20.     (A) Sometimes nothing at all.              

(B) A sandwich and a cup of coffee.

(C) Some vitamin pills.           

(D) Some mineral water.

21. (A) He’s tired of his promotion and new responsibilities.

   (B) He finds it difficult to cope with so many urgent projects.

   (C) He’s quite satisfied with the recent progress in his work.

   (D) He thinks it to be a headache that he has to work late every night. 

22.     (A) Eating more food.               

(B) Getting some exercise.

(C) Taking some medicine.

(D) Quitting his job.

Questions 23--26

23. (A) Writing.                        (B) Reading.

   (C) Speaking.                      (D) Listening.

24.     (A) Because we often take our ability to listening for granted.

(B) Because we are surrounded by all sorts of noises.

(C) Because we do not spend much time listening.

(D) Because we do not attach great importance to listening.

25.     (A) 30 percent.                                      (B) 45 percent.

(C) 50 percent.                              (D) 75 percent.

26.     (A) The ship crew ignored repeated warnings.

(B) The passengers did not listen to the captain.

(C) The crew refused to obey the captain’s orders.

(D) The captain did not sleep well the night before the accident.

Questions 27--30

27.     (A) Because he could avoid being killed by the H-bomb.

(B) Because he had a new world to fight for.

(C) Because he was able to enjoy a pollution-free life.

(D) Because he succeeded in setting up his own business.

28.     (A) Moving from place to place.

(B) Enjoying life in the country.

(C) Making a little progress each day.

(D) Working and learning.

29.     (A) Pollution and population explosion.

(B) Universal love and understanding between people.

    (C) Advice and suggestions for their children.

    (D) Responsibilities for one another regardless of race, colour or nationality.

30.  (A) Because they don’t experience the same kind of problems.

    (B) Because they cannot adapt themselves to the fast progress.

    (C) Because they are too old to fight for a new world.

    (D) Because they feel the generation gap is too great to span over.

Part C: Listening and Translation

1. Sentence Translation

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 5 sentences in English. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

2. Passage Translation

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. You will hear the passages ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each passage, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. You may take notes while you are listening.

(1)

(2)

SECTION 2: STUDY SKILLS(45 minutes)

Directions: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions based on its content. You are to choose ONE best answer, (A), (B), (C) or (D), to each question. Answer all the questions following each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

Questions 1--5

One day, drought may be a thing of the past, at least in any country not too far from the sea. Vast areas of desert throughout the world may for the first time come to life and provide millions of hectares of cultivated land where now nothing grows.

       By the end of this century this may not be mere speculation. Scientists are already looking into the possibility of using some of the available ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.  In these regions there are vast ice-caps formed by snow that has fallen over the past 50,000 years. Layer upon layer of deep snow means that, when melted, the snow water would be pure, not salty as sea-ice would be. There is so much potential pure water here that it would need only a fraction to turn much of the desert or poorly irrigated parts of the world into rich farmland. And what useful packages would come in! It should be possible to hack off a bit of ice and transport it! Alternatively perhaps a passing iceberg could be captured.  They are always breaking away from the main caps and floating around, pushed by currents, until they eventually melt and are wasted.

       Many icebergs are, of course, much too small to be towed any distance, and would melt before they reached a country that needed them anywhere. It would be necessary to harness one that was manageable and that was big enough to provide a good supply when it reached us. Engineers think that an iceberg up to 11 kilometres long and 2 kilometres wide could be transported if the tug pulling it was as big as a supertanker! Even then they would cover only 32 kilometres every day. However, once the iceberg was at its destination, say at one end of Hong Kong harbour, more than 7,000 million cubic metres of water could be taken from it! That would probably be more than enough for Hong Kong even in the hottest summer! But no doubt a use could be found for it.

       Apparently, scientists say, there would not be too much wastage in such a journey.  The larger the iceberg, the slower it melts, even if it is towed through the tropics. This is because when the sun has a bigger area to warm up, less heat actually gets into the iceberg.  The vast frozen center would be unaffected.

       Even with the giant tug that would have to be available to tow an iceberg seven miles long, the voyage would take many months from the Antarctic to Hong Kong, for example, but as stronger engines are built and more is known about sea currents, the journey could get shorter and shorter and thus the wastage less and less. Airline pilots have learnt to use jet streams ten miles above the earth to increase speed and save fuel so, surely, a boat towing an iceberg could make use of fast-flowing currents and avoid warmer water.

1.    The main idea of the first paragraph is that _____.

(A)      much of desert has been changed into rich farmland already

(B)      the problem of drought could easily be solved all over the world

(C)      ice from the polar area may be used to solve the problem of drought

(D)      it is possible to solve the problem of drought in many countries

2.    We learn form the passage that icebergs _____.

(A)    took shape as early as 50,000 years ago

(B)    are eventually wasted while floating around

(C)    melt more slowly in tropics than in any other areas

(D)    are often too big to be of any value

3.    The difficulty of using ice to solve the drought problem lies in all of the following 

EXCEPT _____.

(A)      the proper equipment for transportation

(B)      the t

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