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Part I `{#0C- Vocabulary and Structure (15%) }KcvNK ( Directions: Three are 30 incomplete sentences in thispart. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose theone that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet Ⅰ with a single line throughthe center.
QX-%<@ 1. Although it isonly a small business, its _________ is surprisingly high. gs7h`5[es A. turn-up B. turn-over C. turn-about D. turn-out Q/xT>cUd 2. Unfortunatelynot all of us obtain our just _________ in this life. ]c4?-Vq%u A. demands B. gains C. deserts D. wins 9!&fak_ 3. That contractabout which we had a disagreement last month, has now gone __________. ErnjIx: A. through B. down C. over D. around ~.;+uH<i 4. The _______ oftwo houses proved such a financial burden that they were forced to sell one. >)\x\e A. upsurge B. upshot C. upturn D. upkeep F%M4i`Vh 5. _________through the attic and see if you can find anything for the jumble sale. LlKvi_z A. Leash B. Rummage C. Flutter D. Scrape I?r7dQEm 6. How about aglass of orange juice to________ your thirst. }86&?
0j. A. quash B. quell C. quench D. quieten ^E{M[;sF3y 7. Because thechildren keep interrupting her whenever she reads a book, she is always___________ her place. LX;w~fRr. A. missing B. slipping C. bothering D. losing 3D|Y4OM 8. She was puttingon her watch when the _________ broke and it fell to the ground. IYAvO%~ A. belt B. String C. Tie D. strap YW9r'{(D(I 9. I washed thisdress and the color_________. iYJ: P A. flowed B. escaped C. ran D. removed dp;;20z 10. The recenteconomic crisis has brought about a _________ in world trade. J8IdQ:4^l A. sag B. Tilt C. Droop D. slump 0se0AcrW 11. Although wedecorated the room only six months ago, the paint on the ceiling is already_________ because of the damp. A8tzIh8 A. crumbling B. flaking C. disintegrating D. splintering ,t?c=u\5 12. The falsebanknotes fooled many people, but they did not _________ to close examination. =ie8{j2: A. put up B. keep up C. stand up D. look up c$fi3O 13. They weremaking enough noise at the party to wake the ___________. D#"BY;
J A. dead B. living C. lunatic D. crippled dZ^(e0& :H 14. If you wouldlike to send a donation, you can ________a cheque to the organization Feed theChildren. f+3ico]f@ A. make up B. make for C. make out D. make off "wwAbU< 15. The studentsvisited the museum and spent several hours with the________, who was veryhelpful. n/]w! A. curator B. bursar C. commissioner D. steward Jzu U
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A. absolved B. acquitted C. pardoned D. executed TgC8EcLr 17. Mary wasextremely lucky: when her great-uncle died, she __________ a fortune. 10.u A. came by B. came over C. came into D. came through `eZ
+Pf". 18. The drunkencouple did nothing to keep the flat clean and tidy and lived in the utmost__________. MC\rx=cR\ A. decay B. contamination C. squalor D. confinement ''.P= 19. Share priceson the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the morning but _________ slightly inthe afternoon. V%|CCrR A. recovered B. recuperated C. retrieved D. regained &ZyZmB 20. He tries to__________ himself with everyone by paying them compliments. v$n J$M&k A. please B. ingratiate C. placate D. remunerate EuH[G_5e0 21. I was afraidto open the door lest the beggar _________ me. vH[G#A~4 A. followed B. were to follow C. follow D. would follow [B0]%!hFw 22. By the end ofthe day the flood water which had covered most of the town had __________. >{/As][ A. reversed B. retired C. returned D. receded %1JN% 23. Educationalpolicies made _________ the hoof by successive secretaries of state are themain reason for low teacher morale.
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iHw A. in B. on C. by D. along 40?xu#" 24. It was obviousthat he had been drinking far too much from the way he came_________ down thestreet. owR`Z`^h) A. toddling B. hobbling C. loping D. staggering #saK8; tp 25. He was agenerous friend but as a businessman he __________ a hard bargain. 7A,QA5G]C A. dealt B. contracted C. drove D. faked U-]Rm}X\M 26. My friend’sson, who is a soldier, was delighted when he was __________ only a few milesfrom home. E:7R>.g A. placed B. stationed C. deported D. exorcized l^~E+F~ 27. In acoal-mining area, the land tends to __________causing damage to roads andbuildings. r0Cc0TMdj A. subside B. diminish C. confiscate D. cede Tr\6AN?o 28. As the cat layasleep, dreaming, whiskers __________. V
eD<1< A. twitched B. twisted C. jerked D. jogged DTx!# [ 29. The total__________ from last month’s charity dance were far more than expected.
v,eTDgw A. earnings B. acquisitions C. proceeds D. subsidies 7RpAsLH= 30. The newmanager had many difficulties to overcome but he __________them all in hisstride. tJ qd A. overlooked B. obtained C. tackled D. took RX"~m!26
(>)f#t[9J Part II G+k~k/D 6 Reading Comprehension (40%) R3dt-v Directions: There are 4 reading passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For eachof them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer andmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through thecenter. )ZHo7X (1) Resale Price Maintenance is the name usedwhen a retailer is compelled to sell at a price fixed by the manufacturerinstead of choosing for himself how much to add on to the wholesale price hepays for his supplies. This practice is associated with the sale of “branded”goods, which now form a very considerable proportion of consumers’ purchases,and it has led to a great deal of controversy. `i"7; _HoV Generally such articles are packed andadvertised by the manufacturers, who try to create a special ‘image’ in theminds of possible purchasers—an image made up of the look of the article, itsuse, its price, and everything else which might lead purchasers to ask for thatbrand rather than any other. If a retailer is allowed to charge any price helikes he may find it worthwhile to sell one brand at ‘cut’ prices even thoughthis involves a loss, because he hopes to attract customers to the shop, wherethey may be persuaded to buy many other types of goods at higher prices. Themanufacturer of the brand that has been ‘cut’ fears that the retailer may betempted to reduce the services on this article; but, even if he does not thereis a danger that the customer becomes unsettled, and is unwilling to pay the‘standard’ price of the article because he feels that he is being ‘done’. Thismay, and indeed often does, affect the reputation of the manufacturer and losehim his market in the long run. )@hG #KMK It is sometimes said also that thehousewife—who is the principal buyer of most of these goods—prefers a fixedprice because she knows where she is and is saved the bother of going 12olVTuw from shop to shop in search of lowerprices. If one shop cut all the prices of its branded goods she wouldundoubtedly have an advantage in shopping there. But this does not happen. Astore usually lowers the price of one or two of its articles which act as adecoy and makes up its losses on others, and changes the cut-price articlesfrom week to week so as to attract different groups of customers. And so thehousewife may feel rather guilty if she does not spend time tracking down thecheaper goods. How far this is true is a matter of temperament and it isimpossible to estimate what proportion of purchasers prefer a price that theycan rely on wherever they choose to buy and what proportion enjoy the challengeinvolved in finding the store that offers them a bargain. rn8#nQ>QZ% Those who oppose Resale Price Maintenanceon the other hand, point out that there are now a great many different channelsof distribution—chain stores, department stores, co-operative stores,independent or unit shops, supermarkets, mail-order houses, and so on. It wouldbe absurd to assume that all of them have exactly the same costs to meet instocking and selling their goods, so why should they all sell at the sameprice? If they were allowed to choose for themselves, the more efficientretailers would sell at lower prices and consumers would benefit. As it is, theretail price must be sufficient to cover the costs of the less efficientavenues of distribution and this means the others make a bigger profit thannecessary at the expense of the public. The supporters of the fixed price arguethat this is only half the story. The efficient trader can still competewithout lowering his prices. He can offer better service—long credit, or quickdelivery or a pleasant shop decor or helpful assistants—and can do this withoutimperiling the long-term interests of the manufacturer. ;,&$ob*/ |to|kU 31. Manufacturesoppose retailers cutting prices on their goods mainly because they think __________. gX'nFGqud A. retailers mayeventually stop selling their products %=
PGvu B. it may reducecustomers’ confidence in their products 4k6,pt" C. customers mayfeel uneasy when prices vary ]+)cXJ}6# D. it maysometimes lead to poor service S!J wF&EW 32 Supporters ofthe fixed price hold that an efficient trader can still make money withoutlowering prices by __________. y5!fbmf A. allowingcustomers time to pay L2WH-XP= B. hiringassistants for long hours and low wages m1\+~*i C. advertisingmuch more effectively zEJZ, < D. establishinglong-term relations with manufactures iH;IXv,b3 33. By saying “Hefeels that he is being ‘done’”, the author means that customerthinks__________. Y5&mJp\G A. someone isdespising him ^ALR.N+< B. someone ismaltreating him <<iwJ
U%: C. someone isblackmailing him caC-JcDXy D. someone ischeating him {zmh0c;| 34. “Which of thefollowing statements is FALSE according to the passage? w1q` A. Good serviceother than price is important in attracting customers. >`S $(f B. An articlewithout a brand name is not subject to Resale Price Maintenance. q2U8]V U) C. Manufacturesattempt to influence possible purchasers by making their products easy toidentify. ,T<q"d7-# D. Housewivesprefer fixed prices because fixed prices are much less likely to fluctuate BJ$\Mb##3@ 35. The sentence“She knows where she is” in the third paragraph can be paraphrased as“__________”. 1SY`V?cu A. She knows herplace mDB?;a> B. She knows her stuff
J =j6rD C. She feelssecure 6!Z>^'6 D. She feelsintoxicated -w3KBlo BnwYyh (2) He built a hut on a piece of rough landnear a rock fall. In the wet season there was a plentiful stream, and over theyears he encouraged the dry forest to surround him with a thick screen. Thegreener it became the easier it was to forget the outside. In time Melio (notwithout some terrible mistakes) learnt how to live in spite of the difficultiesup on that mountain shelf. ^v+3qm@, His only neighbors were a family group ofParakana Indians who, for reasons known only to themselves, took a liking toMelio. Their Chief never looked closely at Melio and said to himself that thiswhite man was as mad as a snake which chews off its own tail. The parakanastaught Melio to catch fish with the help of a wild plant which made themsenseless in the stream. It gave off a powerful drug when shaken violentlythrough the water. They showed him how to bunt by laying traps and digging. Intime Melio’s piece of land became a regular farm. He had wild birds, fatlong-legged ones and thin nearly featherless chickens, and his corn and saltedfish was enough to keep him stocked up through the wet season. W81dLeTZg The Parakanas were always around him. He’dnever admit it but he could feel that the trees were like the bars of a prison;they were watching him. It was as if he was there by courtesy of the Chief.When they came to him, the Indians never entered his house, with its steeplysloping roof of dried grass and leaves. They had a delicate way of behaving.They showed themselves by standing in the shade of the trees at the clearing’sedge. He was expected to cross the chicken strip towards them. Then they had acurious but charming habit of taking a pace back from him, just one odd stepbackwards into their green corridors. Melio never could persuade them to comeany closer. w /l\p3n The group guessed at Melio’s hatred for hiscivilized brothers in the towns far away. They knew Melio would never inviteany more white men up here. This pleased the Parakanas. It meant that traderslooking for robber and jewels would never reach them. Their Melio would see tothat. They were safe with this man and his hatred. !STa}wl u}~j NV 36. It is knownfrom the passage that Melio wanted the forest around him to become thickbecause the dense leaves __________. _=*ph0nu A. reminded him ofhis house in the town far away 'Io2",~
M B. prevented theParakanas from watching him >$ok3-
tuU C. helped him toforget the world he hated ) h>H}wDs D. protected himfrom being intruded by the white men in the town iFBH;
O_~ 37. The Chief’scomparison of Melio to a snake is intended to show that __________. 6U!zc]> A. he did nottrust Melio A."]6R< B. it was unwiseto go too close to Melio 9~Ve}NB#z& C. he believedMelio hated the Parakanas +61h!/<W D. he thoughtMelio was out of his mind PrwMR_- 38. Which of thefollowing statements is NOT true? 2"IsNbW
V A. Melio stayed onhis farm for a number of years. E2%{?o B. Melio felt likea prisoner because he couldn’t escape being watched. 898=9`7e C. Melio kepthimself alive, during the rainy season by eating what he had in store. 5
<=ktA48[ D. The Parakanasthought Melio lived there because he was looking for rubber and jewels. FsTl@zN 39. To Melio, theParakana Indians seemed __________. 23_\UTM}1 A. odd but hateful B. strange but attractive 78n`VmH~L C. unhealthy butfriendly D. cowardly but sociable x |0@T ? 40. It can beconcluded from the passage that the place described by the author was __________. vf-cx\y7 A. far removedfrom civilization c!20((2|I B. impossible tocultivate #qPWJ C. the home ofMelio’s Indian relatives lAZn0EU D. wet all theyear round s^
6"qhTa (3) When he was so far out that he could lookback not only on the little bay but past the stretch of rock that was betweenit and the seashore, he floated on the warm surface and looked for his mother.There she was, a little yellow dot under an umbrella that looked like a pieceof orange-skin. He swam back to shore, relieved at being sure she was there,but all at once very lonely. F4$N:Jkl On the other side of the bay was a loosescattering of rocks. Above them, some boys were stripping off their clothes.They came running, their bodies bare, down to the rocks. Jerry swam towardsthem, and kept his distance a little way off. They were off that coast, all ofthem burned smooth dark brown, and speaking a language he did not understand.To be with them, of them, was a feeling that filled his whole body. He swam alittle closer; they turned and watched him with narrowed, attentive dark eyes.Then one smiled and waved. It was enough. In a minute he had swum in and was onthe rocks beside them, smiling with extreme nervousness. They shouted cheerfulgreetings at him, and then, as he preserved his nervous, puzzled smile, theyunderstood that he was a foreigner who had wandered from his own part of thesands, and they promptly forgot him. But he was happy. He was with them. XkE'k;
AEx They began diving again and again from a high point into a well ofblue sea between rough, pointed rocks. After they had dived and come up, theyswam round, pulled themselves up, and waited their turn to dive again. Theywere big boys-men to Jerry. He dived, and they watched him, and when he swamround to take his place, they made way for him. He felt he was accepted and hedived again carefully proud of himself. 2,bLEhu Soon the biggest of the boys balancedhimself, shot down into the water, and did not come up. The others stood aboutwatching. Jerry, after waiting for the smooth brown head to appear, let out acry of warning; they looked at him idly and turned their eyes back towards thewater. After a long time, the boy came up on the other side of a big dark rock,letting the air escape suddenly from his lungs with much coughing and spitting,and giving a shout of satisfaction, immediately, the rest of them dived in. Onemoment the morning seemed full of boys as noisy as a crowd of monkeys; thenext, the air and the surface of the water were empty. But through the heavyblue, dark shapes could be seen moving and searching. !^m,v19Ds< Jerry dived, shot past the school ofunderwater swimmers, saw a black wall of rock towering over him, touched it,and shop up at once to the surface, where the rock formed a low wall he couldsee across. There was no one in sight; under him, in the water, the shadowyshapes of the swimmers had disappeared. Then one and then another of the boyscame up on the far side of the wall of rock, and he understood that they hadswum through some gap or hole in it. He dived down again. He could see nothingthrough the stinging salt water but the solid rock. When he came up, the boyswere all on the diving rock, preparing to attempt the trick again. And now,overcome with a sense of failure, he shouted up in English: “Look at me! Look!”and he began splashing and kicking in the water like a foolish dog. x}(p\Efx trAIh}Dj 41. It can beconcluded from the passage that __________. ~Q36lR A. Jerry was not agood swimmer $EUlh^ B. Jerry failed togain acceptance by the other boys d4[mR~XXT C. Jerry was onholiday abroad R[Y{pT,AY D. Jerry was noton good terms with his mother ZL{\M|@jz 42. The word“bare” in Paragraph 2 means__________.
,R8:Y*@P A. in disguise C. in the gutter B. in the limelight D. in the raw >|!s7.H/J/ 43. At thebeginning, Jerry was swimming__________. F `cuV A. into the littlebay B. too far out tosee his mother 6B .x= C. near to thegroup of boys D. further outto see than the rock "T0s7LWp 44. What happenedto the biggest boy? a3?D@@Qnw A. He had beentrying to stay under water as long as possible. ~wl4 B. He had swumthrough a hole in the rock under the water. +PfXc?VU C. He had beentrying to do the highest dive. <+iL@'SgF D. He had played atrick on Jerry. @GrQ/F7 45. Jerry splashedand kicked in the water because_________. XzV:q!e- A. he waspretending to be drowning 1NI%J
B B. he wanted toamuse all the other boys ?r"QJa> C. he hadn’t beenable to do what the other boys had done BGO!c[- D. he wanted theother boys to listen to what he was saying ,Q>RtV J
g:%|g (4) Peter Sellers wouldn’t be allowed hiscareer today. All those funny racial stereotypes—the caricatured frogs, wops,yids and goodness-gracious-me Pakis—are in clear breach of the codes ofpolitical correctness. N~]
4,~ His lewd disguises and overdone accentsbelong with black-and-white minstrel shows and clog-dancing—it’s the comedy ofyesteryear. -YD+xPD Have you tried listening to The Goon Showlately? It is a reworking of The Gang Show, excruciatingly bad and dated, andfull of explosions, gunfire and jokes about Hitler and the War. M,V~oc5 Nonetheless, Sellers continue to obsesspeople. He’s already been the subject of biographies galore, including, back in1994, a 1,200-page magnum opus by myself, which is now being turned into abiopic starring Geoffrey Rush. D Xjw" ^x The appeal lies in the mythic dimensions ofSellers’ story. He had everything and it wasn’t enough. He was a comedian witha tragic inability to enjoy life. He was world-famous and desperately lonely.At the weight of his fame, as Inspector Clouseau, his eccentricity tipped overthe edge into genuine insanity. He was a basket case. ~EJ+<[/ This is irresistible material. Sellers’subversive and immoderate behaviour puts him in a class of his own. Picture mydisappointment with Ed Sikov’s tome, therefore. Here’s a thick book that tellsus nothing new. qS.TVNZ For newcomers to Sellers, however, Mr.Strangelove is a perfect digest of the man’s life and work, briskly told.Sellers was descended from a family of bare-knuckle East End prize-fighters, although his parents were music hallentertainers. His clinging whining mother, Peg, was a quick-change artiste andhis father, Bill, was a ukulele player and soft-shoe-shuffle merchant. E!_mXjlPc The young Peter was raised in the ghostly,twilight world of shabby theatres and end-of-the-pier revues: dog acts,acrobatic midgets, incompetent conjurors and gypsy violinists. To go from theseorigins and become as big as The Beatles, as he was in the Sixties, is anamazing feat. >3\($<YDZM Sellers spent the Second World War in theAir Force, impersonating officers and playing the drums to entertain thetroops. When he was demobbed he worked in holiday camps and began getting spotson radio, culminating in The Goon Show. He dubbed the voices of Churchill andHumphrey Bogart on film soundtracks, and it was while hanging about the studiosthat he was offered walk-on roles. pY T^Ug His breakthrough came with the part of ateddy boy in The Ladykillers, a film that improves with each viewing. This ledto the role of Fred Kite, the shaven-headed, belligerent shop steward in I’mAll Right, Jack which won him a British Academy Best Actor statuette. WhenPeter Ustinov dropped out of The Pink Panther on a Friday, Sellers flew to theset in Rome onMonday to replace him. The rest is history. |:jka Or notoriety. Sellers’ descent into madnesswas swift. He got rid of his wife and children and chased after Britt Ekland,whom he pounced on in The Dorchester and married ten days later. He took drugsto enhance his potency, and this precipitated a heart attack. Having worked onDr Strangelove during the day, each evening he locked himself in the bathroomand threatened to commit suicide. Bryan Forbes and Nanette Newman had to comeover and talk to him trough the door. He then decided he wanted to marry Nanette.He also wanted to marry Sophia Loren, Princess Margaret and Liza Minnelli. 7%x
3o#& His misbehavior and unprofessionalism costfilm studios millions of dollars. Sets had to be repainted and costumes remadeif they were purple or green-colors of which he was morbidly superstitious. F
)|0U~ He enjoyed messing about during filming andblowing his lines; he pulled guns on people. He walked off Casino Royale andwas discovered in Britt Ekland’s mother’s house in Sweden. Meanwhile, Orson Welles andthe rest of the cast were in full make-up and on full pay back at Pinewood,waiting for him to reappear. B<}0r4T} Sellers was happy only in the company ofhis gadgets, cameras and fast cars, which he’d replace or abandon with manicfrequency. At one of his weddings, the maids of honor were the bride’s dogs. Hewas also selfish in the extreme: when his relationships broke up, he’d send hishenchmen round to retrieve his gifts. +&j |