PartⅠ
Listening comprehension （20 minutes， 15 points）
Section A
Directions： In this section， you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation， a third voice will ask a question about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A， B， C and D by marking the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
Example： You will hear：
You will read：
A. At the office.
B. In the waiting room.
C. At the airport.
D. In a restaurant.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
From the conversation we know that the two speakers are talking about some work they have to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore， A.“At the office”is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the ANSWER SHEET and mark it with a single line through the center.
1.
A. At work.
B. In a cafeteria.
C. In a queue.
D. In a food store.
2.
A. The man has got lost.
B. The woman can‘t understand why the man disappeared.
C. It seems the woman can‘t find something.
D. The man saw the woman this morning but now she seems to have disappeared.
3.
A. What the weather is like in Hong Kong.
B. When autumn sets in Hong Kong.
C. The period from September the November is best for a tour in Hong Kong.
D. Whether Jane is going to visit Hong Kong in autumn.
4.
A. In a hotel.
B. In a telephone company.
C. In a police station.
D. In a restaurant.
5.
A. There are some tickets left for 9 o‘clock show tomorrow.
B. The tickets for 9 o‘clock show tomorrow have been sold out.
C. The man decided to buy tickets for tomorrow.
D. The man decided to buy tickets for tomorrow.
6.
A. The man doesn‘t want to repeat what he said.
B. The man has learned a lesson from his car accident.
C. The man is shy， so he can‘t drive fast.
D. The woman can‘t tolerate the man’s attitude.
7.
A. Watching TV is better than reading a newspaper.
B. Newspapers may give more information.
C. TV is more interesting than a newspaper.
D. A combination of reading and listening is more effective.
8.
A. The food will arrive shortly.
B. He will take their order soon.
C. He is ready to take their order.
D. They will have to wait for a table.
9.
A. The woman asked the man to show her around the place.
B. The woman arrived sooner than was expected.
C. The traffic didn‘t prevent the woman from arriving on time.
D. The show was to start at four， and the woman got there too early.
Section B
Directions： In this section， you will hear two short passages. At the end of each passage， you will hear some questions. Both the passages will be read only once. After you hear one question， you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A， B， C and D by marking the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
Question 10~12 are based on the following conversation：
10.
A. It rains a lot in Seattle.
B. It has a lot of sunshine in Seattle.
C. It‘s easy to find jobs in Seattle.
D. It‘s a place where one can earn a good salary.
11.
A. Because he is a sun lover.
B. Because he can get a good pay.
C. Because he can‘t find a job in his present place.
D. Because he has to go a long way to work in his present place.
12.
A. He doesn‘t like his present job.
B. He likes to switch from one place to another.
C. He got a terrible job offer in Seattle.
D. He doesn‘t earn much from his present job.
Question 13~15 are based on the following passage：
13.
A. Television programs in the United States are of low quality.
B. Watching too much television is undesirable for children.
C. The degree of violence in programs is too high.
D. There shouldn‘t be any commercials on television
14.
A. A famous street in United States.
B. Street that provides children with interesting videotapes.
C. An open school for teenagers.
D. An educational program.
15.
A. They will become inactive and dull.
B. They will not go to cinemas as often.
C. They will imitate what they see in the programs.
D. They will forget to do their homework
Part II Vocabulary （10 minutes， 10 points）
Section A
Directions： In each item， choose one word that best keeps the meaning of the sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word. Mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
16. He was nominated as the best model football player of 1996.
A） rejected
B） denied
C） designated
D） asserted 17. The government is deliberating about what should be done to solve the problem.
A） regulating
B） diagnosing
C） contemplating
D） wandering
18. The Great Wall is a great tourist attraction， luring millions of visitors each year from all over the world.
A） attracting
B） serving
C） entertaining
D） receiving
19. The small building was established as a subsidiary of the great theatre n order to give young singers performing experience.
A） foundation
B） continuation
C） supplement
D） fraction
20. You must hand in your paper by the end of this month.
A） draft
B） submit
C） modify
D） revise
21. The essence of the priest‘s sermon was that all human beings should love each other.
A） purpose
B） destination
C） definition
D） nature
22. He was too honorable to have gone without paying his premium.
A） respectable
B） considerate
C） hospitable
D） liable
23. The teacher asked his students to try to depict realistically the Battle of Waterloo.
A） recall
B） couch
C） celebrate
D） describe
24. This autumn‘s electricity privatization alone is reckoned to have generated about 47 letters.
A） assessed
B） estimated
C） balanced
D） forecasted
25. Short， frequent practice is more effective than long， infrequent sessions， because it is less fatiguing.
A） deliberate
B） harmful
C） sophisticated
D） exhausting
Section B
Directions： In each question， decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
26. Now in China many large stores use discount coupons as _____ to attract customers.
A. motives
B. incentives
C. awards
D. rewards
27. He was regarded as a great _____ to the committee.
A. asset
B. profit
C. prosperity
D. interest
28. According to the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud， wisdom comes from the _____ of maturity.
A. fulfillment
B. achievement
C. establishment
D. accomplishmen
29. The fight could have been avoided if both of you had been able to _____ your anger.
A. hold back
B. hold on
C. hold out
D. hold up
30. In speaking， the choice of words is of the utmost importance. But too often careless use of words _____ a meeting of the minds of the speaker and listener.
A. stirs
B. prevents
C. destroys
D. offers
31. He always acts on his own _____.
A. initiative
B. creative
C. infinitive
D. aggressive
32. Football， baseball and basketball are _____ sports– that is， only a few people actually take part in them while many more only watch them.
A. spectacle
B. spectrum
C. spectator
D. spectacular
33. Sally wanted to go to Florida for the holiday， but her husband thought _____， saying that they would go to New York to join his parents for Christmas.A. likewise
B. meanwhile
C. likely
D. otherwise
34. We are trying to make people more _____ to the difficulties faced by the laid-off workers.
A. sensible
B. sensational
C. sensitive
D. sentimental
35. Several international events in the early 1990s seem likely to _____ or at least weaken， the trends that emerged in the 1980s.
A. reverse
B. revolve
C. revolt
D. revive
Part III Reading Comprehension （50minutes， 30 points）
Directions： There are six passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A， B， C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
Passage 1
Thousands of years ago man used handy rocks for his surgical operations. Later he used sharp bone and horn， metal knives and more recently， rubber and plastic. And that was where we stuck， in surgical instrument terms， for many years. In the 1960‘s a new tool was developed， one which was， first of all， to be of great practical use to the armed forces and industry， but which was also， in time， to revolutionize the art and science of surgery.
The tool is the laser and it is being used by more and more surgeons all over the world， for a large number of different complaints. The word laser means： Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation （激光）。 As we all know， light is hot， any source of light– from the sun itself down to a humble match burning will give warmth. But light is usually spread out over a wide area. The light in a laser beam， however， is concentrated. This means that a light with no more power than that produced by an ordinary electric light bulb becomes intensely strong as it is concentrated to a pinpointsized beam.
Experiments with these pinpoint beam shows researchers that different energy source produce beams that have a particular effect on certain living cells. It is now possible for eye surgeons to operate on the back of the human eye without harming the front of eye， simply by passing a laser team right through the eyeball. No knives， no stitches， no unwanted damage– a true surgical wonder.
Operations which once left patients exhausted and in need of long periods of recovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable. So much more difficult operations can now be tried.
The rapid development of laser techniques in the past ten years has made it clear that the future is likely to be very exciting. Perhaps some cancers will be treated with laser in a way that makes surgery not only safer but more effective. Altogether， tomorrow may see more and more information coming to light on the diseases which can be treated medically.
36. Up until the 1960‘s the instruments used to perform surgical operation were __________.
A. fashionable
B. extraordinary
C. special
D. basic
37. After the development of the laser in the 1960s， we find that __________.
A. medical help became available for industrial workers
B. the study of art went through a complete revolution
C. more and more surgeons began using surgical instruments
D. man‘s whole approach to surgery changed completely
38. Surgeons can now carry out operations which __________.
A. can be performed successfully only on the human eye
B. result in long periods of recovery time for patients
C. are made much more complicated by using the laser beam
D. result in very little damage to the patients themselves
39. The rapid development of laser techniques has meant that __________.
A. in another ten years we shall be able to cure cancer
B. surgery is likely to improve considerably
C. we shall be able to treat all the diseases we suffer from
D. we are now able to treat most forms of cancer
40. The laser beam is so strong because __________.
A. it is composed of a concentrated beam of light
B. its heat is increased by the heat of the sun C. it can be plugged into an ordinary light firing
D. it sends out heat in many different directions