Ⅰ. Phonetics (10 points)

  Directions:

  In each of following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

  1.A. enough B. about C. touch D. young

  2.A. thirsty B. throat C. youth D. those

  3.A. shut B. cut C. funny D. use

  4.A. thanks B. pills C. news D. films

  5.A. dear B. heart C. ear D. tear

  6.A. births B. depths C. months D. mouths

  7.A. election B. pronunciation C. question D. operation

  8.A. hot B. home C. top D. off

  9.A. may B. day C. stay D. Sunday

  10.A. weigh B. eight C. seize D. daily

 Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (40 points)

  Directions:

  There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

  11. _______ we won the war.

  A. In the end B. On the end C. By the end D. At the end

  12. As a poor fresh student, he had to do a part-time job _______ money.

  A. owing to B. because of C. on account of D. for the sake of

  13. Too much drinking would ______ his health.

  A. do harm for B. do harmful to C. do harm to D. do harmful for

  14. The days _______ you could travel without a passport are a thing of the past.

  A. in which B. on which C. of which D. at which

  15. He insists that he ______ innocent.

  A. is B. be C. should be D. were

  16. The teacher said, “Stop ______”. So we stopped _______.

  A. to talk…to read B. talking…to read C. talking…reading D. talking…read

  17. Could I have some milk, some orange juice, and some eggs ______?

  A. instead of B. in addition C. as well D. so much

  18. ______ after his death that he was recognized as a great composer.

  A. It was not until B. It is until C. It was until D. Not until

  19. Our classroom is ______ in the school building.

  A. bigger than any other one B. bigger than all

  C. the biggest of all the others D. the biggest of any one

  20. It was Thomas Alva Edison who ______ the electric lamp.

  A. discovered B. invented C. innovated D. found

  21. I’d like you ______ to see him.

  A. go B. going C. to go D. have gone

  22. Your coat ______ his.

  A. like B. likes C. is like D. will look like

  23. Either you or I _____ meet him at the airport.

  A. are to B. is to C. am to D. were to

  24. Each has an apple, ______?

  A. has he B. doesn’t he C. does he D. don’t they

  25. Sports, ______ perhaps you don’t like very much, may make you strong.

  A. that B. which C. it D. and

  26. We should look ______ the matter before we reach a conclusion.

  A. into B. for C. to D. at

  27. Hospital doctors don’t go out very often as their work _______ all their time.

  A. takes away B. takes in C. takes over D. takes up

  28. He is ______ to speak the truth.

  A. too much of a coward B. too much a coward

  C. so much a coward D. so much of a coward

  29. It’s strange that you ______ like that at the meeting.

  A. should speak B. spoke C. should have spoken D. speak

  30. He ______ when the bus came to a sudden stop.

  A. was almost hurt B. was to hurt himself

  C. was hurt himself D. was hurting himself

Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points)

  Directions:

  For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

  Investors can _51_ money simply by loaning it. The money they loan is called capital. Security (擔(dān)保) is an expensive item which the borrower mortgages (抵押) to the investor to show that he intends to _52_ the debt. The way investors make money on loans is to charge interest. Interest is money that _53_ pay to investors for the use of their money. Interest is usually a certain percentage of the capital. Investors sometimes _54 ten percent or more interest per year. The interest may be calculated daily, monthly, or yearly. The interest must be _55_ before the capital can be repaid. If the interest is not _56_ the agreed rate, the interest is added _57_ the capital. Then the borrower has _58_ pay interest on the unpaid interest _59_ on the capital. A debt can grow quickly this way. If the total of the capital and accumulated interest gets too high, the investor will take _60_ of the item used as security and sell it to get his money back.

  51.A. get B. make C. have D. carry

  52.A. repay B. leave C. get D. give

  53.A. borrowers B. lenders C. peoples D. others

  54.A. cost B. ask C. charge D. change

  55.A. by day B. by the day C. every day D. daily

  56.A. paid B. to be paid C. pay D. paying

  57.A. on B. to C. for D. with

  58.A. to B. on C. into D onto

  59.A. or B. also C. but also D. as well as

  60.A. the place B. possession C. turn D. care

 Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension (60 points)

  Directions:

  There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

  Passage One

  Students enrolled at least half time may borrow up to $3,000 form the government over a two-year period. Repayment of the loan begins six months after the student leaves school. These loans carry on interest until this time. The current interest rate is 5 percent. Students may borrow up to $4,500 annually from a bank, credit union, savings and loan association or other eligible lender. Repayment on these loans usually begins six months after the student leaves school. These loans carry no interest until this time. This current interest rate is 9 percent. Parents may borrow up to $300 annually for each dependent college. Repayment begins forty-five days after receiving the loan, and the interest rate is 12 percent.

  61. Which of the following is the main purpose?

  To remind students and their families to repay their loan.

  To compare interest rates.

  To inform students and parents of the various loans available.

  To show that government loans charge the least interest.

  62. The highest interest rate is charged to _______.

  A. full-time students B. parents

  C. students borrowing from a credit union D. half-time students

  63. If parents had three children in college how much could they borrow annually?

  A. 900 B. 3,000 C. 300 D. 9,000

  64. According to the passage which of the following is true.

  The government lends students enrolled at least half time up to 3,000 annually.

  Students may borrow up to $4,500 annually from four sources.

  Students enrolled less than half time may borrow money.

  The current interest rate from banks is 5 percent.

  65. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

  the student’s school determines who is an eligible lender

  money is available for student loans

  students need not be enrolled half time to borrow money

  the interest rate on student loans is increasing

 Ⅴ. Writing (20 points)

  Directions:

  For this part, you are allowed 20 minutes to write a short composition of about 80 words on the title: The Bicycle in China. Base your composition on the outline given below.

  1.在中國，自行車是最為流行的交通工具。

  2.騎自行車有許多好處。

  3.自行車的未來……

 參考答案

  Ⅰ. Phonetics

  1.B 2.D 3.D 4.A 5.B 6.D 7.C

  8.B 9.D 10.C

  Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure

  11.A 12.D 13.C 14.A 15.A 16.B 17.C

  18.A 19.A 20.B 21.C 22.C 23.C 24.B

  25.B 26.A 27.D 28.A 29.C 30.A 31.B

  32.D 33.A 34.C 35.B 36.C 37.C 38.B

  39.B 40.C 41.C 42.D 43.D 44.B 45.D

  46.C 47.A 48.B 49.A 50.A

  Ⅲ. Cloze

  51.B 52.A 53.A 54.C 55.D 56.A 57.B

  58.A 59.D 60.B

  Ⅳ. Reading Comprehension

  61.C 62.B 63.A 64.B 65.B 66.C 67.C

  68.D 69.A 70.C 71.D 72.C 73.D 74.D

  75.B 76.C 77.A 78.D 79.B 80.D

  Ⅴ. Writing

  The Bicycle in China

  The bicycle is the most popular means of transportation in China. China is a country “on bicycle wheels”. People ride them for various purposes such as going to and from school and work. Bicycles are very cheap and easy to buy in China.

  There are many advantages to riding a bicycle. First, using a bicycle can greatly help reduce the air pollution in many big cities. Second, people can improve their health by riding a bicycle.

  The future of bicycle will be bright. In some European countries, city governments have arranged pedestrians to use “public bicycles” to travel round the city center free of charge.