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63. ________ you _______ further problems with your printer, contact your dealer
for advice.
A. If, had B. Have, had C. Should, have D. In
case, had
64. He asked me to lend him some money, which I agreed to do, ________ that he
paid me back the following week.
A. on occasion B. on purpose C. on condition D. only if
65. Children who stay away from school do ________ for different reasons.
A. them B. / C. it D. theirs
66. –Why are you staring?
–I’ve never seen ______tree before.
67. There are still many problem ahead of us, but by his time next year we can
see light at the end of the _________.
A. battle B. day C. road D. tunnel
68. We realized that he was under great _________, so we took no notice of his
bad temper.
A. excitement B. stress C. crisis D. nervousness
69. The director tried to get the actors to _________ to the next scene by hand
signals.
A. move on B. move off C. move out D. move along
70. His ideas are invariably condemned as ________ by his colleagues.
A. imaginative B. ingenious C. impractical D. theoretical
71. Thousands of people turned out into the streets to _________ against the
local authorities’ decision to build a highway across the field.
A. contradict B. reform C. counter D. protest
72. The majority of nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical
profession women are in a _________.
A. minority B. scarcity C. rarity D. minimum
73. Professor Johnson’s retirement ________ from next January.
A. carries into effect B. takes effect
C. has effect D. puts into effect
74. The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to ________
government spending.
A. finance B. expand C. enlarge D. budget
75. The heat in summer is no less _________ here in this mountain region.
A. concentrated B. extensive C. intense D. intensive
76. Taking photographs is strictly ________ here, as it may damage the precious
cave paintings.
A. forbidden B. rejected C. excluded D. denied
77. Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will
_________.
A. pull back B. pull up C. pull through D. pull out
78. Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward
on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customer’s
_________ rather than the company’s.
A. benefit B. availability C. suitability D. convenience
79. The priest made the ________ of the cross when he entered the church.
A. mark B. signal C. sign D. gesture
80. This spacious room is ________ furnished with just a few articles in it.
A. lightly B. sparsely C. hardly D. rarely
PART V READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN ]
In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished
statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the
one that you think is the best answer.
Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
TEXT A
TEXT B
注：本文摘自 《英語學習四十年精選之異域風情 + 國外風情面面觀》
Predicting the future is always risky. But it's probably safe to say that at
least a few historians will one day speak of the 20th century as America's “
Disney era ” . Today, it's certainly difficult to think of any other single
thing that represents modern America as powerfully as the company that created
Mickey Mouse. Globally, brands like Coca-Cola and McDonalds may be more
widely-known, but neither encapsulates 20th-century America in quite the same
way as Disney.
The reasons for Disney's success are varied and numerous, but ultimately the
credit belongs to one person — the man who created the cartoon and built the
company from nothing, Walt Disney. Ironically, he could not draw particularly
well. But he was a genius in plenty of other respects. In business, his greatest
skills were his insight and his management ability. After setting himself up in
Hollywood, he single-handedly pioneered the concepts of branding and
merchandising — something his company still does brilliantly today.
But what really distinguished Disney was his ability to identify with his
audiences. Disney always made sure his films championed the “ little guy ” , and
made him feel proud to be American. This he achieved by creating characters that
reflected the hopes and fears of ordinary people. Some celebrated American
achievements — Disney's very first cartoon Plane Crazy, featuring a silent
Mickey Mouse, was inspired by Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic.
Others, like the There Little Pigs and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, showed
how, through hard work and helping one's fellow man, or Americans could survive
social and economic crises like the Great Depression.
Disney's other great virtue was the fact that his company — unlike other big
corporations — had a human face. His Hollywood studio — the public heard —
operated just like a democracy, where everyone was on firstname terms and had a
say in how things should be run. He was also regarded as a great patriot because
not only did his cartoons celebrate America, but, during World War II, studios
made training films for American soldiers.
The reality, of course, was less idyllic. As the public would later learn,
Disney's patriotism had an unpleasant side. After a strike by cartoonists in
1941, he became convinced that Hollywood had been infiltrated by Communists. He
agreed to work for the FBI as a mole, identifying and spying on colleagues whom
he suspected were subversives.
But, apart from his affiliations with the FBI, Disney was more or less the
genuine article. A new book, The Magic Kingdom; Walt Disney and the American Way
of Life, by Steven Watts, confirms that he was very definitely on the side of
ordinary Americans — in the 30s and 40s he voted for Franklin Roosevelt,
believing he was a champion of the workers. Also, Disney was not an apologist
for the FBI, as some have suggested. In fact, he was always suspicious of large,
bureaucratic organizations, as is evidenced in films like That Darned Cat, in
which he portrayed FBI agents as bungling incompetents.
By the time he died in 1966, Walt Disney was an icon like Thomas Edison and
the Wright Brothers. To business people and filmmakers, he was a role model; to
the public at large, he was “ Uncle Walt ”— the man who had entertained them all
their lives, the man who represented them all their lives, the man who
represented all that was good about America.
86. Walt Disney is believed to possess the following abilities EXCEPT
A. painting.
B. creativity
C. management.
D. merchandising.
87. According to the passage, what was the pleasant side of Disney’s patriotism?
A. He sided with ordinary Americans in his films.
B. He supported America’s war efforts in his own way.
C. He had doubts about large, bureaucratic organizations.
D. He voted for Franklin Roosevelt in the 30s and 40s.
88. In the sixth paragraph the sentence “Disney was more or less the genuine
article” means that
A. Disney was a creative and capable person.
B. Disney once agreed to work for the FBI.
C. Disney ran his company in a democratic way.
D. Disney was sympathetic with ordinary people.
89. The writer’s attitude toward Walt Disney can best be described as
A. sympathetic.
B. objective.
C. critical.
D. skeptical.
TEXT C
TEXT D
PART VI WRITING [45 MIN. ]
SECTION A COMPOSITION [35 MIN]
The students’ Union of your university is planning to hold an arts festival next
semester, and they are inviting students to contribute their ideas and
suggestions as to how it should be organized or what should be included.
Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words on the following
topic:
MY IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY ARTS FESTIVAL
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your idea is.
In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your idea OR describe
your idea.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a
summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING [10 MIN]
Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a note of about 50-60 words based on the following
situation:
You have got two tickets to a concert given by a famous pop band/orchestra.
Write a note to your friend, Hilda/Mike, describing briefly what it is and
inviting her/him to come with you.
Marks will be awarded for content ,organization, grammer and appropriateness.
