Ⅰ. Phonetics
Directions : In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.    l.A .background      B .although      C .blouse       D .amount

2.A .garage          B .damage       C .courage      D .garbage

3.A .civil            B .curriculum    C .crystal       D .country

4.A .baggage         B .suggestion     C .biography   D .paragraph

Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure
Directions : There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section . For each sentence there are four choices marked A , B , C and D . Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
5. Do you think it necessary____ an English diary every day?
A. keep        B. to keep        C. keeping        D. kept
6. ____ have I heard anything like that in my life.
A. Only       B. Surprisingly     C. Never         D. However

7.When we woke up, everywhere was ____ snow.
A. covered     B. covered in      C. covered with    D. covering

8. More students than one____ there .
A. has been     B. have been      C. had been       D. would have been

9. You know that’s right, ____?
A. is it         B. isn’t it         C. do you         D. don’t you

10. Those good traditions have been passed____ the younger generation.

A. on to       B.to on            C.cross to      D.to
11. _____ many times, but he still couldn’t understand it.

A. Having been told                B. He was told

C. Though he had been              D. Having told

12. We had a long telephone ____ yesterday evening.

A. dialogue    B. conversation      C. talk         D. speech

13. How ____ of you to remember my birthday!

A. thoughtful   B. thoughtfully    C. careful      D. carefully

14. Marry, as well as Tom, ____ a key to the office.

A. have       B. having         C. to have      D. has

Ⅲ. Cloze  

Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

When all the people had assembled, the king, surrounded by his court, __15__ a signal. Then a door beneath him opened , and the accused man stepped__16__ into the arena. Directly opposite him were two doors, exactly__17__ and side by side. It was the duty and the privilege of the __18__ on trial to walk directly to these__19__and open one of them. He__20__open either door he pleased; he was subject to no __21__ or influence. If he opened the one, there came out of it a hunger tiger, the __22__ and most cruel that could be found, which __23__ sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt. __24__, if the accused person opened the other door, out of it came a __25__ lady, and to this lady he was immediately married, as a reward of his innocence. This was the__26__method of administering justice. Its perfect fairness is obvious. The criminal could __27__ know out of which door would come the lady; he opened either he pleased, without having the slightest __28__ whether, in the next instant, he was to be devoured or married. So the accused person was instantly__29__ if guilty, and, if innocent, he was rewarded on the spot.
15 . A . give          B . gives         C . gave         D . given
16 . A . down         B . out           C . in           D . away
17 . A . alike .         B . different       C . big         D . closed

18. A . person        B . king          C . people       D . lady
19 . A . door          B . doors         C . audience     D . signals

20 . A . should         B . would        C . must        D . could
21 . A . push           B . direction      C . heading     D . guidance

22 . A . fiercest         B . wild         C . softest      D . weak
23 . A . immediately     B . usually       C . sometimes   D . frequently

24 . A . Therefore       B . Though       C . But         D . When

25 . A . little           B . angry         C . beautiful     D . old
26 . A . criminal’s       B . king’s        C . lady’s        D . tiger’s

27 . A . even           B . also          C . especially     D . not
28 . A . interest         B . belief         C . idea         D . reason

29 . A . punish         B . punishing      C . punishes      D . punished

IV. Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet .

                                  Passage One
    Only one animal can walk 200 miles without stopping once to rest . It would take a person two days and two nights to walk this far, and only one man has ever done it without stopping. What amazing animal has such endurance? The camel! The camel is well known for something else, too. It can cross an entire desert without a single drink of water. Its body is built in a special way to help it store water and food.
    A person has just one stomach, but a camel has quite a few. Within each stomach are layers and layers of cells. These cells are like tiny water balloons, storing liquids until the camel needs them. When the camel drinks, the cells grow larger and larger. For a whole week, they can keep the animal’s thirst away by sending water to all parts of its body.
    And did you ever wonder why the camel has a hump? The hump is a storage place for fat. Because it has this storage area, the camel does not need to eat very often. When the animal needs energy, the layers of fat serve as fuel to keep it going on the long, hot days in the burning sun.

The camel has one other gift that makes it well suited to arid regions. This gift is its amazing nose. A camel can smell a water hole from miles away!
    When a camel moves it sways from side to side like a ship on a wavy ocean. Because of this swaying motion, the camel has been called the "Ship of the Desert."
30. The camel’s hump is a storage place for ____.
A. muscles          B. extra water          C. body sugars          D. fat
31. We can conclude from this passage that camels____.
A. feel at home in the desert                 B. like to carry heavy loads
C. look like ships from a distance             D. will always be useful
32. The author compares cells with water balloons in order to ____ .
A. make you think of summer                B. help you visualize the cells
C. show how rubber is elastic                D. show how many shapes cells can have

33. The word "arid" is closest in meaning to ____.
A. sunny            B. flat                C. dry                 D. sandy
                                 Passage Two
    A group of scientists rowing toward the center of a lake saw something shocking.They turned back as fast as they could. What had they seen? The lake was boiling!
    The group was investigating a crater lake in the mountains of St. Vincent. A crater lake is the mouth of a volcano that has been dormant for some time and has filled with water.

This particular crater was the tip of a volcano called Soufriere, which erupted last in 1902. Since that time, it had not shown any signs of action. But in the fall of 1971, mountain climbers who had hiked near the lake returned to the lowlands with strange stories. They said the water had turned yellow and was giving off a smell like burnt eggs. A seething fog was rising from the lake’s surface.

Local scientists rushed to Soufriere to see if this might be the beginning of a new volcanic explosion. They found a huge black mass in the middle of the water. It was a great blob l,000 feet long and 300 feet wide. Lava had pushed up through the bottom of the lake and formed a new island.

 The investigators wanted to make sure that the volcano was safe, and that the lava would not overflow into the surrounding countryside.  But they could never reach the island to study it, because the lava was so hot that the water around it bubbled and boiled.
34. This passage is about ____.
A. mountain climbing              B. a boiling lake
C. a new volcanic island            D. a mysterious blob
35. A crater lake is at the tip of a ____.
A. mountain      B. ridge        C. island        D. volcano

36 . We can conclude that ____.
A. the situation was nothing to be concerned about
B. Soufriere is still an active volcano
C. crater lakes are easy to hike to
D. Soufriere is a dead volcano
37. The writer explains the boiling water by using____.
A. myths       B. humor         C. facts        D. arguments

Passage Three

Have you ever heard of a flower whose seeds are carried and spread by elephants? The rafflesia, a rare blossom is very unusual. Found in the rain forests of Sumatra, the rafflesia is the world’s largest flower, measuring three feet in diameter!
    This giant flower is a parasite-it needs another plant to live on. It lacks the structures needed to survive alone. The rafflesia has no stem or leaves. It is all flower. It attaches itself to the roots of other plants and sucks their juices. The flower’s favorite home is the root of the vine, which grows above ground.
    The rafflesia seems to burst right out of the forest floor. Its blossom weighs fifteen pounds! It has thick, spotted petals that give off a rotten smell. The center is about the size of a household bucket. After a rain, it may hold up to twelve pints of water!
    After the rafflesia dies, it becomes a pool of thick liquid in which its seeds float. Elephants wandering through the forest step into the mushy pool, and the seeds glue themselves to their feet . As the animals stomp through the forest, their sticky feet pick up twigs and leaves. The elephants try to rid themselves of the sticky mess, in the same way people try to get bubble gum off their shoes. The elephants rub their feet against the roots of the vine. In no time, seeds left on the vine grow into more monstrous flowers!
38. Elephants help to ____.
A. provide food for the giant flower
B. water the rafflesia with their trunks

C. carry raffiesia seeds from one place to another

D. stomp out the awful smelling petals

39. From this passage, we can guess that the writer ____

A. likes elephants                  B. has a very large garden

C. admires the wonders of nature      D. likes to measure things

40. To give us an idea of how large the rafflesia is, the author uses ____.

A. size of an elephant for comparison   B. measurement

C. comparisons to other flowers       D. detailed descriptions of the flower’s stem

41. As used in this passage, “structures” means____.

A. endurance        B. organization       C. necessary parts     D. energy

Passage Four

Many superstitious people are afraid of black cats. They believe that black cats have a strange power. If a black cat crosses their path, they think they will have bad luck.
    Black cats haven’t always had such a bad reputation. Long ago , the Egyptians thought that black cats were holy animals . They even worshipped them. Pasht was an Egyptian goddess who had a woman’s body and a cat’s head. Because the Egyptians had so much respect for black cats, they often buried the sacred creatures with great ceremony. Mummies of cats have often been found in ancient cemetery ruins. To keep the cats company after they died, mice were sometimes buried beside them.

Feelings about black cats have always been strong. People have thought they were either very good or very bad. The people of Europe, in the Middle Ages, believed black cats were the evil friends of witches and the Devil. Witches were said to have the power to change themselves into black cats. People believed that you could not tell whether a black cat was just a cat, or whether it was a witch disguising herself as she plotted some evil scheme. The brain of a black cat was thought to be a main ingredient in witch’s brew.
    Unlike their ancestors of the Middle Ages, Englishmen today consider black cats to be good luck charms. Fishermen’s wives often keep a black eat around so that their husbands will be protected when they are out at sea.
42. The Egyptian goddess Pasht had a ____·
A. woman’s head and a cat’s body        B. woman’s head and a lion’s body

C. cat’s head and a man’s body          D. woman’s body and a cat’s head

43. Judging from this passage, people of the Middle Ages probably ____.
A. treated black cats with respect         B. treated black cats badly

C. were witches if they had black cats     D. thought black cats were beautiful

44. People of ancient Egypt and Europeans of the Middle Ages____.
A. both worshipped black cats
B. both feared black cats
C. thought black cats could bring good luck
D. felt very different about black cats
45. “Sacred” means ____.
A. dead        B. holy        C. black        D. fearful

V. Daily Conversation
Directions : Pick out five appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet ·

Tourist: Excuse me, __46B__? I’m lost!  
Person: Certainly, where would you like to go?
Tourist: I’d like to go to the museum, but I can’t find it. Is it far? 
Person: No, __47D__. It’s about a 5 minute walk. Now, go along this street to the traffic lights.

Do you see them?
Tourist: Yes, I can see them.
Person: Right, __48E__, turn left into Queen Mary Avenue.
Tourist: Queen Mary Avenue.
Person: Right. Go straight on. Take the second left and enter Museum Drive.
Tourist: OK .Queen Mary Avenue, straight on and then the second left，__49G__.
Person: Right. Just follow Museum Drive and the museum is at the end of the road.