Part III      Vocabulary      (20 minutes)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

41.For many patients, institutional care is the most ______ and beneficial form of care.
A) pertinent
B) appropriate
C) acute
D) persistent

42.Among all the changes resulting from the ______ entry of women into the work force, the transformation that has occurred in the women themselves is not the least important.
A) massive
B) quantitative
C) surplus
D) formidable

43.Mr. Smith became very ______ when it was suggested that he had made a mistake.
A) ingenious
B) empirical
C) objective
D) indignant

44.Rumours are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and turning calm situations into ______ ones.
A) turbulent
B) tragic
C) vulnerable
D) suspicious

45.The ______ cycle of life and death is a subject of interest to scientists and philosophers alike.
A) incompatible
B) exceeding
C) instantaneous
D) eternal

46.She remains confident and ______ untroubled by our present problems.
A) indefinitely
B) infinitely
C) optimistically
D) seemingly

47.Fiber-optic cables can carry hundreds of telephone conversations ______.
A. simultaneously
B) spontaneously
C) homogeneously
D) contemporarily

48.The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the ______.
A) vain
B) vicinity
C) court
D) jail

49.Whether you live to eat or eat to live, food is a major ______ in every family's budget.
A) nutrition
B) expenditure
C) routine
D) provision

50.Now a paper in Science argues that organic chemicals in the rock come mostly from ______ on earth rather than bacteria on Mars.
A) configuration
B) constitution
C) condemnation
D) contamination

51.There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the ______ from fall to winter.
A) transmission
B) transformation
C) transition
D) transfer

52.I think we need to see an investment ______ before we make an expensive mistake.
A) guide
B) entrepreneur
C) consultant
D) assessor

53.The ______ on this apartment expires in a year's time.
A) treaty
B) lease
C) engagement
D) subsidy

54.The elderly Russians find it hard to live on their state ______.
A) pensions
B) earnings
C) salaries
D) donations

55.There is supposed to be a safety ______ which makes it impossible for trains to collide.
A) appliance
B) accessory
C) machine
D) mechanism

56.After four years in the same job his enthusiasm finally ______.
A) deteriorated
B) dispersed
C) dissipated
D) drained

57.No one can function properly if they are _______ of adequate sleep.
A) deprived
B) ripped
C) stripped
D) contrived

58.For years now, the people of that faraway country have been cruelly ______ by a dictator.
A) depressed
B) immersed
C) oppressed
D) cursed

59.Ever since the rise of industrialism, education has been ______ towards producing workers.
A) harnessed
B) hatched
C) motivated
D) geared

60.The prospect of increased prices has already ______ worries.
A) provoked
B) irritated
C) inspired
D) hoisted

61.The suspect ______ that he had not been in the neighbourhood at the time of the crime.
A) advocated
B) alleged
C) addressed
D) announced

62.Although the colonists ______ to some extent with the native Americans , the Indians' influence on American culture and language was not extensive.
A) migrated
B) matched
C) mingled
D) melted

63.E-mail is a convenient, highly democratic informal medium for conveying messages that _______ well to human needs.
A) adheres
B) reflects
C) conforms
D) satisfies

64.The wings of the bird still ______ after it had been shot down.
A) slapped
B) scratched
C) flapped
D) fluctuated

65.The disagreement over trade restrictions could seriously ?______ relations between the two countries.
A) tumble
B) jeopardize
C) manipulate
D) intimidate

66.When you put up wallpaper, should you ______ the edges or put them next to each other?
A) coincide
B) extend
C) overlap
D) collide

67.Under the present system, state enterprises must ______ all profits to the government.
A) turn down
B) turn up
C) turn out
D) turn in

68.Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturing employees are being _______.
A) laid out
B) laid off
C) laid down
D) laid aside

69.We'll ______ you for any damage done to your house while we are in it.
A) compensate
B) remedy
C) supplement
D) retrieve

70.She cut her hair short and tried to ______ herself as a man.
A) decorate
B) disguise
C) fabricate
D) fake


 

Part IV      Error Correction    (15 minutes)

Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank. 

   When you start talking about good and bad manners you
immediately start meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot
agree what they mean. We asked a lady, who replied that she
thought you could tell a well-mannered person on the way they 71._______
occupied the space around them—for example, when such a
person walks down a street he or she is constantly unaware of 72._______
others. Such people never bump into other people.
   However, a second person thought that this was more a
question of civilized behavior as good manners. Instead, this 73._______
other person told us a story, it he said was quite well known, 74._______
about an American who had been invited to an Arab meal at 75._______
one of the countries of the Middle East. The American hasn't 76._______
been told very much about the kind of food he might expect.If
he had known about American food, he might have behaved 77._______
better.
   Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that
looked, to him, very much as a napkin (餐巾） Picking it 78._______
up, he put it into his collar, so that it falls across his shirt. 79._______
His Arab host, who had been watching, said of nothing, but 80._______
immediately copied the action of his guest.
   And that, said this second person, was a fine example of
good manners. 

Part V        Writing       (30 minutes) 

Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Is a Test of Spoken English Necessary? The first sentence has already been written for you. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below: 

1. 很多人认为有必要举行口语考试，理由是 ······
2.也有人持不同的意见，······
3.我的看法和打算 

Is a Test of Spoken English Necessary?
A test of spoken English will be included as an optional component of the College English Test (CET).