Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word
for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please fill in each blank with a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Engineering students are 41 to be examples of practicality and rationality, but when it comes to my college education I am an 42 and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any sensible student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, good reputation and lots of good labs and research 43 . But that‘s not what I did.
I chose to study engineering at a small liberal arts university that doesn‘t even offer a major in electrical engineering . Obviously, this was not a 44 choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with 45 and a value system to guide me in my career. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by 46 with people with people who weren‘t studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a sensible choice. They told me I was wise and 47 beyond my 18 years, and I believed them.
I headed off to college. I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering ―factories‖ where they didn‘t care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical 48 and sensitive all in one.
Now I‘m not so sure. Somewhere along the way noble ideal crashed into reality, as all noble ideals eventually do. After three years of 49 to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile engineering with liberal arts courses in college.
The reality that has 50 my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don‘t mix as easily as I assumed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different way; together they threaten to confuse. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.
A) blocked F) interacting K) practical B) flexibility G) supposed L) administrative C) schedule H) mature M) equipment D) wise I) demonstrate N) critical E) struggling J) genius O) idealist
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice. Passage one
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Have you ever been to an Irish wedding? I have just returned from one．It is a quarter to five in the morning：the sun has already climbed about the horizon；the birds are busy celebrating the
new day and have eagerly been in search of food．But some of the guests have not yet left．They are still prolonging the night：dancing，singing，gossiping，putting off the unfortunate necessity of undertaking a day‘s work in the fields after a sleepless night．
Throughout most of her life，Bridget Mary，the bride，has been living in the small whitewashed thatched cottage I have just left．Twelve children have been brought up there but only two are still living at home．The eldest son，heir to the small farm, is helping his father with the farm work（they employ no farm laborers）：the youngest daughter is still at school．Two years ago，Bridget Mary went to England to take up domestic work in a hospital and it was while she was living there that she met her future husband， Terry．He himself is an Irishman who used to live in Dublin and now has a well-paid job in a light engineering works in England．They got engaged and started saving．Now they are thinking of buying a small house near Terry‘s factor．
The wedding ceremony was performed in the church in the nearest town at half past eight yesterday morning．Another couple were being married at the same time．Nobody worried about the cost of the celebrations：four luxurious cars brought bride，bridegroom，family and friends home，and forty people were crowded into the tiled kitchen and the tiny living—room，hung with framed school certificates and religious pictures．A big meal was given；the wedding cake was cut and toasts were drunk in whisky or sherry. And while the remains of the feast were being cleared away and the rooms swept，the four cars set out again，taking the married couple and relations for a drive round the country—side．
51．What makes it clear that this is a country wedding? A) The bride is one of a large family. B) The guests‘ occupation. C) The birds are singing. D) People get up so early. 52．No farm laborers are employed became . A) they are not needed B) the family is too poor C) the son can help D) there are none available
53．The young couple will not live on the farm after their marriage because . A) there is no room for them B) they have a house in England C) they are both employed elsewhere D) it is the bride‘s brother who will inherit the farm
54．The guests taken for a ride round the countryside . A) To give them an opportunity of seeing the surroundings． B) To get them out of the way． C) To enable the neighbors to see the married people D) As a way of passing the time．
55．The wedding was celebrated A) in the morning． B) at noon． C) form morning till late in the evening D) in the evening
Passage Two
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
Many leading scientists down through the years from Galileo to Einstein have been deeply religious. They have been intrigued by the essential mystery of life and material existence, and have recognized that spiritual as well as scientific understanding is needed.
Two biologists might examine a living cell under a microscope. One will see there the handiwork of God; the other will see only what evolution has chanced to produce. And yet both will agree on the cell‘s biological history, its composition, its structure, and its function. One physicist will find God in the exquisitely organized and exact laws of the physical universe. Another physicist will not be able to see anything beyond the laws themselves. The religious views of a scientist do not come from his science; they come from his entire philosophy, his whole view of the world. But scientists are not unique in this matter; the same disparity of thinking is to be found among people from all walks of life.
In the modern world, science serves two important functions. One is to provide the basis for a scientific technology. It is in this way that science has the greatest influence on our daily living. Through technology, we advance the structure of civilization and gain increasing domination over the earth and adjoining portions of the universe. The other purpose served by science is one of understanding. Through science, we discover how phenomena occur and, to a limited extent, why they happen the way they do. Vital processes are analyzed and studied, that we may know more of how organisms function, and how they have come to be what they are. Through science, we seek to know that a man is –how his body works and why he thinks and dreams. As we search to know ourselves and the workings of our minds, we expect to find solutions to problems of confusion and discontent. Science is a way to understanding, but in some ways it is a narrow path that does not touch on all the questions posed by the facts of human life. Science does not provide a way of life; it does not create a moral order. It is quite obvious that not all human knowledge can be reduced to scientific terms. Interpretations of the ultimate meaning and value of life will, in the final analysis, be made more on the basis of spiritual awareness than on scientific acuity.
56. According to the author, many leading scientists __________.
A) have attempted to explain physi8cal life from a religious point of view B) have engaged in intrigue trying to solve the mystery of life
C) have acknowledged that only religion can explain the mystery of life D) have been puzzled by the mystery of life and material things
57. The author suggests in the second paragraph that _________.
A) it is only by studying philosophy that a man can develop religious beliefs
B) while some physicists conclude from the laws of nature that there is a God, others draw no such conclusion
C) by examining a living cell under a microscope biologists can understand the process of evolution
D) there is a disparity of thinking between scientists and people from other walks of life regarding science and religion
58. In the last sentence of the second paragraph, ―this matter‖ refer to __________.
A) the fact that a scientist‘ s religious views derive from his whole outlook on life B) the fact that some people believe in God while others do not
C) the disparity in the religious conclusions drawn from the observation of natural phenomena
D) the disparity of thinking between scientists and people from other walks of life
59. In the third paragraph it is mentioned that by means of science, __________are analyzed and
studied.
A) processes on which organic life depends B) the main ways in which organisms develop C) changes in organic life
D) the ways in which cells formed
60. In the second sentence of third paragraph ―scientific technology‖ is
A) the application of scientific knowledge to the skills of industry B) the application of science and industry to daily life C) science and industry as the basis of progress
D) the use of science and industrial techniques in gaining control of the universe
Part Ⅳ Vocabulary
Directions: Choose the ONE that best completes each sentence from the four choices marked A),
B), C) and D).
61. The basic causes are unknown, although certain condition that may lead to cancer have been_________.
A）identified B）guaranteed C）notified D）conveyed 62. The art students were by the sheer beauty of the portrait hung before them. A) distressed B) glorified C) sustained D) captivated 63. Lily‘s new blue dress her coat perfectly.
A) likes B) matches C) colors D) resembles
64. Your complaint is being ; when we have anything to report we will write to you again.
A) looked through B) looked over C) looked into D) looked up 65. The activity inside the Party became The Right Wing Movement. A) known as B) known of C) known to D) known at
66. One of the leading newspapers the severest punishment of all who had been concerned in the conspiracy.
A) called on B) called for C) called in D) called by 67. The school has many good teachers, but when it buildings, it is poor. A) comes to B) comes though C) comes across D) comes at 68. He is not that sort of chap who likes being .
A) made up to B) made for C) made up D) made over
69. Gasoline mileage depends on a variety of including speed, weather conditions and length.
A) tissues B) figures C) factors D) characters 70. A man saves money inflation‘s not having negative effect on him.
A) in hope with B) in hope for C) hoping D) in hopes for
71. He always did well at school having to do part-time jobs every now and then. A) in spite of B) regardless of C) on account of D) in case of 72. When the guest speaker finished his eloquent speech, the audience . A) elapsed B) admired C) applauded D) split
73. Suddenly, Jane gave a and rushed off to the kitchen, where she could smell the cake burning.
A) scream B) laughter C) murmur D) crying
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