I. Phonetics: (15 points)
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A. B. C. and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the ONE that is different from the others in pronunciation. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A. honor B. hospital C. horrible D. holiday
2. A. height B. eight C. freight D. weight
3. A. wrong B. wrap C. worth D. answer
4. A. pension B. mission C. procession D. occasion
5. A. smooth B. clothe C. whether D. health
6. A. November B. monkey C. nobody D. notice
7. A. please B. house C. course D. purse
8. A. hour B. our C. your D. sour
9. A. chat B. hat C. jacket D. fate
10. A. bake B. bath C. date D. gate
11. A. box B. cold C. hot D. god
12. A. expect B. extra C. expert D. exit
13. A. ought B. drought C. thought D. bought
14. A. question B. dictation C. station D. tradition
15. A. cheer B. character C. chair D. child
II. Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)
Directions:
There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence, there are four choices marked A. B. C. and D. Choose one answer that best complete the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
16. He was poor but proud, and turned _____ every offer of help.
A. back B. down C. away D. in
17. He is careful never to run _____ bills.
A. out B. over C. after D. up
18. The driver examined the car engine _____ but could find nothing wrong with it.
A. thoroughly B. exactly C. steadily D. suitably
19. She was too sick to stay. _____, we sent her home.
A. Yet B. However C. Accordingly D. Nevertheless
20. It was _____ that we went camping in the mountains last week.
A. so nice a weather B. too nice weather
C. such nice weather D. such a nice weather
21. It’s careless _____ the same mistakes again.
A. for you to make B. for making
C. of you to make D. of you making
22. John seized a stick and _____ the man, but missed.
A. struck B. struck at C. hit D. hit on
23. It seems that Christina has been used to Chinese food.
Sure, _____ .
A. so does she B. so has she C. so she has D. so she does
24. Be calm _____ of danger.
A. in the moment B. in a moment
C. the moment D. at the moment
25. Let’s go to the night club, _____ ?
A. shall we B. shan’t we C. will you D. all right
26. Hardly had he finished his speech _____ the audience started cheering.
A. than B. and C. then D. when
27. Some people can’t tell red _____ green, as there is a fault in their eyes.
A. by B. on C. from D. over
28. I have never been to Rome but that’s the city _____ .
A. where I most like to visit B. I’d most like to visit
C. which I like to visit most D. what I’d like most to visit
29. If I take this medicine twice a day, it should _____ my cold.
A. heal B. cure C. treat D. recover
30. She enjoyed mountain _____ very much.
A. scenery B. sights C. views D. scenes
31. _____ more than fifteen years ago _____ I entered the laboratory of Professor Agassize.
A. It was … than B. It was … that
C. About … that D. It is … then
32. In the last 500 years, nothing abut people has changed _____ what they eat.
A. as many as B. the same as C. much as D. as much as
33. New York is a city worth _____ .
A. visiting B. to visit C. to visit it D. visiting it
34. I _____ go to the beach when I was a child.
A. was used to B. had been used to
C. used to D. had used to
35. I didn’t mean what I said.
Neither _____ I.
A. should B. did C. do D. would
III. Multiple Choice 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 no the Answer Sheet.
Before the 20th century the horse provided day to day transportation in the United States. Trains were used only for long-distance transportation.
Today the car is the most popular __36__ of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely __37__ the horse as a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their cars for __38__ 90 per cent of all personal __39__.
Most Americans are able to __40__ cars. The average price of a __41__ -made car was $2,500 in 1950, $2,740 in 1960 and up to $4,750 __42__ 1975. During this period American car manufacturers set about __43__ their products and work efficiency. As a result, the yearly income of the __44__ family increased from 1950 to 1975 __45__ than the price of cars. For this reason __46__ a new car takes a smaller __47__ of a family’s total earnings today.
In 1951 __48__ it took 8.1 months of an average family’s __49__ to buy a new car. In 1962 a new car __50__ 8.3 months of a family’s annual earnings. By 1975 it only took 4.75 __51__ income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically __52__ to models from previous years.
The __53__ of the automobile extends throughout the economy __54__ the car is so important to Americans. Americans spend more money __55__ their cars running than on any other item.
36. A. kinds B. sort C. mean D. types
37. A. denied B. reproduced C. replaced D. ridiculed
38. A. hardly B. nearly C. certainly D. somewhat
39. A. trip B. works C. business D. travel
40. A. buy B. sell C. race D. see
41. A. quickly B. regularly C. rapidly D. recently
42. A. on B. in C. behind D. about
43. A. raising B. making C. reducing D. improving
44. A. unusual B. interested C. average D. biggest
45. A. slowest B. equal C. faster D. less
46. A. bringing B. obtain C. bought D. purchasing
47. A. part B. half C. number D. cost
48. A. clearly B. proportionally C. percentage D. suddenly
49. A. income B. work C. plan D. debts
50. A. used B. spent C. cost D. needed
51. A. months’ B. dollar’s C. family D. year
52. A. famous B. superior C. fastest D. purchasing
53. A. running B. notice C. influence D. discussion
54. A. then B. as C. so D. which
55. A. starting B. leaving C. keeping D. repairing |