Part 1V Cloze (10%)

　　Directions: there are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage.

　　The compass (罗盘) is a device that is absolutely necessary for the 56 of ships and airplanes. Hikers often need a compass, too. Anyone who does not use 57 roads should have a compass.

　　56. a. judgment B. operation C. manufacture D. accuracy

　　57. A. established B. finishing C. establishing D. finished

　　A compass will always 58 to know your direction. If you have a map 59 land marks such as roads, mountains, rivers, and lakes, you can immediately find out where you are. The compass 60 you to place your map in an 61 position according to the directions. You can then 62 where you are with points on the map.

　　58. A. make you possible B. be made for you

　　C. make it possible for you D. make you

　　59. A. to show B. showed C. shown D. showing

　　60. A. makes B. allows C. lets D. admits

　　61. A. exact B. true C. real D. admits

　　62. A. match B. contrast C. link D. compare

　　The Chinese were the first people 63 the magnet (磁铁) 64 a compass. They first used compasses to 65 their ships between the years 100 B. C. and A.D. 100. Their compasses were simple and 66 devices. 67 the magnetic iron into their compass, these early seamen placed the magnet on a cork or a piece of straw. They then put the iron-cork system in a bowl of water, the 68 magnet turned easily, aligning(排列成) itself with the directions north and 69.

　　63. A. to use B. used C. use D. for using

　　64. A. like B. as if C. / D. as

　　65. A. command I3. guide C. show D. lead

　　66. A. convenient B. inconvenient C. uneasy D. easy

　　67. A. Having made B. Making C. To make D. Made

　　68. A. flowing B. floated C. flowed D. floating

　　69. A. east B. south C. west D. southeast

　　Later the Chinese invention was put together 70 a Babylonian invention, the degree. Then the compass became 71 . Compasses 72 well on wooden ships. 73 , when metal ships appeared in the 1800s, the simple magnetic compass was 74 . The metal in the ship 75 the magnet. Modern ships now use the gyrocompass and the radio compass for navigation.

　　70. A. with B. in C. on D. to

　　71. A. easily use B. of use easily C. easy to use D. easily to use

　　72. A. went B. worked C. turned D. showed

　　73. A. but B. meanwhile C. although D. moreover

　　74. A. ill work B. accurate C. inaccurate D. not in work

　　75. A. tempted B. swallowed C. attracted D. rejected

　　Part V Translation (20%)

　　Section A

　　76. Germany's best-selling daily was filled the following week with letters from readers complaining that Germans will never win contests like Eurovision because they are so loathed abroad. (Passage 1)

　　77. Germans came in second to last, just ahead of the British. (Passage 1)

　　78. It is so small that it would take sixteen hours to fall half a mile in perfectly still air, and it does not fall out of moving air at all. (Passage 2)

　　79. I was so interested in the story I was reading that I did not notice that it was getting dark.(Passage 3)

　　80. I looked out but it was now too dark to see anything clearly. (Passage 3)

　　Section B

　　81.他们的愿望和我们的正相反。

　　82.这个电影是根据她的小说改编的。

　　83.他把所有空余时间都花在学习上，以弥补失去了的时间.

　　84.如果人类过多地干扰自然界的平衡，那将使地球不适合人类居住。

　　85.你越是用功，你的功课就越显得容易。

　　答 案

　　1—5.DCACB 6—10.ABBCD 11—15.CBBCC

　　16—20.CABAC 2l一25.BCADD 26—30.CBAAA

　　31—-35.ABADA 36—40.CBM3C 41—45.BBABA

　　46—一50.AAADB 51—5邑DBCDD 56—60.BACDB

　　61—6l AAADB 66—70.ACDBA ?l一?5.CBACC

　　76.在接下来的一星期，德国销路最好的日报上充斥着读者的来信，他们抱怨说德国人永远也不

　　会在象欧洲电视网这样的比赛中获胜，因为他们在国外不受人欢迎。

　　?7.德国人最后列倒数第二，仅领先于英国人。

　　78.(云层中的水滴)是如此的小以至于在完全静止的空气中它要1.6个小时才能降落半英里，并

　　且在流动的空气中它根本不会降落。

　　79.我是如此地被我正在读的故事所吸引，以至于我没觉察到天黑了。

　　80.我向外看去，但天太黑·了，看不清任何东西。

　　81.His wish is contrary to ours.

　　82.This film is based on her fiction.

　　83. He spent a11 his spare time in studying in order to make up for the lost time.

　　84.If people interfere with the balance Of the nature too much，the world will not be adaptable to

　　live any more.

　　85.The harder you study，the easier the work will be