II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B. C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

25. Four Chinese models were ______ the 14 people awarded prizes on Friday at the World Supermodel Competition.
A. among B. between C. along D. beside
26. –Wow! You’ve got so many clothes.

26. –Wow! You’ve got so many clothes.
--But _____ of them are in fashion now.
A. all B. both C. neither D. none

27. It ______ have been Tom that parked the car here, as he is the only one with a car.
A. may B. can C. must D. should

28. The Great Wall is _______ tourist attraction that millions of people pour in every year.
A. so a well-known B. a so well-known C. such well-known a D. such a well-known

29. Mary went to the box office at lunch time, but all the tickets ______ out.
A. would sell B. had sold C. have sold D. was selling

30. Sally’s never seen a play in the Shanghai Grand Theatre, ______?
A. hasn’t she B. has she C. isn’t she D. is she

31. A small plane crashed into a hillside five miles east of the city, _____ all four people on board.
A. killed B. killing C. kills D. to kill

32. You can’t borrow books from the school library _______ you get your student card.
A. before B. if C. while D. as

33. With the government’s aid, those ______ by the earthquake have moved to the new settlements.
A. affect B. affecting C. affected D. were affected

34. Mozart’s birthplace and the house ______ he composed “The Magic Flute” are both museums now.
A. where B. when C. there D. which

35. Bill suggested ______ a meeting on what to do for the Shanghai Expo during the vacation.
A. having held B. to hold C. holding D. hold

36. During the period of recent terrorist activities, people _______ not to touch any unattended bag.
A. had always been warned B. were always being warned
C. are always warning D. always warned

37. It is not immediately clear _______ the financial crisis will soon be over.
A. since B. what C. when D. whether

38. Hearing the dog barking fiercely, away ______.
A. fleeing the thief B. was fleeing the thief C. the thief was fleeing D. fled the thief

39. David threatened ______ his neighbor to the police if the damages were not paid.
A. to be reported B. reporting C. to report D. having reported

40. As a new diplomat. he often thinks of ______ he can react more appropriately on such occasions.
A. what B. which C. that D. how

Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. 

he package looks pretty, people will buy just about anything. So says an advertising executive in New York, and he has proved his point by selling boxes of rubbish for the price of an expensive bottle of wine.

Justin Gignac, 26, has sold almost 900 __41__ presented plastic boxes of rubbish from the street of the Big Apple at between $50 and $100 each. Buyers from 19 countries have paid for the souvenirs(纪念品). The idea has been so successful that he is thinking of promoting it around the world.

It all began when Mr. Gignac was at a summer workshop. “We had a discussion about he importance of __42___,” he recalls. “Someone said packaging was unimportant. I disagreed. The only way to prove it was by selling something nobody would ever want.”

He searches the streets of Manhattan and typical ___43___ include broken glass, subway tickets, Starbucks cups and used ___44___ forks. “Special editions” are offered at a high price. He charged $100 for rubbish from the opening day of the New York Yankees’ stadium.

Mr. Gignac denies ___45__ his customers for fools: “They know what they’re getting. They appreciate the fact that they’re taking something nobody would want and finding beauty in it.”

Some _____46___ customers include people who used to live in the city and want a down-to-earth souvenir. He claims he has even sold to art collectors.

Realizing that the concept appears to be a real money-maker, Mr. Gignac has ___47___ a company and is employing his girlfriend as vice president. He ___48___ to discuss his profit margins: “It’s actually quite a lot of effort putting them together—but yet, garbage is free.”

Mr. Gignac is considering more varieties of souvenirs. He maintains that he has signed ___49___ with people interested in similar projects from as far as Berlin and London.

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 context.

Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are __50__. Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to __51__ it. Creativity isn’t always __52__ with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time __53__ think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.

Making connections This technique involves taking __54__ ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words __55__ with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the __56__ to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original __57__; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night.

No limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t __58__. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new __59__. If your goal is to learn to ski, __60__, you can now practice skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now __61__ this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.

Be someone else! Look at the situation from a __62__ point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the __63__ in their books. They ask questions: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their __64__. The best fishermen think like fish!

50. A. wrong B. unbelievable C. reasonable D. realistic

51. A. put up with B. catch up with C. make use of D. keep track of

52. A. equipped B. compared C. covered D. connected

53. A. skillfully B. routinely C. vividly D. deeply

54. A. familiar B. unrelated C. creative D. imaginary

55. A. presented B. marked C. lit D. associated

56. A. ideas B. ambitious C. achievement D. technique

57. A. experience B. service C. present D. object

58. A. work B. last C. exist D. change

59. A. possibilities B. limitations C. tendency D. practice

60. A. in fact B. in particular C. as a whole D. for example

61 A. devote B. adapt C. lead D. keep

62. A. private B. global C. different D. practical

63. A. features B. themes C. creatures D. characters

64 A. positions B. dreams C. images D. directions