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II.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage
below, fill in the blanks to make the passage
coherent and
grammatically correct. For
the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank
with the proper form of
the given word;
for the other blanks, use one word that best fits
each blank.
Green Spring
Renews Life’s Promise
For me, two of the loveliest words in
the English language are “Life persists”. I came
across
them
years
ago
as
a
college
freshman,
sitting
in
the
library
on
a
beautiful
spring
day,
bored,
working on a history paper, I
don’t
recall (21)
those two words came (22)
I
was researching into. Out of nowhere,
(dance) off the page in a quote by
Gandhi, “In the
midst
of
death life persists, in
the midst of untruth truth persists, in the midst
of darkness light
persists.”
After those words
(23)
(read) again a dozen times, suddenly I
was
no
longer
bored. Outside in the sunshine, I
kicked off my shoes and danced barefoot across a
spring-green
lawn.
I love spring. And this year, I was
especially hungry to see it. Flying home last
weekend to
Las Vegas, after 10 days in
California, I looked down on hills that were so
green that I (24)
almost taste them. When I
approached Vegas, the green turned a dull desert
brown.
We landed after
sunset, and the only green to be seen was
neon
（霓虹灯）
.
But the next morning, to my surprise,
I (25)
over my yard. (26)
(awake) to find signs of
spring all
my
absence, all sorts of things had leafed and
bloomed. Three days
later, I
drove to Arizona to visit a friend and get yet
another taste of spring seeing the Giants play
the
A’s
in
spring
training.
The
drive
across
the
desert
was
completely
great,
a
variety
of
wildflowers and blooming
cactuses.
Sometimes we
need the chance
(27)
(remind)
that we’re still
alive.
After
my
you think you will never
husband died, a friend sent me a card
which read:
“Just
(28)
smile again, life comes
back.”
Life
persists, and so
do (29)
in
the green of spring and the dead of winter,
in the
birth of a
child and the passing of a loved one; in the words
we leave behind and the hearts of
those (30)
will remember
us. Spring reminds us that we’re alive
forever.
Section B
Directions: After reading the passage
below, fill in each blank with a proper word given
in the box.
Each word can be used only
once. Note that there is one more word than you
need.
A.
affordable
B.
cultural
F. outward-looking
G.
resulted
C.
driving
H. shaped
D. influence
I.
sharing
E.
materialism
J.
shift
K.
specialized
Curiosity and
Globalization are Driving a New Approach to
Travel
Today’s
political
climate
and
negative
headlines
seem
to
point
towards
a
more
inward
-
looking
global population - minds narrowing, borders going
up. But with more people living and
working
overseas
and
becoming
exposed
to
influences
from
different
cultures,
many
of
us
are
seeking a(n) 31 ,
connected world.
According
to the recently published study from Culture Trip,
60% of people in the US and
UK say
that their outlook on life is shaped by the 32
from different cultures. As a society, we
not only want to discover and
experience other cultures, we want to learn from
them, too. This is
one of the many
positive side effects of globalization. At the
same time, the economic landscape
of
the last decade has resulted in a shift in
values away from
33 ,
with
younger generations
more interested in collecting
experiences than
possessions.
Welcome to the “new culture
economy”.
The
collision
（碰撞）
of two trends -
globalization and the experience economy - has
34
a new attitude to travel, with cultural
curiosity at its heart. This is the “new culture
economy”. The
phenomenon is having a
powerful impact on people’s interactions and
definitions of
35
exploration, and presents an incredible
commercial opportunity.
While globalization is usually talked
about in the context of the 36 of trade
and capital
between countries, we shouldn’t forget
that the 37 force behind it all it people.
Education, travel
,
exposure
to other customs and geographies and the cultural
integration
（融合）
are the
more
influential
social
effects
of
globalization.
People
are
increasingly
living
or
working
in
countries
other than the ones in which they were
born - more than half of respondents from the
study have
friends living overseas, all
of which has 38 in more interaction with
global cultures.
Also,
student debt and unafford-able housing have
created a(n) 39 in spending patterns,
and so a new set of values has emerged
in which experiences matter more than ownership.
Travel
is absolutely necessary to most
people’s lives
- in fact, nearly half
of all respondents cut down
on
their daily expenses so they can save
money to travel more. For “generation rent” in
particular, no
matter how expensive an
experience or a trip, it is still more 40
than a house.
III.
Reading
Comprehension
Section A
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
c
ontext.
Communication, One Major Part of the
Scientific Method
Scientists may feel it their duty to
share their guesses, methods, and findings with
the rest of
the scientific community
.This sharing serves two 41 . First, it
supports the basic deal of
< br>skepticism
（怀疑论）
by
< br>
making
it
possible
for
others
to
say,
“
Oh,
yeah?
Let
me
check
that.”
It
tells
others where to see what the scientist
saw, and what techniques and tools to use. Second,
it gets
the word out so that others
can use what has been discovered. This is
essential because science is
a(n)
42
efforts.
People
who
work
thousands
of
miles
apart
build
with
and
upon
each
other’s
discoveries.
The
communication
of
science
begins
with
“peer
review”,
a
process
of
43
an
author’s
scholarly work, research or ideas to
the inspection of other experts. It typically has
three stages.
The first occurs when a
scientists seeks funding - from government
agencies, foundations, or other
44 -- to carry out a
research program. He or she must prepare a report
describing the intended
work, laying
out background,
hypotheses
（假设）
,
p
lanned
experiments, expected results, and even
the
45
impacts
on
other
fields.
Committees
of
other
scientists
then
46
the
report
to
see
whether the scientist
knows his or her area, has the necessary
abilities, and is realistic in his or her
plans.
Once
the
scientist
has
the
needed
47
,
has
done
the
work,
and
has
written
a
report
of
the
results,
that
reports
will
go
to
a
scientific
journal.
Before
pub
lishing
the
report,
the
journal’s
editors will show
it to other workers in the same or 48 fields
and ask whether the work was
done
adequately, the conclusion are justified, and the
report should be published.
The
third
stage
of
peer
review
happens
are
publication,
when
the
broader
scientific
community gets to
see and 49 the work.
This three-stage quality-control
process can, of course, be faulty. Any
scientist with
independent
wealth
can
50
the
first
stage
quite
easily
but
such
scientists
are
much,
much
rarer
today than they were a century or so
ago. Those who remain are the object of envy. 51
, it is
fair to say that they are not
disapproved as were those who avoid the latter two
stages of the “peer
review” mechanisms
by using press
conferences.
On the other hand, it is certainly
possible for the standard peer review mechanisms
to 52 .
By their nature, these
mechanisms are more likely to 53 ideas that
are not different from what
the
reviewers think they already know. Yet the un-
traditional or unconventional ideas are
not
54
wrong, as Alfred Wegener proved when he tried to
gain 55 for the idea of continental
drift in the early twentieth century.
It was not until the 1960s that most geologists
accepted his
ideas as
genuine insights.
41. A. purposes
42. A. innovative
43. A. accustoming
44. A. projects
45. A. stronger
46. A. look up
47. A. funds
48.
A. different
49. A.
substitute
50. A.
reach
51. A.
Similarly
52. A.
fail
53. A.
convey
54. A.
necessarily
55. A.
confidence
B.
duties
B.
prospective
B.
addicting
B.
sources
B. more
limited
B. go
over
B. fields
B. chosen
B.
create
B. mark
B. Contrarily
B.
function
B.
overlook
B.
particularly
B.
acceptance
C.
interests
C.
cooperative
C.
restricting
C.
unions
C. more
dramatic
C. long
for
C. impacts
C. related
C.
judge
C. hold
C. Surely
C.
evolve
C. reject
C. dramatically
C. strength
D.
needs
D. plain
D. subjecting
D.
departments
D.
broader
D. call
for
D.
experiments
D.
academic
D.
undertake
D. skip
D. Therefore
D.
work
D. approve
D. terribly
D.
weight
Section B
Directions
: Read the
following three passage. Each passage is followed
by several
questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them
there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the
one that fits best according
to the information given in the passage you have
read.
(A)
To Be a Deaf DJ
I
was born in England with perfect hearing. In 1990,
when I was five, my family moved to
the United States. I started getting
ear infections every three months or so. We didn’t
have health
insurance at the time, and
when I got a third infection, my parents couldn’t
afford the treatment. I
went
deaf
in
my
right
ear
and
was
left
with
50
percent
hearing
in
my
left.
Over
time,
my
remaining hearing
dropped to 20 percent, where it is today. My
doctors predicted that I would be
thoroughly deaf by now, so I think I’m
doing pretty
well.
There was always music on in my house
in my childhood. I loved listening to Metallica,
Led
Zeppelin, Michael
Jackson. My dad was a DJ, so he played disco,
folk, rock, and music from other
countries. For my 18
th
birthday, my dad asked me to deejay at
the restaurant be
owned.
After
doing
that
for
a
few
weeks,
I
was
hooded.
I
desired
to
learn
more.
I
e-mailed
DJ
Shiftee,
a
distinguished
New
York
City
DJ,
when
I
was
25:
“I
know
you
like
a
challenge.
How
about
teaching a
deaf person to deejay?” He wrote back the next
day; “Challenge accepted.”
He
tutored
me twice a week for
two years, helping me develop correct technique. I
practiced four hours a day.
Now when I’m performing, muscle
memory
takes over. When I
started, I wouldn’t tell the
club
managers that I was deaf. I would just show up,
introduce myself, and start playing music. At
the end of the night, someone would
say, “Oh, here’s the check.” And I’d say, “What?
Oh, I can’t
hear.”
They
were
always
so
astonished.
Sometimes
I
would
bring
doctor’s
notes
because
they
wouldn’t
believe
me.
It
was
reassurance
that
they
were
giving
me
opportunities
to
perform
because
I was brilliant, no out of sympathy. Eventually
people started calling me “that deaf DJ,”
and
the name
stuck.
What fascinates me
about deejaying is the creativity. I use software
that turns the music into
lines
of color on a computer screen. I’m
visually hearing the music. The next time you go
dancing,
cover your ears, and you’ll
start seeing that you’re able to hear the music in
a different way. Music
is
not
all
about
hearing.
I
pay
all
sorts
of
get-togethers
now,
from
college
parties
to
corporate
events. I also go
to elementary schools for the deaf and talk to the
students about motivation and
believing
in
themselves.
I’m
big
on
talking
to
the
parents.
I
tell
them,
“My
advice
to
you
is
let
your kids chase
thei
r dreams. I’m a deaf DJ, so
why
not?”
56.
Which of the
following might result in the author’s
hearing
loss?
A.
Monthly ear
infection.
B. Moving to the U.
S.
C. Family
financial hardship
D. The doctors’
prediction.
57.
How did DJ Shiftee help the author
during his youth?
A.
He taught him
correct skills.
B. He discovered his talent for
DJ.
C. He played at the
restaurant for him.
D. He cultivated
his taste for foreign music.
58.
The
underlined expression in Paragraph 3 “the name
stuck” probably
means that
.
A.
the author was
in low spirits
B. the author impressed people
deeply
C.
the audience felt disappointed by the
player
D.
the audience looked down upon the
player
59.
We can
conclude from the passage that the author loves
deejaying because
.
A.
working as a DJ involves
innovation
B.
music helps
him to see the world virtually
C.
he
motivates the kids to realize their
dream
D.
he desires to
challenge something impossible
(B)
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