perfect induction. Well, having got
your natural law in this way, when you are offered another apple which you find it hard and
green ,you say, “AII hard and green apples are sour; this apple is hard and green; therefore,
this apple is sour.” That train of reasoning is what logicians call a syllogism (三段论法),and has all its various parts and terms-its major premises, its minor premises, and its conclusion, And by the help of further reasoning,
which, if drawn out, would have to be exhibited in two or three other syllogisms, you arrive at
your final determination, “I will not have that apple.” So that, you see, you have, in the first
place, established a law by induction, and upon that you have founded a deduction, and reasoned
out the special particular case.
Well now, suppose, having got your conclusion of the law, that at some times afterwards, you
are discussing the qualities of apple with a friend; you will say to him, “It is a very curious
thing, but I find that all hard and green apples are sour!” Your friend says to you, “But how
do you know that?” You at once reply, “On, because I have tried them over ad over again, and
have always found them to be so.” Well, if we ware talking science instead of common sense, we
should call that an experimental verification. And, if still opposed, you go further, and say, “I
have heard from people, In Somerset shire and Devon shire and Devon shire, where a large
number of apples are grown, and in London, where many apples are sold and eaten, that they
have observed the same thing it is also found to be the case in Normandy, and in North America,
in short, I find it to be the universal experience of mankind wherever attention has been directed
to the subject.” Whereupon, your friend, unless he is a very unreasonable man, agrees with you,
and is convinced that you are quite right in the conclusion you have drawn He believes, although
perhaps he does not know he believes it, that the more extensive verifications have been made,
and results of the same kind arrived at –that the more varied the conditions under which the same results are attained, the more certain
is the ultimate conclusion, and he disputes the question no further. He sees that the experiment
has been tried under all sorts of conditions, as to time, place, and people, with the same result;
and he says with you, therefore, that the law you have laid down must be a good one, and he
must believe it.
55. Apples are used .
A. in order to convince the reader that fruit has no intellect
B. to illustrate the subject of the passage
C. to give color to the story
D. to show how foolish logic is
56. the term” natural law ” as it appears in the text refers to .
A. common sense
B. the result of an induction
C. the order of nature
D. a scientific discovery
57. it you find a hard and green apple that is not sour, you should .
A. try more apples to see if the natural law has changed
B. eat the rest of the apple at once
C. reject the law stating that hard and green apples are usually sour
D. conduct further investigations and make adjustments to the law of apples as necessary
58. The writer is probably .
A. French
B. English
C. American
D. None of the above
