Section I Vocabulary （10 points ）

Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four
choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence and mark youranswers on ANSWER SHEET 1

1.If you draw a(n) ______ between two things, that means the two things are different.
A. prescription B. intersection C. partition D. distinction

2. The negotiations are going well and we are confident of a successful ______.
A. outbreak B. output C. outcome D. outset

3. Batistuta went to Florence for the third year in ______.
A. succession B. series C. sequence D. session

4. You may play PC games to your heart's ______ during the winter break.
A. content B. consent C. consensus D. conscience

5. Some governments have forbidden cigarette ___and launched anti-smoking campaigns.
A. commissions B. commodities C. commercials D. commands

6. Applicants must show that they have $10,000 or more ____ for living expenses and
approximately $10,000 for tuition.
A. acceptable B. advisable C. available D. applicable

7. The director often says it is difficult to design a program that will meet the ______ needs
of all our users.
A. diverse B. distinctive C. distinct D. distinguished

8. ______ their differences, they are united by the common desire to transform their personal
commitment into public leadership.
A. But for B. For all C. Above all D. Except for

9. The winter just ending was ____ severe, causing great hardship to the poorer people in
this area.
A. exceptionally B. explosively C. extensively D. expressively

10. Computer software ______ some 70 percent of the company’s products.
A. applies for B. allows for C. accounts for D. answers for

11. According to the __________ of the contract, employees must give six months' notice if theyintend to leave.
A. laws B. rules C. terms D. details

12. The _______ meter can detect even a very small amount of gas in the room
A. sensible B. sensitive C. sensing D. sensed

13. The bank manager asked his assistant if it was possible for him to ______ the investment plan within a week.
A. work out B. put out C. make out D. set out

14. Television will provide information on prices at the nearby shops ________ news and
entertainment.
A. as many as B. as far as C. as well as D. as long as

15. Jane takes an __________ interest in clothes and is very particular about what she wears.
A. exhaustive B. excelling C. executive D. excessive

16. In China, it is a serious crime to __________ancient paintings out of the country.
A. struggle B. smuggle C. sublet D. withdraw

17. The rich man was asked to pay a high _________ for his daughter who was taken away by
criminals.
A. margin B. prestige C. ransom D. purchase

18. According to the International Law, the United Nations would impose economic
_________against an invading country.
A. commissions B. promotions C. sentences D. sanctions

19. To ______ something will enable you to buy property without having the funds to pay for it at present.
A. donate B. guarantee C. mortgage D. finance

20. Our university is unable to tuition fees to students who fail to complete the course.
A. rescue B. recover C. refund D. refresh

Section II Cloze ( 10 points )

Directions: Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1.

It's an annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that 21 evening you're burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, 22 are throwing the books at kids. 23 elementary school students are complaining of homework 24 . What's a well-meaning parent to do? As hard as 25 may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you've got to get them to do it, 26 helping too much, or even examining 27 too carefully, you may keep them 28 doing it by themselves. "I wouldn't advise a parent to check every 29 assignment," says psychologist John Rosemond, author Of Ending the Tough
Homework. "There's a 30 of appreciation for trial and error. Let your children 31 the
grade they deserve."
Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask
them to rethink their 32 . But "you don't want them to feel it has to be 33 ," she says. That's not to say parents should 34 homework -- first, they should monitor how much homework their kids 35 . Thirty minutes a day in the early elementary years and an hour in 36 four, five, and six is standard, says Rosemond. For junior-high students it should be 37 mom than an hour and a half," and two for high-school students. If your child 88 has mom homework than this, you may want to check 39 other parents and then talk to the teacher about 40 assignment ( 252 words )

21 A. very B exact . C. right D. usual
22 A. officials B. parents C. experts D. schools