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Directions: There are four parts altogether in this test paper. The total scol-e is 100, and the test time is limited to 3 hours. AtxC(gm 1
Part I. Vocabulary and Structure (20 points) *e:2iM)8~
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the cOlTesponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. ZvK.X*~s
J. "Infon11ation ___" would mean disabling an enemy by making use of computer viruses to wreck its computer-controlled systems. B9H.8+~(
A. ll1vasion B. explosion C. contest D. warfare
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3. "Knowledge is power." This dictum (Z R) has never been so true as today ___ the advent of the Information Age. wNUcL*n
A. on B. at C. by D. with qac:"z'9
4. In this context, giving instructions means giving infonnation rather than giving orders, even though such infoDl1ation may sometimes be expressed in the fonn. w{N8Y~O
A. cooperative B. imaginative C. imperative D. comparative *xpPD\{k
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6. These coins have been from circulation because they are no longer valid cUlTency. %4BQY>O)@
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7. For their own protection, ___ sleep-walkers have been known to tie themselves in bed, lock their doors or bolt the window. ;";>7k/}
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9. I never take any notice of the ___ headlines in the popular newspapers. They are always a gross exaggeration. SzFh
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10. A of escaped prisoners were reported to have been arrested and sent back to the prison. <TSps!(#
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12. Scientists claim that an individual can only function for about three days when totally --of sleep. ^E%NYq_2l<
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14. When computer systems are used to ___ financial transactions and control civilian aircraft, we cannot afford to underestimate the importance of software quality. - 8jlh
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15. Many people become because they feel a tremendous gap between the way their life is and the way they think it ought to be. ZT,au
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16. Since man has done much to upset the ecology by his ignorance and wastefulness, it is up to man to try to put matters right. rERtOgi
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18. Overseas students are ___ to apply for admission to almost all the courses in British universities, provided they have the necessary qualifications. "#{b)!EH
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19. Though in theory one has opportunities in choosing his career, he has only a handful of chances because of his educational background. j",*&sy
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Part II. Reading Comprehension (40 points) 4dh>B>Q
Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. %,d+jBM
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Many scientists think the virus which causes AIDS did jump from the African Green Monkey. While it is difficult to decide precisely when and where the first cases of AIDS or HIV infection occurred in Africa, studies on the frequency of certain clinical CililiJ7l( S<:J) diseases as markers of
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AIDS indicate that there was a marked increase in cases in Africa during the late 1970's and early 1980's. Africa in the late 1970's was a continent in social transitlon. Because of the extreme poverty of the countryside and the growth of major cities in the country at the same time, there was a large shift in populations, which caused the spread of the disease once it had anived in the bloodstream of the first human being. Some of the very "earliest" cases of a disease which became known in 1981 as AIDS, were occurring in central Africa in the "AIDS Belt" of U ganda, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania. ![Vrbe P
On .Tune 5, 1981 the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, U.S. announced the presence of a rare, infectious disease in five American homosexuals. Soon doctors were finding similar cases all over the country and the world. The AIDS epidemic U1i1:;St) had officially begun. By 1983 it was clear that AIDS had spread aroLlnd the world. More than twenty years later, AIIDS has left twenty-six million dead and another forty million infected. AIDS has become the worst medical catastrophe(';J01t) ever experienced by mankind. uYd_5
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AIDS is truly a disease of modem times. Some say that it made its appearance at this time in history 111a1111 y because the world has become so much smaller due to transportation and the migration 0 f people from one place to another. That proposal has a lot of truth to it. Especially 111 developing countries, great numbers of people are forced to travel from their slmple rural lives to the great cities where alcohol, dmgs, and prostitution cause epidemics of certain illnesses, most particularly, AIDS. zS?DXE
However, scientists still don't know exactly how and where AIDS started. Finding the source of AIDS could be cmcial in developing a vaccine and be important in mapping the future course of the epidemic. ikPr>
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A. There was a medical record about the first case of HIV infection. `oE.$~'
B. Reports on AIDS cases occurring in the 1980s were on the rise. L_IvR 4:j~
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D. AIDS disease is a direct outcome of social transition happening in Africa. U,aMv[Z B
23. According to the passage, which of the following can possibly be seen as a factor to say "AIDS has become the worst medical catastrophe ever experienced by mankind"? qmnW
A. It had been officially recognized so late that it was already out of control. iyMoLZ5
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D. Modem means of transportation are applied worldwide.
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"There is a senseless notion that children grow up and leave home when they're 18, and the 5%R$7>`Z
truth is far from that," says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin. Today, x]:B3_qR
unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents. 'There is a major shift in the 97VS
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middle class," declares sociologist Allan Schnaiberg of Northwestem University, whose son, 19, Za1VJ5-
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Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this retum to the nest. The marriage age is rising, a .A<n2-
condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people. A high /k^O1+]H
divorce rate and a declining remaITiage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally `,FvYA"
hurt survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of an away-from-home college h)yAge
education has become so excessively great that many students now attend local schools. Even MY>o8A
after graduation, young people find their wings clipped by skyrocketing housing costs. X1lL@ `r.5
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kids to stay at home." But sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are the >J@hqW
hassles over bathrooms, telephones and privacy. Some families, however, manage the delicate 8'Bik
balancing act. But for others, it proves too difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three OW8"7*irT
times -and left three times. "What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol 7_AcvsdW
problem," she explains. "He never liked anyone I dated, so I either had to hide away or meet them 8E\6RjM
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Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving on? Most psychologists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake. Children, stmggling to establish separate identities, can end up with "a sense of inadequacy, defeat and failure." And aging parents, who would be enjoying some financial and personal freedom, find themselves stuck with responsibilities. Many agree that brief visits, however, can work beneficially. >t}0o$\?E
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D. Parents should support their adult children when they are in trouble. )0I;+9:D=
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For about three centuries we have been doing science, trying science out, using science for the P]4C/UDS-~
construction of what we call modem civilization. Every dispensable item of contemporary aa1^cw 5}
technology, from canal locks to dial telephones to penicillin, was pieced together from the analysis )J"Lne*"
of data provided by one or another series of scientific experiments. Three hundred yeas seems a ):lq}6J#
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appraisal of the scientific method, maybe even long enough to vote on whether to go on with it or @,RrAL
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Voices have been raised in protest since the begi1U1ing, nsmg in pitch and violence in the nineteenth century during the early stages of the industrial revolution, summoning urgent crowds into the streets any day these days on the issue of nuclear energy. Give it back, say some of the voices, it doesn't really work, we've tried it and it doesn't work, go back three hundred years and start again on something else less chance for the race of man. K 5SHt'P
The principal discoveries in this century, taking all in all, are the glimpses of the depth of our ignorance about nature. Things that used to seem clear and rational, matters of absolute certainty -Newtonian mechanics, for example -have slipped through our fingers, and we are left with a new set of gigantic puzzles, cosmic uncertainties, ambiguities; some of the laws of physics are amended every few years, some are canceled outright, some undergo revised versions of legislative intend as if they were acts of Congress. ?>V4pgGCE
Just thirty years ago we call it a biological revolution when the fantastic geometry of the DNA molecule was exposed to public view and the linear language of genetics was decided. For a while, things seemed simple and clear, the cell was a neat little machine, a mechanical device ready for taking to pieces and reassembling, like a tiny watch. But just in the last few years it has become ]$'w8<D>t,
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D. For three hundred years science has been fully developed. ).0h4oHSj
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