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Paper One

Part I

V

ocabulary and structure (20 points)

Direction: There are twenty incomplete sentences in this section. 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 in the Answer Sheet One with a single line through the center.

21

．

The editorial

—

now will appear in tomorrow

’

S newspaper

·

A

．

writing

B

．

to write

C

．

being written

D

．

write

2

．

Though he is_________worker

，

he works very hard

．

A

．

a common

B

．

an ordinary

C

．

a usual

D

．

a general

．

I

’

m looking after Tom today

．

He

’

S been at my house

8

：

00 this morning

．

A

．

since

B

．

for

C

．

at

D

．

till

4

．

When he retired

，

his son_________ the business

．

A

．

took over

B

．

took off

C

．

took in

D

．

took up

5

．

Please call again

．

Jim

a bath Just now

·

A

．

had

B

．

having

C

．

is having

D. has

6

．

On no condition

with him

．

A

．

we cannot agree

B

．

would we agree

C

．

can we agree

D. we can agree

7

．

once environmental damage

，

it takes many years for the system to recover

·

A

．

has done

B

．

it to do

C

．

does

D. is done

8

．

we are doing has never been done before.

A

．

That

B. What

C

．

Which

D

．

Whether

9

．

They

at least ten minutes ago

．

A

．

are leave

B

．

must have left

C

．

were left

D

．

1eave

10

．

There is more land in Australia than the government knows

.

A

．

what to do with

B

．

to do with it

C

．

how to do

D

．

to do it

11

．

While

people

may

refer

to

television

for

Up

—

to

—

the

—

minute

news

，

it

is

unlikely

that

television

the newspaper completely

．

A

．

replace

B

．

Was replaced

C

．

replaced

D

．

will replace

12

．

Because the first pair of trousers did not fit properly

，

he asked for

A

．

another

trousers

B

．

others trousers

C

．

the others ones

D

．

another pair

13

．

In

Britain

today

women

44

％

of

the

workforce

，

and

nearly

half

the

mothers

with

children are in paid work

．

A

．

build up

B

．

make up

C

．

stand for

D

．

send up

14

．

This is the place I

want to go to.

A

．

mostly

B

．

the mostly

C

．

most

D

．

much

15

．

The hours

the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people

undoubtedly affect their relationship with real

—

life people.

A

．

that

B

．

when

C

．

in which

D

．

on which

16

．

Whether he can pass the examination is thought to be

for his going abroad

．

A

．

personal

B

．

special

C

．

conventional

D

．

crucial

17

．

I do wish you could

these sheets of paper together

．

A

．

mend

B

．

repair

C

．

paste

D

．

patch

18

．

In Britain

，

the Prince of Wales is

to the throne

．

1

A

．

advisor

B

．

heir

C

．

owner

D

．

protector

19

．

She is now in

of happiness with her family members

．

A

．

closure

B

．

pursuit

C

．

credibility

D

．

phenomenon

20

．

The government has decided to reduce a(n)

on all imports

．

A

．

exposure

B

．

tariff

C

．

fee

D

．

service

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Part III

Reading Comprehension (40 points)

Direction: There are twenty incomplete sentences in this section. 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 in the Answer Sheet One with a single line through the center.

Passage 1

Ants are great athletes in proportion to their size

．

They can lilt a weight four hundred times

their own weight

．

Theoretically a five- pound ant could easily lilt a ton

．

The most skillful farmers in the insect world are the small

，

heavily armored parasol ants

．

They work at night and it is nothing for them to strip a large tree at a time

，

marching off with bits

Of leaf held over them like parasols

．

Surprisingly enough

，

these ants do not eat the vegetation they got

．

Rather they use it as raw

material for their remarkable underground gardens

，

which they tend themselves

．

The shreds of the

leaves are literally chewed into a rich compost which is used to strengthen the garden where a

thread- like fungus is cultivated

．

This species of fungus is their only source of food

．

Included in the extraordinary parasol ant society are tiny garden workers

，

and slightly bigger

workers who dig the interconnecting chambers of the hive

．

The parasol queen ant, more than one

hundred times me size of the garden workers

，

is waited upon hand and foot by hundreds of her

citizens

．

21

．

An ant is very strong in proportion to its weight

．

Ants call lift a weight

.

A

．

300 times their own weight

B

．

600 times their own weight

C

．

five-pound more than their own weight

D

．

400 times their own weight

22

．

In a short time

，

they call strip a tree of all its leaves in order to make a

A

．

home for the queen ant

B

．

compost for their gardens

C

．

species of fungus

D

．

kind of food

23

．

When did the armored parasol ants work?

A

．

At daytime

．

B

．

At night

．

C

．

In the morning

．

D

．

At noon

．

24

．

What

’

S the usage of fungus?

A

．

To decorate the garden

．

B

．

The only source of the ant’s food

．

C

．

To protect the tree

．

2

D

．

The place for them to live in

．

25

．

The armored parasols are regarded as

A

．

great

athletes

B

．

skillful

farmers

C

．

queen ants

D

．

chamber

builders

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Passage 2

Psychology

is

the

study

of

the

mind

and

mental

activities

．

For

example

，

psychologis ts

are

interested in why some things make you sad

，

but others make you happy. They want to know why

some people are shy

，

but others are quite talkative

．

They also want to know why people do the

things that they do

．

They test intelligence.

Psychologists

deal

with

the

minds

and

behavior

of

people

．

Your

mind

consists

of

all

your

feelings

，

thoughts

，

and ideas

．

It is the results of the part of the brain called the cerebrum

．

Your

behavior is the way you act or conduct yourself. Examples of behavior include shouting

，

crying

，

l aughing

，

and sleeping

．

Several people have been instrumental in the field of psychology

．

Wilhelm Wudt set up the first

psychological laboratory in Leipzig

，

Germany, in1879

．

Ivan Pavlov

，

a Russian

，

is noted for his

experiments with dogs in which he studied their relaxes and reactions

．

Around 1900

，

Sigmund

Freud stated his theory that people try to repress any memories or thoughts that they believed were

not good,

Psychologists

should

not

be

confused

with

psychiatrists

．

Psychiatrists

deal

only

with

mental

illness

．

They are medical doctors who treat people

．

26

：

A good title for this selection is

A

．

Studying the Mind

B

．

Feelings and Behavior of Human Beings

C

．

Psychology and Psychiatry

D

．

Famous Psychologists

27

．

“

Some people are shy

．

’

’

That means

A

．

they are modest

B

．

they are quiet

C

．

they never say a word

D

．

they are ashamed

28

．

We may conclude that psychologists

A

．

study physical diseases as well

B

．

deal with animals more often than with people

C

．

are not medical,doctors

D

．

are interested in things that make you sad

29

．

Pavlov worked with

A

．

people

B

．

dogs

C

．

mental illness

D

．

abnormal behavior

3

30

．

The cerebrum controls

A

．

the mind

B

．

the body

C

．

the whole brain

D

．

the field of psychology

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Passage 3

What do you do with your empty cans and bottles? There are two choices

，

throwing them away or

recycling

．

Thro wing away a metal beverage container wastes as much energy as filling a can with

gasoline and pouring half out

．

Besides wasting energy

，

throwing away bottles a11d cans causes

pollution