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Wind Power in the US
Prompted by the oil crises of the 1970s, a wind-power industry flourished briefly in the United States. But then world oil prices dropped, and funding for research into renewable energy was cut. By the mid 1980s US interest in wind energy as a large-scale source of energy had almost disappeared. The development of wind power at this time suffered not only from badly designed equipment, but also from poor long-term planning, economic projections that were too optimistic and the difficulty of finding suitable locations for the wind turbines.
Only now are technological advances beginning to offer hope that wind power will come to be accepted as a reliable and important source of electricity. There have been significant successes in California, in particular, where wind farms now have a capacity of 1500 megawatts, comparable to a large nuclear or fossil-fuelled power station, and produce 1.5 per cent of the state’s electricity.
Nevertheless, in the US, the image of wind power is still distorted by early failures. One of the most persistent criticisms is that wind power is not a significant energy resource. Researchers at the Battelle Northwest Laboratory, however, estimate that today wind turbine technology could supply 20 per cent of the electrical power the country needs. As a local resource, wind power has even greater potential. Minnesota’s energy commission calculates that a wind farm on one of the state’s south western ridges could supply almost all that state’s electricity. North Dakota alone has enough sites suitable for wind farms to supply more than a third of all electricity consumed in the continental US.
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Writing Task 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The graph below shows the different modes of transport used to travel to and from work in one European city in 1950, 1970 and 1990.
Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
You should write at least 150 words.
exam.studa.com/pic/original/4192536.gifWriting Task 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic.
It is inevitable that as technology develops so traditional cultures must be lost. Technology and tradition are incompatible - you cannot have both together.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Give reasons for your answer.
You should write at least 250 words.
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.
Read the passage on Daybreak trips by coach and look at the statements below.
On your answer sheet write :
TRUE - if the statement is true
FALSE - if the statement is false
NOT GIVEN - if the information is not given in the leaflet
1. Millers Coaches owns Cambridge's Cambus fleet.
2. Premier is an older company than Millers.
3. Most of the Daybreak coaches are less than 5 years old.
4. Daybreak fares are more expensive than most of their competitors.
5. Soft drinks and refreshments are served on most longer journeys.
6. Smoking is permitted at the rear of the coach on longer journeys.
7. Tickets must be bought in advance from an authorised Daybreak
agent.
8. Tickets and seats can be reserved by phoning the Daybreak
Hotline.
9. Daybreak passengers must join their coach at Cambridge
Drummer Street.
10. Daybreak cannot guarantee return times.
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FROM CAMBRIDGE AND SURROUNDING AREA
SPRING IS IN THE AIR!
Welcome to our Spring Daybreak programme which continues the tradition of offering unbeatable value for money daytrips and tours. All the excursions in this brochure will be operated by Premier Travel Services Limited or Millers Coaches; both companies are part of the CHL Group, owners of Cambridge's Cambus fleet.
WE'RE PROUD OF OUR TRADITION
Premier was established in 1936; the Company now offers the highest standards of coaching in today's competitive operating environment. Millers has an enviable reputation stretching back over the past 20 years, offering value for money coach services at realistic prices. We've travelled a long way since our early days of pre-war seaside trips. Now our fleet of 50 modern coaches (few are more than five years old) operate throughout Britain and Europe but we're pleased still to mai
Writing Task 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task
You rent a house through an agency. The heating system has stopped working. You phoned the agency a week ago but it has still not been mended.
Write a letter to the agency. Explain the situation and tell them what you want them to do about it.
You should write at least 150 words.
You do NOT need to write your own address.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear.......................,
Writing Task 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
As part of a class assignment you have to write about the following topic.
Some businesses now say that no one can smoke cigarettes in any of their offices. Some governments have banned smoking in all public places.
This is a good idea but it takes away some of our freedom.
Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer.
You should write at least 250 words.
KPMG 样题
“The big economic difference between nuclear and fossil-fuelled power stations is that nuclear reactors are more expensive to build and decommission, but cheaper to sun. So disputes over the relative efficiency of the two systems revolve not just around prices of coal and uranium today and tomorrow, but also around the way in which future income should be compared with current income.”1. The main difference between nuclear and fossil-fuelled power stations is an economic one.
TRUE
UNTRUE
CANNOT SAY
2. The price of coal is not relevant to discussions about the relative efficiency of nuclear reactors.
TRUE
UNTRUE
CANNOT SAY
3. If nuclear reactors were cheaper to build and decommission than fossil-fuelled power stations, they would definitely have the economic advantage.
TRUE
UNTRUE
CANNOT SAY
“At any given moment we are being bombarded by physical and psychological stimuli competing for our attention. Although our eyes are capable of handling more than 5 million bits of data per second, our brain are capable of interpreting only about 500 bits per second. With similar disparities between each of the other senses and the brain, it is easy to see that we must select the visual, auditory, or tactile stimuli that we wish to compute at any specific time.”
4.Physical stimuli usually win in the competition for our attention.
TRUE
UNTRUE
CANNOT SAY
5. The capacity of the human brain is sufficient to interpret nearly all the stimuli the senses can register under optimum conditions.
TRUE
UNTRUE
CANNOT SAY
6. Eyes are able to cope with a greater input of information than ears.
TRUE
UNTRUE
CANNOT SAY
VERBAL ANSWER：
1. C CANNOT SAY
2. B UNTRUE
3. A TRUE
4. C CANNOT SAY
5. B UNTRUE
6. C CANNOT SAY
PartII NUMERCAL TEST
1. Which country had the highest number of people aged 60 or over at the start of 1985?
A. UK
B. France
C. Italy
D. W.Germany
E. Spain
2. What percentage of the total 15mm button production was classed as sub-standard in September?
AA 10.5% BB 13% CC 15% DD 17.5% EE 20% AB 23.5% AC 25%
AD 27.5% AE 28% BC 30.5%
3. How many live births occurred in 1985 in Spain and Italy together (to the nearest 1000)?
A. 104,000
B. 840,000
C. 1,044,000
D. 8,400,000
E. 10,440,000
4. What was the net effect on the UK population of the live birth and death rates in 1985?
A.Decrease of 66,700
B.Increase of 752,780
C.Increase of 84,900
D.Cannot Say
E.Increase of 85,270
5. By how much did the total sales value of November‘s button production vary from October‘s?
A.8.50(Decrease)
B.42.50(Decrease)
C.85.00(Increase)
D.27.50(Decrease)
E.No change
6. What was the loss in potential sales revenue attributable to the production of sub-standard (as opposed to standard) buttons over the 6 month period?
A.13.75
B.27.50
C.137.50
D.280.00
E.275.00
至于图嘛
是
1：Population Structure 1985
country
population at start of years(millions)
live bitrhs per 1000 population(jan-dec)
deaths per 1000 population(jan-dec)
%of population at start of year aged:under15
%of population at start of year aged:60 or over
UK 56.6 13.3 11.8 19 21
France 55.2 13.9 10.0 21 19
Italy 57.1 1.1 9.5 19 19
W.Germany 61.0 9.6 11.5 15 20
Spain 38.6 12.1 7.7 23 17
2:production of 15mm buttons,july-dec
total(standard and sub-standard) production(in thousands)
standard production(in thousands)
july 70 60
aug 60 55
sept 85 65
oct 100 80
nov 95 85
dec 100 90
sale price: standard: $5.7 per 100
sub-stand:$2.85 per 100
答案是：
1. D W. Germany
2. AB 23.5%
3. C 1,044,000
4. B Increase of 84,900
5. E No change
6. C 137.50
声明：图2 原是一张图表，为了刊登，特将它变为了直观的数字
cet-6样题 part i listening comprehension(20 minutes)
section a
directions: in this section, you will hear 10 short con “ersations. at die end of each conversation, a question will be asked about ~~hat was suid. both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. after each question there will be a pause. during the pause, you must read the four choices marked 4), b), c) and d), and decide which is the best answer. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line dirough the centre.
example: you will hear:
you will read:
a) 2 hours.
b) 3 hours.
c) 4 hours.
d) 5 hours.
from the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work d?e;. will start at 9 0' clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. therefore. d) ”5 hours“ is the correct answer. you should choose [dj on the answer sheet and mark it widi a single line through the centre.
sample answer [aj ibi [cj ~
i. a) he will tell n4ary how to operate the dishwasher.
b) he will wash the dishes himself instead.
c) he will help bill to translate the manual.
d) he himself will operate the dishwasher.
2. a) lose weight. c) weigh himself frequently.
b) quit smoki~g. d) have a talk with the doctor.
3. a) the woman should have complained to her neighbor.
b) the woman should stay out until the neighbors are quiet.
c) the woman should have stayed at the library
d) the lab will be a better place for reading.
4. a) check the figures later today.
b) do the calculations again tomorrow.
c) bring a calculator tomorrow.
d) calculate the number right now.
5. a) she doesn't remember much about the city.
b) she's never been to the city.
c) she would find someone else to help.
d) she would talk to the man later.
6. a) she thinks the man should have helped earlier.
b) she doesn't need the man's help.
c) she doesn't know the boxes are heavy.
d) she wants the man to help with the boxes.
7. a) she let the man use her books for the weekend.
b) she brought the books the man asked for.
c) she borrowed the books from the man.
d) she offered to help the man.
8. a) she'd like to have the windows open. c) the air is heavily polluted.
b) she likes to have the air conditioner on. d) the windows are already open.
9. a) he's going to visit a photo studio. c) he's on the way to the theater.
b) he's just had his picture taken. d) he's just returned from ajob interview.
10. a) at a gas station.
b) in a park.
c) in an emergency room.
d) at a garage.
section b compound dictation
directions:
in this section, you will hear 3 short passages. at the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. both the passage and tire questions will be spoken only once. after you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked a), b), c) arid d). then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single ii pie through the centre.
passage one
questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
i. a) one sixth of ihem are seriously polluted.
b) one third of them are seriously polluted.
c) half of them are seriously polluted.
d) most of them are seriously polluted.
12. a) there was no garbage left to clean up.
b) there was more garbage than before and they had to work harder.
c) the river had become so clean that a lot of water-birds caine back.
d) the river was much cleaner and they had to search for garbage.
13. a) most of them would be indifferent and keep on throwing garbage into the river.
b) they would join the students in changing the situation.
c) they would become more aware of the pollution problem.
d) they would think twice before they went swimming or fishing in the river.
passage two
questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. a) why people hold back their tears.
b) why people cry.
c) how to restrain one's tears.
d) how tears are produced.
15. a) what chemicals tears are composed of.
b) whether crying really helps us feel better.
c) why some people tend to cry more often than others.
d) how tears help people cope with emotional problems.
16. a) only one out of four girls cries less often than boys.
b) of four boys, only one cries very often.
c) girls cry four times as often as boys.
d) only one out of four babies doesn't cry often.
17. a) only humans respond to emotions by shedding tears.
b) only humans shed tears to get rid of irritating stuff in their eyes.
c) only human tears can resist the invading bacteria.
d) only human tears can discharge certain chemicals.
passage three
questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. a) they make decisions by tossing coins.
b) they are not physically separated.
c) they think exactly the same way.
d) they share most of their vital organs.
19. a) few of them can live long.
b) few of them get along well with each other.
c) most of them live a normal life.
d) most of them differ in their likes and dislikes.
20. a) they go to a regular school.
b) they attend a special school.
c) they are taught by their parents.
d) they have a private tutor.
part ii reading comprehension (35 minutes)
directions: there are 4 passages in this part. each passage is follo wed 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 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
our culture has caused most americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. we do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a person from the philippines to one's side, or that in italy and some latin-american countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell.
those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying germany after world war ii and marked them gift to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that ”gift“ means poison in german. moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm's length away from others. latins and middle easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes americans uncomfortable.
our linguistic (语言上的) and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect in the world.
even here in the united states, we make few concessions to the needs of foreign visitors.
there are no information signs in four languages on our public buildings or monuments; we do not have multilingual (多语的) guided tours. very few restaurant menus have translations, and multilingual waiters, bank clerks and policemen are rare. our transportation systems have maps in english only and often we ourselves have difficulty understanding them.
when we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants where english is spoken. the attitudes and information we pick up are conditioned by those natives - usually the richer - who speak english. our business dealings, as well as the nation's diplomacy, are conducted through interpreters.
for many years, america and americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance. after all, america was the most powerful country of the free world, the distributor of needed funds and goods.
but all that is past. american dollars no longer buy all good things, and we are slowly beginning to realize that our proper role in the world is changing. a 1979 harris poll reported that 55 percent of americans want this country to play a more significant role in world affairs; we want to have a hand in the important decisions of the next century, even though it may not always be the upper hand.
21. it can be inferred that americans being approached too closely by middle easterners would most probably ___________
a) stand still c) step forward
b) jump aside d) draw back
22. the author gives many examples to criticize americans for their ___________
a) cultural seif-centeredness c) indifference towards foreign visitors
b) casual manners d) arrogance towards other cultures
23. in countries other than their own most americans ___________
a) are isolated by the local people
b) are not well informed due to the language barrier
c) tend to get along well with the natives
d) need interpreters in hotels and restaurants
24. according to the author, americans' cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance will
a) affect their image in the new era
b) cut themselves off from the outside world
c) limit their role in world affairs
d) weaken the position of the us dollar
25. the author's intention in writing this article is to make americans realize that ___________
a) it is dangerous to ignore their foreign friends
b) it is important to maintain their leading role in world affairs
c) it is necessary to use several languages in public places
d) it is time to get acquainted with other cultures
passage two
questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
in department stores and closets all over the world, they are waiting. their outward appearance seems rather appealing because they come in a variety of styles, textures, and colors. but they are ultimately the biggest deception that exists in the fashion industry today. what are they? they are high heels - a woman's worst enemy (whether she knows it or not). high heel shoes are the downfall of modern society. fashion myths have led women to believe that they are more beautiful or sophisticated for wearing heels, but in reality, heels succeed in posing short as well as long term hardships. women should light the high heel industry by refusing to use or purchase them in order to save the world from unnecessary physical and psychological suffering.
for the sake of fairness, it must be noted that there is a positive side to high heels. first, heels are excellent for aerating (使通气) lawns. anyone who has ever worn heels on grass knows what i'm talking about. a simple trip around the yard in a pair of those babies eliminates all need to call for a lawn care specialist, and provides the perfect-sized holes to give any lawn oxygen without all those messy chunks of dirt lying around. second, heels are quite functional for defense against oncoming enemies, who can easily be scared away by threatening them with a pair of these sharp, deadly fashion accessories.
regardless of such practical uses for heels, the fact remains that wearing high heels is harmful to one's physical health. talk to any podiatrist (足病医生), and you will hear that the majority of their business comes from high-heel-wearing women. high heels are known to cause problems such as deformed feet and torn toenails. the risk of severe back problems and twisted or broken ankles is three times higher for a high heel wearer than for a flat shoe wearer. wearing heels also creates the threat of getting a heel caught in a sidewalk crack or a sewer-grate (阴沟栅) and being thrown to the ground - possibly breaking a nose, back, or neck. and of course, after wearing heels for a day, any woman knows she can look forward to a night of pain as she tries to comfort her swollen, aching feet.
26. what makes ”'omen blind to the deceptive nature of high heels?
a) the multi-functional use of high heels.
b) their attempt to show off their status.
c) the rich variety of high heel styles.
d) their wish to improve their appearance.
27. the author's presentation of the positive side of high heels is meant ___________
a) to be ironic c) to be fair to the fashion industry
b) to poke fun at women d) to make his point convincing.
28. the author uses the expression “those babies” (line 3, para. 2) to refer to high heels __________
a) to show their fragile characteristics c) to show women's affection for them
b) to indicate their feminine features d) to emphasize their small size
29. the author's chief argument against high heels is that
a) they pose a threat to lawns
b) they are injurious to women's health
c) they don't necessarily make women beautiful
d) they are ineffective as a weapon of defense
30. it can be inferred from the passage that women should
a) see through the very nature of fashion myths
b) boycott the products of the fashion industry
c) go to a podiatrist regularly for advice
d) avoid following fashion too closely
passage three
questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
it is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy. these figures from the department of education are sufficient: 27 million americans cannot read at all, and a further 35 million read at a level that is less than sufficient to survive in our society.
but my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacy ihan it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of the middle-class reader, of his unwillingness to afford those spaces of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration, that surround the image of the classic act of reading. it has been suggested that almost 80 percent of america's literate, educated teenagers can no longer read without an accompanying noise (music) in the background or a television screen flickering ( j~ ~) at the corner of their field of perception. we know very little about the brain and how it deals with simultaneous conflicting input. but every common-sense intuition suggests we should be profoundly alarmed. this violation of concentration, silence. solitude ~ ~.) goes to the very heart of our notion of literacy; this new form of part-reading, of part-perception against background distraction, renders impossible certain essential acts of apprehension and concentration, let alone that most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves. which is to learn it by heart. not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.
under these circumstances, the question of what future there is for the arts of reading is a real one. ahead of us lie technical, psychic ~ and social transformations probably much more dramatic than those brought about by gutenberg, the german inventor in printing. the gutenberg revolution, as we now know it, took a long time; its effects are still being debated. the information revolution will touch every facet of corn position, publication, distribution, and reading. no one in the book industry can say with any confidence what will happen to the book as we've known it.
31. the picture of the reading ability of the american people, drawn by the author, is __________
a) rather bleak c) very impressive
b) fairly bright i)) quite encouraging
32. the author's biggest concern is ___________
a) elementary school children's disinterest in reading classics
b) the surprisingly low rate of literacy in the u.s.
c) the musical setting american readers require for reading
d) the reading ability and reading behavior of the middle class
33. a major problem with most adolescents who can read is ___________
a) their fondness of music and tv programs
b) their ignorance of various forms of art and literature
c) their lack of attentiveness and basic understanding
d) their inability to focus on conflicting input
34. the author claims that the best way a reader can show admiration for a piece of poetry or prose is
a) to be able to appreciate it and memorize it
b) to analyze its essential features
c) to think it over conscientiously
d) to make a fair appraisal of its artistic value
35. about the future of the arts of reading the author feels ___________
a) upset c) alarmed
b) uncertain d) pessimistic
passage four
questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
for centuries, explorers have risked their lives venturing into the unknown for reasons that were to varying degrees economic and nationalistic. columbus went west to look for better trade routes to the orient and to promote the greater glory of spain. lewis and clark journeyed into the american wilderness to find out what the u.s. had acquired when it purchased louisiana, and the appolo astronauts rocketed to the moon in a dramatic show of technological muscle during the cold war.
although their missions blended commercial and political-military imperatives, the explorers involved all accomplished some significant science simply by going where no scientists had gone before.
today mars looms (~k~ ~ as humanity's next great terra incognita ( ~ and with doubtful prospects for a short-term financial return, with the cold war a rapidly fading memory and amid a growing emphasis on international cooperation in large space ventures, it is clear that imperatives other than profits or nationalism will have to compel human beings to leave their tracks on the planet's reddish surface. could it be that science, which has long played a minor role in exploration, is at last destined to take a leading role? the question naturally invites a couple of others: are there experiments that only humans could do on mars? could those experiments provide insights profound enough to justify the expense of sending people across interplanetary space?
with mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been. the issue of whether life ever existed on the planet, and whether it persists to this day, has been highlighted by mounting evidence that the red planet once had abundant stable, liquid water and by the continuing controversy over suggestions that bacterial fossils rode to earth on a meteorite (j~ ~ ) from mars. a more conclusive answer about life on mars, past or present, would give researchers invaluable data about the range of conditions under which a planet can generate the complex chemistry that leads to life. if it could be established that life arose independently on mars and earth, the finding would provide the first concrete clues in one of the deepest mysteries in all of science: the prevalence of life in the universe.
36. according to the passage, the chief purpose of explorers in going to unknown places in the past was ___________
a) to display their country's military might
b) to accomplish some significant science
c) to find new areas for colonization
d) to pursue commercial and state interests
37. at present, a probable inducement for countries to initiate large-scale space ventures is
a) international cooperation c) scientific research
b) nationalistic reasons d) long-term profits
38. what is the main goal of sending human missions to mars?
a) to find out if life ever existed there.
b) to see if humans could survive there.
c) to prove the feasibility of large-scale space ventures.
d) to show the leading role of science in space exploration.
39. by saying “with mars the scientific stakes are arguably higher than they have ever been” (line 1, para. 4), the author means that ___________
a) with mars the risks involved are much greater than any previous space ventures
b) in the case of mars, the rewards of scientific exploration can be very high
c) in the case of mars, much more research funds are needed than ever before
d) with mars, scientists argue, the fundamental interests of science are at issue
40. the passage tells us that proof of life on mars would __________
a) make clear the complex chemistry in the development of life
b) confirm the suggestion that bacterial fossils trayelled to earth on a meteorite
c) reveal the kind of conditions under which life originates
d) provide an explanation why life is common in the universe
part iii vocabulary and structure (20 minutes)
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 centre.
41. ifyou want this painkiller, you'll have to ask the doctor for a __________
a) transaction c) settlement
b) permit d) prescription
42. the ___________ from childhood to adulthood is always a critical time for everybody.
a) conversion c) turnover
b) transition l)) transformation
43. it is hard to tell whether we are going to have a boom in the economy or a ___________
a) concession c) submission
b) recession d) transmission
44. his use of color, light and form quickly departed from the conventional style of his _________ as he developed his own technique.
a) descendants c) successors
b) predecessors d) ancestors
45. failure in a required subject may result in the of a diploma.
a) refusal c) denial
b) betrayal d) burial
46. to help students understand how we see, teachers often draw an ___________ between an eye and a camera.
a) image c) imitation
b) analogy d) axis
47. a 1994 world bank report concluded that __________ girls in school was probably the single most effective anti-poverty policy in the developing world today.
a) assigning c) involving
b) admitting d) enrolling
48. the author of the report is well ___________ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.
a) acquainted
b) informed
c) accustomed
d) known
49. when the farmers visited the city for the first time, they were ___________ by its complicated traffic system.
a) evoked c) diverted
b) bewildered d) undermined
50. if japan __________ its relation with that country it will have to find another supplier of raw materials.
a) precludes c) partitions
b) terminates d) expires
51. they were in their scientific research, not knowing what happened just outside their lab.
a) submerged c) immersed
b) drowned d) dipped
52. you should ___________ to one or more weekly magazines such as time, or newsweek.
a) ascribe c) reclaim
b) order d) subscribe
53. the automatic doors in supermarkets _________ the entry and exit of customers with shopping carts.
a) furnish c) facilitate
b) induce d) allocate
54. each workday, the workers followed the same schedules and rarely ____________ from this routine.
a) deviated c) detached
b) disconnected d) distorted
55. the little girl was _______by the death of her dog since her affection for the pet had been real and deep.
a) grieved
b) suppressed
c) oppressed
d) sustained
56. a visitor to a museum today would notice ____________ changes in the way museum operated.
a) cognitive c) conspicuous
b) rigorous d) exclusive
57. most people tend to think they are so efficient at their job that they are
a) inaccessible c) immovable
b) irreversible d) irreplaceable
58. being impatient is _________with being a good teacher.
a) intrinsic b) ingenious c) incompatible d) inherent
59. for a particular reason, he wanted the information to be treated as ___________
a) assured c) intimate
b) reserved d) confidential
60. fortune-tellers are good at making __________ statements such as ~'your sorrows will ch
a) philosophical c) literal
b) ambiguous d) invalid
61. the tenant must be prepared to decorate the house ___________ the terms of the cont~
a) in the vicinity of c) in accordance with
b) in quest of d) in collaboration with
62. the winners of the football championship ran off the field carrying the silver cup -
a) turbulently c) triumphantly
b) tremendously d) tentatively
63. he said that they had ___________ been obliged to give up the scheme for lack of st
a) gravely c) forcibly
b) regrettably d) graciously
64. the law on drinking and driving is __________ stated.
a) extravagantly c) exceptionally
b) empirically d) explicitly
65. their claims to damages have not been convincingly
a) refuted c) depressed
b) overwhelmed d) intimidated
66. please don't ___________ too much on the painful memories. everything will be all right.
a) hesitate c) retain
b) linger d) dwell
67. the jobs of wildlife technicians and biologists seemed __________ to him, but one day he discovered their difference.
a) identical c) parallel
b) vertical d) specific
68. mary became __________ homesick and critical of the united states, so she fled from her home in west bloomfield to her hometown in austria.
a) completely c) absolutely
b) sincerely d) increasingly
69. despite almost universal ___________ of the vital importance of women's literacy, education remains a dream for far too many women in far too many countries of the world.
a) identification c) confession
b) compliment d) acknowledgement
70. in today's medical field, little agreement exists on the ___________ for defining mental illness.
a) legislation c) criteria
b) requirement d) measures
part iv error correction (15 minutes)
directions:
this part consists of a short passage. in this passage, there are altogether 10 mis-takes, one in each numbered line. you may have to change a word, adda word or delete a word mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks pm~'ided ifyou change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. ffyou add a word, put an insertion mark (a) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank jfyou delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/)in the blank.
example:
television is rapidly becoming tile literature of ~ many of the arguments ha; jug used for the study of literature as a school subject are val id for~study of television.
more people die of tuberculosis (肺结核) than of any
other disease caused by a single agent. this has probably
been the case in quite a while. during the early stages of 71
the industrial revolution, perhaps one in every seventh 72
deaths in europe's crowded cities were caused by the 73
disease. from now on, though, western eyes, missing the 74
global picture, saw the trouble going into decline. with
occasional breaks for war, the rates of death and
infection in the europe and america dropped steadily 75
through the 19th and 20th centuries. in the 1950s, the
introduction of antibiotics (抗生素) strengthened the
trend in rich countries, and the antibiotics were allowed
to be imported to poor countries. medical researchers 76
declared victory and withdrew.
they are wrong. in the mid-1980s the frequency of 77
infections and deaths started to pick up again around the
world. where tuberculosis vanished, it came back; in 78
many places where it had never been away, it grew better. 79
the world health organization estimates that 1.7
billion people (a third of the earth's population) suffer
from tuberculosis. even when the infection rate was
falling. population growth kept the number of clinical
cases more or less constantly at g million a year. around 80
3 million of those people died, nearly all of them in poor
countries.
part v writing (30 minutes)
directions:
for this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letterr. suppose you are zhang ying write a letter to xiao wang, a schoolmate of yours who is going to visit you during the week-long holiday. you should write at least 120 words according to the suggestions given below in chinese:
a letter to a schoolmate
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