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ENGLISH ENTRANCE EJCAMINATION FOR 2Yyc`o0R;h
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14farch 2007 O[-wm;_(=*
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PART 1 VUCABULARY (15 minutes, 10 points, 4.5 point each) S__ o#nf`%
1. Reductions in overseas government expenditure took place, but ______and more gradually than now seems desirable. _:TD{ EO$
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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. rj,Sk~0Q
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3. If I could ensue a reasonably quick and comprehensive solution to the crisis in B9+oI cO
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A. Instant Mc{1Cdj
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4. Some of the patients, especially the dying, wanted to ______ in the man and woman who had eased their suffering. Kx#G_N@
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5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. V18w
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6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. :*@=px
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7. The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that was ______ called "hot" and later "swing." >.~^(
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8. The depth of benefits of reading varies in ______ the depth of one's one’s experience eEupqOF*:W
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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. yD5T'np<4
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10. His ______ with computers began six months ago. r'k-*I
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11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them. w%j 6zsTz
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12. Some of the words employed by Shakespeare in his works have become______ and are no longer used in the present days. Fl^.J<Dz
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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. 2mVH*\D
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14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. nakhepLN
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15. As the core of the management hoard, he can always come up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation's marketing strategies. _OHz 6ag
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l6. They speak of election campaign polls as a musician might of an orchestra ______, or a painter of defective paint. ]'DtuT?Z
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17. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what ______much is what they do with it. `61VP-r
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19. As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media______. ,hYUxh45
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20. There was little, if any, evidence to substantiate the gossip and, ______, there was little to disprove it. +f;z{)%B
PART II CLOZE TEST (15 minutes, 15 points) 7f~.Qus
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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. ,.x1+9X
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. +'y$XR~W {
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35. A. culture |?
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PART III READING COMPREHENSION =jv3O.z q
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Section A (60 minutes, 30 points) b'q ru~i
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Passage One ?vt#M^Q
Most people would be impressed by the high quality of medicine available to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of attention to the individual, a vast amount of advanced technical equipment, and intense effort not to make mistakes because of the financial risk which doctors and hospitals must face the courts if they handle things badly. ~:FF"T>
But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in which health care is organized and financed. Contrary to public belief, it is not just a free competition system. To the private system has been joined a large public system, because private care was simply not looking after the less fortunate and the elderly. `PY=B$?{4
But even with this huge public part of the system, which this year will eat up 84.5 billion dollars-more than 10 percent of the U.S. budget-large numbers of Americans are left out. These include about half the I1 million unemployed and those who fail to meet the strict limits on income fixed by a government trying to make savings where it can. VAW:h5j2@
The basic problem, however, is that there is no central control over the health system. There is no limit to what doctors and hospitals charge for their services. Over than what the public is able to pay. The number of doctors has shot up and prices have climbed. When faced with toothache, a sick child, or a heart attack, all the unfortunate person concerned can do is pay up. tTEw"DL_-
Two-thirds of the populations are covered by medical insurance. Doctors charge as much as they want knowing that the insurance company will pay the bill. Cv[_
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The medical profession has as a result become America's new big businessmen. The average income of doctors has now reached $100,000 a year. With such vast incomes the talk in the doctor's surgery is as likely to be about the doctor's latest financial deal, as about whether the minor operation he is recommending at several thousand dollars is entirely necessary. :2t0//@X
The rising cost of medicine in the U.S.A. is among the most worrying problem facing the country. In 1981 the country's health cost climbed 15.9 percent-about twice as fast as prices in general.
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36. In the U.S. patients can effect, in medical ______. |j}D2q=
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C. low charge by doctors and hospitals F(O"S@
D. stacking nurses and bad services Ztl?*zL
37. Doctors and hospitals try hard to avoid making mistakes because ______. 7D(Eo{ue
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B. they care much about Their reputation &]"Z x0t5%
C. they compete for getting more patents B>}B{qi|
D. they wish to join the private medical system ZH)Jq^^RI
38. What do most Americans think about health in the U.S.? p[Zk;AT~
A. It must be in total chaos ^jbjHI&
B. It must be a free competition system r2%Qk
C. It should cover the unemployed /
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D. It should involve private care. E-jJ!>&K
39. From Paragraph 3 we know that ______from the public health system. `+h+X9
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D. those with private health care are excluded. ."Kp6s `k
40. According to the author, what is the key factor in the rise of health cost in the US? s
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C. the lack of government control over the medical prices 5O(U1
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D. The merger of private health care with the public system.
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41. It is implied that American doctors often______. I5*<J n
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D. gives the patients expensive but needless treatments. OI_Px3)
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