第1部分：词汇选项(第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)
下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。
1. A new system of quality control was brought in to overcome the defects in the firm’s products.
A. invested B. introduced C. installed D. insisted
2. The old concerns lose importance and some of them vanish altogether.
A. develop B. disappear C. link D. renew
3. There is always excitement at the Olympic Games when an athlete breaks a previous record of performance.
A. beats B. matches C. maintains D. announces
4. The government is debating the education laws.
A. discussing B. defeating C. delaying D. declining
5. They had a far better yield than any other farm miles away around this year.
A. goods B. soil C. climate D. harvest
6. The city has decided to do away with all the old buildings in its center.
A. get rid of B. set up C. repair D. paint
7. During the past ten years there have been dramatic changes in the international situation.
A. permanent B. powerful C. striking D. practical
8. It is out of the question that the inspector will come tomorrow.
A. impossible B. possible C. probable D. likely
9. Techniques to employ the energy of the sun are being developed.
A. convert B. store C. use D. receive
10. Since the Great Depression, the United States government has protected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices.
A. slight B. surprising C. sudden D. harmful
11. Cement was seldom used in building the Middle Ages.
A. crudely B. rarely C. originally D. occasionally
12. Medicine depends on other fields for basic information, particularly some of their specialized branches.
A. conventionally B. obviously C. especially D. inevitably
13. We were astonished to hear that their football team had won the champion.
A. amazed B. amounted C. amused D. approached
14. There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country.
A. a steady B. a plentiful C. an extra D. a stable
15. The most crucial problem any economic system faces is how to use its scarce resources.
A. puzzling B. difficult C. terrifying D. urgent
第2部分：阅读判断(第16～22题，每题1分，共7分)
下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A;如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B;如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。
Microchip Research Center Created
A research center has been set up in this Far Eastern country to develop advanced microchip production technology. The center, which will start out with about US $14 million, will help the country develop its chip industry without always depending on imported technology.
The center will make use of its research skills and facilities to develop new technology for domestic chip plants. The advent of the center will possibly free the country from the situation that it is always buying almost-outdated technologies from other countries, said the country’s flagship chipmaker. Currently, chip plants in this country are in a passive situation because many foreign governments don’t allow them to import the most advanced technologies, fearing they will be used for military purposes. Moreover, the high licensing fees they have to pay to technology providers are also an important reason for their decision of self-reliance.
As mainstream chip production technology shifts from one generation to the next every three to five years, plants with new technology can make more powerful chips at lower costs, while4 plants with outdated equipment, which often cost billions of dollars to build, will be marginalized by the maker.
More than 10 chip plants are being built, each costing millions of US dollars. The majority of that money goes to overseas equipment vendors and technology owners — mainly from Japan and Singapore.
Should the new center play a major role in improving the situation in the industry,6 the country admits the US $14 million investment is still rather small. This country is developing comprehensive technologies. Most of the investment will be spent on setting alliances with technology and intellectual property owners.
16. The country says that the investment of US $14 million is big enough for developing that country’s chip industry.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
17. That country gives top priorities to developing chips for military purposes.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
18. Although the licensing fees are not very high, that Far Eastern country cannot afford to pay.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned.
19. Many western countries ban the exporting of the most advanced chip-making technologies to that country to prevent them from being used for military purposes.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
20. Currently, almost all the flagship chipmakers in that country are owned by American investors. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
21. Mainstream chip production technology develop rapidly.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
22. More than 10 chip plants being built in that country are an example of self-reliance.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
