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ENGLISH ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR 0I* ^VGZ
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March 2007 `W
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PAPER ONEPAPER ONE j )Zi4<./
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PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) ;XSRG*3j~4
1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable. Hq8<g$
A: reluctantly B: unwittingly C. impulsively D: anxiously %}j.6'`{
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. 8K*X]Z h
A. Way B. view C. vision D. pursuit Mii-Q`.:
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.” n=MdbY/k(
A. Instant B: Inverse C. Insoluble D. Intact s<5q%5ix3
4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering. 17tph;
A. confide B. ponder C. well D: reflect @riCR<fF
5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. 8N4W}YBs
A: urge B. force C. spur D. rush. @y[Zr
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6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. <.CO{L\e
A. concern B. magnitude C. volume D. carelessness N{46DS
7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______ called "hot" and later "swing." l<<0:~+q
A. shortly B. initially C. actually D. literally ZD/>L/
8. The depth of benefits of reading varies in ______ the depth of one's one’s experience K20n355uE
A. tempo with B. time with C. place of D. proportion to H[@uE*W
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. $"0t 1
A. interrupt B. bother C. interfere D. intervene *#;8mM
10. His ______ with computers began six months ago. Z2)f$ c
A. imagination B. invocation C. observation D. obsession %P0dY:L~
11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them. R[LVx-e7'
A. vulnerable B. allergic C. inclined D. hostile Zq~2 BeB
12. Some of the words employed by Shakespeare in his works have become______ and are no longer used in the present days. t1b$,jHmKl
A. obsolete B. obscene C. obvious D. oblique FXV=D_G}
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. lyI
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A. manner B. position C. profile D. station au9r)]p-
14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. kFgN^v^t
A. provisional B. sensational C. sentimental D. potential sSd
15. As the core of the management hoard, he can always come up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation's marketing strategies. Iwi>yx8
A. integral B. instinctive C. intangible D. ingenious gGw6c" FRQ
l6. They speak of election campaign polls as a musician might of an orchestra ______, or a painter of defective paint. OMd{rH
A. in pace B. out of focus C. in step D. out of tune 9Re605xQ6
17. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what ______much is what they do with it. 9-o{[
A. taunts for B. asks for C. consists of D. approves of *h1Zqb
l8. Any business needs ordinary insurance______ risks such as fire, flood and breakage. E}lU?U5i
A. in B. against C. raft D. of _DMj)enH"
19. As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media______. 0t}=F4@&a
A. to and fro B. upside and down C. inside and out D. now and then K6KEdXM4
20. There was little, if any, evidence to substantiate the gossip and, ______, there was little to disprove it. M$1+,[^f
PART II CLOZE TEST (15 minutes, 15 points) ioi0^aM
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There is a closer relationship between morals and architecture and interior decoration______21, we suspect. Huxley has pointed out that Western ladies did not take frequent baths ______22 they were afraid to see their own naked bodies, and this moral concept delayed the______23 of the modern white-enameled bathtub for centuries. One can understand, ______24 in the design of old Chinese furniture there was so little consideration for human______ 25 only when we realize the Confucian atmosphere in which people moved about. Chinese redwood Furniture was designed for people to sit______26 in, because that was the only posture approved by society. ~^lQ[ x
Even Chinese emperors had to sit on a (n) ______27 on which I would not think of______28 for more than five minutes, and for that matter the English kings were just as badly off. Cleopatra went about______29 on a couch carried by servants, because______30 she had never heard of Confucius. If Confucius should have seen her doing that, he would certainly have struck her shins with a stick, as he did______31 one of his old disciples, Yuan Jiang, when the latter was found sitting in an______32 posture. In the Confucian society in which we lived, gentlemen and ladies had to______33 themselves perfectly erect, at least on formal______34 , and any sign of putting one's leg up would be at once considered a sign of vulgarity and lack of______35. -?e~dLu
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21. A. for B. than C. as D. that /4#.qq0\{c
22. A. if B. when C. because D. though M$FXDyr
23. A. rise B. existence C. occurrence D. increase ?Ee?Ol?i2
24. A. what B. where C. how D. why H|0B*i@81
25. A. care B. choice C. concern D. comfort o%h\55 S
26. A. upright B. tight C. fast D. stiff u
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27. A. armchair B. throne C. altar D. couch cmt3ceCb
28. A. moving B. keeping C. remaining D. lasting Z{chAg\
29. A. traveling B. staying C. wandering D. reclining :|<D(YA
30. A. fortunately B. frankly C. accordingly D. apparently )jR:\fe
31. A. in B. on C. to D. at p!' "hx
32. A. responsible B. incorrect C. immoral D. imperfect :KgLjhj|)
33. A. hold B. sit C. behave D. conduct X^_,`H@
34. A. conditions B. situations C. occasions D. instances \b.2f+;3
35. A. culture B. confidence C. morality D. modesty ~IE:i-Kz
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PART III READING COMPREHENSION \VHi
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Section A (60 minutes, 30 points) |1g2\5Re
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Passage One X-Xf6&U