A) Because the rates it offered were not competitive enough.
B) Because customers were dissatisfied with its past service.
C) Because the service offered by its competitors was far better.
D) Because it no longer received any support from the government.
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 3.0. 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.
31. Such crimes may be so complex that months or years go by before anyone ________
them.
A) discovered
B) will discover
C) would have discovered
D) discovers
32. Though ________ in a big city, Peter always prefers to paint the primitive scenes of
country life.
A) grown
B) raised
C) tended
D) cultivated
33. The careless man received a ticket for speeding. He ________ have driven so fast.
A) can’t
B) wouldn’t
C) shouldn’t
D) mustn’t
34. If people feel hopeless, they don’t bother to ________ the skills they need to
succeed.
A) adopt
B) acquire
C) accumulate
D) assemble
35. If I ________ harder at school, I would be sitting in a comfortable office now.
A) worked
B) were to work
C) had worked
D) were working
36. The shop assistant was dismissed as she was ________ of cheating customers.
A) accused
B) charged
C) scolded
D) cursed
37. All her energies are ________ upon her children and she seems to have little time for
anything else.
A) guided
B) aimed
C) directed
D) focused
38. While crossing the mountain area, all the men carried guns lest they ________ by
wild animals.
A) should be attacked
B) had been attacked
C) must be attacked
D) would be attacked
39. Everyone should be ________ to a decent standard of living and an opportunity to
be educated.
A) attributed
B) entitled
C) identified
D) justified
40. His wife is constantly funding ________ with him, which makes him very angry.
A) errors
B) shortcomings
C) fault
D) flaw
41. Vitamins are complex ________ that the body requires in very small mounts.
A) matters
B) materials
C) particles
D) substances
42. Apart from caring for her children, she has to take on such heavy ________
housework as carrying water and firewood.
A) time-consumed
B) timely-consumed
C) time-consuming
D) timely-consuming
43. Anna was reading a piece of science fiction, completely ________ to the outside
world.
A) having been lost
B) to be lost
C) losing
D) lost
44. The police are trying to find out the ________ of the woman killed in the traffic
accident.
A) evidence
B) recognition
C) status
D) identity
45. All human beings have a comfortable zone regulating the ________ they keep from
someone they talk with.
A) distance
B) scope
C) range
D) boundary
46. We have planned an exciting publicity ________ with our advertisers.
A) struggle
B) campaign
C) battle
D) conflict
47. ________ the help of their group, we would not have succeeded in the
investigation.
A) Besides
B) Regardless of
C) But for
D) Despite
48. ________ much is known about what occurs during sleep, the precise function of
sleep and its different stages remains largely in the realm of assumption.
A) Because
B) For
C) Since
D) While
49. John doesn’t believe in ________ medicine; he has some remedies of his own.
A) standard
B) regular
C) routine
D) conventional
50. Owing to ________ competition among the airlines, travel expenses have been
reduced considerably.
A) fierce
B) strained
C) eager
D) critical
51. They always give the vacant seats to ________ comes first.
A) whoever
B) whomever
C) who
D) whom
52. In Africa, educational costs are very low for those who are ________ enough to get
into universities.
A) ambitious
B) fortunate
C) aggressive
D) substantial
53. Professor Wang, ________ for his informative lectures, was warmly received by his
students.
A) knowing
B) known
C) to be known
D) having known
54. Our manager is ________ an important customer now and he will be back this
afternoon.
A) calling on
B) calling in
C) calling up
D) calling for
55. A fire engine must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of
________.
A) precaution
B) crisis
C) emergency
D) urgency
56. He said that the driver must have had an accident; otherwise he ________ by then.
A) would have arrived
B) must have arrived
C) should arrive
D) would arrive
57. The film provides a deep ________ into a wide range of human qualifies and
feelings.
A) insight
B) imagination
C) fancy
D) outlook
58. It is high time that such practices ________.
A) are ended
B) be ended
C) were ended
D) must be ended
59. Urban crowdedness would be greatly relieved if only the ________ charged on
public transport were more reasonable.
A) fees
B) fares
C) payments
D) costs
60. The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally ________.
A) pulled out
B) pulled through
C) pulled up
D) pulled over
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 center.
A language is a signaling system which operates with symbolic vocal sounds (语声),
and which is used by a group of people for the purpose of communication.
Let’s look at this __61__ in more detail because it is language, more than anything
else, __62__ distinguishes man from the rest of the __63__ world.
Other animals, it is true, communicate with one another by __64__ of cries: for
example, many birds utter __65__ calls at the approach of danger; monkeys utter __66__
cries, such as expressions of anger, fear and pleasure. __67__ these various means of
communication differ in important ways __68__ human language. For instance, animals’
cries do not __69__ thoughts and feelings clearly. This means, basically, that they lack
structure. They lack the kind of structure that __70__ us to divide a human utterance into
__71__.
We can change an utterance by __72__ one word in it with __73__: a good
illustration of this is a soldier who can say, e.g., “tanks approaching from the north“,
__74__ who can change one word and say aircraft approaching from the north” or “tanks
approaching from the west”; but a bird has a single alarm cry, __75__ means “danger!”