Ⅰ.Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Ⅲ.ClozeDirections: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D below the passage. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Television
Television is the greatest communication medium ever designed and operated by man. It sends into the human brain an 1 amount of opinions and information and 2 moral and artistic standards for all of us. Every minute of a television programme teaches us something. It is never neutral (中立的) 3 . For example, how and when public issues are 4 depends in large part 5 how they are treated by the television networks in entertainment 6 news and public affairs programmes.
What the American people think about government and politics in 7 , as well as a favorite candidate in 8 , is largely influenced by 9 .
Unfortunately, commercial television seldom 10 anything of value to our lives. Many American express a deep hostility (敌意) 11 television because they know most TV programmes are 12 poor quality and that something these programmes are even 13 .
The question is: how can television be improved? There are many things the ordinary 14 can do. For example, he 15 complain to his local TV stations about offensive advertising. He can 16 citizens' groups to urge local TV stations to 17 their programmes. 18 these groups should propose regular analyses of special TV commercials and programmes by educators, doctors, etc. to 19 the influence of these programmes on children and adults. Television can be our most exciting medium if we just think about 20 to improve it. Section A(非英语专业学生做)Directions: In this part of the test, there are 5 items which you have to translate into Chinese. Each item has one or two sentences. These sentences are all underlined and taken from the reading passages you have just read in the reading comprehension part. You are allowed 20 minutes to do the translation. You should refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.
1. Hardly a day goes by that I don't think of him or speak of him.
我几乎没有一天不想念他,不提起他。(我差不多天天都想念他,提起他。)
2. It is estimated that about 80% of the world's population cannot afford to have proper food, housing or medical care.
据估计,世界上大约有80%的人口无法享有合理的饮食、住房和医疗保健。
3. Cars, too, might be equipped with computers to help drivers find their way around or to communicate with home and office computers.
轿车里也可以安装上计算机,帮助司机找到路径,或与家用电脑和办公室的计算机取得联系。
4. Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students.
最近人们已经认识到考试焦虑确实是个问题,而不仅仅是懒惰学生的借口或托词。
5. If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with their tension.
如果这种测试表明学生有严重的焦虑症状,学生可以参加短期培训课程,以帮助他们减缓压力。
Section B(英语专业学生做)Directions: In this section, there is a short passage in Chinese. Read it carefully and put it into English.
1. 现在你们要离开学校了,我没有什么礼物送给你们,那就进你们一句话吧。
这一句话是:“不要抛弃学问。”以前的功课也许有一大部分是为了这张毕业文凭,不得已而做的。从今以后,你们可以依自己的心愿去自由研究了。趁现在年富力强的时候,努力做一种学问。少年是一去不复返的,等精力衰退时,要做学问也来不及了。如果为吃饭而不求学问,三年五年之后,你们都要被后来的少年淘汰掉的。到那时再想做点学问来补救,恐怕已大晚了。
有人说:“出去做事之后,生活问题急需解决,哪有工夫去读书?即使要做学问,既没有图书馆,又没有实验室,哪能做学问?”
我要对你们说:凡是要等到有了图书馆方才读书的,有了图书馆也不肯读书;凡是要等有了实验室方才做研究的,有了实验室也不肯做研究。你有了决心去研究一个问题,自然会节衣缩食去买书,自然会想出办法来购买仪器。
As you are leaving your school, I have nothing to offer as a gift except a word of advice.
My advice is: "Never give up the pursuit of leaning. " You have perhaps finished your college courses mostly for obtaining the diploma, or in other words, out of sheer necessity. However, from now on you are free to make your own choice of studies. While you are still young, why not devote yourselves to a special field of study? Youth will soon be gone never to return. And it will be too late for you to go into scholarship in your declining years. Knowledge will do you a good turn even as a means subsistence. If you give up studies while holding a job, you will in a couple of years have had yourselves replaced by younger people. It will then be too late to remedy the situation by picking up studies again.
Some people say, "Once you have a job, you'll come up against the urgent problem of making a living. How can you manage to find time to study? Even if you want to, will it be possible with no library or laboratory available? "
Now let me tell you this. Those who refuse to study for lack of library will most probably continue to do so even though there's a library. And those who refuse to do research for lack of laboratory will most probably continue to do so even though a laboratory is available. As long as you set your mind on studies, you will naturally cut down on food and clothing to buy books or do everything possible to acquire necessary instruments.
Ⅴ.WritingDirections: In this part, you are to write a short composition of about 120 to 150 words(non-English majors) or 150 to 180 (English majors) based on the topic given below.
1.
My view on Private Cars1. 私家车的情况。
2. 拥有私家车的利与弊。
3. 我的观点。
My View on Private Cars
Wherever one lives—in the city or in the country, there are some good reasons for owning a car. First, cars have become an important part of convenient form of transportation. Nowadays, more and more people own cars, and a lot more people intend to buy cars.
With a car, a person can go around freely, without spending a lot of time. Second, a car is a comfortable way to travel, especially in the winter-time. A driver stays warm and dry even in cold, rainy weather. Finally, a driver is usually safe in his car when he goes out at night.
There are, on the other hand, many good reasons against owing a car. First, it can be very expensive to purchase and run a car. The gas shortage has caused a big problem for drivers, and the price of fuel continues to go up each year. In addition, it costs a great deal to maintain, repair and insure a car. Second, owing a car can also cause worry and stress. It is exhausting to driver a car in heavy traffic. What is worse, cars are responsible for most of the smog in cities, which pollutes the environment seriously.
In spite of all the mentioned, I still favor owing a car. The reason is that the car gives a person the freedom to schedule his own time. Though we are confronted with a problem of energy crisis, I am sure that the real solution will have to be a new kind of car, one that uses cheap, efficient energy and does not contaminate the air.