【正文】 This was the first time that the public gained access to classified information concerning the health of the population affected by radionuclides from the nuclear military plex, Mayak. (The Most Contaminated Spot on the Pla ) 4. Workers barely survive until their retirement age and male life expectancy has gone down to 57. (The Most Contaminated Spot on the Pla ) 5. Japan‘s youth are out for thrills, stepping clear of the buttoneddown, uniformed life of their parents and onto society‘s dance floor. (From We to Me) 6. Schools once famous for rigidity and discipline have turned into chaotic places where students even physically assault teachers. (From We to Me) 7. Like American adults, however, teens are divided about how to achieve equality. (What Teens Really Want) 8. At the same time, however, our survey found teens today are highly permissive about premarital sex. (What Teens Really Want) 9. No aspect of life in the Twenties has bee more mented upon and sensationally romanticized than the socalled Revolt of the Younger Generation. (The Sad Young Men) 10. The rejection of Victorian gentility was, in any case, inevitable. ( The Sad Young Men) III. Proofreading (10%) Direction: the following passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a maximum of one error. In each case, only one word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the way required. For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a ∧ sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash / and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line. EXAMPLE When ∧ art museum wants a new exhibit, 1. an it ne/ver buys things in finished form and hangs 2. never them on the wall. When a natural history museum wants an exhibition, it must often build it. 3. exhibit The Great Depression first started in the New York Stork Exchange. In the 1920s, there were fatal flaws on the prosperity 1. _________ of the economy. Overproduction of crops depresses food prices, 2. __________ and farmers suffered. Industrial workers were earning better wages, but they still did not have enough purchased power to continue buying the flood of goods that poured out of their factories. With profits soar and interest rates low, a great deal of money was available for investment, and much of that capital went into reckless speculation. Billions of dollars that poured into the stock market, and frantic bidding boosted the prices of share far above their real value. As long as the market prospered, speculators could make fortunes overnight, but they could be ruined just as quick if stock 8. __________ prices fell. On October 24, 1929 – ―Black Thursday‖ a wave of panic selling of stocks swept the New York Stock Exchange. Once started, the collapse of shares and other security prices could not be halted. By 1932, thousands of banks and over 100,000 businesses had been failed. Industrial production was cut in half, farm ine had fallen by more than half, wages had increased 60%, new investment was down 90%, and one out of every four was unemployed in the USA. IV. Reading Comprehension (25%) 15 610 1115 1620 2125 V. Text Analysis (30%) Questions 1 What is the thesis statement of this passage? (5 points) Question 2 Are the paragraphs coherent and unified? If so, how does the writer develop his ideas? (12 points) Question 3 Comment on one of the ideas presented in this passage. (13 points) 《高級(jí)英語(yǔ)》考試試卷（ C）參考答案 I. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words and phrases. (15%) 1. speaks volumes 2. in the vicinity of 3. at his disposal 4. acted as 5. oblivious of 6. look up to 7. to no avail 8. follow suit 9. a battery of 10. in lieu of 11. unparalleled 12. reassuring 13. circulation 14. significance 15. engulfed II. Paraphrase the following sentences, especially paying attention to the underlined part. （ 20%） 看要求評(píng)分 III. Proofreading (10%) The Great Depression first started in the New York Stork Exchange. In the 1920s, there were fatal flaws on the prosperity 1. in of the economy. Overproduction of crops depresses food prices, 2. depressed and farmers suffered. Industrial workers were earning better wages, but they still did not have enough purchased power to continue buying the flood of goods that poured out of their factories. With profits soar and interest rates low, a great deal of money was available for investment, and much of that capital went into reckless 5. but speculation. Billions of dollars \that poured into the stock market, and 6 that frantic bidding boosted the price of share far above their real value. As long as the market prospered, speculators could make fortunes overnight, but they could be ruined just as quick if stock prices fell. On October 24, 1929 – ―Black Thursday‖ a wave of panic selling of stocks swept the New York Stock Exchange. Once started, the collapse of shares and other security prices could not be halted. By 1932, thousands of banks and over 100,000 businesses had been failed. Industrial 9. been production was cut in half, farm ine had fall