【正文】 oblem and ____ measures in line with the council’s suggestions. A. work out B. bring over C. set about D. fill up 27. Much of the news provided by this newspaper is _______, not foreign. A. domestic B. purchase C. strain D. murder 28. Estimates of the amount of oil discharged into the sea may _______ a lot. A. change B. range C. vary D. alter 29. The area is ________ to drought and floods. A. subject B. subjective C. subjected D. objective 30. This chapter includes a brief _________ of the more monly used drug. A. observe B. survey C. explore D. inspect 31. The firm installed ____ machines at enormous expense. A. prime B. advanced C. indirect D. skilled 32. They put off their departure ____ the ing meeting. A. participate in B. engage in C. instead of D. on account of 33. Each textbook _________ of 10 units. A. poses B. includes C. contains D. consists 34. The cost of the improvement _________ from million to 4 million pounds. A. altered B. ranged C. separated D. differed 35. I asked my friend to _________ a doctor who is good with children. A. recall B. introduce C. remend D. suggest 57. Natural gas can be used to power cars by ____ their engines. A. condensing B. transmitting C. transferring D. converting 58. Our taxi was caught in a traffic ____, so we were late for the show. A. jam B. block C. lock D. knot 59. It ____ that they sold to the home market but they didn’t export. A. broke out B. worked out C. turned out D. found out 60. In previous time, when fresh meat was in short ____, pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food. A. provision B. procedure C. supply D. assumption 61. The embassy has _____ itself to send aid to the famine victim. A. drain B. pledged C. integrated D. shift 62. _________ the system was operating, you couldn’t turn the heat off. A. As soon as B. As well as C. So far as D. As long as 63. Nowadays China has a (an) ________ supply of food. A. efficient B. abundant C. enough D. adequate 64. Ambition is a characteristic _________ all successful businessmen. A. for B. to C. of D. with 65. I will give you an _________ to meet all kinds of people. A. occasion B. chance C. opportunity D. occurrence 66. I don’t have a thing with me _________ this coat. A. other than B. more than C. better than D. rather than Part IV Cloze (20 points) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. There are more than forty universities in Britain—nearly twice as many as in 1960. During the 1960s eight pletely new ones were founded, and ten other new ones were created 67 converting old colleges of technology into universities. In the same period the 68 of students more than doubled, from 70,000 to 69 than 2022,000. By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen 70 twentyone were in universities and about 5% of women. All the universities are private institutions. Each has its 71 governing councils, 72 some local businessmen and local politicians as 73 as a few academics. The state began to give grants to them fifty years 74 , and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its 75 from state grants. Students have to 76 fees and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authority of the place 77 he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs, including lodging and 78 unless his parents are 79 . Most 80 take jobs in the summer 81 about six weeks, but they do not normally do outside 82 during the academic year. The Department of Education takes 83 for the payment which cover the whole expenditure of the 84 , but it does not exercise direct control. It can have an important influence 85 new developments through its power to distribute funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which is mainly 86 of academics. 67. A. with B. by C. at D. into 68. A. amount B. quantity C. lot D. number 69. A. more B. much C. less D. fewer 70. A. with B. to C. from D. beyond 71. A. self B. kind C. own D. personal 72. A. making B. consisting C. including D. taking 73. A. good B. long C. little D. well 74. A. ago B. before C. after D. ever 75. A. suggestions B. grades C. profits D. funds 76. A. make B. pay C. change D. delay 77. A. what B. which C. where D. how 78. A. living B. drinking C. food D. shelter 79. A. poor B. generous C. kindhearted D. rich 80. A. professors B. students C. politicians D. businessmen 81. A. at B. since C. with D. for 82. A. travel B. work C. experiment D. study 83. A. responsibility B. advice C. duty D. pleasure 84. A. government B. school C. universities D. mittees 85. A. at B. to C. on D. from 86. A. consisted B. posed C. made D. taken Part V Translation (10 points