Part I. Listening Comprehension (10%)

Directions: You will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the

end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. Notice

that each conversation will be read just once. Listen carefully and choose the

best answer to each question you hear.

1. A. The man’s. B. The man’s brother’s.

C. The woman’s. D. The woman’s brother’s.

2. A. Mary . B. Ann.

C. Ann and Mary . D. Ann and Helen.

3. A. He hurt his leg B. He hurt his back.

C. He hurt his hand. D. He hurt his foot.

4. A. In a restaurant.

B. At a railway station.

C. In the post office.

D. At the airport.

5. A. A doctor. B. A nurse.

C. A secretary. D. A receptionist.

6. A. The chemistry lab. B. The language lab.

C. The physics lab. D. The chemistry and physics lab.

7. A. At a restaurant . B. At a grocery.

C. At a booking office. D. At a bookstore.

8. A. English. B. Chinese.

C. American. D. French.

9. A. Study. B. See a film.

C. See a ply. D. Attend a lecture.

10. A. Yes, you must take a bus to get there.

B. Yes, you must take a taxi to get there.

C. No, it’s within walking distance.

D. No, but you’d better not walk.

Part II. Reading Comprehension (30%)

Directions: There are 3 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.

11. Good secretaries find it ____ to handle office calls well.

A. extremely difficult

B. quite necessary

C. very important

D. very boring

12. It is frequently through ____ that a customer receives his first impression about a business.

A. telephone contacts

B. newspaper advertisements

C. telegrams

D. person-to-person contacts

13. “Runaround” here means ____.

A. “an unpleasant excuse”

B. “a flat refusal”

C. “a not-so-warm welcome”

D. but a helpful response

14. Laura Needham is ____.

A. a capable executive of a manufacturing factory

B. a secretary as well as an executive

C. an efficient office secretary

D. but a helpful telephone operator

15. In her opinion a secretary can never be a good one until ____.

A. she knows how to please her clients

B. she often asks her boss how to answer a telephone call

C. she has the information her clients need

D. she can keep calm and never loses her temper

16. What was the problem Philadelphia had in 1968?

A. Its school system needed a new school building.

B. More teachers were needed for its school system.

C. It lacked money for its educational project.

D. Both a and b.

17. The word “unique” here means _____.

A. “very unusual”

B. “proper”

C. “ordinary”

D. “pretty usual”

18. Who was the program planner?

A. A famous English innovator.

B. The director of a cultural institution

C. An Englishman called John Bremer.

D. Someone in charge of the city’s school system.

19. Every “tutorial group” consists of ______.

A. a large group of children and their tutor

B. 15 boys and girls, a teacher and his assistant

C. 15 boys and 15 girls

D. 15 boys but no girls

20. About 100 institutions in Philadelphia ______.

A. provide space for classrooms

B. open such courses as are required in the Program

C. allow their laboratories and other facilities to be used

D. offer their help

21.A good title for this passage is ____.

A. sleep B. Good Health C. Dreams D. Work and Rest

22.The word “drowsy” in the last paragraph means ____.

A. sick B. asleep C. a little sleepy D. nosy

23.This passage suggests that not getting enough sleep might make you _____.

A dream more often B. have poor health

C. nervous D. breathe quickly

24.During REM, _____.

your eyes move quickly B. you dream

C. you are restless D. Both A and B

25.The average number of hours of sleep that an adult needs is _____.

A. approximately six hours B. around the hours

C. about eight hours D. not stated here

Part III. Vocabulary and Structure (30%)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. 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.

26. I got 90 ________ on the intelligence test. CABAA

A. scores B. mark

C. points D. grades

27. When I was young. I ________ a room _______my brother.

A. shared, with B. separated, with

C. lived, with D. divided, by

28. It’ s not quite ________that he will come.

A. sure B. certain

C. right D. exact

29. Skimming helps _______your reading speed.

A. increase B. decrease

C. reduce D. develop

30. The new inventions will ________ great changes in our school.

A. lead to B. get to

C. prove to be D. take over

31. The Red Army ______ 25,000 Li on the Long March.

A. journeyed B. ran

C. flew D. covered

32. He kept looking back because he was afraid of ________.

A. following B. being followed

C. having followed D. having been followed

33. He finally ________ in reaching the top of the mountain.

A. achieved B. enabled

C. managed D. succeeded

34. The management is worse because the regulations have not been_________carried out .

A. effectively B. enough

C. efficient ly D. definitely

35. The bottle is too small _____hold so much water.

A. to B. that

C. not to D. as

36. All of them had a ball at the party. "Had a ball" means _____.

A. enjoyed themselves B. held a ball in their hands

C. enjoyed themselves D. played the ball

37. It is quite some years since I ________ him.

A know B. got to know

C. knew D. had known

38. You can borrow my dictionary ________ you return it to me before 10.

A. unless B. as soon as

C. until D. if

39. I heard our teacher was ill_______.

A. or nothing B. or everything

C. or something D. or anything

40. You overslept this morning. You_____ your alarm clock.

A. should set B. must set

C, should have set D. must have set

41. I wish he ____A____ earlier. He’ s late for work every day.

A. would get up B. getup

C. will get up D. should get up

42. If there is enough time, I want to___________ the city before dark.

A. look around B. look on

C. look for D. look up

43. We have lessons every day _______ on Sunday.

A. except for B. except

C. apart D. besides

44. This is the only success I have ________ since I graduated from college.

A. achieved B. taken

C. finished D. done

45. I can’t ______the time for it.

A. afford B. take

C. spend D, cost

46. ______ his age, he is unable to take the job.

A. Considering B. Thinking

C. Comparing D. Judging

47. How I longed for the power to unsay my tactless words ".Unsay" here means __

A. not say B. take hack

C. keep from saying D. admit

48. I’m very lucky ____the women in the old days.

A. comparing with B. comparing to

C. compared with D. compared from

49. Never __________such a marvellous place as the Great Wall before I got there.

A. did I see B. had I seen

C. I saw D. I had seen

50. He paused _______ he had found a difficulty.

A. so that B. even though

C. now that D. as if

51. _____ is a good meal and a good rest.

A. That you real need B. What you really need

C. How you are really needing D. What you are really needed

52. By next June, she ______ here for five years.

A. will study B. has been studying

C. will have been studying D. had studied

53. Many of the world’s great novels are reported _____ into films last year.

A. being made B. having been made

C. to be made D. to have been made

54. If you _____ to see Mary, what would you tell her?

A. are B. will be going

C. were D. must

55. He was _____ to tell the truth.

A. too much of a coward B. too much coward

C. a coward enough D. enough of coward

56. A. therefore B. or

C. but D. so

57. A. smiles B. laughs

C. enjoys D. delights

58. A. Instead B. Rather than

C. Instead of D. Though

59. A. both B. neither

C. nor D. either

60. A. in B. for

C. to D. before

61. A. and B. either

C. or D. as well as

62. A. anything B. something

C. everything D. one thing

63. A. even though B. as

C. so that D. until

ulty64. A. interrupt B. join

C. mix up D. bother

65. A. when B. with

C. after D. since

Part V. Translation (20%)

Section A Translate the following sentences from English into Chinese.

66. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t worry excessively about a single test.

67. From the second floor flat she could see the postman when he came down the street, and the little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when anything came.

68. Few pastimes bring a family closer together than gathering around and listening to mother or father read a good story

69. There was great excitement on the planet of Venus last week.

70. That magazine story, and the person who wrote it, I have never been able to track down.

Section B Translate the following sentences from Chinese into English.

71. 在当今时代，人们越来越多地依靠计算机来解决各种各样的难题。

72. 国庆节要到了，咱们把寝室彻底打扫一下吧。

73. 他病了一个月左右，这使他在学习上耽误了很多。

74. 吉姆本想按照自己的判断行事，但他没有这样做，因为作为军人他得服从命令。

75. 猎人一看见有只狐狸从树丛中出现并向他设下的陷阱方向跑去，脸上顿时闪出了兴奋的表情。

参考答案

Part I Listening comprehension (10%)

1-5 DABDC 6-10 BACDC

PartⅡReading comprehension (30%)

11-15 CADCD 16-20CABBD 21-25 ACBDD

PartⅢ Vocabulary and Structure (30%)

26-30CABAA 31-35DBDAA 36-40ABDCD

41-45AABAA 46-50ABCBD 51-55BCDCA

PartⅣ Cloze (10%)

56-60 CBADC 61-65 CBDAB

Part Ⅴ Translation (20%)

Section A.

66. 一次考试不及格天是不会塌下来的。因此，不必为个别的一次考试而过分担心

67. 邮差从马路那头过来的时候，她从三楼的公寓套间里一眼就可以看到。她难得有信，偶尔有邮件寄来，总是由住在底楼的小男孩给她送上来。

68. 没有多少娱乐比一家人聚在一起，听爸爸或妈妈朗读一篇优美的故事更能使一家人关系融洽和睦了。

69. 上一周金星上群情激荡。

70. 我一直未能找到登在杂志上的那篇故事以及写故事的人。

Section B

71. In our age, people depend more and more on computers to solve various kinds of difficult problems.

72. National Day is round the corner. Let’s give our bedroom a thorough clean.

73. He was ill for about a month, which has really set him back a lot in his studies.

74. Jim would have preferred to act on his own judgement, but he didn’t because as a soldier he had to obey the order.

75. The hunter’s face (was) lit up with excitement as soon as he saw a fox emerge from among the bushes and ran in the direction of / make for the trap he had laid.