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ENGLISH ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR @v |_APy#
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March 2007 lB,.TK
PAPER ONEPAPER ONE l^fz
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PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) 1J^{h5?lU
1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable. C7,Ol0`v
A: reluctantly B: unwittingly C. impulsively D: anxiously kIM*
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2. In fear for their lives and in ______of their freedom, thousands of enslaved women and children fled to the Northern States on the eve of the American Civil War. DN!:Rm uc
A. Way B. view C. vision D. pursuit M,:GMO:?a
3. If I could ensue a reasonably quick and comprehensive solution to the crisis in Iraq, t would not have entitled my speech “the______ problem.” RBiDU}j
A. Instant B: Inverse C. Insoluble D. Intact entO"~*EX
4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering. HJM- ;C](
A. confide B. ponder C. well D: reflect jF{zcYU
5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. vxK}f*d
A: urge B. force C. spur D. rush. %J7 ;b<}To
6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. +.5 /4?
A. concern B. magnitude C. volume D. carelessness *cJ GrLC
7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______ called "hot" and later "swing." zR">'bM:
A. shortly B. initially C. actually D. literally 'ym/@h7h
8. The depth of benefits of reading varies in ______ the depth of one's one’s experience z1_\P) M
A. tempo with B. time with C. place of D. proportion to |h@'~c
9. Whatever the questions he really wanted to ask at the reprocessing plant, though, he would never allow his personal feelings to ______ with an assignment. V6Z2!Ht
A. interrupt B. bother C. interfere D. intervene r@^h,
10. His ______ with computers began six months ago. [@_}BZk
A. imagination B. invocation C. observation D. obsession j;)U5X
11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them. -#|J
A. vulnerable B. allergic C. inclined D. hostile 8ZE{GX.m2c
12. Some of the words employed by Shakespeare in his works have become______ and are no longer used in the present days. bwS1YGb
A. obsolete B. obscene C. obvious D. oblique F2:?lmhL<
13. One of the main ways to stay out of trouble with government agents is to keep a law______ away from those situations wherein you call attention to yourself. la[xbv
A. manner B. position C. profile D. station hj4Kv
14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. p{[Ol
A. provisional B. sensational C. sentimental D. potential ,?P @ :S<8
15. As the core of the management hoard, he can always come up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation's marketing strategies. )E'
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l6. They speak of election campaign polls as a musician might of an orchestra ______, or a painter of defective paint. ]2+7?QL,
A. in pace B. out of focus C. in step D. out of tune Kzfa4C
17. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what ______much is what they do with it. 6V
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A. taunts for B. asks for C. consists of D. approves of HY4X;^hF
l8. Any business needs ordinary insurance______ risks such as fire, flood and breakage.
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19. As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media______. y'(l]F1]
A. to and fro B. upside and down C. inside and out D. now and then "qYPi
20. There was little, if any, evidence to substantiate the gossip and, ______, there was little to disprove it. u_[s+J/
PART II CLOZE TEST (15 minutes, 15 points) .^6"nnfA#
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There is a closer relationship between morals and architecture and interior decoration______21, we suspect. Huxley has pointed out that Western ladies did not take frequent baths ______22 they were afraid to see their own naked bodies, and this moral concept delayed the______23 of the modern white-enameled bathtub for centuries. One can understand, ______24 in the design of old Chinese furniture there was so little consideration for human______ 25 only when we realize the Confucian atmosphere in which people moved about. Chinese redwood Furniture was designed for people to sit______26 in, because that was the only posture approved by society. &'uFy0d,
Even Chinese emperors had to sit on a (n) ______27 on which I would not think of______28 for more than five minutes, and for that matter the English kings were just as badly off. Cleopatra went about______29 on a couch carried by servants, because______30 she had never heard of Confucius. If Confucius should have seen her doing that, he would certainly have struck her shins with a stick, as he did______31 one of his old disciples, Yuan Jiang, when the latter was found sitting in an______32 posture. In the Confucian society in which we lived, gentlemen and ladies had to______33 themselves perfectly erect, at least on formal______34 , and any sign of putting one's leg up would be at once considered a sign of vulgarity and lack of______35. Mhc!v, D$
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21. A. for B. than C. as D. that AL74q[>
22. A. if B. when C. because D. though t."hAvRL
23. A. rise B. existence C. occurrence D. increase rV>/:FG
24. A. what B. where C. how D. why eLXG _Qb"
25. A. care B. choice C. concern D. comfort W 0%FZ0l
26. A. upright B. tight C. fast D. stiff {p&LwTnf
27. A. armchair B. throne C. altar D. couch X YO09#>&
28. A. moving B. keeping C. remaining D. lasting n>T1KC%
29. A. traveling B. staying C. wandering D. reclining mojD
30. A. fortunately B. frankly C. accordingly D. apparently z;yb;),
31. A. in B. on C. to D. at &(UVS0=Dp,
32. A. responsible B. incorrect C. immoral D. imperfect pCS2sq8RC
33. A. hold B. sit C. behave D. conduct ">PpC]Y1
34. A. conditions B. situations C. occasions D. instances #K:|@d
35. A. culture B. confidence C. morality D. modesty PYX]ld.E
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PART III READING COMPREHENSION (,<&H;,8
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Section A (60 minutes, 30 points) ICwhqH&
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Passage One $Ay
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Most people would be impressed by the high quality of medicine available to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of attention to the individual, a vast amount of advanced technical equipment, and intense effort not to make mistakes because of the financial risk which doctors and hospitals must face the courts if they handle things badly. __<