Part One Listening Comprehension (略)
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%nIjRmqM~ Directions: In each question decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Put the letter of your choice on the ANSWER SHEET. (20%)
H\S,^)drJ? 41. The beauty of the reflected images in the limpid pool was the poignant beauty of things that are__________, existing only until the sunset.
D"hiEz A. equitable B. ephemeral C. euphonious D. evasive
L/ZZe5I 42. Brooding and hopelessness are the__________of Indians in the prairie reservations most of the time.
F,D& A. occupations B. promises C. frustrations D. transactions
T&c[m!}X|t 43. What__________about that article in the newspaper was that its writer showed an attitude cool enough, professional enough and, therefore, cruel enough when facing that disaster-stricken family.
bIH2cJ A. worked me out B. knocked me out C. brought me up D. put me forward
41.+3VP 44. __________considered the human body aesthetically satisfactory.
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acH.L_B: C. No prehistoric cave man nor late-industrial urban man
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lRrOoON 45. Not until the 1980's__________in Beijing start to find ways to preserve historic buildings from destruction.
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c(~M<nL0 47. The concept of internet,__________has intrigued scientists since the mid-20th century.
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t512]eqhb( 48. Because of difficulties in getting a visa, the students had to__________the idea of applying for study in the United States.A. reduce B. yield C. relinquish D. waver
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:O{ :;X) 50. The index of industrial production__________last year.
s^AYPmR6 A. raised up by 4 per cent B. rose up with 4 per cent
4b(iGLrt0 C.arose up with 4 per cent D. went up by 4 per cent
s2tEyR+gW 51. Please__________if you ever come to Sydney.
X4o8 A. look at me B. look me up C. look me out D. look to me
Ar\`OhR 52. British hopes of a gold medal in the Olympic Games suffered__________yesterday, when Hunter failed to qualify during the preliminary heats.
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.Wr7?'D1M 53. By the end of the year 2004, he__________in the army for 40 years.
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_{A($/~c? 54. __________there was an epidemic approaching, Mr. Smith__________the invitation to visit that area.
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o`&idn|, 55. In the dark they could not see anything clear, but could__________.
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h5Z%|J>;0 A. that seemed to be the best route B. what seemed to be the best route
lte~26=e C. which seemed to be the best route D. something that to be the best route
GSMP)8W 57. The scheme was so impracticable that I refused even__________.
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`B^?Za,xN 58. Among the first to come and live in North America__________, who later prospered mainly in New England.
$biCm$a A. had been Dutch settlers B. Dutch settlers were there
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Qs~;?BH& 59. The cargo box has a label__________on it. Please handle it with care.
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BB~Qs 60. __________we wish him prosperous, we have objections to his ways of obtaining wealth.
G66vzwO A. Much as B. As much C. More as D. As well as
R|Ykez!D Part Three Reading Comprehension
TG'A'wXxy Ⅰ. Directions: Each of the passages is followed by some questions. For each question four answers are given. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question. Put your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (10%)
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fLPB *y6 What Makes a “Millennial Mind”?
eoow]me Since 1000 AD, around 30 billion people have been born on our planet. The vast majority have come and gone unknown to all but their friends and family. A few have left some trace on history: a discovery made, perhaps, or a record broken. Of those, fewer still are remembered long after their death. Yet of all the people who have lived their lives during the last 1, 000 years, just 38 have achieved the status of “Millennial Minds” -that's barely one in a billion. Those whose lives Focus has chronicled have thus become members of possibly the most exclusive list of all time. And choosing who should be included was not easy.
\<V{6#Q= From the beginning, the single most important criterion was that the “Millennial Minds” are those who did more than merely achieve greatness in their own time, or in one field. Thus mere winners of Nobel Prizes had no automatic right to inclusion, nor artists who gained fame in their own era, but whose reputation has faded with changing fashion. The achievements of the genuine “Millennial Mind” affect our lives even now, often in ways so fundamental that it is hard to imagine what the world was like before.
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8sE@?, 61. The first paragraph tells us that__________.
bPiJCX0d A. Focus had a list of “Millennial Minds” worked out in secret
t R*JM$T B. Focus had compiled a biographical book of the lives of “Millennial Minds”
z%]~^k8 C. Focus 's list of the “Millennial Minds” consists of a strictly selected few
17J|g.]m-& D. Focus tried hard to exclude most of the famous lives from the list of the “Millennial Minds”
*p +%&z_< 62. According to the second paragraph, which of the following statements is TRUE?
sexnO^s A. Nobel Prize winners are not qualified for the “Millennial Minds”.
3_ObCsJ#, B. A “Millennial Mind” needs only to have a great influence on the lives of the people of his time.
kE/>Ys@w C. Only those whose achievements still greatly affect our lives today can be included in the list of the “Millennial Minds”.
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1 vi<@i, 63. In the first sentence of the third paragraph, “transcendent genius” means__________.
~M+|g4W% A. people who are exceptionally superior and great in talent
irpO(>LK B. people whose achievements are not forgotten by later generations
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qH$G_R#)8B D. people who have guaranteed themselves a place in the Focus list
)}vQ?n[:' 64. In the third paragraph, the phrase “cast light on” can be replaced by__________.
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EzwYqw Passage Two
MiAXbo#\ Tribute to Dr. Carlo Urbani, Identifier of SARS
1z0&+ C3z On the 29th of March, 2003, the World Health Organization doctor Carol Urbani died of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the fast-spreading pneumonia that had killed 54 people worldwide.
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www.freekaobo.com kR9G;IZ8s cBiv=!n M"ZP s ,r+=>vre The 46-year-old Italian doctor was the first WHO officer to identify the outbreak of this new disease in an American businessman. Dr. Urbani first saw the US businessman on Feb. 28, two days after the patient had been admitted to a hospital in Hanoi. Although Urbani had worn a mask, he lacked goggles and other protective clothing. He began demanding that Hanoi hospitals stock up on protective gear and tighten up infection control procedures. But he was frustrated at how long it was taking to teach infection-control procedures to people in hospitals. There were shortages of supplies, like disposable masks, gowns, gloves.
uXyNj2(d. After three weeks of round-the-clock effort, Urbani's superior urged him to take a few days off to attend a medical meeting in Bangkok, where he was to talk on childhood parasites. The day after he arrived, he began feeling ill-with symptoms of the new disease. He called his wife, now living in Hanoi with their three children. He said:“Go back to Italy and take the children, because this will be the end for me.” Dr. Urbani developed a fever and was put into isolation where he remained until his death. The WHO representative in Hanoi said:“He was very much a doctor, his first goal was to help people.”
_hK7hvM> He was buried on April 2, 2003 in Castelplanio, central Italy, leaving behind his wife and children. The measures he helped put in place before his death appear to have doused the SARS wildfire in Vietnam.
y2o?a6` 65. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
q$0^U{j/ A. Dr. Urbani caught SARS from an American businessman who was hospitalized in Hanoi.
F;}?O==H; B. There were not enough disposable masks, gowns, gloves and protective equipment.
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0A/GWSmF D. Dr. Urbani had helped combating the new disease by putting in place a series of infection-control measures.
?7YX@x 66. In the third paragraph, “three weeks of round-clock effort”means__________.
#c./<<P5} A. for three weeks the hospital was taking in SARS patients without stopping
C5*j0} B. Dr Urbani worked day and night for three weeks, trying to get SARS under control
VEd\* C. for three weeks Dr. Urbani did not have any time to sleep, trying hard to fight the new disease
]nEN3RJ D. After three weeks hard work to control SARS, the hospital superior thought it was time to stop the clock
to(OVg7_ 67. According to the context, the word “doused” in the last sentence of this passage could be best replaced with__________.
=3 }@\f# A. extinguished B. eliminated C. solved D. deluged
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Since the Bronze Age, about 3000 B. C., glass has been used for making various kinds of objects. It was first made from a mixture of silica, lime, and an alkali such as soda or potash, and these remained the basic ingredients of glass until the development of lead glass in the seventeenth century.
x{&0:|bCs6 When heated the mixture becomes soft and moldable and can be formed by various techniques into a vast array of shapes and sizes. The homogeneous mass thus formed by melting then cools to create glass, but in contrast to most materials formed in this way (metals, for instance), glass lacks the crystalline structure normally associated with solids, and instead retains the random molecular structure of a liquid. In effect, as molten glass cools, it progressively stiffens until rigid, but does so without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarily associated with that process. This is why glass shatters so easily when dealt a blow.
_bMD| <~u.:x@ R Another unusual feature of glass is the manner in which its viscosity changes as it turns from a cold substance into a hot, ductile liquid. Unlike metals that flow or “freeze” at specific temperatures, glass progressively softens as the temperature rises, going through varying moldable stages until it flows like a thick syrup. Each of these stages allows the glass to be manipulated into various forms, by different techniques, and if suddenly cooled the object retains the shape achieved at that point. Glass is thus open to a greater number of heat-forming techniques than most other materials.
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