A) It enables children to gain more social information.
B) It develops children’s interest in reading and writing.
C) It helps children to memorize and practice more.
D) It can control what children are to learn.
35. What does the author think of the change in today’s children?
A) He feels amused by chair premature behavior.
B) He thinks it is a phenomenon worthy of note.
C) He considers it a positive development.
D) He seems to be upset about it.
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
“Opinion” is a word that is used carelessly today. It is used to refer to matters of
taste, belief, and judgment. This casual use would probably cause little confusion if
people didn’t attach too much importance to opinion. Unfortunately, most to attach great
importance to it. “I have as much right to my opinion as you to yours,” and “Everyone’s
entitled to his opinion,” are common expressions. In fact, anyone who would challenge
another’s opinion is likely to be branded intolerant.
Is that label accurate? Is it intolerant to challenge another’s opinion? It depends on
what definition of opinion you have in mind. For example, you may ask a friend “What
do you think of the new Ford cars?” And he may reply, “In my opinion, they’re ugly.” In
this case, it would not only be intolerant to challenge his statement, but foolish. For it’s
obvious that by opinion he means his personal preference, a matter of taste. And as the
old saying goes, “It’s pointless to argue about matters of taste.”
But consider this very different use of the term, a newspaper reports that the
Supreme Court has delivered its opinion in a controversial case. Obviously the justices
did not shale their personal preferences, their mere likes and dislikes, they stated their
considered judgment, painstakingly arrived at after thorough inquiry and deliberation.
Most of what is referred to as opinion falls somewhere between these two extremes.
It is not an expression of taste. Nor is it careful judgment. Yet it may contain elements of
both. It is a view or belief more or less casually arrived at, with or without examining the
evidence.
Is everyone entitled to his opinion? Of course, this is not only permitted, but
guaranteed. We are free to act on our opinions only so long as, in doing so, we do not
harm others.
36. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the author?
A) Everyone has a right to hold his own opinion.
B) Free expression of opinions often leads to confusion.
C) Most people tend to be careless in forming their opinions.
D) Casual use of the word “opinion” often brings about quarrels.
37. According to the author, who of the following would be labored as intolerant?
A) Someone who turns a deaf ear to others’ opinions.
B) Someone who can’t put up with others’ tastes.
C) Someone who values only their own opinions.
D) Someone whose opinion harms other people.
38. The new Ford cars are cited as an example to show that ________.
A) it is foolish to criticize a famous brand
B) one should not always agree to others’ opinions
C) personal tastes are not something to be challenged
D) it is unwise to express one’s likes and dislikes in public
39. Considered judgment is different from personal preference in that ________.
A) it is stated by judges in the court
B) it reflects public like and dislikes
C) it is a result of a lot of controversy
D) it is based on careful thought
40. As indicated in the passage, being free to act on one’s opinion ________.
A) means that one can ignore other people’s criticism
B) means that one can impose his preferences on others
C) doesn’t mean that one has the right to do things at will
D) doesn’t mean that one has the right to charge others without evidence
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences it: this part. For each sentence there are
four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose cite ONE answer that best
completes the sentence. Then mark the Corresponding letter on the Answer
Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. The beam that is ________ by a laser differs in several ways from the light that
comes out of a flashlight.
A) emitted
B) transported
C) motivated
D) translated
42. We booked rooms at the hotel ________ we should find no vacancies on our arrival.
A) whenever
B) if
C) since
D) lest
43. Modern forms of transportation and communication have done much to ________
the isolation of life in Alaska.
A) break through
B) break down
C) break into
D) break out
44. We know through painful experience that freedom is never by the oppressor; it must
be ________ by the oppressed.
A) demanded
B) commanded
C) required
D) requested
45. Color and sex are not relevant ________ whether a person is suitable for the job.
A) on
B) for
C) to
D) with
46. ________ the enormous flow of food from the entire globe, these countries have for
many years not felt any population pressure.
A) Thanks to
B) By means of
C) In line with
D) With regard to
47. Research universities have to keep up with the latest computer and scientific
hardware ________ price.
A) on account of
B) regardless of
C) in addition to
D) not to mention
48. Three university departments have been ________ $600,000 to develop good
practice in teaching and learning.
A) promoted
B) included
C) secured
D) awarded
49. The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the ________
in which people communicate across time and space.
A) mood
B) mission
C) manner
D) vision
50. Mr. Jones holds strong views against video games and ________ the closing of all
recreation facilities for such games.
A) assists
B) acknowledges
C) advocates
D) admits
51. Workers in the fine arts ________ thoughts and feelings through their creative
works.
A) transmit
B) elaborate
C) convey
D) contribute
52. Small as it is, the ant is as much a creature as ________ all other animals on earth.
A) are
B) do
C) is
D) have
53. The policeman declared that the blow on the victim’s head ________ from behind.
A) should have been made
B) must have been made
C) would have been made
D) ought to have been made
54. Finding a job can be ________ and disappointing, and therefore it is important that
you are prepared.
A) exploiting
B) frustrating
C) profiting
D) misleading
55. It British government often says that furnishing children with ________ to the
information superhighway is a top priority.
A) procedure
B) protection
C) allowance
D) access
56. Louis Herman, at the University of Hawaii, has ________ a series of new
experiments in which some animals have learned to understand sentences.
A) installed
B) equipped
C) devised
D) formatted
57. Researchers at the University of Illinois determined that the ________ of a father
can help improve a child’s grades.
A) involvement
B) interaction
C) association
D) communication
58. We can accept your order ________ payment is made in advance.
A) in the belief that
B) in order that
C) on the excuse that
D) on condition that
59. Many in the credit industry expect that credit cards will eventually ________ paper
money for almost every purchase.
A) exchange
B) reduce
C) replace
D) trade
60. Any donation you can give will help us ________ the suffering and isolation of the
homeless this New Year.
A) lift
B) patch
C) comfort
D) ease
61. In India more than one hundred languages are spoken, ________ which only
fourteen are recognized as official.
A) of
B) in
C) with
D) within
62. Techniques for ________ sleep would involve learning to control both mind and
body so that sleep can occur.
A) cultivating
B) promoting
C) pushing
D) strengthening
63. It is important to ________ between the rules of grammar and the conventions of
written language.
A) determine
B) identify
C) explore
D) distinguish
64. It is too early to say whether IBM’s competitors will be able to ________ their
products to the new hardware at an affordable cost.
A) adapt
B) stick
C) yield
D) adopt
65. This research has attracted wide coverage in the ________ and has featured on BBC
television’s Tomorrow’s World.
A) data
B) source
C) message
D) media
66. I had just posted the letter when I remembered that hadn’t ________ the cheque.
A) imposed
B) involved
C) enclosed
D) contained
67. She had a tense expression on her face, ________ she were expecting trouble.
A) even though
B) as though
C) even as
D) now that
68. They were ________ admission to the military exhibition because they were
foreigners.
A) denied
B) declined
C) deprived
D) rejected
69. It gave me a strange feeling of excitement to see my name in ________.
A) prospect
B) print
C) process
D) press
70. Residents were cutting their lawns, washing their cars and otherwise ________ a
pleasant, sunny day.
A) idling away
B) taking away
C) chasing away
D) driving away
Part IV Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part there is a short passage with 8 questions or incomplete
statements. R the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete
the statements in fewest possible words. Your answer may be a word, a
phrase, or a short sentence. Fewest possible words. Your answer may be a
word, a phrase, or a short sentence. Write your answers in the spaces
provided on the right of the page.
Sport is one of the world’s largest industries, and most athletes are professionals
who are paid for their efforts. Because an athlete succeeds by achievement only—not by
economic ground or family connections—sports can be a fast route to wealth, and many
athletes play only for money than for love.
This has not always been true. In the ancient Olympics the winner got only a wreath
of olive leaves (橄榄叶花环). Even though the winners became national heroes, the
games remained amateur for centuries. Athletes won fame, but no money. As time passed,
however, the contests became increasingly less amateur and cities began to hire athletes to
represent them. By the fourth century A.D., the Olympics were ruined, and they were
soon ended.
In 1896, the Olympic games were revived (使再度兴起) with the same goal of pure
amateur competition. The rules bar athletes who have ever received a $50 prize or an
athletic scholars or who have spent four weeks in a training camp. At least one competitor
in the 1896 games met these qualifications. He was Spiridon Loues, a water carrier who
won the marathon race, after race, a rich Athenian offered him anything he wanted. A
true amateur, Loues accepted only a cart and a horse. Then he gave up running forever.
But Loues was an exception and now, as the Chairman of the German Olympic
Committee said, “Nobody pays any attention to these rules.” Many countries pay their
athletes to train year-round, and Olympic athletes are eager to sell their names to
companies that make everything from ski equipment to fast food.
Even the games themselves have become a huge business. Countries fight to hold
the Olympics not only for honor, but for money. The 1972 games in Munich cost the
Germans 545 million dollars, but by selling medal symbols, TV rights, food, drink, hotel
rooms, and souvenirs (纪念品), they managed to make a profit. Appropriately, the symbol
of victory in the Olympic games is no longer a simple olive wreath—it is a gold medal.
S1. To many people, sports today is nothing but S1.
S2. What do most athletes of today go after?