Ⅰ. Phonetics (10 points) Directions: In each of following groups of words, there are four underlined letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 1.A. enough B. about C. touch D. young
Ⅱ. Vocabulary and Structure (40 points) Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 11. _______ we won the war. A. In the end B. On the end C. By the end D. At the end
14. The days _______ you could travel without a passport are a thing of the past. A. in which B. on which C. of which D. at which
正确答案是:A 您的答案是: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. He insists that he ______ innocent. A. is B. be C. should be D. were
19. Our classroom is ______ in the school building. A. bigger than any other one B. bigger than all C. the biggest of all the others D. the biggest of any one
31. Mary likes _______ very much, but she didn’t go _______ last Sunday. A. to swim…swimming B. swimming…to swim C. to swim…to swim D. swimming…swimming
33. ______ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain doesn’t seem high at all. A. When compared B. Compare C. While comparing D. Comparing
38. It is obvious that there are at least two vitamins. ______ is soluble in fat; _____ is soluble in water. A. The one…the other B. One…the other C. One…another D. One…the another
Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points) Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Investors can _51_ money simply by loaning it. The money they loan is called capital. Security (担保) is an expensive item which the borrower mortgages (抵押) to the investor to show that he intends to _52_ the debt. The way investors make money on loans is to charge interest. Interest is money that _53_ pay to investors for the use of their money. Interest is usually a certain percentage of the capital. Investors sometimes _54 ten percent or more interest per year. The interest may be calculated daily, monthly, or yearly. The interest must be _55_ before the capital can be repaid. If the interest is not _56_ the agreed rate, the interest is added _57_ the capital. Then the borrower has _58_ pay interest on the unpaid interest _59_ on the capital. A debt can grow quickly this way. If the total of the capital and accumulated interest gets too high, the investor will take _60_ of the item used as security and sell it to get his money back. 51.A. get B. make C. have D. carry
