【正文】 in England. (B) The early history of magazines. (C) The life of Daniel Defoe. (D) Differences between newspapers and magazines. 20. (A) Its publication was banned by the British government. (B) It was the first weekly newspaper. (C) It caused a prison revolt. (D) It was the first magazine ever published. 此資料來自企業(yè) 21. (A) It had many more pages than newspapers. (B) It was given away for free. (C) It dealt with issues rather than events. (D) It was more widely available than newspapers. 22. (A) He wrote articles of the Church of England. (B) He refused to stop publishing the Review. (C) He refused to pay publishing taxes. (D) He refused to join the Church of England. 23. (A) It was not really a magazine. (B) It featured a variety of articles and stories. (C) It was praised by readers of poetry. (D) It was unpopular with politicians. 24. (A) How artists gained fame. (B) A schedule of art exhibits. (C) One form of folk art. (D) The preservation of old paintings. 25. (A) Very few were produced. (B) Most were kept only a short time. (C) Most were printed on delicate paper. (D) Many have been acquired by collectors. Section B Compound Dictation The Library of Congress is America’s national library. It has more than onehundredtwentymillion books and other objects. It has newspapers, S1 publications and letters of S2 interest. It also has maps, photographs, art 此資料來自企業(yè) S3 , movies, sound recordings and musical S4 .The Library of Congress is open to the public Monday through Saturday, except for government holidays. Anyone may go there and read anything in the collection. But no one is S5 to take books out of the building. The Library of Congress was S6 in eighteenhundred. It started with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol Building. By eighteenfourteen, the collection had increased to about threethousand books. They were S7 that year when the Capitol was burned during America’s war with Britain. To help rebuild the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mister Jefferson’s collection included seven thousand books in seven languages. S8 . Today, three buildings hold the library’s collection. S9 . It buys some of its books and gets others as gifts. It also gets materials through its copyright office. S10 . This means the Library of Congress receives almost everything published in the United States. Part II Reading Comprehension (35 points, 25minutes) Section I Careful reading (25points, 20minutes) There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. TEXT A The train clattered over points and passed through a station. Then it began suddenly to slow down, presumably in obedience to a signal. For some minutes it crawled along, then stopped。 presently it began to move forward again. Another uptrain passed them, though with less vehemence than the first one. The train 此資料來自企業(yè) gathered speed again. At that moment another train, also on a downline, swerved inwards towards them, for a moment with almost alarming effect. For a time the two trains ran parallel, now, one gaining a little, now the other. Mrs. McGillicuddy looked from her window through the window of the parallel carriages. Most of the blinds were down, but occasionally the occupants of the carriages were visible. The other train was not very full and there were many empty carriages. At the moment when the two trains gave the illusion of being stationary, a blind in one of the carriages flew up with a snap. Mrs. McGillicuddy looked into the lighted firstclass carriage that was only a few feet away. Then she drew her breath in with a gasp and halfrose to her feet. Standing with his back to the window and to her was a man. His hands were round the throat of a woman who faced him, and he was slowly, remorselessly, strangling her. Her eyes were starting from their sockets, her face was purple. As Mrs. McGillicuddy watched, fascinated, the end came。 the body went limp and crumpled in the man’s hands. At the same moment, Mrs. McGillicuddy’s train slowed down again and the other began to gain speed. It passed forward and a moment or two later it had vanished from sight. Almost automatically Mrs. McGillicuddy’s hand went up to the munication cord, then paused, irresolute. After all, what use would it be ringing the cord of the train in which she was travelling? The horror of what she had seen at such close quarters, and the unusual circumstances, made her feel paralysed. Some immediate action was necessary,— but what? The door of her partment was drawn back and a ticket collector said, “Ticket, please.” 26. When Mrs