A) Tests are not effective in measuring the students’ abilities.
B) Tests are an effective measure of the students’ abilities.
C) Tests can only measure some of the students’ abilities.
D) Tests may not be useful for measuring students’ abilities.
37. The two writers mentioned in the first paragraph ________.
A) opposed judging students by the results of exams
B) must have proposed other ways of testing students
C) regarded exams as a way of punishing students
D) seem to be worried about the poor marks of their students
38. According to the letter, a student’s final mark ________.
A) is often encouraging
B) often gives a fair picture of the year’s work
C) often proves unreliable
D) often tells whether he likes the subject of not
39. If a student graduated from a university which does not require exams he would
________.
A) have to continue his studies
B) have a feeling of failure
C) be incompetent
D) not be admitted by foreign institutions
40. According to the letter, those who dislike the idea of examinations are probably
afraid of ________.
A) competing with other students
B) being graded unfairly
C) working too hard
D) being dismissed from school
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are
four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best
completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer
Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. It is not difficult to ________ the idea that machines may communicate information
to us.
A) admit
B) receive
C) accept
D) convince
42. I have not the least ________ of hurting your feelings.
A) concept
B) intention
C) mind
D) purpose
43. As the shortage of certain metals approaches, others must be found to take their
________.
A) share
B) place
C) role
D) shape
44. The new power station is reported ________ within three years.
A) to have completed
B) to have been completed
C) having Been completed
D) to complete
45. Mary is in bed with a fever and she can’t hope to ________ the cold in a few day.
A) get over
B) get away
C) get off
D) get out
46. Although the weather was very had, the buses still ran on ________.
A) list
B) plan
C) schedule
D) arrangement
47. The situation today is obviously quite different from ________ it was only 50 years
ago.
A) what
B) which
C) when
D) such
48. Soon, Americans hope, the rains will return and ease the hardship ________ U.S.
farmers.
A) faced
B) faces
C) facing
D) to face
49. Ever since the family moved to the suburbs last year, they ________ better health.
A) could have enjoyed
B) have been enjoying
C) had enjoyed
D) are enjoying
50. It is much easier to talk about social change than to ________.
A) bring it on
B) bring it about
C) burning it up
D) bring it out
51. Jane was hit on the head by the robber and was knocked ________.
A) mindless
B) unaware
C) brainless
D) unconscious
52. He likes doing some reading at home to the cinema.
A) than to go
B) than going
C) more than going
D) rather than to go
53. ________ neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to a summer
school.
A) Accused of
B) Accusing of
C) That he was accused of
D) To be accused of
54. I bought a new house last year, but I ________ my old house yet, so at the moment
I have two houses.
A) did not sell
B) do not sell
C) had not sold
D) have not sold
55. She didn’t regret paying 200 dollars for the bookcase. As a matter or a fact, she
would gladly have paid ________ for it.
A) as much twice
B) much as twice
C) as twice much
D) twice as much
56. By the time you get to Beijing tomorrow, I ________ for Shanghai.
A) am leaving
B) should have left
C) will leave
D) have already left
57. It was essential that all the necessary documents ________ to the president’s office
being the end of this month.
A) be handed in
B) must be handed in
C) should
D) had been handed in
58. The car is quite ________ of petrol.
A) economic
B) economical
C) saving
D) sparing
59. The traffic was very heavy; otherwise I ________ here 50 minutes sooner.
A) would be
B) should be
C) had been
D) would have been
60. ________ his great wealth, he always remained a man of simple tastes.
A) Except for
B) With regard to
C) Despite
D) Although
61. The socks were too small and it was only by ________ them that he managed to get
them on.
A) spreading
B) extending
C) lengthening
D) stretching
62. Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings ________ with one
another.
A) associate
B) connect
C) communicate
D) correspond
63. As a small boy, he was slow ________ learning to read and write.
A) on
B) with
C) in
D) about
64. Tony was ________ a mile of the hotel when he ran out of petrol.
A) within
B) inside
C) about
D) off
65. It has been rather costly to install the machinery, but it will prove to be worth the
money ________.
A) in the long run
B) in conclusion
C) at long last
D) at the end
66. I don’t know why he ________ in the middle of a sentence.
A) broke off
B) broke out
C) broke through
D) broke away
67. I’m sorry Andy didn’t want to go to the conference. ________ willing to go we
would have paid all his expenses.
A) Being
B) Was he
C) He had been
D) Had he been
68. The minister was the person ________.
A) whom the state dinner was given in honour
B) for whom the state dinner was given honour
C) whose honour the state dinner was given
D) in whose honour the state dinner was given
69. The young driver looked over the engine carefully lest it ________ on the way.
A) goes wrong
B) would go wrong
C) went wrong
D) should go wrong
70. John had been working hard and ________.
A) so his brother had
B) so had his brother
C) so was his brother
D) so his brother did
Part IV Close (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four
choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. 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 centre.
Albert Einstein is said to have been asked by a student, “what finding helped you
most when you were __71__ the theory of relativity?”