【正文】 . Disjunct melodies. Questions 14—16 are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14—16. 14. Why don?t the people in some rural areas get the news and information by radio? A. Because it is too expensive to listen to the radio. B. Because some rural parts of the world have no electricity. C. Because the news or information from the outside world is not important. D. Because they don?t enjoy it. 15. What?s the trouble for the poor people? A. Batteries are very . Batteries aren?t available. 中國最龐大的下載資料庫 (整理 . 版權(quán)歸原作者所有 ) 第 3 頁 共 15 頁 C. Batteries are not . They can?t afford the electricity. 16. How long will the clockwork radio play? A. For an hour and a . For an hour. C. For two . For half an hour. Questions 17—20 are based on the following monologue. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17—20. 17. What is the purpose of the broadcast? A. To make remendations on sensible dieting. B. To report the latest advances in physical therapy. C. To relate an experiment bining sleep and exercise. D. To offer advice about sleeping problems. 18. According to the speaker, what happens when you toss and turn to get fortable? A. Your heart rate is . It bees harder to relax. C. You bee too tired to . Sleep rhythms are disrupted. 19. According to the speaker, what sometimes causes people to have trouble sleeping? A. Failure to rest during the . Lack of sleep on weekends. C. Vigorous exercise in the . Eating cheese before going to bed. 20. What does the speaker say about sleeping pills? A. They might eventually cause you to close sleep. B. They help produce a neurotransmitter in the brain. C. You must not drink milk if you take them. D. They make it unnecessary to take naps. You now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET. THIS IS THE END OF SECTION I Section II: Vocabulary and Structure (10 points) 中國最龐大的下載資料庫 (整理 . 版權(quán)歸原作者所有 ) 第 4 頁 共 15 頁 Directions: There are 20 inplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best pletes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET 1 with a pencil. 21. Most people chose him as one of ______ statesmen of that year. A. popularB. favoredC. favoriteD. favorable 22. He soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable ______. A. abilityB. future C. possibilityD. opportunity 23. The plier ______ the article to make it fit the space available in a magazine. A. turns down B. cuts downC. pulls downD. runs down 24. The bank extends longterm ______ at favorable rate to foreign buyers, thus financing the purchase of US goods and services. A. mortgages B. securities C. loans D. insurances 25. He tried to ______ his involvement in this scheme but he finally gave in and confessed. A. declineB. reject C. refuseD. deny 26. Through teaching, man is able to build his basic abilities into new and more ______ skills. A. plicated B. plex C. confusedD. confined 27. Those two will never cooperate while there?s such a basic ______ of interest between them. A. confusionB. contradiction C. contrastD. conflict 28. All I?m trying to do is to ______ why your condition has not been improved. A. look forB. find outC. search forD. get in 29. My brother likes eating very much but he isn?t very ______ about the food he eats. A. specialB. peculiarC. particularD. unusual 30. The detective had found a few ______ towards the murder, but still, he had no idea who the murderer was. A. guidesB. indicationsC. cluesD. hints 31. It is not always possible to foresee the obstacles ______ your way towards an ambitious goal. 中國最龐大的下載資料庫 (整理 . 版權(quán)歸原作者所有 ) 第 5 頁 共 15 頁 A. blockedB. blocking C. to blockD. to blacking 32. We can share what we know, ______, with someone who has need of that knowledge or skill. A. however little it might beB. though little it might be C. however it might be littleD. as little it might be 33. It is time the nations of the world ______ a halt to the manufactures of nuclear weapons. A. would callB. callC. calledD. will call 34. The teacher said the essays were mostly very good, but ______ of Jane?s and Tom?s there was much room for improvement. A. in caseB. for the sake of C. in orderD. in the case 35. All the tasks ______ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week. A. had been fulfilledB. were fulfilled C. having been fulfilledD. been fulfilled 36. No one is sure ______ damage the cosmic rays can do to a human being, but scientists feel that brief exposure is probably not very harmful. A. that B. whatC. whetherD. which 37. Someone of us had told Smith about ______ a lecture the following day. A. there beingB. there be C. there would beD. there was 38. One investigation showed that forty percent of those killed in auto accidents ______ if they had been wearing seat belt. A. would have been savedB. could have been saved C. should have been savedD. might have been saved 39. The pressure of a gas plays ______ important a part than that of a liquid. A. no lessB. none lessC. none the lessD. not the less 40. Many a time ______ me good advice, but I refused to follow it. A. my teacher has givenB. has my teacher given C. my teacher had givenD. had my teacher given Section III: Cloze (5 points) 中國最龐大的下載資料庫 (整理 . 版權(quán)歸原作者所有 ) 第 6 頁 共 15 頁 Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET 1. Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared.