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Part I??Listening Comprehension Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear several short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. 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 A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

1. A) It is closed.

B) 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.

C) 12 noon to 9 P.M.

D) 9 A.M. to 12 noon.

2. A) She must walk five miles.

B) She must walk to the corner.

3. A) The man has traveled a lot. B) The wife likes to listen to her man’s story.

C) The man is too busy to taste his family life. D) Keeping up with the times is their philosophy.

C) She must walk five or six blocks. D) She must walk three blocks.

4. A) The realization of expectations. B) The possibility of reaching the expectations. C) The ability to handle the boat. D) The stress from parents. 5. A) Morning and in Britain. 6. 7.

B) A) A) B)

Morning and in Japan. 6:00 p.m. B) 8:00 p.m.

He doesn’t have any money to buy the lamp. He has a lot of money to buy the lamp.

C) Night and in Rome.

D) Night and in Britain. C) 9:00 p.m. D) It is delayed.

C) If he lends her money, she will buy the lamp.

D) If she lends him money, he can buy the lamp.

B) Thursday. B) At a bank. B) By ship.

C) Saturday. C) At a store. C) By coach.

D) Friday.

D) At a library. D) By train.

8. A) Sunday.

9. A) At a doctor’s. 10. A) By plane.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea .When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

There are approximately 30 million left-handed people in the United States, and several hundred million more around the world. Most right-handed people have never even considered the (11)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that there may be any serious issues (12)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ left-handers. Even among all of these left-handed people, there are many different (13)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ about what these issues are and which issues might be most important to them.

There are many things that right-handed people take for (14)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ that are quite difficult for left-handers. These include many basic (15)_ _ _ _ _ _ like learning to write, learning to use scissors and other hand (16)_ _ _ _ _ and utensils, and learning various crafts and other (17)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Sometimes (18)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , and other times they are confused by instructors and instructions geared toward teaching right-handers. For some left-handed people (19)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . For other left-handers (20)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences it: this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Decide which is the best answer, then mark the Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

21. The beam that is ________by a laser differs in several ways from the light that comes out of a flashlight.

A) emitted C ) motivated B) transported D) translated

22. We booked rooms at the hotel ________we should find no vacancies on our arrival.

A) whenever C) since

B) if D) lest

23. Modern forms of transportation and communication have done much to ________the isolation of life in Alaska.

A) break through C) break into B) break down D) break out

24. We know through painful experience that freedom is never by the oppressor; it must be ________by the oppressed.

A) demanded C) required B) commanded D) requested

25. Color and sex are not relevant ________whether a person is suitable for the job. A) on C) to

B) for D) with

26. ________the enormous flow of food from the entire globe, these countries have for

many years not felt any population pressure.

A)Thanks to C) In line with B) By means of D) With regard to

27. Research universities have to keep up with the latest computer and scientific hardware ________price.

A) On account of C) in addition to B) regardless of D) not to mention

28. Three university departments have been ________ $600,000 to develop good practice in teaching and learning.

A) promoted C) secured B) included D) awarded

29. The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the ________in which people communicate across time and space. A) mood C) manner B) mission D) vision

30. Mr. Jones holds strong views against video games and ________the closing of all recreation facilities for such games.

A) assists C) advocates B) acknowledges D) admits

31. Workers in the fine arts ________thoughts and feelings through their creative works.

A) transmit C) convey

B) elaborate D) contribute

32. Small as it is, the ant is as much a creature as ________all other animals on earth. A) are C) is B) do D) have

33. The policeman declared that the blow on the victim's head ________from behind. A) should have been made C) would have been made B) must have been made D) ought to have been made

34. Finding a job can be ________and disappointing, and therefore it is important that you are prepared.

A) exploiting C) profiting B) frustrating D) misleading

35. It British government often says that furnishing children with ________ to the information superhighway is a top priority.

A) procedure C)allowance

B) protection D) access

36. Louis Herman, at the University of Hawall, has ________a series of new experiments in which some animals have learned to understand sentences. A) installed C) devised B) equipped D) formatted

37. Researchers at the University of Illinois determined that the ________of a father can help improve a child’s grades.

A) involvement C) association B) interaction D) communication

38.We can accept your order ________payment is made in advance. A)in the belief that C) on the excuse that

B) in order that D) on condition that

39.Many in the credit industry expect that credit cards will eventually ________paper money for almost every purchase.

A) exchange C)replace

B) reduce D)trade

40.Any donation you can give will help us ________the suffering and isolation of the homeless this New Year.

A) lift C) comfort B) patch D) ease

41. In India more than one hundred languages are spoken, ________ which only fourteen are recognized as official.

A) of C) with B) in D) within

42. Techniques for ________sleep would involve learning to control both mind and body so that sleep can occur.

A) cultivating C) pushing B) promoting D) strengthening

43. It is important to ________between the rules of grammar and the conventions of written language.

A) determine C)explore

B) identify D)distinguish

44. It is too early to say whether IBM’s competitors will be able to ________their

products to the new hardware at an affordable cost.

A)adapt C) yield B)stick D)adopt

45. This research has attracted wide coverage in the ________and has featured on BBC television’s Tomorrow’s World.

A) data C)message B)source D)media

46.I had just posted the letter when I remembered that hadn’t ________the cheque. A) imposed C)enclosed B) involved D)contained

47.She had a tense expression on her face, ________she were expecting trouble. A) even though C)even as B) as though D) now that

48.They were ________admission to the military exhibition because they were foreigners.

A) denied C)deprived B) declined D) rejected

49.It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in ________. A) prospect C) process B) print D) press

50. Residents were cutting their lawns, washing their cars and otherwise ________a pleasant, sunny day.

A) idling away C) chasing away B) taking away D) driving away

PART III READING COMPREHENSION

TEXT A

In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well.

First. Let's talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it.

This has several implications. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the \need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now, however, a night out can be