【正文】 te on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of________ A) rejection C) retreat B) restriction D) recession finding gold in California attracted a lot of people to settle down there. A) prospects C) stakes B) speculations D) provisions 45. I suffered from mental______ because of stress from my job. A) damage C) relief B) release D) fatigue 46. The rest of the day was entirely at his______ for reading or recreation. A) dismissal C) disposal B) survival D) arrival 47. You will not be_______ about your food in time of great hunger. A) special C) peculiar B) particular D) specific 48. Crime is increasing worldwide, and there is every reason to believe the_______ will continue into the next decade. A) emergency C) pace B) trend D) schedule 49. You shouldn39。 and by far the most important the children, young people, or adults to whom the subjects are to be taught. The two fundamental principles of British education today are that education is education of the whole person, and that it is best acquired through full and active cooperation between two persons, the teacher and the learner. S1. Plainlooking teachers can also be admired by their students if they have S1 . S2. The author says it is S2 that teachers be sympathetic with their students. S3. A teacher should be tolerant because humans tend to have S3(1) and to be S3(2) . S4. A teacher who is S4 will be able to make his lessons more lively. S5. How can a teacher acquire infinite patience? S5 S6. Since teaching is a job no one can be perfect at, it is necessary for teachers to keep improving their knowledge of the subjects they teach and their S6 S7. Teachers39。t let the child play with scissors_______ he cuts himself. A) in case C) now that B) so that D) only if the danger from enemy action, people had to cope with a severe shortage of food, clothing, fuel, and almost everything. A) As far as C) As well as B) As long as D) As soon as 68. Many people lost their jobs during the business__________ A) desperation C) despair B) decrease D) depression 69. Whenever a big pany_________ a small one, the product almost always gets worse. A) gets on with C) takes over B) cuts down D) puts up with 70. Mr. Smith was the only witness who said that the fire was A) mature C) meaningful B) deliberate D) innocent Part IV Short Answer Questions (15 minutes) Directions: In this part there is a short passage with 8 questions or inplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or plete the statements in the fewest possible words. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the right of the page. What personal qualities are desirable in a teacher? I think the following would be generally accepted. First, the teacher39。 feelings. 37. We can learn from the Kimberly case that A) children are more than just personal possessions of their parents B) the biological link between parent and child should be emphasized C) foster homes bring children more pain and suffering than care D) biological parents shouldn39。s an important development, one that39。 occurs, as for instance between going to and from work. Women on average reported slightly more lapses pared with for men m probably because they were more reliable reporters. A startling finding of the research is that the absentminded activity is a hazard of doing things in which we are skilled. Normally, you would expect that skill reduces the number of errors we make. But trying to avoid silly slips by concentrating more could make things a lot worse m even dangerous. 31. In his study Professor Smith asked the subjects A) to keep track of people who tend to fet things B) to report their embarrassing lapses at random C) to analyse their awkward experiences scientifically D) to keep a record of what they did unintentionally 32. Professor Smith discovered that A) certain patterns can be identified in the recorded incidents B) many people were too embarrassed to admit their absentmindedness C) men tend to be more absentminded than women D) absentmindedness is an excusable human weakness 33. Programme assembly failures (Line 6, Para. 2) refers to the phenomenon that people A) often fail to programme their routines beforehand B) tend to make mistakes when they are in a hurry C) unconsciously change the sequence of doing things D) are likely to mess things up if they are too tired 34. We learn from the third paragraph that A) absentmindedness tends to occur during certain hours of the day B) women are very careful to perform actions during peak periods C) women experience more peak periods of absentmindedness D) men39。s statement can be seen in the prosperity that business has brought to . life. One of the most important reasons so many people from all over the world e to live in the United States is the dream of a better job. Jobs are produced in abundance (大量地 ) because the . economic system is driven by petition. People believe that this system crates more wealth, more jobs, and a materially better way of life. The negative side of Henry Ford39。s leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25% Children are affected by the same time crunch (危機(jī) ) that af