Passage 3(Questions 11-15 are based on the passage)
To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It’s a hard work and it makes you short of breath. To fly over the Channel takes only twenty minutes (as long as you’re not held up at the airport), but it’s an expensive way to travel. You can travel by hovercraft if you don’t mind the noise, and that takes forty minutes. Otherwise you can go by boat, if you remember your sea-sickness ills. All these means of transport have their problems and the weary (不耐烦的)traveler often dreams of being able to drive to France in his own car. “Not possible”, you say. Well wait a minute. People are once again considering the idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge.
This time, the Greater London Council is looking into the possibility of building a Channel link straight to London. 79）A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel, but you would be able to go by rail or by car on a bridge, whereas a tunnel would provide a rail link only.
Why is this idea being discussed again? Is Britain becoming more conscious of the need for links with Europe as a result of joining the EEC（欧共体）?Well , perhaps. The main reason, though, is that a tunnel or bridge would reach the twenty square kilometers of London’s disused dockland （船坞地）. A link from London to the continent would stimulate trade and re-vitalize (使…重新具有活力)the port, and would make London a main trading center in Europe. 80)With a link over the Channel , you could buy your fish and chips in England and be able to eat them in France while they were still warm!
11. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Swimming across the Channel takes less than four hours.
B. The idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge is a very new one.
C. It is considered to be more difficult to swim across the channel than any other means.
D. A tunnel or bridge would only reach as far as the coast.
12. A tunnel would be__________.
A. less expensive to be built than a bridge
B. more expensive to be built than a bridge
C. less expensive to be built than a rail
D. more expensive to be built than a rail
13. If they built a Channel tunnel, you would_______.
A. neither take a train nor go by car
B. either take a train or go by car
C. only take a train
D. only take a bus
14. It can be concluded that many of London’s dockyards are _____________.
A. not used
B. fully used
C. seriously blocked
D. opened again
15. Channel link would________.
A. allow us to by fish and chips in France
B. make the journey from Europe to England dangerous but easier and faster
C. decrease more trade for London’s dockyards
D. make London more prosperous again
Part II. Vocabulary and Structure: (30%)
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet .
16. When she was busy tidying the room, her little kid is always __________.
A. under way
B. on the way
C. in the way
D. by the way
17. If you have trouble _____the poems, the notes on the margins will help you.
A. to understand
B. understanding
C. for understanding
D. with understanding
18. I _______with all the windows closed, but now I’d like some fresh air.
A. am used to sleep
B. am used to sleeping
C. used to sleeping
D. used to sleep
19. It ________that the mysterious visitor was an old friend of my grandmother.
A. turned up
B. turned off
C. turned on
D. turned out
20. Let’s have a get-together on the weekend, ________?
A. shall we
B. will we
C. shan’t we
D. won’t we
21. Living in the central American desert has its problems,________ obtaining water is not the least.
A. of which
B. for what
C. as
D. whose
22. Although _______happened in that developed country sounds like science fiction, it could occur elsewhere in the world.
A. which
B. what
C. how
D. it
23. The door over there needs _________.
A. painted
B. painting
C. has painted
D. paint
24. You _______yesterday if you were really serious about the job.
A. ought to come
B. ought to be coming
C. ought to have come
D. ought have come
25. He demanded that the problem _______at once.
A. would be solved
B. is to be solved
C. is solved
D. be solved
