Section I Use of English

　　Directions： Read the following text. Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET1.(10 points)

　　The history of African——Americans during the past 400 years is traditionally narrated 1 an ongoing struggle against 2 and indifference on the part of the American mainstream, and a struggle 3 as an upward movement is 4 toward ever more justice and opportunity. Technology in and of 5 is not at fault; its much too simple to say that gunpowder or agricultural machinery or fiber optics 6 been the enemy of an 7 group of people. A certain machine is put 8 work in a certain way——the purpose 9 which it was designed. The people who design the machines are not intent on unleashing chaos; they are usually trying to 10 a task more quickly, cleanly, or cheaply, 11 the imperative of innovation and efficiency that has ruled Western civilization 12 the Renaissance. Mastery of technology is second only 13 money as the true measure of accomplishment in this country, and it is very likely that by 14 this under-representation in the technological realm, and by not questioning and examining the folkways that have 15 it, blacks are allowing 16 to be kept out of the mainstream once again. This time, however, they will be 17 from the greatest cash engine of the twenty-first century. Inner-city blacks in particular are in danger, and the beautiful suburbs 18 ring the decay of Hartford, shed the past and learn to exist without contemplating or encountering the tragedy of the inner city. And blacks must change as well. The ways that 19 their ancestors through captivity and coming to freedom have begun to loose their utility. If blacks 20 to survive as full participants in this society, they have to understand what works now.

　　1. A. like B. as C. for D. with

　　2. A. charity B. clarity C. cohesion D. oppression

　　3. A. charting B. charts C. charted D. to chart

　　4. A. progressing B. progressed C. clutched D. clutching

　　5. A. itself B. themselves C. ourselves D. himself

　　6. A. have B. to have C. has D. to has

　　7. A. entirely B. enter C. entire D. entrance

　　8. A. for B. off C. on D. at

　　9. A. for B. to C. with D. before

　　10. A. envelop B. accomplish C. enveloping D. accomplishing

　　11. A. followed B. follows C. to follow D. following

　　12. A. since B. on C. in D. at

　　13. A. before B. to C. with D. from

　　14. A. to tolerate B. tolerate C. tolerated D. tolerating

　　15. A. encountered B. encountering C. to encounter D. encounters

　　16. A. them B. us C. themselves D. ourselves

　　17. A. excluding B. included C. including D. excluded

　　18. A. where B. that C. how D. what

　　19. A. servicing B. encircle C. encircling D. served

　　20. A. is B. were C. are D. have

　　Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

　　Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1 .(40 points)