Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (25 points)

　　This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.

　　Part 1 Vocabulary Selection

　　In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　1. We have had to raise the prices of our products because of the increase in the cost of ______ materials.

　　A. primitive B. rough

　　C. original D. raw

　　2. With an eighty-hour week and little enjoyment, life must have been very______ for the students.

　　A. hostile B. anxious

　　C. tedious D. obscure

　　3. Whenever the government increases public services,______ because more workers are needed to carry out these services.

　　A. employment to rise B. employment rises

　　C. which rising employment D. the rise of employment

　　4. Our flight to Guangzhou was ______ by a bad fog and we had to stay much longer in the hotel than we had expected.

　　A. delayed B. adjourned

　　C. cancelled D. preserved

　　5. Container-grown plants can be planted at any time of the year, but ______ in winter.

　　A. should be B. would be

　　C. preferred D. preferably

　　6. Both longitude and latitude ______ in degrees, minutes and seconds.

　　A. measuring B. measured

　　C. are measured D. being measured

　　7. Most comets have two kinds of tails, one made up of dust, ______ made up of electrically charged particles called plasma.

　　A. one another B. the other

　　C. other ones D. each other

　　8. Good pencil erasers are soft enough not ______ paper but hard enough so that they crumble gradually when used.

　　A. by damaging B. so that they damage

　　C. to damage D. damaging

　　9. The magician picked several persons ______ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.

　　A. by accident B. at random

　　C. on occasion D. on average

　　10. On turning the comer, they saw the path ______ steeply.

　　A. departing B. descending

　　C. decreasing D. degenerating

　　11. English language publications in China are growing in volume and ______.

　　A. circulation B. rotation

　　C. circumstance D. appreciation

　　121. Hydroponics ______ the cultivation of plants without soil.

　　A. does B. is

　　C. do D. are

　　13. To impose computer technology ______ teachers is to create an environment that is not conducive to learning.

　　A. with B. to

　　C. in D. on

　　14. Marketing is ______ just distributing goods from the manufacturer to the final customer.

　　A. rather than B. other than

　　C. bigger than D. more than

　　15. ______ a language family is a group of languages with a common origin and similar vocabulary, grammar, and sound system.

　　A. What linguists call B. It is called by linguists

　　C. Linguists call it D. What do linguists call

　　16. In the eighteenth century, the town of Bennington, Vermont, was famous for ______ pottery.

　　A. it made B. its

　　C. the making D. where its

　　17. ______ get older, the games they play become increasingly complex.

　　A. Children B. Children, when they

　　C. As children D. For children to

　　18. ______ of his childhood home in Hannibal, Missouri, provided Mark Twain with the inspiration for two of his most popular novels.

　　A. Remembering B. Memories

　　C. It was the memories D. He remembered

　　19. Dust storms most often occur in areas where the ground has little vegetation to protect ______ of the wind.

　　A. from the effects B. it the effects

　　C. it from the effects D. the effects from it

　　20. Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical profession women are a ______.

　　A. scarcity B. minority

　　C. minimum D. shortage

　　Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement

　　This part consists of 15 sentences; in each sentence one word or phrase is underlined. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic meaning of the sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　21. Shellfish give the deceptive appearance of enjoying a peaceful existence, although in fact life is a constant struggle for them.

　　A. misleading B. calm

　　C. understandable D. initial

　　22. The most striking technological success in the 20th century is probably the computer revolution.

　　A. profitable B. productive

　　C. prominent D. prompt

　　23. Scientific evidence from different disciplines demonstrates that in most humans the left hemisphere of the brain controls language.

　　A. groups of followers B. years

　　C. countries D. fields of study

　　24. Public relations practice is the deliberate, planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain mutual understanding between an organization and its public.

　　A. complete B. related

　　C. intentional D. active

　　25. The use of the new technology will have a profound effect on schools.

　　A. negative B. positive

　　C. strong D. useful

　　26. If we look at the Chinese and British concepts of hospitality, we find one major similarity but a number of important differences.

　　A. hostility B. friendliness

　　C. manner D. culture

　　27. In just three years, the Net has gone from a playground for the local people to a vast communications and trading center where millions swap information or do deals around the world.

　　A. business B. shopping

　　C. chatting D. meeting

　　28. Most species of this plant thrive in ordinary well-drained garden soil and they are best planted 8 cm deep and 5 cm apart.

　　A. develop well B. grow taller

　　C. mature D. bear fruit

　　29. Motivation is the driving force within individuals that impels them to action.

　　A. impedes B. interferes

　　C. holds D. pushes

　　30. The ultimate cause of the Civil War was the bombardment of Fort Sumter.

　　A. only B. final

　　C. true D. special

　　31. No hero of ancient or modern days can surpass the Indians with their lofty contempt of death and the fortitude with which they sustain its cruelest affliction.

　　A. regard B. courage

　　C. loss D. trick

　　32. The service economy doesn't suggest that we convert our factories into laundries to survive.

　　A. imply B. persuade

　　C. hurl D. transform

　　33. It was rather strange how the habits of his youth clung to him still. He was 72.

　　A. stuck to B. turned

　　C. led to D. gave way to

　　34. He has a touch of eccentricity in his composition.

　　A. essay B. writing

　　C. character D. manner

　　35. Jim was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance.

　　A. body B. skin

　　C. shoulder D. passionate interest