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Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A(32%)

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.

He began to work for a big company ________ an early age.

A. on B. at C. in D. from

Mrs. Green kept telling her daughter not to surf the Internet too much, but ____ didn’t help.

A. it B. one C. he D. she

3. ---They believed that their conclusion was right, ______________?

--- I suppose so.

A. was it B. did they C. didn’t they D. wasn’t it

4. Some young girls are always worrying about being overweight, although they are ________.

A. perfectly health B. perfectly healthy

C. perfect healthy D. perfect health

5. A small plane crashed into a hillside five miles east of the city, _____ all four people on board.

A. kill B. killed C. to kill D. killing

6. ---Have you brought my book?

--- Oh no! I ________ again. That was stupid of me.

A. forgot B. have forgotten

C. had forgotten D. forget

7. More and more Chinese people follow the practice _______ they will travel to various scenic spots to enjoy the scenery in their leisure time.

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

8. _________ from the job for a long time makes my father have a sense of loss.

A. Retired B. Retiring C. Have retired D. Having retired

9. We have no idea at all _______________________.

A. where he has gone B. where did he go

C. which place he has gone D. where has he gone

10. ____________________, the football game was decided not to be put off.

A. Heavily as did it rain B. As it rained heavily

C. Heavily as it rained D. As heavily as it could

11. After the war, a new school building was put up _______ there had once been a theatre.

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

12. The Black Sea was a fresh water lake about ________ and unconnected with the Mediterranean 100 years ago.

A. its two-thirds present size B. two-thirds of its present size

C. two-thirds its present size D. its two-thirds of the present size

13. The exam was continued at the beginning of the new term, ______ was announced on January29.

A. what B. that C. where D. as

14. People always shake hands and say “How do you do?” whey ______ to each other.

A. introduced B. introducing C. to introduce D. introduce

15. Knocked down by a speeding car, _____________________________________.

A. many people didn’t think he was still alive

B. the car was stopped by a policeman

C. he was rushed to a nearby hospital

D. a stranger hurried over to help him

16. Only by changing the coaches ____________________ to improve the Chinese football team；

what a shortsighted and stupid idea!

A. some people can expect B. can expect some people

C. some people do expect D. do some people expect

Section B( 9%)

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

A. close B. confirmed C. relieve D. unexpected

AB. symbols AC. however AD. responses BC. contrasts

BD. Though CD. as





There is a tendency to think of each of the arts as a separate area of activity. Many artists, __17__, would prove that there has always been a warm relationship between the various areas of human activity. For example, in the late nineteenth century the connections between music and painting were particularly __18__. Artists were invited to design clothes and settings for operas and ballets, but sometimes it was the musicians who were inspired by the work of painters. Of the musical compositions that were considered as __19__ to the visual arts, perhaps the most famous is Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Mussorgsky composed the piece in 1874 after the death, at the age of 39, of the artist Victor Hartmann. __20__ their friendship had not been a particularly long-lasting one, Mussorgsky was shocked by Hartmann’s __21__ death. The following year the critic, Vladimir Stasov, who decided to hold an exhibition of Hartmann’s work, suggested that Mussorgsky try to __22__ his grief by writing something in memory of Hartmann.

The exhibition served as Mussorgsky’s inspiration(刺激，灵感). The ten pieces that make up Pictures at an Exhibition are intended as __23___ rather than representations of the paintings in the exhibition. Between each is a promenade, __24__ the composer walks from one painting to another. The music is sometimes witty and playful, sometimes almost alarming and frightening. Through a range of surprising __25__, Mussorgsky manages to convey the spirit of the artist and his work.

Reading Comprehension

Section A( 15 %)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

The American expression “ burning your bridges” means acting in such a way that you destroy any chance of turning back or changing your actions.

You can burn your bridges when you are __26__ a new job. Suppose, for example, that you decide to __27__ the new job, you tell your boss about your __28__. You also tell him how glad you are to leave.

__29__ these words, you have burned your bridges. Your boss will __30__ let you return to your old job.

The expression “ burning your bridges” __31__ its name from the war. An army that is forced back across a river may decide to burn the bridge __32___ crossing it. In this way, the army __33__ its enemy from using the bridge. __34__, the army also destroys its own chance to go back __35__ the river.

Most people who “burn their bridges” today don’t __36___ the army. But like those armies, they move in a different direction with no __37__ of turning back. There is another __38__ that all bridge burners should not forget. It is usually in the form of a __39___: “ Don’t cross your bridges until you come to them” The meaning is clear: wait until the right time before you __40___.

26. A. offered B. awarded C. looking for D. doing

27. A. look for B. take C. refuse D. give up

28.A. suggestion B. idea C. thought D. decision

29.A. For B. With C. After D. At

30.A. soon B. perhaps C. certainly D. never

31.A. gets B. makes C. collects D. arrives

32.A. before B. after C. since D. without

33.A. preserves B. hides C. avoids D. prevents

34.A. Besides B. Instead C. However D. Therefore

35. A. along B. above C. through D. across

36. A. like B. join C. belong to D. leave

37. A. time B. stress C. chance D. bridge

38. A. word B. expression C. information D. lesson

39. A. advice B. method C. warning D. sign

40. A. act B. come C. leave D. go

Section B ( 24%)

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

( A )

Some people believe that your blood group hides no secrets. It show the “real you”. And the owners of certain blood groups might be particularly good or bad at a certain task. This is the very reason why you could be asked to offer your blood group before being given a job.

The new idea was carried out first in Japan and now it has been brought over to other parts of the world. One important business company in Japan is quite special about these needs: For our office members, we must have 30 percent of those with group A and 15 percent with AB, 25 percent with B.”

Do you happen to know that if your own blood group is O, you can get things done and sell the goods well? People with blood group A are thinkers, while those with blood group B are highly creative. And if you have problems, ask the ABs to solve them. So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and A types keeping order in the office.

41. This passage seems to lead you to believe_____________________________.

A. your blood group could affect your work

B. blood types can never change your life

C. the idea about blood groups has little scientific basis

D. personality tests are exactly correct

42. People belonging to blood group B might be good at ____________________.

A. sports and games B. smoothing away difficulties

C. doing office work D. painting and writing

43. From the passage, we know _____________________.

A. four kinds of blood groups were discovered in Japan

B. people of good blood groups might do their work very well

C. more and more countries have accepted the new idea about blood groups

C. knowing your own blood group, you could get a good job

( B )

Robert Kohout, 39, was working outside his home last October when he heard a frightening noise. He turned round and saw Walter Graham’s car sinking into 8 feet of water of the inground swimming pool a little distance away from his yard. Kohout immediately called to Graham’s wife, Evelyn, to phone 911. Then he ran back to his house to get Terence Reif and Glenn Fajardo to help, who were at work inside the house. “There was no time for second thoughts,” said Reif, a farmer’s son. “ The only thing to do is to get in the pool.”

The car doors were locked. Graham, 73, was unconscious, and his mercury was rapidly filling with water. Reif struggled to break the driver’s side window with a hammer but had trouble getting it done underwater.

Finally, some of four minutes after the car had fallen into the pool, the glass was broken. By then, Graham was floating at the top of the flooded passenger compartment.

The three men pulled Graham out through the broken glass