Part Ⅲ Vocabulary (20 minutes)

　　Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with　a single line through the centre.

　　41.We were only able to make a ______ estimate of annual cost.

　　A) coarse B) rough C) crude D) rude

　　42.It is ______ nonsense that we win the game by chance.

　　A) sheer B) shield C) shear D) sheet

　　43.The diet should be perfectly ______ most people.

　　A) deficient in B) short of C) intent on D) adequate for

　　44.The ______ student will have a chance to be successful if he has self-confidence in his mind.

　　A) common B) usual C) averageD) general

　　45.Everybody has the general knowledge that the human body is a ______machine.

　　A) delicate B) precise C) considerateD) sensitive

　　46.______ cars in traffic jams cause a great deal of pollution.

　　A) Standing B) Stable C) Stationary D) still

　　47.We are told that over the next few months our work ______ will change.

　　A) pattern B) scale C) grade D) rank

　　48.You can pay for the house in ______ over a specified number of years.

　　A) compensation B) substitution C) installments D) commission

　　49.The fragile peace between the two countries was hanging by a ______ .

　　A) thread B) rope C) string D) cord

　　50.In general, native speaker will make ______ too when they use their native language.

　　A) errors B) mistakes C) weaknesses D) flaws

　　51.The organization publishes a regular ______ of world population statistics.

　　A) themes B) leaflets C) digests D) insights

　　52.The government has an ______ to cut tax if he promised to do so.

　　A) impulse B) influence C) sympathy D) obligation

　　53.In this company, most of the employees are women, but in the boards of corporations, women are in a ______ .

　　A) minimum B) shortage C) scarcity D) minority

　　54.I promised you that I’d help you, I’m not going ______ that.

　　A) in for B) along withC) back on D) through with

　　55.I was trying to tell him what really happened, but he ______ me______.

　　A) gave...up B) cut...short C) turn...out D) put...through

　　56.What others think I do not know, I can only ______ for myself.

　　A) speak B) talk C) tell D) say

　　57.The team has been ______ down the league table and really needs some new players.

　　A) declining B) lessening C) slipping D) descending

　　58.They ______ the classroom by adding a new building to it in order to

　　hold more students.

　　A) enhance B) enlarge C) strengthen D) magnify

　　59.Do you think you could ______ that chocolate cake?

　　A) duplicate B) stimulate C) accelerate D) modify

　　60.On the computer keyboard, this is the key for ______.

　　A) repelling B) constraining C) compelling D) deleting

　　61.We can ______ the dangers of driving if we obey all the rules of the　road.

　　A) furnish B) minimize C) prolong

　　D) rectify

　　62.While I was on vacation abroad, my mail ______ in the box.

　　A) accumulate B) assemble C) converge D) crowd

　　63.Pressing this button, you can ______ the direction of movement of the machine.

　　A) confuseB) perplex C) hamper D) reverse

　　64.He’s given too much to his career, worked long hours, and ______ his own children.

　　A) discard B) miss C) neglect D) omit

　　65.Tom hardly seems middle-aged, ______ old.

　　A) less likely B) let alone C) much worseD) all else

　　66.The way in which information is transmitted has changed ______.

　　A) dramatically B) startlingly C) enormouslyD) uniquely

　　67.These are information that I really need to keep on ______.

　　A) sequence B) segment C) pile D) file

　　68.That’s one of the most astonishing economic ______ seen since the Second World War.

　　A) transmissions B) transitions C) transformationsD) transaction

　　69.Relationships in our department provide a ______ of the fact that people of different nations and cultures can work together peacefully.

　　A) demonstration B) manifestation C) implementation D) expedition

　　70.The company is trying to increase its ______ of the market.

　　A) circulation B) reproduction C) manipulation D) penetration

　　Part ⅤWriting (30 minutes)

　　Directions:For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic “Grades and Ability”. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

　　1.有些人认为分数体现能力。

　　2.有些人则认为分数不一定体现能力。

　　3.我对此问题的看法。