Section A (1’ ×10 = 10’)
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter, which you should write down on the Answer Sheet. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
A glance at any newspaper will reveal hundreds of advertisements. Some are elaborate, full-page displays, while the majority are in the more economical classified (51) ____________.
The uses of advertisements are undisputed. Large companies depend heavily on advertisements to make their products known to the consumers by (52) ____________ international sporting events. Thus, they can provide the necessary (53) ____________ to keep magazines running. For an employer looking for workers, advertisement provides one of the most (54) ____________ methods of getting them. Through advertisements people wanting to sell or buy things can come in (55) ____________ with people not normally met in normal daily life.
As useful as they are, advertisements are sometimes abused by bad people. (56) ____________ the public is the most common form of abuse of advertisement. In the (57) ____________ of an international sports meet we see the sign of a popular-brand cigarette everywhere. On television, the abuse of advertisements is the most (58) ____________. Furthermore many advertisements are not based on truth.
Thus we see that advertisement can be useful as well as (59) ____________. We cannot escape the continuous attack of advertisements, but we can use our own intelligence to (60) ____________ out the bad ones.
A. midst B. finance C. apparent D. sections
E. weed F. motivates G. Misleading H. standpoint
I. staging J. Dangling K. destructive L. merit
M.contact N. shift O. efficient
Section B (2’×10 = 20’)
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. 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 centre.
Passage One
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are healthier than housewives. Evidence shows that the jobless are in poorer health than jobholders.
Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy away from loneliness. Researches show that people feel unhappy, worried and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are busy. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as a bridge between man and reality. Through work people communicate with each other. Through collective activity they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work means the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him ill.
Besides, work gives one a sense of fulfillment and a sense of achievement. Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When a writer finishes his writing or a doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow, they are happy beyond words.
From the above we can come to the conclusion that the more you work the happier and healthier you will be. Let us work hard and study and live a happy and healthy life.
61. The underlined word “average” in Paragraph 1 means ____________.
A. healthy B. lazy C. ordinary D. poor
62. The reason why housewives are not as healthy as career women is that ____________.
A. housewives are poorer than career women
B. housewives have more children than career women
C. housewives have less chance to communicate with others
D. housewives eat less food than career women
63. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraph 2?
A. Busy people have nothing to do at home.
B. High achievers don’t care about their families.
C. There is no friendship and warmth at home.
D. A satisfying job helps to keep one healthy.
64. We can infer from the passage that those who do not work ____________.
A. will live a shorter life
B. will lose everything at home
C. can live as long as those who work
D. have more time to make new friends
65. The best title for this passage may be ____________.
A. People Should Get a Decent Job
B. Work Is Good for Health
C. People Should Make More Friends by Work
D. The Loss of Work Means the Loss of Everything
Passage Two
Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage.
Going shopping seems easy, but actually it takes a lot of learning, especially in America. In fact, many Americans who are not so well-off often shop at “sales” or at special stores that sell things at low prices, which you may find interesting.
In America, the important rule of dressing is that one should change his or her clothes every day. For example, in an American college, neither professors nor students are seen in the same clothes two days in a row. So you may find it necessary to buy more clothes than you have in China. While you are shopping in the States, you will discover that prices range considerably from time to time. The purchase of used, second-hand clothing, furniture, or other household articles may be an excellent way of saving money. Most second-hand clothes are of pretty good quality. If you are going to settle down in the States and want some furniture, you may go to a “loan closet”, where furniture rents are low cost, or you may also go to a “furniture exchange” place in the community.
Sheets, blankets, and other bedclothes go on sale in most communities twice a year. Advertisements for “white sales”, that is, sales on bed linen, towels, etc., often appear in January, as well as in May, June or July. Once or twice every season, there will be “garage sales”, where you can get almost everything, from a yacht to a pair of shoes, at low prices. Prices at “discount stores” and “thrift shops” are also as low as you can imagine.
66. Shopping in the United States ____________.
A. requires some learning
B. seems easy for Americans
C. is very easy for foreigners
D. is only for “well-off” people
67. Americans change their clothes daily, because ____________.
A. people take it as a rule B. clothes are sold at low prices
C. they enjoy doing so D. everyone is very “well-off”
68. People shopping in America will discover ____________.
A. American goods are excellent
B. most clothes come from China
C. used clothes are of poor quality
D. prices vary much sometimes
69. A person who needs furniture can ____________.
A. exchange their goods for furniture
B. settle in a place that has furniture
C. rent some at low cost
D. get some free of charge
70. At a “white sale”, one can buy ____________.
A. almost anything B. sheets, cooking utensil, etc.
C. shoes at low prices D. bed linen, towels, etc.
Part V Translation (15')
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate the following Chinese paragraph into English. You should write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
你曾听过帅气又强壮的“超人”的故事吗?1995年，他从马上摔下来, 折断了脊柱(spinal cord)，但是他没有失去信心。手术之后，他传递积极的信息，迎接新的挑战。1997年，他导演了一部电影，它证明了他的勇气，精神和内在力量。正是他勇敢的态度，冲破了障碍并引领他从绝望走向希望。
