Section I Listening Comprehension(25 minutes) （略）
Ⅱ Use of English(15 minutes)
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C, or Don your ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text
Most young people enjoy physical activities, walking, cycling, football, or mountaineering.
These who have a passion 26 climbing high and difficult mountains are often 27 with astonishment. Why are men and women 28 to suffer cold and hardship, and to 29 on high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities 30 which men give their leisure.
There are no man-made rules, as there are for 31 as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kinds which it would be dangerous to 32 , but it is this freedom from man-made rules 33 makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to their own 34 .
If we 35 mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is 36 mountaineering is not a “team work”. However, it is only our misunderstanding. There are, in fact, no :matches” 37 “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may 38 , obviously, there is teamwork.
A mountain climber knows that he may have to fight with natural 39 that ate stronger and more powerful than man. His sport requires high mental and 40 qualities.
A mountain climber 41 to improve on skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions 42 in their early twenties. But it is not 43 for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more 44 than younger men, but they probably climb more skill and less 45 of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.
26. [A]for [B]in [C]to [D] of
27. [A]looked up to [B]looked forward [C]looked into [D] looked upon
28. [A]willing [B]reluctant [C]unwilling [D] probable
29.[A]take pains [B]run risk [C] take a risk [D] make efforts
30. [A]to [B]with [C]for [D]towards
31. [A]so [B] various [C] different [D]such
32. [A] apply [B] worry [C] ignore [D] notice
33. [A] which [B] that [C] how [D] why
34. [A] methods [B] forms [C] rules [D] activities
35. [A] correlate [B] relate [C] compare [D] contrast
36. [A] for [B] what [C] which [D] that
37. [A]within [B]from [C]beyond [D]between
38. [A]exist [B]go [C]depend [D]confide
39. [A]strength [B]storms [C]powers [D]forces
40. [A]physician [B]physical [C]physiological [D]psychological
41. [A]tries [B]continues [C]wants [D]decides
42. [A]will be [B]appear [C]are [D]is
43. [A]unusual [B]normal [C]common [D]strange
44. [A]strength [B]efforts [C]energy [D]time
45. [A]shortage [B]lack [C]rubbish [D]waste
SectionⅡ Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)
Part A
Directions:
Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing a thick line across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
Text I
Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn’t easy getting hired. But once you were there, I found, you were in.
Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there ― moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior editor. I would have a lifetime of security is I struck with it. Instead, I had made a decision to leave. I entered my boss’s office. Would he rage? I wondered. He had a famous temper. “Matt, we have to have a talk,” I began awkwardly. “I came to the Globe when I was twenty-four. Now I’m forty. There’s a lot I want to do in life. I’m resigning.” “To another paper?” he asked. I reached into my coat pocket, but didn’t say anything. I handed him a letter that explained everything. It said that I was leaving to start a new media company. We were at a rare turning point in history. I wanted to be directly engaged in the change. “I’m glad for you,” he said, quite out of my expectation. “I just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. Some of that we can deal with. But much of it we can’t, ” he went on. “I wish you all the luck in the world,” he concluded. “And if it doesn’t work out, remember, your star is always high here.”
Then I went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. Everybody was saying congratulations. Everybody ― even though I’d be risking all on an unfamiliar venture: all the financial security I had carefully built up.
Later, I had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and publisher of the Boston Globe. He had turned the Globe into a billion-dollar property. “I’m resigning, Bill, ”I said. He listened while I gave him the story. He wasn’t looking angry or dismayed either. After a pause, he said, “Golly, I wish I were in your shoes.”
46. From the passage we know that the Globe is a famous _______.
[A] newspaper [B] magazine
[C]temple [ D ] church
47. If the writer stayed with the Globe _________.
[ A] he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams.
[ B] he would let his long-cherished dreams fade away.
[ C ] he would never have to worry about his future life.
[ D] he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions.
48. The writer wanted to resign because _________.
[A] he had serious trouble with his boss.
[ B ] he got underpaid at his job for the Globe.
[ C ] he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry.
[ D ] he had found a better paid job in a publishing house.
49. When the writer decided to resign the Globe was faced with _______.
[ A ] a trouble with its staff members
[ B ] a shortage of qualified reporters
[ C ] an unfavorable business situation
[ D ]an uncontrollable business situation
50. By “:I wish I were in your shoes.” (in the last paragraph) Bill Taylor meant that _______.
[ A ] the writer was to fail.
[ B] the writer was stupid
[ C ] he would do the same if possible
[D] he would reject the writer’s request
