Part One Vocabulary and Structure

　　Direction: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.

　　1. He always uses my first name, although he is several years my____.

　　A) old B) junior C) younger D) senior

　　2. Many beautiful landscapes that glow in the gallery are sadly____ in reality.

　　A) decline B) decayed C) decay D) clay

　　3. As the patrol commander approached the door of the bank, he spotted a briefcase___ against the wall.

　　A) learning B) leaning C) leaned D) learned

　　4. The city of Kyoto, the imperial capital, lies___ by hills and is frequently bathed in mists.

　　A) surrounding B) surplus C) surrounded D) around

　　5. This show will no doubt___ his growing reputation.

　　A) add up to B) add to C) in addition to D) adds to

　　6. All the child psychologists say that mummy and daddy have to be there for children to___ well balanced.

　　A) grow on B) grow in C) grow up D) grow together

　　7. I know this math problem is a bit hard, but you can___ it___ yourself if only you try.

　　A) work…on B) work…out C) single…out D) concentrate…on

　　8. He always has a lot of _______ ideas in his mind, and sometimes we do not even know what he is thinking about.

　　A) novel B) spoil C) acceptable D) additional

　　9. Please be serious. I am not _______. You should consider it carefully.

　　A) sorting B) joking C) counting D) comparing

　　10. We do not have a _______ school in our institute. The highest degree we provide for the students is a B. A. and a B. S. .

　　A) continue B) bay C) assistance D) graduate

　　11. In the United States, the foreign policy is decided by the ________ government, not by each state.

　　A) federal B) figure C) scientific D) service

　　12. He works in our university as a visiting _______, not as a formal faculty member.

　　A) traditional B) scholar C) nurse D) pilot

　　13. When you fill in the application form, please use your _______ address so that we can contact you easily later.

　　A) policy B) plain C) permanent D) principal

　　14. John _______ to be a polite man. But in fact he is very rude.

　　A) pretends B) assures C) affords D) melts

　　15. We can not trust him any more because he often ________ his duty.

　　A) owes B) spoils C) deserts D) neglects

　　16. The European Union countries were once worried that they would not have ____ supplies of petroleum.

　　A) proficient B) efficient C) potential D) sufficient

　　17. Many people like white color as it is a _______ of purity.

　　A) symbol B) sign C) signal D) symptom

　　18. Tom is very untidy; he always leaves his room in a _______.

　　A) disorder B) damage C) mess D) trouble

　　19. Britain has the highest ____ of road traffic in the world—over 60 cars for every mile of road.

　　A) popularity B) density C) intensity D) prosperity

　　20. Most broadcasters maintain that TV has been unfairly criticized and argue that the power of the medium is ________.

　　A) granted B) implied C) exaggerated D) remedied

　　21. The greater the demand, ________________ the price.

　　A) higher B) high C) the higher D) the high

　　22. It seems not ___________ to rain today.

　　A) likely B) alike C) like D) likable

　　23. The sixty-story skyscraper stands out ___________ the blue sky.

　　A) on B) under C) against D) in

　　24. Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, _________ to find it locked.

　　A) just B) only C) hence D) thus

　　25. The story told by the old man was so touching and instructive that we could hardly ________ our tears.

　　A) catch hold of B) hold back C) hold up D) hold on

　　26. She cut her hair short and tried to ___________ herself as a man.

　　A) decorate B) disguise C) fake D) fabricate

　　27. My mother always paid attention to the needs, wishes and feelings of those around her. She was the most ______________ woman I’ve ever known.

　　A) considerate B) artificial C) brilliant D) merry

　　28. As some of the rules concerning foreign trade ran contrary to the principles of the WTO, the government decided to ____________ them as soon as possible.

　　A) accomplish B) distinguish C) establish D) abolish

　　29. In 30 years the country has been ___________ into an advanced industrial power.

　　A) transmitted B) transferred C) transformed D) transplanted

　　30. In addition to rice, we need to __________ our diet with fish, meat and vegetable.

　　A) replace B) supplement C) mix D) addition

　　Part Two Reading Comprehension

　　Direction: There are 3 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　Passage 1

　　Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation between the reader and the text. The reader puts questions, as it were, to the text and gets answers. In the light of these he puts further questions, and so on. For most of the time this “conversation” goes on below the level of consciousness. At time, however, we become aware of it. This is usually we are running into difficulties, when mismatch is occurring between expectations and meaning. When successful matching is being experienced, our questioning of the text continues at the unconscious level.

　　Different people converse with the text differently. Some stay very close to the words on the page; others take off imaginatively from the words, interpreting, criticizing, analyzing and examining. The former represents a kind of comprehension, which is written in the text. The latter represents higher levels of comprehension. The balance between these is important, especially for advanced readers.

　　There is another conversation which from our point of view is equally important, and that is to do not with what is read but with how it is read. We call this a “process” conversation as opposed to a “content” conversation. It is concerned not with meaning but with the strategies we employ in reading. If we are advanced readers our ability to hold a content conversation with a text is usually pretty well developed. Not so our ability to hold a process conversation. It is precisely this kind of conversation that is of importance when we are seeking to develop our reading to meet the new demands being placed upon us by studying at a higher level.

　　31. Reading as a kind of conversation between the reader and the text becomes conscious only when _______________________.

　　A) the reader’s expectations agree with what is said in the text.

　　B) the reader has trouble understanding what the author says.

　　C) the reader asks questions and gets answers.

　　D) the reader understands a text very well.

　　32. At a lower level of comprehension, readers tend to ________________________.

　　A) read a text slowly

　　B) read without thinking hard

　　C) interpret a text in their own way

　　D) concentrate on the meaning of words only.

　　33. A “process” conversation has to do with ________________________.

　　A) the application of reading strategies

　　B) matching our expectations with the meaning of a text

　　C) the development of our ability to check the details

　　D) determining the main idea of a text.

　　34. According to the passage, it is of great importance for readers at a higher level to maintain a balance between __________________________.

　　A) conscious and unconscious levels of comprehension

　　B) the readers’ expectations and the meaning of a text

　　C) lower and higher level of comprehension

　　D) interpreting and criticizing a text

　　35. If we want to develop our reading ability at an advanced level, we should ___________.

　　A) learn to use different approaches in reading different text

　　B) make our reading process more conscious

　　C) pay more attention to the content of a text

　　D) take a critical attitude towards the author’s ideas

　　Passage 2

　　Only three strategies are available for controlling cancer, prevention, screening and treatment. Lung cancer causes more deaths than any other type of cancer. A major cause of the disease is reliably known; there is no good evidence that screening is of much help; and treatment fails in about 90 percent of all cases. At present, therefore, the main strategy must be prevention. If, however, we consider not what research may one day offer but what today’s knowledge could already deliver that is not being delivered, then the most practicable and cost-effective opportunities for avoiding premature death from cancer, especially lung cancer, probably involve neither screening nor improved treatment, but prevention.

　　This conclusion does not depend on the unrealistic assumption that we can eliminate tobacco. It merely assumes that we can reduce cigarette sales appreciably by raising prices or by expanding the type of education that already appears to have had a positive effect on cigarette consumption by white-collar workers, and that we can substantially reduce the amount of tar delivered per cigarette. The practicability of preventing cancer by such measures applies not only in those countries, such as the U.S., where, because cigarette smoking has been common for decades, 25 to 30 percent of all cancer deaths now involve lung cancer, but also in those where it has become widespread only recently, China, for example, where lung cancer as yet accounts for only 5-10 percent of all cancer deaths. Countries where cigarette smoking is only now becoming widespread can expect enormous increases in lung cancer during the 1990s or early in the next century; unless prompt effective action is taken against the habit --- indeed, such increases are already plainly evident in parts of China.

　　36. In the author’s opinion, the main strategy for controlling lung cancer is prevention because __________________________________.

　　A) cigarette consumption is increasing rapidly worldwide

　　B) we do not know for sure the major cause of the disease

　　C) screening is not very effective and treatment is not satisfactory either

　　D) it is the most effective strategy

　　37. According to the passage, lung cancer can be prevented by ______________.

　　A) eliminating tobacco

　　B) teaching people the right way to smoke

　　C) decreasing the harmful substances in cigarettes

　　D) increasing tax on cigarette sales

　　38. In parts of China, why does lung cancer obviously increase?

　　A) Because cigarette smoking is becoming widespread.

　　B) Because more and more white-collar workers have become cigarette smokers.

　　C) Because the amount of tar cannot be reduced.

　　D) Because prevention of lung cancer is not taken into consideration.

　　39. In order to reduce cigarette consumption, we should _____________________.

　　A) educate people not to smoke

　　B) shut down some cigarette producers

　　C) improve the quality of cigarette

　　D) sell cigarette only to the adults

　　40. The best title for the passage would be ____________________-.

　　A) The Control of Lung Cancer

　　B) The Cause of Lung Cancer

　　C) Screening, Treatment and Prevention

　　D) Smoking and Lung Cancer

　　Passage 3

　　Some pessimistic experts feel that the automobile is bound to fall into disuse. They see a day in the not-too-distant future when all autos will be abandoned and allowed to rust. Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will remain a leading means of urban travel in the foreseeable future.

　　The motorcar will undoubtedly change significantly over the next 30 years. It should become smaller, safer, and more economical, and should not be powered by the gasoline engine. The car of the future should be far more pollution-free than present types.

　　Regardless of its power source, the auto in the future will still be the main problem in urban traffic congestion (拥挤). One proposed solution to this problem is the automated highway system.

　　When the auto enters the highway system, a retractable (可伸缩的) arm will drop from the auto and make contact with a rail, which is similar to those powering subway trains electrically. Once attached to the rail, the car will become electrically powered from the system, and control of the vehicle will pass to a central computer. The computer will then monitor all of the car's movements.

　　The driver will use a telephone to dial instructions about his destination into the system. The computer will calculate the best route, and reserve space for the car all the way to the correct exit from the highway. The driver will then be free to relax and wait for the buzzer (蜂鸣器) that will warn him of his coming exit. It is estimated that an automated highway will be able to handle 10,000 vehicles per hour, compared with the 1,500 to 2,000 vehicles that can be carried by a present-day highway.

　　41. One significant improvement in the future car will probably be________.

　　A) its power source

　　B) its driving system

　　C) its monitoring system

　　D) its seating capacity

　　42. What is the author's main concern?

　　A) How to render automobiles pollution-free.

　　B) How to make smaller and safer automobiles.

　　C) How to solve the problem of traffic jams.

　　D) How to develop an automated subway system.

　　43. What provides autos with electric power in an automated highway system?

　　A) A rail. C) A retractable arm.

　　B) An engine. D) A computer controller.

　　44. In an automated highway system, all the driver needs to do is _______.

　　A) keep in the right lane

　　B) wait to arrive at his destination

　　C) keep in constant touch with the computer center

　　D) inform the system of his destination by phone

　　45. What is the author's attitude toward the future of autos?

　　A) Enthusiastic. C) Optimistic.

　　B) Pessimistic. D) Cautious.

　　Part Three Cloze

　　Direction: There are 10 blanks for the passage in the following. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had __46__ money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very sad. Mr. King lived next to him. He found the boy __47__ and had pity on him and lent some money to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and __48__ all his lessons. When he finished middle school, the man introduced him to his friend in the town. And he began to work. Once, Mr. King was seriously hurt in an accident. Dying, he asked Charlie to take care of his daughter, Sharon. The young man __49__ and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make her happy. He often bought beautiful clothes and delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked __50__ for her. So she became very fat and she felt it difficult to walk. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart. Her husband wasn’t at home and she had to go to __51__ at once. The doctors looked her over and told her __52__ eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these. She was afraid __53__ the doctor’s words and wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home, she put the list on the table and __54__. When she returned home that afternoon, she found many kinds of food: meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy __55__ there. As soon as he saw her, he said happily, “I’ve bought all the food you like, dear!”

　　46. A) no B) some C) much D) enough

　　47. A) lazy B) clever C) careful D) hard

　　48. A) did well in B) was poor at C) was working D) was good for

　　49. A) was angry B) thought hard C) agreed D) said

　　50. A) a little B) a few C) many D) a lot

　　51. A) rest B) Sleep C) hospital D) work

　　52. A) should B) would C) to D) not to

　　53. A) to remember B) to forget C) to catch D) to teach

　　54. A) slept B) went out C) cooked D) ate

　　55. A) reading B) seeing C) cooking D) writing

　　Part Four Translation

　　Directions: complete the following sentences by translating into English the Chinese in the bracket.

　　56. It was lucky for the man to (在那次地震中幸存下来).

　　57. The children are finding it (很难适应新学校).

　　58. If you download some attached files from the Internet, (你的手机可能已经处于危险中).

　　59. She had a part-time job (在上大学的时候).

　　60. It’s vitally important that (你应该从失败中吸取教训).

　　Part Five Writing

　　Directions: This part is to test your ability to do writing. You are required to write a letter of application in 80 words according to the following given in Chinese.

　　张凯得知他已被纽约大学录取。他想申请奖学金。请代张凯于2010年12月23日写一封奖学金申请信。内容包括：

　　1. 很高兴被录取了。

　　2. 自己家境困难，为了减轻父母的负担(financial burden)， 想申请奖学金。

　　3. 请校方考虑自己的申请，并告知是否有这种可能性。

　　参考答案：

　　Part One Vocabulary and Structure

　　1-5) BBBCB 6-10) CBABD

　　11-15) ABCAD 16-20) DACCc

　　21-25) CACBB 26-30) BADCB

　　Part Two Reading Comprehension

　　31-35) BDACA 36-40) CCAAD

　　41-45) CCADC

　　Part Three Cloze

　　46-50) ABACD 51-55) CDBBC

　　Part Four Translation

　　56. survive that earthquake

　　57. hard to adapt to their new school

　　58. your cell-phone may be already at risk

　　59. while studying in the college

　　60. you should let your failure teach you.

　　Part Five Writing

　　Dec. 23, 2010

　　Dear Sir,

　　I’m pleased to learn of my admission to New York University. In order to reduce the financial burden of my parents, I earnestly hope to obtain some kind of financial aid in the form of teaching or research assistantship.

　　Would you kindly consider this request and advise me as to the possibilities? Should further information be required, please let me know at your earliest convenience. I look forward to hearing good news from you.

　　Yours Sincerely,

　　Zhang Kai