Part Ⅳ Cloze (15 minutes)

Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D) on the right side of the paper.You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
　　A language is a signaling system which operates with symbolic vocal sounds (语 声), and which is used by a group of people for the purpose of communication.
　　Let's look at this ___61___  in more detail because it is language, more than anything else,  ___62___  distinguishes man from the rest of the  ___63___  world.
　　Other animals, it is true, communicate with one another by  ___64___  of cries: for example, many birds utter  ___65___  calls at the approach of danger; monkeys utter  ___66___  cries, such as expressions of anger, fear and pleasure.  ___67___  these various means of communication differ in important ways  ___68___  human language. For instance, animals' cries do not  ___69___  thought s and feelings clearly. This means basically, that they lack structure. They lack the kind of structure that  ___70___  us to divide a human utterance into  ___71___ .
　　We can change an utterance by  ___72___  one word in it with  ___73___ : a good illustration of this is a soldier who can say, e.g ., "tanks approaching from the north",  ___74 ___ who can change one word and say "aircraft approaching from the north" or "tanks approaching from the west"; but a bird has a single alarm cry,  ___75 ___ means "danger!"
　　This is why the number of  ___76___  that an animal can make is very limited: the great tit (山雀) is a case  ___77___  point; it has about twenty different calls,  ___78___  in human language the number of possible utterances is  ___79___ . It also explai ns why animal cries are very  ___80___  in meaning.

61.
A) classification          
B) definition      
C) function         
D) perception

62.
A) that                    
B) it              
C) as               
D) what

63.
A) native                  
B) human           
C) physical         
D) animal

64.
A) ways                    
B) means           
C) methods          
D) approaches

65.
A) mating                  
B) exciting        
C) warning          
D) boring

66.
A) identical               
B) exciting        
C) different        
D) unfamiliar

67.
A) But                    
B) Therefore       
C) Afterwards       
D) Furthermore

68.
A) about                   
B) with            
C) from             
D) in

69.
A) infer                   
B) explain         
C) interpret        
D) express

70.
A) encourage               
B) enables        
C) enforces         
D) ensures

71.
A) speeches                
B) sounds          
C) words            
D) voices

72.
A) replacing               
B) spelling        
C) pronouncing      
D) saying

73.
A) ours                    
B) theirs          
C) another          
D) others

74.
A) so                      
B) and             
C) but              
D) or

75.
A) this                    
B) that            
C) which            
D) it

76.
A) signs                   
B) gestures        
C) signals          
D) marks

77.
A) in                      
B) at              
C) of               
D) for

78.
A) whereas                 
B) since           
C) anyhow           
D) somehow

79.
A) boundless               
B) changeable      
C) limitless        
D) ceaseless

80.
A) ordinary                
B) alike           
C) common           
D) general

Part V Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic It Pays to Be Honest. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese.

1, 当前社会上存在许多不诚实的现象
2, 诚实利人利已，做人应该诚实

It Pays to Be Honest