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I．Grammar and vocabulary (40%)

Section A (31 %)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

1. His father is ill and he is still in ______ hospital. Let’s go to _______ hospital to see him now.

A. the … the B. / … / C. the… / D. / … the

2. There are a lot of ___________ in our school.

A. women teachers B. woman teachers

C. women teacher D. woman teacher

3. Will it be convenient _______ you to start work tomorrow?

A. to B. of C. with D. for

4. This pair of shoes wants _____________.

A. to mend B. being mended

C. mending D. mended

5. The pictures reminded me _______ the happy days when I was living in Shanghai.

A. of B. for C. at D. on

6. A __________ old lady entered the hall and walked over to the waiter.

A. well-dressing B. well-dressed

C. good-dressed D. good-dressing

7. After dinner, my father prefers taking a walk outside __________ TV at home.

A. to watch B. than watch

C. to watching D. than watching

8. Marilyn together with her parents __________ traveling in Xinjiang now.

A. is B. are C. will be D. was

9. He came here __________ yesterday.

A. by his car B. in his car C. by a car D. in car

10. ---- He seems to have finished his homework.

---- ___________.

A. So he has. So have I. B. So has he. So I have.

C. So he has. So I have. D. So has he. So have I.

11. At the foot of the mountain _________ two small rivers.

A. is lying B. was lying C. lies D. lie

12. You can go out _________ you promise to be back before 10 o’clock.

A. so that B. as far as C. as long as D. even if

13. What you do now is _______ more important than what you say.

A. far B. most C. many D. very

14. I ’ ll go to go to the supermarket with my father next week. We are going to buy some________ glasses.

A. lovely old French B. old lovely French

C. French old lovely D. old French lovely

15. James is not sure _____________________.

A. that he will come here tonight B. when he will come here

C. when will he come here D. whether will he come here tonight

16. It was not until 1920 ___________ regular radio broadcasts began.

A. which B. that C. while D. since

17. The first sight ________ was caught at the Great Wall has made a lasting impression on him.

A. when B. what C. that D. which

18. The high standard of the nation’s literature and art ___________widespread attention.

A. was attracted B. have attracted

C. has attracted D. has been attracted

19. The dinner _________ fruit and coffee.

A. ended up B. ended up with C. ended for D. was ended

20. —How did you do in the test?

—Not so well. I _______ much better, but I misread the directions for Writing.

A. will have done B. could have done

C. must have done D. may have done

21. He said he had never seen her before, _________ was not true.

A. it B. which C. that D. what

22. __________________ , and you will be attracted by the odd peaks along the river.

A. Taking a boat trip B. If you take a boat trip

C. Take a boat trip D. If taking a boat trip

23. — You are very brave to say that you didn’ t agree with your boss.

— Well, now I regret __________ that.

A. to do B. having done C. to be doing D. to be done

24. The Smiths went on business, leaving their eldest child ________ the house.

A. in charge B. in the charge

C. in the charge of D. in charge of

25. ________ surprised us was that he matched his shooting against the expert’s.

A. How B. That C. Which D. What

26. My train arrives in Shanghai at 10 tomorrow morning. The plane I would like to take __________ by then.

A. is leaving B. has left C. will have left D. will leave

27. I _________ in the street when I met a former friend of mine.

A. walked B. was walking C. has walked D. had walked

28. With the boy _______ the way, we had no difficulty ________ the old man’s house.

A. leads; find B. leading; to find

C. led; to find D. leading; finding

29. I don’t feel like _____ out today, but my brother would like ______ fishing on the lake.

A. going; to go B. to go; going C. going; going D. to go; to go

30. The situation is not so easy to deal with __________.

A. with expected B. to expected C. to be expected D. as expected

31. That lovely girl was lying on the grass, _________ the birds in the sky.

A. watched B. watching C. to watch D. watch

Section B (9%)

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Twenty yeas ago only a very small number of people had the skills and equipment to make fake money. Today computer, copier and printer technology is so advancing that almost anyone can make fake money. With the new technology there is a new kind of casual faking machine. The number of bills made by casual fakers on their home and office computer is growing fast. In fact, this number has doubled every year since 1989! There is no way to 32 faking completely. But the government has recently found a few ways to make casual faking very 33 .

One way is to put very ,very small words, called microprints, in 34 places on the bill. The words are only 6/1000 inch. No one can read them without a magnifying glass, and they are too small to come out 35 on a copier. If some one copies a bill that has microprints, the microprints words on the bill will only be black lines.

Another way to stop people from making fake money on their home computers is to use special colour-changing ink. Money printed with this ink will look green from one __36 and yellow from another. Home computers cannot use colour-changing ink. Copies from a home computer only have normal ink and that can be 37 quite easily.

38 , money is made on special paper with very pieces of red and blue silk mixed in. And on each bill there is a special line that runs from the top to the bottom. The lines turn red if you put it under a special light. This line and this special paper with red and blue silk are not easy to 39 .

The government must try many different ways to stop making fake money. It needs to keep 40 the way money is made because fakers can learn to copy the changes. Today copiers cannot copy microprinted words or colour-changing. But, in a few years, who knows?

II. Reading Comprehension

Section A (15%)

In this small town, there was not a single man of importance who would dare to have a housekeeper younger than sixty, for fear of what people might say about them. I was __41 , however. When I needed a housekeeper, I chose a girl called Bridie Casey, a lovely little girl of seventeen from a village up the coast. But I 42 my choice carefully. I drove my car to the coast one day when she was at home. I had a look at the cottage and a talk with her mother, and a cup of tea. After that I did not need anyone to say that she was 43 . I knew if there was anything Bridie did not do 44 as a house keeper, her mother would not 45 long to correct her. At last, there was only one ___46 to ask.

"Have you got a boy friend, Bridie?” I said.

"No, doctor, I have not," she replied with a simple expression that did not 47 me a bit. As a doctor you soon get used to the innocent(无邪的) 48 .

"Well, you'd better 49 and get one." I continued, " 50 __ I'm not going to take you."

51 this, she laughed.

The next day she started working at my house. She proved to be very 52 and efficient(高效率的). Of curse, she was so good-looking that people who came to my house used to pass 53 about us. But that didn't matter. They did not dare to hire a pretty girl themselves for 54 of what people would say. But I knew that as long as a girl had a man of her own to look after, she would give me 55 .

A. an inclusion B. a conclusion C. an exception D. a succession

A. made B. offered C. regretted D. settled

A. pretty B. clever C. fit D. busy

A. quickly B. normally C. secretly D. properly

A. expense B. pay C. cost D. take

A. report B. test C. question D. statement

A. interest B. cheat C. encourage D. notice

A. feeling B. look C. sound D. face

A. hurry up B. turn up C. take your time D. take it easy

A. so B. but C. and D. or

A .At B. On C. To D. For

A. young B. strong C. able D. gentle

A. a letter B. an examination C. an information D. a remark

A. fear B. horror C. reason D. cause

55. A. service B. everything C. no trouble D. no notice

Section B (30%)

Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

（A）

If you go to Brisbane, Australia, you can easily get a small book called Discover Brisbane free． Here is something about banks on page 49:

ANZ Banking Group

Corner Greek & Queen Sts ………………………………………238-3228

Bank of New Zealand

410 Queen Street ………………………………………………… 221-0411

Bank of Queensland

229 Elizabeth Street ……………………………………………… 229-3122

Commonwealth Banking Group

240 Queen Street ………………………………………………… 237-3111

National Australia Bank Ltd

225 Adelaide Street ……………………………………………… 221-6422

Westpac Banking Corp

260 Queen Street ………………………………………………… 227-2666

Banking hours are Mon.—Thurs. 9:30 am to 4 pm and Fri. 9:30 am to 5 pm． All banks close Sat., Sun. and Public Holidays.

56. You can find ANZ Banking Group on _________.

A． Queen Street

B． Elizabeth Street

C． the corner of Greek Street and Queen Street

D． the corner of Queen Street and Elizabeth Street

57. _________ seems to