TV displays are added to clocks, coffee makers and smoke detectors.
A) startling B) surpassing
C) suppressing D) stacking
51. The advance of globalization is challenging some of our most ___ values and ideas,
including our idea of what constitutes “home”.
A) enriched B) enlightened
C) cherished D) chartered
52. Researchers have discovered that ___ with animals in an active way may lower a
person’s blood pressure.
A) interacting B) integrating
C) migrating D) merging
53. The Beatles, the most famous British band of the 196.s, traveled worldwide for many years,
_________ cultural barriers.
A) transporting B) transplanting
C) transferring D) transcending
54. In his last years, Henry suffered from a disease that slowly ___ him of much of his
sight.
A) relieved B) jeopardized
C) deprived D) eliminated
55. Weight lifting, or any other sport that builds up your muscles, can make bones become denser
and less ___ to injury.
A) attached B) prone
C) immune D) reconciled
56. He has ___ to museums hundreds of his paintings as well as his entire personal
collection of modern art.
A) ascribed B) attributed
C) designated D) donated
57. Erik’s website contains ___ photographs and hundreds of articles and short videos
from his trip around the globe.
A) prosperous B) gorgeous
C) spacious D) simultaneous
58. Optimism is a ___ shown to be associated with good physical health, less depression
and longer life.
A) trail B) trait
C) trace D) track
59. The institution has a highly effective program which helps first-year students make a
successful ___ into college life.
A) transformation B) transmission
C) transition D) transaction
60. Philosophers believe that desire, hatred and envy are “negative emotions” which ___
the mind and lead it into a pursuit of power and possessions.
A) distort B) reinforce
C) exert D) scramble
61. The term “glass ceiling” was first used by the Wall Street Journal to describe the apparent
barriers that prevent women from reaching the top of the corporate ___.
A) seniority B) superiority
C) height D) hierarchy
62. Various efforts have been made over the centuries to predict earthquakes, including observing
lights in the sky and ___ animal behavior.
A) abnormal B) exotic
C) absurd D) erroneous
63. Around 80 percent of the ___ characteristics of most white Britons have been
passed down from a few thousand Ice Age hunters.
A) intelligible B) random
C) spontaneous D) genetic
64. Picasso gained popularity in the mid-20th century, which was ___ of a new attitude
towards modern art.
A) informative B) indicative
C) exclusive D) expressive
65. The country was an island that enjoyed civilized living for a thousand years or more with
little ___ from the outside world.
A) disturbance B) discrimination
C) irritation D) irregularity
66. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and ________ .
A) stability B) capability
C) durability D) availability
67. Back in the days when people traveled by horse and carriage, Karl Benz ___ the
world with his extraordinary three-wheeled motor vehicle.
A) inhibited B) extinguished
C) quenched D) stunned
68. If we continue to ignore the issue of global warming, We will almost certainly suffer the
_________ effects of climatic changes worldwide.
A) dubious B) drastic
C) trivial D) toxic
69. According to the theory of evolution, all living species are the modified ___ of earlier
species.
A) descendants B) dependants
C) defendants D) developments
70. The panda is an endangered species, which means that it is very likely to become ___
without adequate protection.
A) intact B) insane
C) extinct D) exempt
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Part Ⅳ Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes,
one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a
word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you
change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If
you add a word, put an insertion make (^) in the right place and write the missing
world in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.
Example:
Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods.
1. time/times/period
Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature.
2. _____／______
As a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television.
3. _____ the ______
Until recently, dyslexia an and other reading problems were
a mystery to most teachers and parents. As a result, too many
kids passed through school without master the printed page. S1.
Some were treated as mentally deficient: many were left
functionally illiterate (文盲的), unable to ever meet their
potential. But in the last several years, there’s been a
revolution in that we’ve learned about reading and dyslexia, S2.
Scientists are using a variety of new imaging techniques to
watch the brain at work. Their experiments have shown that
reading disorders are most likely the result of what is, in an effect, S3.
faulty wiring in the brain—not lazy, stupidity or a poor home S4.
environment. There’s also convincing evidence which dyslexia S5.
is largely inherited. It is now considered a chronic problem
for some kids, not just a “phase”. Scientists have also
discarded another old stereotype that almost all dyslexies are
boys. Studies indicate that many girls are affecting as well S6.
and not getting help.
At same time, educational researchers have come up S7.
with innovative teaching strategies for kids who are having
trouble learning to read. New screening tests are identifying
children at risk before they get discouraged by year of S8.
frustration and failure. And educators are trying to get the
message to parents that they should be on the alert for the