【正文】 shed B. accused C. sentenced D. put 11. The past 22 years have really been amazing, and every prediction we’ve made about improvements have al e________. A. truly B. true C. Truth D. truthful 12. The teachers tried to ______these students that they could solve the plicated problem, however, they just didn’t see the point. A. convince B. encourage C. consult D. inclined 13. I’m ______ to think that most children would like their teachers to be their friends rather than their manders.A. subjected B. supposed C. declined D. inclined 14. She is under the impression that he isn’t a _________ person for he wouldn’t tell her where and when he went to university.A. genius B. generous C. genuine D. genetic 15. The first glasses of Coca Cola were drunk in 1886. The drink was first _____ by a US chemist called John Pemberton. A. formed B. made C. found D. done 16. These two chemicals _________with each other at a certain temperature to produce a substance which could cause an explosion.A. interact B. attract C. react D. expel 17. _________they can get people in the organization to do what must he done, they will not succeed. A. Since B. Unless C. If D. Whether18. Once you have started a job, you should do it__________.A. in practice B. in theory C. in earnest D. in a hurry 19. Although they new library service has been very successful, its future is ______certain.A. at any rate B. by no means C. by all means D. at any cost my surprise, at yesterday’s meeting he again _________the plan that had been disapproved a week before. A. brought about B. brought out C. brought up D. brought down Section II Cloze Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices, 21 hat businesses were still protecting consumers 22 the full brunt (沖擊) of higher energy costs. The Producer Price Index 23 measures what producers receive for goods and services, 24 1 percent in July. The Labor Department reported yesterday. Double 25 economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from flat prices in June. Excluding 26 and energy. the core index of producer prices rose percent, 27 than the percent that economists had 28 . Much of that increase was a result of an 29 increase in car and truck prices. On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the 30 that consumers paid for goods and services in July were 31 percent over all, and up percent, excluding food and energy. 32 the overall rise in both consumer and producer prices 33 caused by energy costs, which increased percent n the month. Wholesale food prices 34 percent in July. 35 July 2004,Wholesale prices were up percent, the core rate 36 percent, its fastest pace since 1995. Typically, increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index 37 businesses recoup (補償) higher costs from customers. 38 for much of this expansion, which started 39 the end of 2001, that has not been the 40 . In fact, many businesses like automakers have been aggressively discounting their products.21. A indicate B to indicate C indicating D indicated 22. A of B to C by D from 23. A that B which C it D this 24. A rise B rises C rose D raised 25. A that B what C which D this 26. A food B grain C crop D diet 27. A less B lower C higher D more 28. A said B reported C calculated D forecast 29. A expectable B. unexpected C expectation D expecting 30. A prices B costs C charges D values 31. A down B from C to D up 32. A Much B Most C Most of D Much of 33. A was B were C is D are 34. A fall B fell C falls D has fallen 35. A Comparing with B In parison C Compared with D Compare to 36. A dropped B declined C lifted D climbed 37. A as B so C while D when 38. A And B But C Yet D Still 39. A at B by C in D to 40. A condition B situation C matter D caseSection III Reading prehension Directions:Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A,B,C and D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:Office jobs are among the positions hardest hit by pumation (計 算 機 自 動 化). Word processors and typists will lose about 93,000 jobs over the next few years, while 57,000 secretarial jobs will vanish. Blame the PC: Today, many executives type their own memos and carry there” secretaries” in the palms of their hands. Time is also hard for stock clerks, whose ranks are expected to decrease by 68,000. And employees in manufacturing firms and wholesalers are being replaced with puterized systems. But not everyone who loses a job will end up in the unemployment line. Many will shift to growing positions within their own panies. When new technologies shook up the telem business, telephone operator Judy Dougherty pursued retraining. She is now a munications technician, earning about $ 64,000 per year. Of course, if you’ve been a tollbooth collector for the past 30 years, and you find yourself replaced by an E ZPass ma