I.

Cloze (10 blanks altogether, 1 point each and 10 points total)

Directions: Decide which of the words given in the box below would best
complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. The words can be
used ONCE ONLY.

A) emotional B) keen C) for D) insensible E) length

F) against G) sanity H) future I) likely J) wide
K) clinging to L) strength M) to N) past O) weakness

Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded (1) ______ in old age. One
of these is too great an absorption in the past. One should not live in memories, in
regrets (2) ______ the good old days, or in sadness about friends who are dead. One’s
thoughts must be directed to the (3) ______, and to things about which there is
something to be done. This is not always easy; one’s own past is gradually increasing
weight. It is easy to think that one’s emotions used to be more vivid than they are, and
one’s mind more (4) ______. If this is true it should be forgotten, and if it is forgotten
it will probably not be true.
The other thing to be avoided is (5) ______ youth in the hope of finding (6)
______ in its vitality. When your children grow up they want to live their own lives,
and if you continue to be as interested in them as you were when they were young,
you are (7) ______ to become a burden to them, unless they are unusually (8) ______.
I do not mean that one should be without interest in them, but one’s interest should be
considerate and, if possible, charitable, but not too (9) ______. Animals become
indifferent to their young as soon as their young can look after themselves, but human
beings, owing to the (10) ______ of infancy, find this less easy.

I. Cloze (10 blanks altogether, 1 point each and 10 points total)

1-5 FCHBK 6-10 LIDAE

II. Grammar (20 items altogether, 1 point each and 20points total)
Directions:Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in
each sentence without changing its original meaning.

1. Most fundamental is the profound relationship between language and culture that
lies at the heart of society and one that we overlook at our peril.
A.correct B. incredible C.successful D.deep
2. You may wonder, would anyone have misgivings about all these wonderful
developments.
A.have misjudgment about B.have no idea about
C.have misinterpretation about D.are not sure about
3. English and Welsh speakers make adjustments regarding the color spectrum in the
grey / green / blue / brown range, since English has four words and Welsh has three.
A.concerning B.inquiring C. applying D. talking
3. Whales are not given to swimming in warm, southern seas.
A.Are not permitted to swim B. are not willing to swimming
B.Don’t usually swim D. are not justified to swim
5.We’ve got a team of experts working on the problems—let’s wait and see what they
come up with.
A. present B. produce C. perform C. display
6.English-speaking world becomes ever more complacent and cuts down on foreign
language learning programs in the mistaken belief that it is enough to know English.
A.satisfied B. proud C. conceited C. big-headed
7.He gazed with longing and apprehension into the future.
A.wonder B. hope C. desire D. Curiosity
8.Suddenly the steering wheel jerked in my hands and the car swerved violently to the
right.
A. bump B. hit C. turned C. stopped
9.The rain seemed to be slackening a bit now, and I rolled down the window all the
way to watch.
A. became slower B. stopped C. became stronger D. fastened
10. Here hobbled a bitterly disillusioned cripple, a man who held on to his sanity and
his wife and his home and his job because of 14 miserable steps
A. disappointed B. depressed C. cold D. hopeful
11. Those steps were a gauge of life. They were my yardstick, my challenge to
continue living.
A. mark B. symbol C. sign D. measure
12. In spite of my disease I still drove to and from work each day, with the aid of
special equipment installed in my car.
A.set up B. checked C. repaired D. disassembled
13. All I can say to describe the aftermath of the explosions is that it was a sea of
blood.
A.Scene b. photo C. situation D. result
14. My situation is grim and the odds of winning, or even surviving, seem unlikely.
A.ration B. scale C. probability D. rate
15. This thought makes me sicker than when I am staring at heaps of bodies strewn
over the tattered soil.
A.spread out B. distributed C. laid out D. scattered
16. One night, as I performed my routine watch, I passed a young girl of no more than
twelve or thirteen.
A.Random B. regular C. thorough D. final
17.Police officers must have a valid reason for stopping motorists.
A.sufficient B. sensitive C. reasonable D. conclusive
18. Humans do err, but that is no excuse for ending innocent lives and destroying
whole countries!
A. guilty B. guiltless C. free D. accused
19. I can see from my hiding spot that a Nazi soldier is inspecting the trench.
A.look at closely B. think over C. peer at D. stare at
20. They all came here with an air of confidence and eagerness, ready to win
A. seeming to have B. with a lot of air C. covering D. holding
31. The early Bible translators hit the problem of untranslatability head-on.
A.be directly confronted with B. touch
C. move D. attack
32. He can come with us, provided he pays for his own meals.
A. gave B. offer C. as long as D. produce
33. He seems to have overlooked one important fact.
A. look at B. fail to see  C. notice D.

Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.

1. Which companies was she referring ___when she spoke of competing firms? (to)
2. Bats communicate___ each other by ultrasonic messages. (with)
3. Citizens may have free access ____the library. (to)
4. It is rude to mock ____others’ shortcomings. (at)
5. I’d like to go back to teaching, but I am ___ touch with my subject now. (out of)
6. She is determined to do it regardless ____all consequences. (of)
7. Food is essential ___ life. (to)
8. At the time, many doctors had serious misgivings ____ the new treatment. (about)
9. Any climber who neglects these simple precautions does so___ his peril. (at)
10. It is the truth. We are not given_____telling lies.(to)
11. He cut down ______ coffee and sugar and ate a more healthy diet.(on)
12. This is a choice you must make for yourself as an individual, regardless
_____what anyone else.(of)
13. My thoughts drift_____ my wife now. （to)
14.________an air of self-confidence, he walked directly to the big machine.(With )
15.You ignore this warning ______your peril.(at )
17.No one have come up_________ a convincing explanation of why dinosaurs died
out. (with)
18. The child was saved and brought back to life ______ the aid of an international
rescue team.(with)
19.A country s future prosperity depends, ______ a degree, upon the quality of
education of its people.（to）
20.Here hobbled a bitterly disillusioned cripple, a man who held on _____ his sanity
and his wife and his home and his job because of 14 miserable steps. (to)
21. The door opened and a little girl stood there, peering______ me.(at)
22. I realized that I was filled to overflowing _______self-pity, selfishness,
indifference to the needs of others and thoughtlessness.（with)

IV. Blank Filling (10 blanks altogether, 1 point each and 10 points total)
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word given in
brackets.

51. He_________ when he saw his boss enter the room.(stiff) stiffened
52. Magazines and newspapers routinely make punctuation _________.(err) errors
52.At that time the government was unwilling to resist the
foreign_______(invade). invasion
53.The ___________ laid towns and villages in ruins.(invade). invaders
54.A lot of people make the__________ that poverty only exists in the Third World.
(assume) assumption
55.________ that it is true, what should we do now?(Assume)Assuming
56.We have abundant proof of his __________.(innocent)innocence
57. You will need to complete three written ___________ per semester.(assign)
assignments
58.There were two loud___________ and then the building burst into flames.
(explode) explosions
59.Certain gasses are highly______. (explode) explosive
60. He was honored for his art of_________ and his ability to create, with wit and
humor, new kinds of characters.(describe) description
61.Neither of my children showed the slightest ________ to follow me into
journalism.(incline)inclination
62.I’m _______to tiredness in summer. (incline) inclined
63.The crowd ________ at the sound of the explosion. (panic)panicked
64.To help keep me from____________ I am thinking of my daughters’ faces as they
open their presents on Christmas Day.( panic) panicking
65. I am so close to death that I can actually feel its fiery breath _______ me.(engulf)
engulfing
66. Never have I been so_________ at my fellow man before.( enrage) enraged
67. This thought makes me sicker than when I am staring at heaps of

bodies______over the tattered soil.(strew) strewn

68. Everyone is____________ to die. ( doom) doomed
69. ___________ and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike .
（indifferent) indifference
70.The most immediate problem is organized crime and its __________of the security
forces. (penetrate)penetration 
71. Despite increasing physical __________, he continued to write stories.(frail)
frailty
72.He does not consider his deafness an________. (afflict) affliction 
73.She was_______ with a serious disease. (afflict) afflicted
74.His teacher praised him for the__________ of his report.(excellent) excellence
75.Central authority has been_________ weakened since the outbreak of the civil
war.(progress)  progressively
76.She was the most_________ writer of those times. (progress)progressive
77.There is widespread________with the present government.(disillusion)
disillusionment
78._________ by his team’s poor performance, the manager resigned. (disillusion)
Disillusioned
79.Barclays, for instance, now believes the Chinese_________ will grow 7.8% this
year. (economic)economy
80. Medicine should not be kept where it is ________ to children.(access) accessible
81. She is_________a nice person, but she finds it difficult to communicate.
(fundamental) fundamentally
82.These issues are often combined with natural feelings of__________.( homesick)
homesickness
83. These desks and seats can be_________to the height of any
child. (adjust) adjusted
84.You can make _______ according to your taste in cooking. (adjust) adjustment
85. We should stop assuming _________ that our children are being educated just
because we have many schools with lots of teachers and myriad administrators.
(complacent) complacently
86.I’m sorry to make you so painful. Please forgive my___________
( thoughtlessness) thoughtless
87. I could sense the loneliness and__________as I closed my garage door behind
me. ( remote)  remoteness 
88. In marriage, many areas are___________. Couples can find a compromise.
( negotiate) negotiable
89.I don’t think there are any____________ problems in this project provided we
have enough faith. ( surmount) unsurmountable
90.Those who are created by publicity will __________ be destroyed by it.
(inevitable)inevitably

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English by using one of the
expressions given in the box.

faced with, a man of…; facilitate; in an effort to, dismiss

66. 为了更好地适应大学生活，他打算在暑假参加由当地大学举办的夏令营。
In an effort to better adjust himself to the college life, he plans to join in the summer camp held by
the local university this summer.

67. 互联网的发明极大的方便了我们生活中几乎所有方面，包括教育、娱乐和购
物等。
The invention of the Internet has greatly facilitated almost every aspect of our life,
including education, entertainment, and shopping.

69. 你可能以为走在这里的是一位充满了勇气和力量的人。
You might think that here walked a man of courage and strength.

70. 在那部电影里，那个亿万富翁面临着两难选择——和妻子离婚，让她分走他
半个金融帝国，或者冒着被警方发现的危险把她谋杀掉。
In the movie that billionaire was faced with a dilemma — either divorces his wife, who
would then carve out half of his financial empire, or murders her at the risk of being found
out by the police.

可能会有过路司机停下的念头立即被打消。
The thought that a passing motorist might stop was dismissed at once.

In the end, the company and its investors came to a mutually _______arrangement.
(benefit)
52. Everything should be done step by step. Your habit and _____ are developed
gradually. (mental)
53. To be sure, the challenges facing the children in both groups were still ______to
many. (surmount)
54. Pollution is one of the major problems currently _____ many developing
countries. (afflict)
55. Students viewed Latin as boring and ____________. (relevantly)
56. With practice, you should become _______ (proficiency) within six months.
(proficient)
57. We have yet to hear any _______ from them that a problem actually exists.
(acknowledge)
In the end, the company and its investors came to a mutually _______arrangement.
(benefit)
52. Everything should be done step by step. Your habit and _____ are developed
gradually. (mental)
53. To be sure, the challenges facing the children in both groups were still ______to
many. (surmount)
54. Pollution is one of the major problems currently _____ many developing
countries. (afflict)
55. Students viewed Latin as boring and ____________. (relevantly)
56. With practice, you should become _______ (proficiency) within six months.
(proficient)
57. We have yet to hear any _______ from them that a problem actually exists.
(acknowledge)
58.

V. Translation (5 sentences altogether, 3 points each and 15 points total)

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English by using one of the
expressions given in the box.

be critical of; a man of…; inherent; facilitate; take ... at face value
61. 那个国家的知识分子对政府新的福利政策持强烈的批评态度，他们认为这将
降低劳动人民的生活水平。
62. 互联网的发明极大的方便了我们生活中几乎所有方面，包括教育、娱乐和购
物等。
63. 我们不应只看到失败的表面，而要从失败中得出经验教训。
64. 你可能以为走在这里的是一位充满了勇气和力量的人。
65. 由于人们对腐败政府固有的不信任，这个国家经常发生暴乱。

A 卷参考答案
I. Cloze (10 blanks altogether, 1 point each and 10 points total)
1-5 FCHBK 6-10 LIDAE

IV. Blank Filling (10 blanks altogether, 1 point each and 10 points total)
51. beneficial 52. mentality 53. unsurmountable 54. afflicting
55. irrelevant 56. proficient 57. acknowledgement
58. reconciliation 59. denial 60. resentment

V. Translation (5 sentences altogether, 3 points each and 15 points total)

be critical of; a man of…; inherent; facilitate; take ... at face value
61. 那个国家的知识分子对政府新的福利政策持强烈的批评态度，他们认为这将
降低劳动人民的生活水平。
The intellectuals of that country were very critical of the government’s new social
welfare policy because, according to them, it would bring down the living standards
of the working people.
62. 互联网的发明极大的方便了我们生活中几乎所有方面，包括教育、娱乐和购
物等。
The invention of the Internet has greatly facilitated almost every aspect of our life,
including education, entertainment, and shopping.
63. 我们不应只看到失败的表面，而要从失败中得出经验教训。
We shouldn’t take failures at face value. Instead, we should learn from our failures.
64. 你可能以为走在这里的是一位充满了勇气和力量的人。
You might think that here walked a man of courage and strength.
65. 由于人们对腐败政府固有的不信任，这个国家经常发生暴乱。
Because of people’s inherent distrust of the corrupt government, this country suffers
from frequent riots.

V. Translation (5 sentences altogether, 3 points each and 15 points total)

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English by using one of the
expressions given in the box.

be critical of; a man of…; inherent; facilitate; take ... at face value
61. 那个国家的知识分子对政府新的福利政策持强烈的批评态度，他们认为这将
降低劳动人民的生活水平。
62. 互联网的发明极大的方便了我们生活中几乎所有方面，包括教育、娱乐和购
物等。
63. 我们不应只看到失败的表面，而要从失败中得出经验教训。
64. 你可能以为走在这里的是一位充满了勇气和力量的人。
65. 由于人们对腐败政府固有的不信任，这个国家经常发生暴乱。

A 卷参考答案
I. Cloze (10 blanks altogether, 1 point each and 10 points total)
1-5 FCHBK 6-10 LIDAE

IV. Blank Filling (10 blanks altogether, 1 point each and 10 points total)
51. beneficial 52. mentality 53. unsurmountable 54. afflicting
55. irrelevant 56. proficient 57. acknowledgement
58. reconciliation 59. denial 60. resentment

V. Translation (5 sentences altogether, 3 points each and 15 points total)

be critical of; a man of…; inherent; facilitate; take ... at face value
61. 那个国家的知识分子对政府新的福利政策持强烈的批评态度，他们认为这将
降低劳动人民的生活水平。
The intellectuals of that country were very critical of the government’s new social
welfare policy because, according to them, it would bring down the living standards
of the working people.
62. 互联网的发明极大的方便了我们生活中几乎所有方面，包括教育、娱乐和购
物等。
The invention of the Internet has greatly facilitated almost every aspect of our life,
including education, entertainment, and shopping.
63. 我们不应只看到失败的表面，而要从失败中得出经验教训。
We shouldn’t take failures at face value. Instead, we should learn from our failures.
64. 你可能以为走在这里的是一位充满了勇气和力量的人。
You might think that here walked a man of courage and strength.
65. 由于人们对腐败政府固有的不信任，这个国家经常发生暴乱。
Because of people’s inherent distrust of the corrupt government, this country suffers
from frequent riots.

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