PART ONE
I.TEXT COMPRENHENSION
The following comprehension questions are based on the texts you have learned, and each of them is provided with 4 choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the best answer to each question and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points, 1 point each)
1.According to the researchers in No Marriage, No Apologies, we may conclude that __________.
[A]the population of cohabitation is increasing, even among gay couples
[B]there is a direct relationship between cohabitation and divorce
[C]sexual fidelity between cohabiting couples is the same as that between married
[D]cohabiting couples do not want to have their own children
2.In Decameron, the three brothers killed Lorenzo because they ________.
[A]considered his relationship with their sister a shame
[B]were not willing to marry their sister to him
[C]thought his relationship with their sister harmful to their business
[D]wanted to start their business somewhere else without him
3.In The Lady or the Tiger, the princess got to know all the secrets behind the two doors __________.
[A]from the Queen
[B]by accident
[C]from the doorkeepers of the arena
[D]by means of her royal power
4.In The Necklace, the author tries to convey to the readers the message that _________.
[A]women tend to seek wealth, beauty, grace an charm
[B]a higher social rank means everything to men
[C]one’s fate in life is irresistible
[D]the excessive desire drives people out of their senses
5.The character of the fisherman’s wife can best be described by all of the following EXCEPT _________.
[A]greedy
[B]hysterical
[C]suspiocious
[D]arrogant
6.According to the author of Bringing up Children, learning together _________.
[A]aims to improve relationship between parents and children
[B]is an important means of achieving this parent-child relationship
[C]may help parents to learn more about how to play together with their children
[D]may help both parents and children to learn more about each other
7.In A Day’s Wait, the boy preferred to stay awake and refused to let anyone come into his room because he _______.
[A]believed that they did not understand his terrible tension inside
[B]thought he was going to die and he had to show courage in the face of death
[C]mistook the Fahrenheit scale for the Celsius one
[D]seemed t know all about influenza and believed that there was nothing to worry about
8.In the beginning of the story The Wrong House, we are impressed by the two men’s _______ actions.
[A]peaceful
[B]stealthy
[C]vigorous
[D]skillful
9.According to Mr. Givens, where do we get mannerisms such as assuming a submissive stance, automatically raising the eyebrows and etc?
[A]We learn such mannerisms from our own culture.
[B]We develop such mannerisms as we grow up.
[C]We learn such mannerisms from each other.
[D]We are born with such mannerisms.
10.In Lady in the Dark, Mrs. Courtenay managed to leave a message for the Inspector to track down the murderer by _____.
[A]putting the paper in her pocket
[B]indicating the murderer’s accent in a note
[C]describing the murderer’s appearance in detail
[D]writing a note with her knitting needle
11.Helen Keller’s purpose in writing Three Days to See to show that people ________.
[A]go about their petty tasks, hardly aware of anything worthy of note
[B]become accustomed to the routine of life and picture death as far in the future
[C]are hardly appreciative of the meaning of life and its permanent spiritual values
[D]fail to make the fullest use of their senses only taking their faculties for granted
12.In The Time Machine, when the Time Traveler reached the year AD 802,701, he found a would freed from the struggle for existence, and the people had become _____.
[A]aggressive and unapproachable
[B]unfortunate and miserable
[C]hostile and bloodthirsty
[D]unambitious and unassertive
13.According to the information from The Federal Government, the President represents the USA, and one careless, ill-prepared speech would ________.
[A]bring him an ill reputation
[B]deprive him of all the power he represents
[C]bring about a crisis in the world
[D]plunge the world into a war
14.When the Second World War was over, Britain was planning to turn the Empire into a commonwealth of independent members. The word commonwealth suggests itself, for ________.
[A]its members demanded their independence
[B]its members were united for their shared profit
[C]most of Britain’s colonies took their seats among the United Nations
[D]most of the peoples in the Empire helped Britain to win the war
15.It is ________ that constitute what we call the Welfare State.
[A]free medical services and unemployment benefit
[B]subsistence allowance and unemployment benefit
[C]various benefits through the social service schemes
[D]the social insurance scheme and full employment
16.As a punishment for disobeying God, Adam and Eve, after they had tasted the forbidden fruit, were compelled to ______.
[A]work long and hard to keep themselves alive
[B]kill their own son as an offering to God
[C]leave the Garden of Eden and make a living by themselves
[D]experience more hardships and sadness in the reality of the world
17.According to Greek mythology, Zeus told Prometheus to teach the mortals everything they needed to know in order to live EXCEPT how to _______.
[A]make their own tools
[B]build their own houses
[C]plant and grow their own food
[D]use the gift of fire
18.When Pandora opened the box for the first time, all the winged creatures escaped EXCEPT _________.
[A]Sickness
[B]Hope
[C]Farming
[D]War
19.In Bricks from the Tower of the Babel, Latin was _______ from about the fifth century through the fifteenth.
[A]claimed as the most suitable of possible international languages
[B]the second language of educated people all over Europe
[C]the language forbidden by priests and clergymen for use
[D]used by the majority of the people all over Europe
20.“My ambition was now stirred, and in spite of the hardness of my life, I would not have exchanged Lowood for all the comforts of Gateshead.” It can be inferred from this sentence that ______.
[A]Jane had come to love Lowood though the life there was rather unbearable
[B]Jane would rather go back if Gateshead were as comfortable as Lowood
[C]Jane’s biggest ambition was to have a comfortable life
[D]Jane preferred hardness to comfort and refused to go back to Gateshead
II.READING COMPREHENSION
In this part there are 4 reading passages followed by 20 questions or unfinished statements. For each of the questions there are 4 choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [d]. You should decide on the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points, 2 points each)
Passage 1
Some time ago I discovered that one of the chairs in my front hall had a broken leg. I didn’t foresee any great difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique shops in the Pimlico Road which is there minutes’ walk from my flat, so I set forth one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop confidently, expecting a friendly reception, with a kindly man saying, “What a charming chair, yes, that’s quite a simple job, when would you want it back?”
I was quite wrong. The man I approached wouldn’t look at it. I wasn’t too concerned; after all, it was only the first try and there were many more shops on both sides of the road.
The reaction at the second shop, though slightly politer, was just the same, and at the third and the fourth – so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I entered the fifth shop with some confidence because I had concoted a plan. I placed the chair gently on the floor so as not to disturb the damaged leg and said, “Would you like to buy a chair?” The rather fierce proprietor looked it over carefully and said, “Yes, not a bad little chair, how much do you want for it?” “￡20,” I said. “OK,” he said, “I’ll give you ￡20.” “It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it’s nothing, don’t worry about it.”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be very saleable once the repair is done. I like the bit of old green velvet on the top. I shall leave that, yes, very saleable.” “I’ll buy it,” I said. “What d’ye mean? You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes I know but I’ve changed my mind; as a matter of fact it is just what I’m looking for – I”ve got a pair to it at home. I’ll give you 27 quid for it.” “You must be crazy,” he said; then suddenly the penny dropped and he smiled and said, “I know what you want, you want me to mend your chair.” “You’re plumb right,” I said.
“And what would you have done if I had walked in and said ‘Would you mend this chair for me?’” “I wouldn't have done it,”he said,“we don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much of a numsance, but I'll mend this for you. Shall we say a fiver?” He was a very nice man and thought the whole episode rather funny.
21.How did the writer go to the antique shops?
[A]By bus.
[B]On foot.
[C]By car.
[D]By like.
22.The writer thought the first shop owner was __________.
[A]rude
[B]kind
[C]polite
[D]friendly
23.The writer entered the fifth shop with some confidence because he ___________.
[A]knew the owner of the shop
[B]had expected the owner to be even politer
[C]went to the other side of the street
[D]had thought of a plan
24.Which of the following is TRUE?
[A]The writer had another chair like the broken one.
[B]the writer had two more chairs like the broken one.
[C]The writer was looking for another chair like the broken one.
[D]The writer wanted to sell another chair like the broken one.
25.The fifth owner agreed to repair the broken chair because _________.
[A]the writer had paid him the money
[B]the writer had shown him the money
[C]the writer’s approach had amused him
[D]the writer’s chair was easy to repair
Passage 2
Children display an amazing ability to become fluent speakers of any language consistently spoken around them. Every normal human child who is not brought up in virtual isolation from language use soon comes to speak one or more languages natively.
The child’s acquisition（习得，学习）of his native language is not dependent on any special tutoring. Parents may spend many hours “reinforcing” every recognizable bit of their child’s verbal activity with a smile or some other reward. But there is no particular reason to believe that such activity affects the child’s ultimate success in becoming a native speaker of his parents’ language. Children can pick up a language by playing with other children who happen to speak it just as well as they can through the concentrated efforts of doting parents. All they seem to need is sufficient exposure to the language in question.
This capacity for acquiring language is remarkable for a number of reasons. It is remarkable first because of its uniformity throughout the human race. There simply are no cases of normal human children who, when they are given the chance, fail to acquire a native language. By way of comparison, it is not at all unusual for a child to fail to master arithmetic, reading, swimming, or gymnastics despite a considerable amount of instruction. Language acquisition, in other words, is species uniform.
It is also species specific. Every normal person learns a human language, but no other animal, not even the most intelligent ape, has been shown to be capable of making the slightest progress in this direction, although some animals can learn to solve problems, use tools, and so on. Language acquisition thus appears to be different in kind from acquisition of the other skills mentioned.
The progress is further remarkable for its comparative speed and perfection. When we actually attempt to take a language apart to see how it works, we find it is extraordinarily complex and it involves highly abstract organizational principles. Yet, within the first few years of his life, every human child has succeeded in mastering at least one such system. Furthermore, the linguistic system that the child masters is identical to the one employed by the people around him. If children are regularly exposed to two languages, they will very probably learn both; moreover, they will succeed in keeping the two linguistic systems separate, which is a considerable achievement in itself.
26.The key word in native language learning is ________.
[A]tutoring
[B]reinforcement
[C]exposure
[D]concentration
27.The author compares learning a native language to learning arithmetic to show ________.
[A]that learning a language is a native language is a different kind of process
[B]how unusual it is for the child to fail in either case
[C]how normal children master both
[D]that they both need a lot of instruction
28.When the author says that language is “species uniform”, he means that ________.
[A]animals cannot learn a language
[B]all children learn the same linguistic system
[C]all human beings learn a language
[D]all the specific principles of different languages are the same
29.The fact that even the most intelligent ape cannot learn a language shows that language learning ________.
[A]is like solving problems
[B]requires training in skills
[C]is species uniform
[D]is species specific
30.Since language is complex, it is remarkable that children _________.
[A]compare their native language to other languages
[B]learn their native language so quickly and so well
[C]master one such system
[D]learn the language for practical purposes
Passage 3
The United Negro Cpllege Fund (UNCF) is facing its greatest challenge ever in meeting the growing demand of African-Americans enrolling in historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In its most recent Statistical Report, the New York-based UNCF reports fall 1991 enrollment at its 41 member private HBCUs has reached an all-time high of 50,800, representing a 19% increase over 1986 figures. Black enrollment in higher education overall reached a new high of 1.2 million during the same period, reflecting a record rate of high school completion and increased interest in pursuing college degrees among black students. In addition, the 17% enrollment increase among UNCF-member schools between 1986 and 1990 outpaced the 12% enrollment increases registered at all U.S. colleges in general. While a slump（暴跌）in the pursuit of education degrees continues, a surge（猛增）in the number of business and management degrees conferred to UNCF students has become increasingly evident.
31.The topic of this selection is ________.
[A]American colleges
[B]the United Negro College Fund
[C]earning a bachelor’s degree
[D]enrollment patterns in HBCUs
32.What is the main idea of the selection?
[A]Enrollment, funding, and degrees awarded at HBCUs have reached all-time highs.
[B]the UNCF is facing a great challenge in meeting the demands of black students in HBCUs.
[C]UNCF colleges award bachelor’s degrees in a variety of fields.
[D]UNCF enrollment has increased in every region of the United States.
33.In 1986, as compared with 1991, enrollment figures for African-Americans at HBCUs were _________.
[A]12 percent lower
[B]19 percent lower
[C]19 percent higher
[D]12 percent higher
34.If trends continue, we can predict that over the next few years, black student’s interest in pursuing college degrees will ________.
[A]be difficult to measure
[B]remain the same
[C]go on increasing
[D]start to decrease
35.Which of the following statements is the writer’s opinion?
[A]HBCU enrollment has reached an all-time high.
[B]The UNCF is facing its greatest challenge ever.
[C]Black enrollment in higher education overall reached a new high of 1.2 million in 1991.
[D]Between 1986 and 1990, the enrollment increase among UNCF member schools was 17%
Passage 4
The Bedouin people think most highly of people who show loyalty. To them loyalty does not mean that one is devoted to a country, a place, or a leader. Loyalty means being faithful to one’s family and tribe.
The Bedouin take pride in their ancestors. They do not admire a hero from an ordinary or poor family as much as one who comes from an honored family. They particularly respect those who have inherited a good name and then have passed it on to their children.
A man’s position among the black-tent people depends upon his ancestors, relatives, and fellow tribesmen. If they are honored, he is also honored. If they are disgraced, he too is disgraced. Therefore one carefully guards the honor of his family, his lineage, and his tribe.
A man can protect his family’s honor by being brave and generous and by giving protection to those who ask for it. He also guards it by carefully watching the women of his family.
A Bedouin woman cannot bring honor to her family, but she can bring disgrace. Even of a woman only looks as if she has done wrong, she may be killed. The honor of her family depends upon her virtue.
36.It can be inferred from the passage that a Bedouin man will feel disgraced if he _________.
[A]does not succeed at business
[B]needs to ask for help from his brothers
[C]does nothing when a member of his family is insulted
[D]does not help a stranger who asks for assistance
37.The Bedouin people respect those who _______.
[A]leave their families to seek success on their own
[B]value their families more than anything else
[C]become heroes with an ordinary family background
[D]are devoted to their country
38.A Bedouin man should watch the women in his family carefully because they __________.
[A]may be killed
[B]may bring disgrace
[C]must bring honor
[D]must depend on him
39.You infer from this passage that Bedouin women are _________.
[A]treated as the equals of men
[B]listened to carefully when they tell their side of a story
[C]respected for the many things they do
[D]not respected as much as men
40.The word disgrace means __________ in this text.
[A]honor
[B]danger
[C]pride
[D]shame
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