Part I Structure and Vocabulary (1O%)
Directions:There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. 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 with a pencil.
( ) 1. The firm should make a substantial profit satisfactory labor relations are maintained.
A) unless B) even if C) provided D) in case
( ) 2. Susan had worked for three years to be a computer analyst but found her progress .
. A) discouraging B) discouraged C) to be discouraged D) to be discouraging
( ) 3. Peter's personal computer costs Jack’s.
A) twice more as B) twice more as C) two times as D) twice as much as
( ) 4. Mark spent all evening talking about his latest novel, none of us had ever heard.
A) which B) one C) of which D) that
( ) 5. This is one of the rarest questions that at such a meeting.
A) has ever been raised B) is raised
C) are raised D) have ever been raised
( ) 6. During the 1840's, Dorothea Dix was a leader in the movement for the of prison conditions in the U.S..
A) relation B) refusal C) reform D) revival
( ) 7. Mr. Walker's new fitted so badly across the shoulders that he took it back to the shop to complain.
A) skirt B) shirt C) sheet D) blouse
( ) 8. I read an interesting in a newspaper about farming today.
A) article B) advertisement C) description D) composition
( ) 9. We knew their football team was bigger and stronger, but we them anyway and beat them.
A) took ... for B) took ... in
C) took ... on D) took ... up
( ) 10. The cow had lost its own calf. but the fanner persuaded it to one whose mother had died.
A) choose B) adopt C) undertake D) collect
Part II Reading Comprehension (50%)