Part I Reading Comprehension (40%,2 points each)

　　Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Passage One

　　Questions l to 5 are based on the following passage:

　　Now Harriet Beecher Stowe is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book that details the harshness of plantation life in the south. The book was extremely popular in the United States as well as in other countries.

　　Ironically though, for the attention given to Uncle Tom's Cabin, it is far from Stowe's best work. She did write one other novel about life in the south. But much of her best work has nothing to do with the south at all. In fact, Stowe's best writing is about village life in the New England states in the 19th century. In recording the customs of the villages she wrote about, Stowe claimed that her purpose was to reflect the image as realistically as possible. She usually succeeded, for her settings were often described accurately and in detail. In this sense, she was an important forerunner to the realistic movement that became popular later in the 19th century. She was one of the first writers to use local dialect for her characters when they spoke. And she did this for thirty years before Mark Twain popularized the use of local dialect. It makes sense that Stowe would write about New England life, since she was born in Connecticut. As a young woman there, she worked as a teacher. The teaching job helped lead her to her first published work, a geography book for children. Later, when she was married, her writing helped to support her family financially. Throughout her life, she wrote poems, travel books, biographical sketches and children’s books as well as novels for adults.

　　1. What is Stowe best known for, according to the passage?

　　A.A novel named Uncle Tom's Cabin. B. The harshness of the plantation.

　　C. Works about the south. D. Works about the village life.

　　2. What is Stowe's best writing mainly about?

　　A. Village life in the south. B. Customs of the south.

　　C. Village life in the New England states. D. The civil war.

　　3. What was her purpose to record the customs of the villages she wrote about?

　　A. To reflect the image as realistically as possible.

　　B. To introduce the customs to foreigners.

　　C. To recall the past in detail.

　　D. To reveal the darkness in the society.

　　4. Why was Stowe an important forerunner for realistic movement?

　　A. Because she wrote about village life in her best works.

　　B. Because she was the first one to use local dialect for her characters in her works.

　　C. Because she wrote about the customs of the villages with a bit imagination.

　　D. Because he settings were often described actually and in detail.

　　5. Why did Stowe write about New England life?

　　A. Because she did not like the life the south.

　　B. Because she was born in the south and was tired of the life there.

　　C. Because she was a teacher.

　　D. Because she was familiar with the life there.

　　Passage2 Questions 6 to l0 are based on the following passage:

　　Global warming may or may not be the great environmental crisis of the 21st century, but-regardless of whether it is or isn't-we won't do much about it. We will argue over it and may even, as a nation, make some fairly solemn-sounding commitments to avoid it. But the more dramatic and meaningful these commitments seem, the less likely they are to be observed.

　　Al Gore calls global warming an“inconvenient truth,” as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution. But the real truth is that we don't know enough to relieve global warming, and-without major technological breakthroughs-we can't do much about it.

　　From 2003 to 2050, the world's population is projected to grow from 6.4 billion to 9.1 billion, a 42% increase. If energy use per person and technology remain the same, total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions(mainly, C02) will be 42% higher in 2050. But that's too low, because societies that grow richer use more energy. We need economic growth unless we condemn the world's poor to their present poverty and freeze everyone else's living standards. With modest growth, energy use and greenhouse emissions are more than double by 2050.

　　No government will adopt rigid restrictions on economic growth and personal freedom(limits on electricity usage, driving and travel) that might cut back global warming. Still, politicians want to show they're“doing something.” Consider the Kyoto Protocol (京都議定書). It allowed countries that joined to punish those that didn't. But it hasn't reduced C02 emissions(up about 25% since 1990), and many signatories(簽字國) didn't adopt tough enough policies to hit their 2008-2012 targets.

　　The practical conclusion is that if global warming is a potential disaster, the only solution is new technology. Only an aggressive research and development program might find ways of breaking our dependence on fossil fuels or dealing with it.

　　The trouble with the global warming debate is that it has become a moral problem when it's really an engineering one. The inconvenient truth is that if we don't solve the engineering problem, we're helpless.

　　6. What is said about global warming in the first paragraph?

　　A. It may not prove an environmental crisis at all.

　　B. It is an issue requiring worldwide commitments.

　　C. Serious steps have been taken to avoid or stop it.

　　D. Very little will be done to bring it under control.

　　7. According to the author's understanding, what is Al Gore's view on global

　　warming?

　　A. It is a reality both people and politicians are unaware of.

　　B. It is a phenomenon that causes us many inconveniences.

　　C. It is a problem that can be solved once it is recognized.

　　D. It is an area we actually have little knowledge about.

　　8. Greenhouse emissions will more than double by 2050 because of .

　　A. economic growth

　　B. wastefu1 use of energy

　　C. the widening gap between the rich and poor

　　D. the rapid advances of science and technology

　　9. The author believes that, since the signing of the Kyoto Protocol, .

　　A. politicians have started to do something to better the situation

　　B. few nations have adopted real tough measures to limit energy use

　　C. reductions in energy consumption have greatly cut back global warming

　　D. international cooperation has contributed to solving environmental problems

　　10. What is the message the author intends to convey?

　　A. Global warming is more of a moral issue than a practical one.

　　B. The ultimate solution to global warming lies in new technology.

　　C. The debate over global warming will lead to technological breakthroughs.

　　D. People have to give up certain material comforts to stop global warming.

　　Passage3

　　Questions ll to l5 are based on the following passage:

　　In the 1940s, urban Americans began a mass move to the suburbs for fresh air

　　and privacy. Living in the suburbs began to be popular. Since most of those making the move were middle-class, they took with them the tax money the cities needed to maintain the neighborhood in which they had lived. Thus, many cities began to fall into disrepair. Crime began to rise, and public transportation was neglected. At the same time, housing construction costs continued to rise higher and higher. Middle-class housing was allowed to decay(衰退, 衰減), and little new housing were constructed.

　　Finally, many downtown areas existed for business only. During the day they would be filled with people working in offices, and at night they would be deserted. Some business executives began asking,“Why bother with going downtown at all? Why not move the offices to the suburbs so that we can live and work in the same area?” gradua11y some of the larger companies began moving out of cities, with the result that urban centers declined even further and the suburbs expanded still more.

　　11. When did a mass move to the suburbs begin in the U.S.?

　　A.In the 1960s. B.In the 1940s. C.In the 1970s. D.In the 1950s.

　　12. What kind of people moved to the suburbs?

　　A. Middle-class people. B. The rich.

　　C. The poor. D. The young.

　　13. What happened to the city after the mass move?

　　A. Housing costs decreased. B. Crime rate was much lower than before.

　　C.All business moved out. D. Cities declined.

　　14. What happened to many downtown areas during the period?

　　A. There existed for business only. B. There existed for offices only.

　　B. There existed for poor people only. D. There existed for rich people only.

　　15. What happened to business after the mass move?

　　A. They set up branches in suburbs.

　　B. They built offices here and there in cities.

　　C. Some bigger companies moved out.

　　D. They lost employees.

　　Passage4

　　Questions l6 to 20 are based on the following passage:

　　In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the Green House where I worked as manager died of a heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things looked pretty gloomy. My wife and I read the want ads each day. Then one morning, as I was hanging a“going out of business” sign at the green house, the door opened, and in walked a customer. She was an office manager whose company had just moved into the new office park on the edge of the town. She was looking for potted plants to place in the reception areas in offices.“I don't know anything about plants”, she said,“I am sure in a few weeks, they'll all be dead.” While I was helping her select her purchases, my mind was racing. Perhaps as many as a dozen firms that recently opened offices in the new office park and there were several hundred more acres with construction under way. That afternoon, I drove up to the office park. By 6 o'clock that evening, I had signed contacts with 7 companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fee to maintain them. Within a week, I had worked down to an agreement to lease(租得) the Green House from the owner's family. Business is now increasing rapidly, and one day we hope to be the proud owners of the Green House.

　　16. What happened to the speaker's wife last February?

　　A. Employed. B. Unemployed.

　　C. Changed her job. D. Quitted her job.

　　l7. What do we learn about the green house?

　　A. It was located in a park.

　　B. Its owner died of a heart attack.

　　C. It went bankrupt all of a sudden.

　　D. Its potted plants were for lease only. 18. What was the speaker doing when the customer walked in one morning?

　　A. Planting trees in the greenhouse.

　　B. Writing a want ad to a local newspaper.

　　C. Putting up a Going Out of Business sign.

　　D. Keeping better relations with her company.

　　l9. What did the speaker think of when serving the office manager?

　　A. Opening an office in the new office park.

　　B. Keeping better relationships with her company.

　　C. Developing fresh business opportunities.

　　D. Building a big greenhouse of his own.

　　20. What was the speaker's hope for the future?

　　A. Owning the green house one day.

　　B. Securing a job at the office park.

　　C. Cultivating more potted plants.

　　D. Finding customers out of town.

　　Part II Vocabulary (l0%, 0.5 points each)

　　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 that best completes the sentence. Then decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　21. When you leave the room, please _the light.

　　A. turn off B. turn down C. turn up D. turn out

　　22. He does not _as a teacher of English as his pronunciation is terrible.

　　A.equal B.match C.qualify D. fit

　　23. He couldn't even _a cow from a horse.

　　A.contrast B.compare C.recognize D. tell

　　24. The _media play an important role in public life.

　　A.mess B.miss C.mass D. means

　　25. The sun _in the east and sets in the west.

　　A.rises B.causes C.arises D. raises

　　26. The news comes from a reliable _.

　　A.resource B.source C.origin D. root

　　27. I've had so little _time recently; I think I've forgotten how to relax.

　　A.empty B.spacious C.blank D.spare

　　28. Make sure you _enough time for doing your homework.

　　A. set about B. set up C. set aside D. set apart

　　29. Our children and grandchildren will _if we don't look after our planet

　　A.suffer B.bear C.endure D. tolerate

　　30. His actions were not _his beliefs.

　　A. in regard to B. in line with C. in terms of D. in touch with

　　31. I'm sure you'll _all your difficulties in time.

　　A.overcome B.overtake C.obtain D. oblige

　　32. High interest rates _people from borrowing money.

　　A.disapprove B.discourage C.decrease D. decline

　　33. There is not much time left, so I will tell you about it _.

　　A. in detail B. in brief C. in short D. in all

　　34. I wanted to make a bookcase, but I couldn't make _of the instructions.

　　A.understanding B. sense C. application D. sight

　　35. The senior _was very impressed by the young man's diligence.

　　A.engine B.engineering C.engineer D.enginer

　　36. Only students of the school enjoy the _of using the school library.

　　A.privilege B.benefit C.favour D.advantage

　　37. The _of living will only go up. It won't go down.

　　A.price B.value C.cost D.spending

　　38. There are several characteristics of the novel _special attention.

　　A. worthy B. worthy of C. worth of D. worthless

　　39. Get in the car. There is enough _for you.

　　A.place B.seat C.spot D.room

　　40. It took me along time to _the disappointment of losing the match.

　　A. get through B. get off C. get over D. get down

　　Part Ⅲ Structure (l0%, 0.5 points each)

　　Directions: In this part there are 20 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　41. Television is different from radio in _it sends and receives pictures.

　　A.which B.what C.that D.this

　　42. _so busy, I would have called on you.

　　A. Should I not be B. Had I been

　　C. Had I not been D. I had been not

　　43. The scientist carried out a series of experiments and obtained _results.

　　A.satisfied B.satisfaction C.satisfy D.satisfying

　　44. It is necessary that all the facts _before we go about writing the article.

　　A. check B. be checked C. checked D. must be checked

　　45. The documentary aroused public _for the victims of the earthquake.

　　A.symbol B.sympathy C.suspect D.symphony

　　46. So little _about maths that the lecture was completely beyond me.

　　A. did I know B. as I know C. I knew D. do I know

　　47. Can you tell me _the railway station?

　　A. how can I get B. how can I reach

　　C. how I can get to D. how I can reach to 48. The shy little boy has won the gold medal in the speaking contest, _I find hard to believe.

　　A.that B.which C.who D.whom

　　49. _the plan you adopt, you will meet difficulties in carrying it out.

　　A.No matter B. However C. Whichever D. What

　　50. Take warm clothes with you _the weather is cold.

　　A. so that B. even if C. in case D. unless

　　51. I have thrown away my old trousers; I'll have to buy _.

　　A. some new B. a new one C. a new pair D. some new pair

　　52. This kind of TV is the best that has been made _in our country.

　　A.by far B. far C. as far D. so far

　　53. I like climbing mountains _my wife prefers water sports.

　　A.as B.when C.for D.while

　　54. Whenever he reads his work to the class, _with great pleasure.

　　A. he reads so B. he reads it so C. he does it so D. he does so

　　55. The radio is too noisy. I wish he _it down.

　　A. will turn B. would turn C. is to turn D. can turn

　　56. You _with me; I can manage myself.

　　A. need not to go B. do not need go

　　C. need not go D. need go not

　　57. It's time I _you for the tickets.

　　A. paying B. to pay C. pay D. paid

　　58. The problem is believed _at the conference two weeks ago.

　　A. to discuss B. to be discussed

　　C. being discussed D. to have been discussed

　　59. Tom, you're so lazy. The homework _last Friday.

　　A. should have finished B. could have finished

　　C. ought to have been finished D. must have finished

　　60. Suddenly there appeared a young woman _in green.

　　A. dressing B. dressed C. being dressed D.to be dressed

　　Part IV Cloze (l0%, 0.5 points each)

　　Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D below the passage. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　In the depth of my memory, many things I did with my father stil1 live. These

　　things come to represent, in fact, what I call _61_ and love.

　　I don't remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did

　　_62_ the water. Any kind of_63_ ride seemed to give him pleasure. _64 _he 1oved to fish; sometimes he took me a1ong.

　　But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being_65_ the water, moving through it, _66_ it all around me. I was not a strong _67_, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my_68 _. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father's office and_69_ those summer days with my father, who_70_ come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the_71_ person not in swimsuit.

　　After swimming, I would go_72_ his office and sit on the wooden chair in

　　front of his big desk, where he let me_73_ anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I left alone at his desk_74_ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn't be playing with his_75_. But my father always _76_ and said easily,“Oh, no, It's_77_.”Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get_78_ an ice cream.

　　A poet once said,“We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is_79_.” And I think it is not only what we“look at once, in childhood”that determines our memories, but_80_ , in that childhood, look at us.

　　6l. A. desire B. joy C.anger D.worry

　　62. A. avoid B. refuse C.praise D.love

　　63. A. boat B. bus C.train D.bike

　　64. A. But B. Then C.And D.Still

　　65. A. on B. off C.by D.in

　　66. A. having B. leaving C.making D.getting

　　67. A. swimmer B. rider C.walker D.runner

　　68. A. hopes B. faiths C.rights D.fears

　　69. A. spending B. saving C.wasting D.ruining

　　70. A. should B. would C.had to D.ought to

　　71. A. next B. only C.other D.last

　　72. A. away from B. out of C.by D.inside

　　73. A. put up B. break down C.play with D.work out

　　74. A. the moment B. the first time C.while D.before

　　75. A. fishing net B. office things C.wooden chair D.lab equipment

　　76. A. stood up B. set out C.showed up D.turned out

　　77. A. fine B. strange C.terrible D.funny

　　78. A. the student B. the assistant C.myself D.himself

　　79. A. memory B.wealth C.experience D.practice

　　80. A. which B. who C. what D.whose

　　Part V Translation from English into Chinese(l5%, 3 points each)

　　Directions: In this part there is a passage with 5 underlined parts, numbered 81 to 85. After reading the passage carefully. you should translate the underlined parts into Chinese. Remember to write your translation on the Answer Sheet.

　　81. Oxford University is the oldest university in Britain and one of the world’s most famous institutions of higher learning. Oxford University was established during the 1100s. It is located in Oxford, England, about 80 kilometers northwest of London.

　　82. The university has over 16,300 students, almost a quarter of these students are from overseas and more than 130 nationalities are represented.it consists of 35 colleges, plus five private halls established by various religious groups. Three of the five private halls are for men only. Of the colleges, St. Hilda's and Somerville are for women, and the rest are for men and women.

　　……

　　Each student at Oxford is assigned to a tutor, who supervises the students' program of study, primarily through tutorials. Tutorials are weekly meetings of one or two students with their tutor. Students may see other tutors for specialized instruction. They may also attend lectures given by university teachers. _83. Students choose which lectures to attend on the basis of their own special interests and on the advice of their tutors.

　　The university, not the individual colleges, grants degrees. The first degree in the arts or sciences is the Bachelor of Arts with honors. 84.Oxford also grants higher degrees,diplomas,and certificates in a wide variety of subjects.

　　85.The mission of Oxford is to aim at achieving and maintaining excellence in every area of its teaching and research ,maintaining and developing its historical position as a world-class university,and enriching the international, national, and regional communities through the fruits of its research and the skills of its graduates.

　　Part VI Translation from Chinese into English(l5%,3 points each)

　　Directions: In this part there are five sentences, numbered from 86 to 90, in Chinese. You are asked to translate these sentences into English on the Answer Sheet.

　　86. 這些觀眾一定錯過了看他們的音樂演出。 87. 一切事物都是互相聯系又互相作用的。

　　88. 公園位于縣城的正中央。

　　89. 要不是約翰幫忙,我們絕不會這么快就完成實驗。

　　90. 我們希望全班同學參加這些討論。