第一部分：词汇选择（第1-15题，每题1分，共15分）

下面共有15句子，每个句子均有一个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的四个选项中选择一个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

1． A new system of quality control was brought in to overcome the defects in the firm’s products.
A) invested B) introduced C) installed D) insisted

2. The old concerns lose importance and some of them vanish altogether.
A) develop B) disappear
C) link D) renew

3. There is always excitement at the Olympic Games when an athlete breaks a previous record of performance.
A) beats B)matches
C) maintains D)announces

4. The government is debating the education laws.
A) discussing B) defeating C) delaying D) declining

5. They had a far better yield than any other farm miles away around this year.
A) goods B) soil
C) climate D) harvest

6. The city has decided to do away with all the old buildings in its center.
A) get rid of B) set up
C) repair D) paint

7．During the past ten years there have been dramatic changes in the international situation.
A) permanent B) powerful
C) striking D) practical

8． It is out of the question that the inspector will come tomorrow.
A) impossible B) possible C) probable D) likely

9．Techniques to employ the energy of the sun are being developed.
A) convert B) store C) use D) receive

10． Since the Great Depression, the United States government has protected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices.
A) slight B) surprising C) sudden D) harmful

11． Cement was seldom used in building the Middle Ages.
A) crudely B) rarely C) originally D)occasionally

12． Medicine depends on other fields for basic information, particularly some of their specialized branches.
A) conventionally B) obviously C) especially D) inevitably

13．We were astonished to hear that their football team had won the champion.
A) amazed B) amounted C) amused D) approached

14． There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country.
A) a steady B) a plentiful C) an extra D) a stable

15． The most crucial problem any economic system faces is how to use its scarce resources.
A)puzzling B) difficult C) terrifying D) urgent

第二部分：阅读判断（每题1分，共七分）

阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了七个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息， 
请在答题卡上把B涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑

TV Games Shows

One of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the "best sellers" list with a sale of fewer than 100,000copies, but a popular TV show might have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well known overnight.
This is the principle behind "quiz " or " game" shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a game for the prize and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give away thousands of dollars just for fun. But all of this money can create problems. For instance, in the 1950s, quiz shows were very popular in the U.S. and almost everyone watched them. Charles Van Doren, an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a career as a television personality. But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the show's producers, who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand. Why? Because if the audience didn't like the person who won the game, they turned the show off. Based on his story, a movie under the title" Quiz Show " is on 40 years later.
Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. But game shows are still here, though they aren't taken as seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on TV, or that punish losers by humiliating them. The entertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.

1. TV can make a beggar world-famous overnight.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

2. the principle behind " quiz " or " game" shows is to put ordinary people on TV to play a game for prizes and money.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

3. Prizes and money are usually provided by TV stars and large companies for winners.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

4. One of the TV personalities, Charles Van Doren was proved to be cheating by persuading the Show's producers to give him the answers beforehand.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

5. The huge scandal of cheating in TV games shows was not exposed until 40 years later in the movie " Quiz Show".
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

6. Nowadays game shows are not treated as seriously as they used to be.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

7. Winners of present-day TV shows no longer get money from the shows.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned