A) Retirees are more generous in spending money.
B) They can employ more gerontologists.
C) The elderly possess an enormous purchasing power.
D) There are more elderly people working than before.
34. Who can make big money in the new century according to the passage?
A) Retirees who are business-minded.
B) The volunteer workers in retirement homes.
C) College graduates with an MBA or law degree.
D) Professionals with a good knowledge of gerontology.
35. It can be seen from the passage that the expansion of America’s elderly population
________.
A) will provide good job opportunities in many areas
B) will impose an unbearable burden on society
C) may lead to nursing home abuse and age discrimination
D) will create new fields of study in universities
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
The decline in moral standards—which has long concerned social analysts—has at
last captured the attention of average Americans. And Jean Bethke Elshtain, for one, is
glad.
The fact the ordinary citizens are now starting to think seriously about the nation’s
moral climate, says this ethics (伦理学) professor at the University of Chicago, is reason
to hope that new ideas will come forward to improve it.
But the challenge is not to be underestimated. Materialism and individualism in
American society are the biggest obstacles. “The thought that ‘I’m in it for me’ has
become deeply rooted in the national consciousness,” Ms. Elshtain says.
Some of this can be attributed to the disintegration of traditional communities, in
which neighbors looked out for one another, she says. With today’s greater mobility and
with so many couples working, those bonds have been weakened, replaced by a greater
emphasis on self.
In a 1996 poll of Americans, loss of morality topped the list of the biggest problems
facing the U.S. and Elshtain says the public is correct to sense that: Data show that
Americans are struggling with problems unheard of in the 1950s, such as classroom
violence and a high rate of births to unmarried mothers.
The desire for a higher moral standard is not a lament (挽歌) for some nonexistent
“golden age,” Elshtain says, nor is it a wishful (一厢情愿的) longing for a time that
denied opportunities to women and minorities. Most people, in fact, favor the lessening
of prejudice.
Moral decline will not be reversed until people find ways to counter the materialism
in society, she says. “Slowly, you recognize that the things that matter are those that cant’
be bought.”
36. Professor Elshtain is pleased to see that Americans ________.
A) have adapted to a new set of moral standards
B) are longing for the return of the good old days
C) have realized the importance of material things
D) are awakening to the lowering of their moral standards
37. The moral decline of American society is caused manly by ________.
A) its growing wealth
B) the self-centeredness of individuals
C) underestimating the impact of social changes
D) the prejudice against women and minorities
38. Which of the following characterizes the traditional communities?
A) Great mobility.
B) Concern for one’s neighbors.
C) Emphasis on individual effort.
D) Ever-weakening social bonds.
39. In the 1950s, classroom violence ________.
A) was something unheard of
B) was by no means a rare occurrence
C) attracted a lot of pubic attention
D) began to appear in analysts’ data
40. According to Elshtain, the current moral decline may be reversed ________.
A) if people can return to the “golden age”
B) when women and mean enjoy equal rights
C) when people rid themselves of prejudice
D) if less emphasis is laid on material things
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 that best completes
the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a
single line through the center.
41. By the time you get to New York, I ________ for London.
A) would be leaving
B) am leaving
C) have already left
D) shall have left
42. The article suggests that when a person ________ under unusual stress he should be
especially careful to have a well-balanced diet.
A) is
B) were
C) be
D) was
43. The lawyer advised him to drop the ________, since he stands little chance to win.
A) event
B) incident
C) case
D) affair
44. Sometimes children have trouble ________ fact from fiction and may believe that
such things actually exist.
A) to separate
B) separating
C) for separating
D) of separating
45. He is quite sure that it’s ________ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two
days.
A) absolutely
B) exclusively
C) fully
D) roughly
46. There was a big hole in the road which ________ the traffic.
A) set back
B) stood back
C) held up
D) kept down
47. Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee ________ to
investigate the incident.
A) were set up
B) was set up
C) be set up
D) set up
48. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play ________ roles in
raising children.
A) incapable
B) indispensable
C) insensible
D) infinite
49. Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication
________.
A) tragedy
B) vacuum
C) question
D) barrier
50. There was such a long line at the exhibition ________ we had to wait for about half
an hour.
A) as
B) that
C) so
D) hence
51. There is no ________ to there house from the main road.
A) access
B) avenue
C) exposure
D) edge
52. ________ energy under the earth must be released in one form or another, for
example, an earthquake.
A) Accumulated
B) Gathered
C) Assembled
D) Collected
53. He wasn’t appointed chairman of the committee, ________ not very popular with all
its members.
A) to be considered
B) considering
C) being considered
D) having considered
54. The twentieth century has witnessed an enormous worldwide political, economic
and cultural ________.
A) tradition
B) transportation
C) transmission
D) transformation
55. The ________ stuck on the envelope says “By Air”.
A) diagram
B) label
C) signal
D) mark
56. Mobile telecommunications ________ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as
a result of a contract signed between the two companies.
A) capacity
B) potential
C) possession
D) impact
57. Reading ________ the lines, I would say that the Government are more worried
than they will admit.
A) behind
B) between
C) along
D) among
58. My brother’s plans are very ________; he wants to master English, French and
Spanish before he is sixteen.
A) arbitrary
B) aggressive
C) ambitious
D) abundant
59. Things might have been much worse if the mother ________ on her right to keep the
baby.
A) has been insisting
B) had insisted
C) would insist
D) insisted
60. The statistical figures in that report are not ________. You should not refer to them.
A) accurate
B) fixed
C) delicate
D) rigid
61. Contrast may make something appear more beautiful than it is when ________
alone.
A) seen
B) is seen
C) to be seen
D) having been seen
62. The football game comes to you ________ from New York.
A) lively
B) alive
C) live
D) living
63. None of us expected the chairman to ________ at the party. We thought he was still
in hospital.
A) turn in
B) turn over
C) turn up
D) turn down
64. The mother didn’t know who ________ for the broken glass.
A) blamed
B) be blamed
C) to blame
D) would blame
65. He ________ to his customers and halved the price.
A) leaked
B) drew
C) quoted
D) yielded
66. Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to ________ storming into the
boss’s office.
A) prevent
B) prohibit
C) turn
D) avoid
67. All flights ________ because of the terrible weather, they had to go there by train.
A) having been canceled
B) had been canceled
C) having canceled
D) were canceled
68. The author of the report is well ________ with the problems in the hospital because
he has been working there for many years.
A) informed
B) acquainted
C) enlightened
D) acknowledged
69. The boy spent as much time watching TV as he ________ studying.
A) does
B) had
C) was
D) did
70. The ships’ generator broke down, and the pumps had to be operated ________
instead of mechanically.
A) manually
B) artificially
C) automatically
D) synthetically
Part IV Cloze (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.
One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew
the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn’t face my __71__ apartment.
Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the __72__ between the two tall heads in
front of me. I had to keep changing the __73__ every time she learned over to talk to him,
__74__ he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such __75__ in a public
place?