本试卷共10页,满分100分；考试时间150分钟。全部题目用英文作答(英译汉题目除外),并将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上,否则不计分。
i. the following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked a to x. choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. one word or expression for each blank only. (12 points,0.5 point for each)
what a bundle of contradictions is a man! surely, humor is the 1 grace of us, for without it we should die 2 vexation. with me, nothing illustrates the contrariness of things 3 than the matter of sleep. if, for example, my 4 is to write an essay, and i have before me ink and pens and several 5 of virgin paper, you may depend upon it that before i have gone very far i 6 an overpowering desire for sleep, no matter what time of the day it is.
the senior partner studied the resume for the hundredth time and 7 found nothing he disliked about mitchell y. mcdeere, at least not on paper. he had the 8 , the ambition, the good looks. and he was 9 ；with his background, he had to be. he was married, and 10 was mandatory. the firm also 11 heavily on divorce, as well as womanizing and drinking. drug testing was in the contract. he had a degree in accounting and wanted to be a tax 1awyer, which was of course a 12 with a tax firm.
imitations also came into the cheese 13 . there are american 14 of most of the celebrated european cheeses, mass-produced and 15 by far than the imports. they would 16 european food-lovers to gag and 17 ——but generally, the imitations are all that’s 18 in the supermarkets. people buy them and eat them.
i suspected at the time and now 19 that the riots were perhaps the most significant massive 20 taken by northern negroes. it was a watershed in the ghetto’s 21 . before the riots, the reach of the negro movement in america seemed 22 the province of small civil rights 23 . now watts, and places like watts, were redefining the 24 of black men in their city’s life.
ii. in this section, there are fifteen sentences with a blank in each, followed by a list of words or expressions marked a to x. choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. one word or expression for each blank only. (15 points, 1 point for each)
25. still, it is a sufficiently good imitation to be sometimes ______ for the real thing.
26. after they had dived and come up, they swam round, ______ themselves up, and waited their turn to dive again.
27. the newspapers do their best to help those who help them；and to the flood of advertisement is added a flood of less directly ______ propaganda in favor of modernity-snobbery.
28. it can be seen how these various impulses must ______ against one another, and how they must fluctuate from person to person and from time to time.
29. she had got quite used to the frail head on the cotton pillow, the hollowed eyes, the open mouth and the high ______ nose.
30. where others see ______ in their marketing plans or threats to their product lines, companies that focus on product leadership see opportunity and rush to capitalize on it.
31. with float ______ before him once more he sat down to wait.
32.they are not expected to change ______, but merely to find it if they can and suggest ingenious ways of disguising it.
33. for if you ______ and cheapen the word too long, the people will turn to the picture.
34. the need to satisfy the sense of taste may be ______ and important.
35. i imagine that an able surgeon, in spite of the painful circumstances in which his work is done, derives satisfaction from the ______ precision of his operations.
36. the happy homemaker and the contented darky are both ______ produced by prejudice.
37. salina was talking, telling me about magpie’s return to crow creek after months in ______ and how his relatives went to his sister’s house and welcomed him home.
38. perhaps i should have ______ and come back in an hour or more.
39. at the rear the outer door opens and the sheriff comes in ______ by the county attorney and mr. hale.
40. the budget ______ for each county is below what is needed.
a. allotment b. distribution
41. being accused of theft was the ______ he suffered under his last employer.
a. indignity b. indignation
42. the landlord may be ______ in charging for any additional work that needs to be done.
a. justifiable b. justified
43. the manufacturers claim that only ______ ingredients are used in their products.
a. inherent b. natural
44. somehow his reputation survived the scandal ______.
a. intact b. innate
45. david ______ his company’s success to the unity of all the staff and their persevering hard work.
a. contributed b. attributed
46. the reckless driver got his just ______ when his driver’s license was suspended.
a. deserts b. desserts
47. this month’s amount of deposits in the bank ______ last month’s by fifteen percent.
a. exceeds b. surpasses
48. while a ship is in distress, rescuing passengers from danger is a heroic ______.
a. act b. action
49. you can’t see through the telescope until it is ______ to your eyes.
a. adapted b. adjusted
50. far sooner than anyone thought possible, the russians ______ an atomic bomb.
a. exploded b. exploited
51. she based her analysis on data from a representative ______ of women and men aged 18-25.
a. sample b. example
52. the soldiers are ______ with a dignified gait in the grand square.
a. strolling b. striding
53. people judge you by the ______ you keep.
a. company b. companion
54. morris appeared to be completely ______ in any of the suggestions i made.
a. disinterested b. uninterested
