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A.comprehensiveB.alternativeC.deliberateD.ambiguous

3.Asa______actor,hecanperform,sing,danceandplayseveralkindsofmusicalinstruments.

A.flexibleB.versatileC.sophisticatedD.productive

4.Therearenotmanyteacherswhoarestrong______oftraditionalmethodsinEnglishteaching.

A.sponsorsB.contributorsC.advocatesD.performers

5.Althoughmostdreamsapparentlyhappen______,dreamactivitymaybeprovokedbyexternalinfluence.

A.spontaneouslyB.simultaneouslyC.homogeneouslyD.instantaneously

6.Heisholdinga______positioninthecompanyandexpectstobepromotedsoon.

A.subordinateB.succeedingC.successiveD.subsequent

7.Anyonewhodoesnotspeakthenativelanguage,______ChineseorEnglish,willbeaccompaniedbyatranslator.

A.beingitB.itbeingC.isitD.beit

8.Thisisanidealsiteforauniversity______itisfarfromthedowntownarea.

A.providedthatB.nowthatC.sothatD.inthat

9.Itisessentialthatyou______yourstudyhabitsifyouexpecttodowellincollege.

A.changedB.changeC.changingD.willchange

10.Thosewho______theweatherasaconventionalopeningseemtobeignorantofthereasonwhyhumanbeingswishtotalk.

A.disposeB.dispatchC.dismissD.despise

SectionB

Inthissectiontherearetensentences.EachsentencehasfourunderlinedwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,C,andD.IdentifytheONEunderlinedwordorphraseineachsentencethatmustbecorrected,youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheANSWERSHEET.

11.TheUnitedStates（hassent）several（spacecrafts）intoorbits（aroundtheearth）andhascollectedalotof（information）.

A.hassentB.spacecraftsC.aroundtheearthD.information

12.Hehadaseriouscar（accident）lastweekand（broke）hisleftlegbecausehegot（drunk）anddrovetoo（fastly）.

A.accidentB.brokeC.drunkD.fastly

13.（Likeexpected）,experimental（studies）showthatweshouldneitherrunnorscreamwhen（encountering）afierceanimal（like）alion.

A.LikeexpectedB.studiesC.encounteringD.like

14.Itisnot（surprised）thatMr.Smithgotnohelpwhenhe（fellill）.Hewasn'

t（on）goodtermswithanyoneinthe（neighbourhood）.

A.surprisedB.fellillC.onD.neighbourhood

15.（Seetoit）thatthelady（got）whatshe（wants）and（returnto）herhometownsafely.

A.SeetoitB.gotC.wantsD.returnto

16.Accordingtothe（literature）inthisfield,expert（evidences）originally（appeared）inEngland,andlater（gotwidenused）intheCommonwealthcountries.

A.literatureB.evidencesC.appearedD.gotwidenused

17.（Viewingbiologically）,modem（footballers）are（revealed）bythemassmediaasmembersofadisguised（huntingpack）.

A.ViewingbiologicallyB.footballersC.revealedD.huntingpack

18.（During）theearlystagesoftheindustrialrevolution,perhaps（oneineveryseven）（deaths）inEurope'

s（crowdedcities）wascausedbytuberculosis.

A.DuringB.oneineverysevenC.deathsD.crowdedcities

19.Treatingoldfolks（kind）,inmyopinion,is（moreaquestion）of（civilized）behaviour（as）goodmanners.

A.kindB.moreaquestionC.civilizedD.as

20.SichuanUniversityhasnotonly（avarietyof）departments（but）alarge（studentbody）（consistingin）manypeoplefromdifferentcountriesallovertheworld.

A.avarietyofB.butC.studentbodyD.consistingin

PartⅡReadingComprehension（30%）

Inthissectionyouwillreadsixpassages.Eachoneisfollowedbyfivequestions.ForeachquestiontherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.DecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheANSWERSHEET.

Passage1

ThreeEnglishdictionariespublishedrecentlyalllayclaimtopossessinga"

new"

feature.TheBBCEnglishDictionary,containsbackgroundinformationon1,000peopleandplacesprominentinthenewssince1988;

theOxfordAdvancedLearnerDictionaryEncyclopedicEditionistheOALDplusencyclopedicentries;

theLongmanDictionaryofEnglishLanguageandCultureistheLDOELplusculturalinformation.

Thekeyfactisthatallthreedictionariescanbeseentohaveadistinctly"

cultural"

aswellaslanguagelearningcontent.Thatbeingsaid,thewayinwhichtheyapproachtheculturalelementisnotidentical,makingdirectcomparisonsbetweenthethreedifficult.

Whilethereissomecommongroundbetweentheencyclopedic:

culturalentriesfortheOxfordandLongmandictionaries,thereisacleardifference.OxfordlaysclaimtobeingencyclopediconcontentwhereasLongmandistinctlyconcentratesonthelanguageandcultureoftheEnglish-speakingworld.TheOxforddictionarycanthereforestandmorevigorousscrutinyforculturalbiasthantheLongmanpublicationbecausethelatterdoesnothesitateaboutviewingtherestoftheworldfromtheculturalperspectivesoftheEnglish-speakingworld.TheculturalobjectivesoftheBBCdictionaryareinturnmoredistinctstill.Basedonananalysisofover70millionwordsrecordedfromtheBBCWorldServiceandNationalPublicRadioofWashingtonoveraperiodoffouryears,their1,000briefencyclopedicentriesarebasedonpeopleandplacesthathavefeaturedinthenewsrecently.TheintendedusertheyhaveinmindisaregularlistenertotheWorldServicewhowillhaveareasonablestandardofEnglishandadevelopedskillinlisteningcomprehension.

Inreality,though,theBBCdictionarywillbepurchasedbyafarwiderrangeoflanguagelearners,aswilltheothertwodictionaries.Wewillbefacedwithasituationwheremanyoftheusersofthesedictionarieswillattheveryleasthavedistinctsocio-culturalperspectivesandmayhaveworldviewswhicharetotallyopposedandevenhostiletothoseoftheWest.Advancedlearnersfromthiskindofbackgroundwillnotonlyevalueadictionaryonhowuser-friendlyitisbutwillalsohavedefiniteviewsaboutthescopeandappropriatenessofthevarioussocio-culturalentries.

21.Whatfeaturesetsapartthethreedictionariesdiscussedinthepassagefromtraditionalones?

A.Thecombinationoftwodictionariesintoone.

B.Thenewapproachtodefiningwords.

C.Theinclusionofculturalcontent.

D.Theincreaseinthenumberofentries.

22.TheLongmandictionaryismorelikelytobecriticizedforculturalprejudicebecause______.

A.itsscopeofculturalentriesgoesbeyondthecultureoftheEnglish-speakingcountries

B.itpayslittleattentiontotheculturalcontentofthenon-English-speakingcountries

C.itviewstheworldpurelyfromthestandpointoftheEnglish-speakingpeople

D.itfailstodistinguishlanguagefromcultureinitsencyclopedicentries

23.TheBBCdictionarydiffersfromOxfordandLongmaninthat______.

A.ithasawiderselectionofencyclopedicentries

B.itismainlydesignedtomeettheneedsofradiolisteners

C.itlaysmoreemphasisonlanguagethanonculture

D.itisintendedtohelplistenersdeveloptheirlisteningcomprehensionskills

24.Itisimpliedinthelastparagraphthatinapproachingsocio-culturalcontentinadictionary,specialthoughtshouldbegivento______.

A.thelanguagelevelsofitsusers

B.thenumberofitsprospectivepurchasers

C.thedifferenttastesofusers

D.thevariousculturalbackgroundsofitsusers

25.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Differentwaysoftreatingsocio-culturalelementsinthethreenewEnglishdictionaries.

B.Acomparisonofpeople'

sopinionsontheculturalcontentinthethreenewEnglishdictionaries.

C.TheadvantagesoftheBBCdictionaryoverOxfordandLongman.

D.Theuser-friendlinessofthethreenewEnglishdictionaries.

Passage2

ToliveintheUnitedStatestodayistogainanappreciationforDahrendorf'

sassertionthatsocialchangeexistseverywhere.Technology,theapplicationofknowledgeforpracticalends,isamajorsourceofsocialchange.

Yetwewoulddowelltoremindourselvesthattechnologyisahumancreation:

itdoesnotexistnaturally.Aspearorarobotisasmuchaculturalasaphysicalobject.Untilhumansuseaspeartohuntgameorarobottoproducemachineparts,neitherismuchmorethanasolidmassofmatter.Forabirdlookingforanobjectonwhichtorest,aspearorrobotservesthepurposeequallywellTheexplosionoftheChallengerspaceshuttleandtheRussiannuclearaccidentatChernobyldrivehomethehumanqualityoftechnology:

theyprovidecasesinwhichwell-planedsystemssuddenlywenthaywireandtherewasnoreadyhandtosetthemright.Sincetechnologyisahumancreation,weareresponsibleforwhatisdonewithit.Pessimistsworrythatwewilluseourtechnologyeventuallytoblowourworldandourselvestopieces.Buttheyhavebeensayingthisfordecades,andsofarwehavemanagedtosurviveandevenflourish.Whetherwewillcontinuetodosointheyearsaheadremainsuncertain.Clearly,theimpactoftechnologyonourlivesdeservesacloserexamination.

Fewtechnologicaldevelopmentshavehadagreaterimpactonourlivesthanthecomputerrevolution.Scientistsandengineershavedesignedspecializedmachinesthatcandothetaskst