We tend to our horoscopes in newspapers and magazines, and to take an interest in what they tell us.
(A)read
(B)tell
(C)see
(D)know
On a hot summer day, a glass of iced water can your thirst immediately.
(A)quench
(B)arouse
(C)conquer
(D)yearn
It seems that more women nowadays are seeking out relationships with males.
(A)convulsive
(B)dominical
(C)egalitarian
(D)retrospective
Income is a serious social problem worldwide. The gap between the world’s rich and poor is wideningdrastically.
(A)disparity
(B)indifference
(C)shrinkage
(D)outrage
The locals to setting up a chemical factory in the neighborhood. They were worried that it would causepollution.
(A)dedicated
(B)objected
(C)attended
(D)addicted
No further research is needed to one fact about Pablo Picasso: He was a man of great talent.
(A)contrast
(B)decompose
(C)establish
(D)fold
Today people have been concerned about the potential for altering photos on computers because imaging softwaremakes easier than ever.
(A)innovation
(B)deletion
(C)manipulation
(D)distribution
The student studied very hard to live up to his parents’ .
(A)predictions
(B)admissions
(C)expectations
(D)permissions
When to pathogens, healthy animals will normally mount an immune response to fight off the infection.
(A)composed
(B)disposed
(C)exposed
(D)supposed
A criminal investigation began in the spring, but prosecutors declined to charges.
(A)appeal
(B)press
(C)commit
(D)indict
It is widely known that only a small of the nation’s money is spent on education.
(A)fraction
(B)fracture
(C)fragment
(D)fragrance
The treaty our government signed that any party which violated the regulations was liable to retaliation.
(A)penalized
(B)reprieved
(C)stipulated
(D)thwarted
When companies cannot raise money to solve their cash-flow problem, they may become and even go outof business.
(A)competitive
(B)hospitable
(C)insolvent
(D)pretentious
Richard wished to make his engagement to all the people at the party.
(A)knowing
(B)to know
(C)known
(D)know
When I asked the taxi driver to drive faster, he said .
(A)he will drive faster if I pay him more
(B)I will drive faster if you pay me more
(C)he would drive faster if I paid him more
(D)I would drive faster if you paid me more
Crowds of people lined up day and night to get on the roller-coaster ride, regardless the heavy rain.
(A)for
(B)with
(C)of
(D)on
Jenny : Did you enjoy the movie?Sue : It was okay, but I to the concert.
(A)had better go
(B)had better have gone
(C)would rather go
(D)would rather have gone
Not only to report the accident, but he also denied that he had been driving the car.
(A)he failed
(B)did he fail
(C)was he failed
(D)has he failed
The people who sell illegal drugs .
(A)may prosecute
(B)may be prosecuted
(C)they may be prosecuted
(D)it may prosecute
you, I wouldn’t make friends with a dishonest person like Jason.
(A)Was I
(B)Were I
(C)Had I been
(D)Have I been
Every parent is aware of their infant’s tendencies to rapidly go between sleep and wakefulness.
(A)in and out
(B)up and down
(C)back and forth
(D)inside and outside
John the requirements and was told to report to work the next day.
(A)will meet
(B)meet
(C)met
(D)will have met
I was exhausted. Otherwise, I to the party with you last night.
(A)went
(B)would go
(C)had gone
(D)would have gone請回答第39 題至第42 題Some shoppers are tired of department stores and shopping malls-fighting the crowds, waiting in long lines, and39 not even finding anything they want to buy. They would rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set andwatch a friendly announcer describe an item 40 a model displays it. And they can shop around the clock, purchasingan item simply by making a phone call and 41 it to a credit card. Home shopping networks understand the powerof an enthusiastic host, the glamour of celebrity guests 42 their products, and the emotional pull of bargain.
The name of the author is put on the poster, the name of his country.
(A)so is
(B)also is
(C)is too
(D)but is
The briefings that rely on asking people what they have just been through may not necessarily bringcathartic help to those who have suffered traumatic events.
(A)to reconstruct in vivid detail to go back
(B)to go back and reconstruct in vivid detail
(C)to reconstruct in vivid detail that they go back
(D)to go back that they have reconstructed in vivid detail
(A)every time
(B)anytime
(C)in no time
(D)sometimes
Don’t bargain with me any more! This is I can afford.
(A)the lowest possible price
(B)the possible most price
(C)the possible lowest price
(D)the price most possible請回答第40 題至第43 題Punctuation, one is taught, has a point: to 40 law and order. Punctuation marks are the road signs 41along the highway of our communication—to control speeds, provide directions and prevent 42 collisions. Aperiod has the unblinking finality of a red light; the comma is a flashing yellow light that asks us only to slow down;and the semicolon is a stop sign that tells us to ease gradually to a halt, 43 gradually starting up again.
While cigarette packs in the United States are stamped with small-print notices mentioning the risks of emphysemaand birth defects, often use more direct language.
(A)packs everywhere
(B)packs nowhere
(C)packs elsewhere
(D)packs anywhereInspiration and insanity do have one thing 41 . Their phenomena, like dreams, come from a part of the mindwhich is beyond conscious control. Many accounts of how scientific discoveries were made, problems solved, poemscreated or tunes discovered affirm that the new idea was not consciously thought up, but “came” to the discoverer. Often,inspiration seems most active when the creator himself is passive. Occasionally, solutions to problems or new inventionsoriginate in dreams; but, far more commonly, they appear when the creator is in a state of reverie or daydream, letting hisimagination wander where it will.The division of the mind into two parts, one considered rational and executive, 42 irrational and passive, longprecedes the division into ego and unconscious which Freud made 43 . The Latin word genius itself signified anin-dwelling life spirit which dwelt in the head. It was believed to 44 the form of a snake, and to be the part of a manwhich survived death. Both the word genius and its equivalent in Greek, the psyche, could equally well be replaced bysome modern phrase, like the “creative unconscious.”
(A)while
(B)but
(C)then
(D)so
(A)keep away
(B)keep on
(C)keep up
(D)keep up with
(A)common
(B)commonly
(C)in common
(D)out of common
Tom : Excuse me. Could you give me some directions?Dick : What are you looking for?Tom : A library, and I don’t have a car.Dick :
(A)There’s one about two blocks away on Elliott Street.
(B)Keep driving for about 5 minutes and turn right at the second traffic light.
(C)Anything else do you need to know?
(D)The movie theater is between the post office and the library.
(A)before
(B)after
(C)earlier
(D)later
(A)assume
(B)consume
(C)presume
(D)resume
A : How’s your day going?B : Terrible.A :B : The work keeps piling up. I have three deadlines this week.
(A)How are you?
(B)May I help you?
(C)What’s the matter?
(D)Could you do me a favor?
A small boy’s pockets are likely to contain a miscellaneous collection of objects.
(A)A small boy tends to be like many objects he collects in his pockets.
(B)A small boy likes to collect a variety of pockets and put them in containers.
(C)It is misunderstood that a small boy likes to put lots of things in his pockets.
(D)It is possible that there are different things in a small boy’s pockets.
I’d be obliged if you’d treat this matter as strictly confidential.
(A)I have tremendous confidence in your ability to handle this matter.
(B)I would be very grateful if you would not tell this matter to anyone.
(C)I would appreciate it if you would confide in me about the truth of the matter.
(D)Under your trust, I feel it an obligation to treat this matter cautiously.
A : I’m sorry. It is me who broke Mrs. Wu’s window.B : What?My goodness!You are in big trouble.A : I will be more careful next time.
(A)I think I have to go.
(B)I’m sorry you’ve found the wrong person.
(C)Let’s see if you have it right.
(D)You should not have done that.請回答第46 題至第50 題Times, as we understand and measure it, is a human invention. The science of studying time, as well as the art ofmaking instruments that measure time, is known as horology. Different instruments have been used to keep track oftime over the years, in an effort to count time in equal units. Sundials, or sun clocks, were used as early as 3500 B.C.and divided daylight time into equal hours. In Europe, in the fourteenth century, the hourglass was used. Time wasthen measured by having a quantity of sand, water, or mercury run from the upper to the lower part over a set period oftime. The first spring-powered clock was invented in Germany around 1510. The power for this clock came from ametal coil inside called a mainspring. To operate the clock, a person would wind the mainspring by turning a key.Battery-powered clocks were first used in the 1840s, with electric and quartz-powered clocks coming into use in theearly 1900s.With the invention of battery and electric-powered clocks, there was no longer the need to wind amainspring. As a result, time-keeping became much more accurate.
Wine tasters are schooled in the art of distinguishing fine wine from bad wine.
(A)go to special school for learning wine tasting
(B)learn to be wine-brewing artists
(C)are especially trained to taste wine
(D)are skilled in drawing the wine labels
John said he would avenge Mary’s wronged family.
(A)John said he would bravely defend Mary’s family at any cost.
(B)John said he would take revenge for the wrong thing that Mary’s family had done.
(C)John said he would fight back against the wrongdoing of Mary’s family.
(D)John said he would inflict pain on anyone who had wronged Mary’s family.At the end of the 8th century Scandinavia had hardly more than two million inhabitants. But from the beginning ofthe 9th century its population began to increase significantly. There were several reasons for this: on the one hand theclimate was getting better; it became warmer and thus harvests were becoming more abundant, the people better fed andstronger. The mortality rate of the old and infants during winter had also decreased. As the years went by, unoccupiedScandinavian territory became harder and harder to find.To these demographic factors certain features of Viking life must be added: such as polygamy, which produced alarge number of children, the obligation for young men to seek their fortune elsewhere, and Viking laws, which used exileas a punishment for criminals. There were, therefore, many reasons to take to the sea and chance one’s arm beyond one’snative shores.The Vikings were a bold people, who welcomed risks and who had a passion for voyaging abroad. In the 11thcentury, not far from their coasts, a great trade route was opening up, passing through the ports of Frisia (now Holland)and the Rhine valley. This route became the crossroads of all commercial exchange in northern Europe.The Vikings, attracted by all the goods which were beginning to pass so close to them, took more and more interestin the trade. Eventually this interest led to piracy and plunder.
The passage above is about .
(A)the importance of being always on time
(B)the significance of making time-keeping instruments
(C)the evolution of humans’ ideas of time.
(D)the development of horology.
The extraordinary success some Asian Americans are enjoying in a few areas has created the misconception ofan exemplary minority and has detracted from a need to accurately assess the costs and sacrifices involved forthose who manage to reach such a high level of achievements.
(A)The success of Asian Americans in some areas can mislead people from finding out what are really behind it.
(B)The Asian Americans are proud of the achievements they have made in a few local areas.
(C)Some Asian Americans detracted themselves from the need to accurately appraise the costs to reach highachievements.
(D)People are led to believe that Asian’s minority status is created without sacrifices.請回答第47 題至第50 題Of all Modernism’s tenets, few have been more “revered” than the assembly line. Its crisp efficiency was a templatefor everything. The new BMW plant in Leipzig serves as an antidote to just that sort of uniformity. A boomerang-shapedindustrial shed with rows of cars streaming on curving tracks, it is less a model of efficiency than a machine for voyeuristicpleasure. Moreover, the plant is an attempt at social engineering. Its architect subverts the sequential order ofmanufacturing by having each car loop back through the central building, where workers can survey their work.Engineers and workers are in constant contact, too, mingling in the corridors and the cafeteria, which breaks down thehierarchy. Because each car is routed on its way from the body shop to the paint shop or final assembly plant, youwitness them in all their various stages. At certain points, the cars stop and revolve on enormous turntables beforeheading off in a new direction. The movements suggest mechanical ballet. Leipzig plant is thus the flagship of BMWthat provides customized services. Very subtly, the free flow of information replaces the monotony of the assemblyline; individual needs rule over bland repetition; and machines are at the service of man.
The growth of Scandinavian population in the 9th century mainly lies in .
(A)the stability of the climate
(B)the increase of food
(C)the decrease of old people
(D)the expansion of the territory
Which of the following is also called “sun clocks”?
(A)Sundials
(B)Hourglasses
(C)Spring-powered clocks
(D)Battery-powered clocks
What is the major setback of modernist architecture?
(A)Its voyeuristic function
(B)Its uniformity
(C)Lack of communication
(D)The social hierarchy
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true about the Vikings?
(A)They practiced being married to only one person at a time.
(B)A family usually had many children.
(C)Young people had to stay in their hometown to work.
(D)They put the criminals in jail.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage to help humans measure time?
(A)fire
(B)sand
(C)water
(D)quartz
How is the new Leipzig assembly plant also an attempt at social engineering?
(A)By introducing art into manufacture
(B)By constantly focusing on the machines
(C)By bringing down the barrier between workers and engineers
(D)By breaking up the monotonous shape of factory buildings
According to the passage, the Vikings were people.
(A)skeptical
(B)cruel
(C)brave
(D)smart
According to the author, humans invented different time-keeping instruments in order to .
(A)wake up a person on time
(B)measure time in equal units
(C)make good use of time
(D)emphasize the importance of time
Why is the factory shaped like a boomerang?
(A)To imbue the factory with beauty
(B)To absorb energy from Australian aborigines
(C)To provide a solution to modernists’ dead end
(D)To allow cars to come back to the main building
The purpose for the author to mention the “great trade route” is to explain .
(A)the Vikings’ interests in transportation
(B)the prosperity of Frisia
(C)the beginning of commercial exchange in northern Europe
(D)the adventure spirit of the Vikings
Which of the following statements is true?
(A)Sundials were invented in Europe in the fourteenth century.
(B)The hourglass was the first instrument humans invented to measure time.
(C)The first spring-powered clock was invented in China.
(D)Electric-powered clocks are more accurate than spring-powered clocks.
What is the main social significance of the Leipzig plant?
(A)Utopian buildings can be sexually appealing.
(B)Customized service is the latest trend of manufacturing.
(C)Humanity, rather than machines, takes the central stage.
(D)Engineers should oversee their products as often as possible.