Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure(25 points)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section there are 15 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　31. Air pollution __________ , this city is still a good place to live in.

　　A. being greatly reduced B. greatly being reduced

　　C. to greatly reduce D. greatly to reduce

　　32. Many Americans worry about leisure and hurry from one activity to the next, __________ little time to stop and think.

　　A. leave B. leaving C. left D. to leave

　　33. I won’t be able to attend the meeting tonight because _________ .

　　A. I must teach a class B. I teach a class

　　C. I will be teaching a class D. I will have been teaching a class

　　34. Great changes __________ in our institute in the last few years.

　　A. have taken place B. has taken place

　　C. took place D. had taken place

　　35. If the building project __________ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.

　　A. being completed B. is completed

　　C. to be completed D. completed

　　36. __________ a teacher in a university, it is necessary to have at least a master’s degree.

　　A. To become B. Become C. One becomes D. On becoming

　　37. I don’t know why she avoids __________ her opinion on the subject.

　　A. to give B. to be given C. giving D. being given

　　38. If I had remembered __________ the window, the thief would not have got in.

　　A. to close B. closing C. to have closed D. having closed

　　39. Cambridge has announced plans to establish a business school __________ the master’s degree in business administration.

　　40. James plans to __________ offers from other companies before making a decision.

　　A. explode B. expand C. expose D. explore

　　41. It would make __________ for the parents to be involved in this discussion.

　　A. sense B. idea C. meaning D. significance

　　42. The license must be clearly __________ in the car windscreen.

　　A. spread B. displayed C. exposed D. located

　　43. The donated liver came from the UK, but the hospital is giving no further __________ .

　　A. instance B. character C. items D. details

　　44. Police are __________ the disappearance of two children.

　　A. looking out B. looking after C. looking into D. looking on

　　45. I do not intend to follow that, because we shall have an opportunity to do so on another __________ .

　　A occasion B. situation C. condition D. environment

　　Section B

　　Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE answer that best completes the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet with a single line through the center.

　　When I visited the Netherlands last year, my first impression was that it was all too good to be true: a country where everyone is satisfied! So, ___46___ that young people everywhere are gifted social critics, I sought out some university students and ___47__ what issues young people were ___48___ . I was stunned to learn that the main problem students there see is with employment. IN a country that’s made good work conditions a(n) ___49___ , this came as a real surprise. Even more stunning was the fact that it wasn’t unemployment ___50___ these students were worried about --- it was a shortage of highly paid management positions ___51___ to fresh university graduates. As the students expressed their resentment toward the older generation for “ ___52___ all the good jobs” and their bitterness over the thought of struggling to ___53___ on an entry – level salary, I couldn’t help ___54___ my own early employment experiences. I had graduated with honors form a good school, but my first job was doing door – to – door market research for a salary that just barely allowed me to get by. For some reason I never doubted that I’d ultimately ___55___ a better job. I simply accepted that a young person who was just starting out would have to struggle a bit at first. (216 words)

　　46. A. thinking B. to see C. knowing D. found

　　47. A. inquired after B. inquired of C. inquired into D. inquired

　　48. A. worrying B. concerned about C. concerned with D. cared about

　　49. A. priority B. choice C. must D. importance

　　50. A. which B. whom C. the D. that

　　51. A. preferred B. limited C. supplied D. available

　　52. A. taking on B. taking up C. taking over D. taking to

　　53. A. earn B. make ends meet C. survive with D. live with

　　54. A. calling back B. memorizing C. looking back on D. recalling on

　　55. A. end up with B. end with C. end in D. end on

　　PartⅣ Writing (15 points)

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter to one of your former classmates. You should write at least 80 words, and base your letter on the Chinese outline below:

　　1. 了解對方近來的情況

　　2. 通知對方同學將在元旦舉行聚會

　　3. 請對方參加