【正文】 gy has facilitated the sharing of information and the storage and delivery of information, thus making more information available to more people. In this world of change and plexity, the need for information is of greatest importance. Those people who have accurate, reliable uptodate information to solve the daytoday problems, the critical problems of their business, social and family life, will survive and succeed. “Knowledge is power” may well be the truest saying and access to information may be the most critical requirement of all people. 19. The word it (line 3, Para. 2) most probably refers to____. [A] the lack of stable munities [B] the breakdown of informal information channels [C] the increased mobility of families [D] the growing number of people moving from place to place 20. The main problem people may encounter today arises form the fact that____. [A] they have to learn new things consciously [B] they lack the confidence of securing reliable and trustworthy information [C] they have difficulty obtaining the needed information readily [D] they can hardly carry out casual munications with an extended family. 21 . From the passage we can infer that____. [A] electronic mail will soon play a dominant role in transmitting messages [B] it will bee more difficult for people to keep secrets in an information era [C] people will spend less time holding meetings or conferences [D] events will be reported on the spot mainly through satellites 22. We can learn from the last paragraph that ____. [A] it is necessary to obtain as much [B] people should make the best use of the information [C] we should realize the importance of accumulating information . [D] it is of vital importance to acquire needed information efficiently Passage 4 Personality is to a large extent inherent—Atype parents usually bring about Atype offspring. But the environment must also have a profound effect, since if petition is important to the parents。 s characteristics . [C] the development of one39。 s adaptability [D] sudden fetting may bring about adaptive consequences 28. According to the passage, if a person never fot ____. [A] he would survive best [B] he would have a lot of trouble [C] his ability to learn would be enhanced [D] the evolution of memory would stop 29. From the last paragraph we know that____. [A] fetfulness is a response to learning [B] the memory storage system is an exactly balanced inputoutput system [C] memory is a pensation for fetting [D] the capacity of a memory storage system is limited because fetting occurs 30. In this article, the author tries to interpret the function of____. [A] remembering [B] fetting [C] adapting [D] experiencing Part Ⅲ EnglishChinese Translation The standardized educational or psychological test that are widely used to aid in selecting, classifying, assigning, or promoting students, employees, and military personnel have been the target of recent attacks in books, magazines, the daily press, and even in congress. (31) The target is wrong, for in attacking the tests, critics divert attention form the fault that lies with illinformed or inpetent users. The tests themselves are merely tools, with characteristics that can be measured with reasonable precision under specified conditions. Whether the results will be valuable, meaningless, or even misleading depends partly upon the tool itself but largely upon the user. All informed predictions of future performance are based upon some knowledge of relevant past performance: school grades, research productivity, sales records, or whatever is appropriate. (32 )How well the predictions will be validated by later performance depends upon the amount , reliability , and appropriateness of the information used and on the skill and wisdom with which it is interpreted. Anyone who keeps careful score knows that the information available is always inplete and that the predictions are always subject to error. Standardized tests should be considered in this context. They provide a quick, objective method of getting some kinds of information about what a person learned, the skills he has developed, or the kind of person he is. The information so obtained has, qualitatively, the same advantages and shortings as other kinds of information. (33) Whether to use tests. other kinds of information, or both in a particular situation depends, therefore, upon the evidence from experience concerning parative validity and upon such factors as cost and availability. (34) In general, the tests work most effectively when the qualities to be measured can be most precisely defined and least effectively when what is to be measured or predicted cannot be well defined. Properly used, they provide a rapid means of getting parable information about many people. Sometimes they identify students whose high potential has not been previously recognized, but there are many things they do not do. (35) For example, they do not pensate for gross social inequality, and thus do not tell how able an underprivileged youngster might have been had he grown up under more favorable circumstances. 31. ____ 32. ____ 33. ____ 34. ____ 1996 年 年全真試題 Part Ⅰ Cloze Test Vitamins are anic pounds necessary in small amounts in the diet for the normal growth and maintenance of life of animals, including man. They do not provide energy, 1 do they construct or build any part of the body. They are needed for 2 foods into energy and body maintenance. There are thirteen or more of them, and if 3 is missing a deficiency disease bees 4 . Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elements—usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and 5 nitrogen. They are different 6 their elements are arranged differently, and each vitamin 7 one or more specific functions in the body. 8 eno