Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
When a new movement in Art attains a certain vogue,it is advisable to find out what its advocates are aiming at,for,however far-fetched and unreasonable their contents may seem today,it is possible that in years to come they may be regarded as normal.With regard to Futurist poetry,however,the case is rather difficult,for whatever Futurist poetry may be—even admitting that the theory on which it is based may be right—it can hardly be classed as Literature.
This,in brief,is what the Futurist says for a century,past conditions of life have been continually speeding up,till now we live in a world of noise and violence and speed.Consequently,our feelings,thoughts and emotions have undergone a corresponding change.This speeding up of life,says the Futurist,requires a new form of expressions.We must speed up our literature too,if we want to interpret modern stress.We must pour out a cataract of essential words,unhampered by stops,or qualifying adjectives,or finite verbs.Instead of describing sounds we must make up words that imitate them;we must use many sizes of type and different colored inks on the same page,and shorten or lengthen words at will.
Certainly their descriptions of battles are vividly chaotic.But it is a little disconcerting to read in the explanatory notes that a certain line describes a fight between a Turkish and a Bulgarian officer on a bridge off which they both fall into the river——and then to find that the line consists of the noise of their falling are the weights of the officers.“Pluff!Pulff!A hundred and eighty fivekilograms.”
This,though it fulfills the laws and requirements of Futurist poetry can hardly be classed as Literature.All the same,no thinking man can refuse to accept their first proposition that a great change in our emotional life calls for a change of expression.The whole question is really this:how we essentially changed?
36. The main idea of this selections is best expressed as ____.
A)The Past versus the future
B)Changes in modern Life
C)Merits of the Futurist movement
D)An evaluation of Futurist poetry
37. When novel ideas appear,it is desirable,according to the writer,to ____.
A)discover the aims of their adherents
B)ignore them
C)follow the fashion
D)regard them as normal
38. The Futurists claim that we must ____.
A)increase the production of literature
B)look to the future
C)develop new literary forms
D)avoid unusual words
39. The writer believes that Futurist poetry is ____.
A)too emotional
B)too new in type to be acceptable
C)not literature as he knows it
D)essential to basic change in the nature mankind
40. The futurist poet uses all the following devices EXCEPT____.
A)imitative words
B)qualifying adjectives
C)different colored inks
D)a stream of essential words
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 center.
41. It is time you___.
A)will get up B)got up
C)to get up D)get up
42. You will have to ____ it if your son gets ill.
A)answer for B)answer to
C)response for D)response to
43. ____ these measures,all the sheep and cats passed the winter safely.
A)As for B)Owing to
C)Because D)Since
44. The sound of a truck stopping is heard____ the street.
A)from across B)over
C)across D)through
45. This cloth feels____.
A)prettily smooth B)pretty smoothly
C)prettily smoothly D)pretty smooth
46. If they____ hard,they wouldn’t be doing so well.
A)didn’t train B)haven’t been training
C)hadn’t been training D)hadn’t been trained
47. The news ____ China’s women’s volleyball team had won the world championship title soon spread all over the country.
A)which B)when
C)that D)/
48. Please ____ when you have time.I’m so lonely nowadays.
A)call at B)drop in
C)call out D)drop out
49. To protect the children____,the government decided to send them away to a safe place immediately.
A)kidnapped B)from being kidnapped
C)to be kidnapped D)being kidnapped
50. I have a bit of a headache.I don’t ____ today.
A)feel good B)feel comfortable
C)feel easy D)feel myself
51. The foreign guests ____ be here at 3 o’clock this afternoon.
A)are expecting to B)expect to
C)are expected to D)will be expected to
52. ____to get such a warm welcome.
A)Not did we expect B)Little did we expect
C)A little did we expect D)Hardly we expected
53. What ____ are you talking about?
A)on earth B)on the earth
C)in earth D)in the earth
54. We don’t have the time to do it____.
A)or we are able to B)neither are we able to
C)nor are we able to D)while we are able to
55. Prof.Li has been invited to a conference ____ in Paris next month.
A)held B)being held
C)to be held D)holding
56. The explanation is not at all____.We demand an apology.
A)satisfactory B)satisfied
C)satisfying D)satisfaction
57. She ____ to her feet and walked into the kitchen numbly.
A)jumped B)came
C)climbed D)struggled
58. The cows looked at him,____.
A)asleep and surprising
B)sleepy and surprised
C)asleep and being surprised
D)sleepy and being surprising
59. A friend of mine studying at Columbia University told me that he had his
apartment ____ twice within the last two months.
A)broken out B)broken through
C)broken in D)broken away
60. If the fire had not____,it would have ____ a terrible disaster.
A)gone away...resulted from
B)died out...resulted in
C)gone out...resulted in
D)died away...resulted to
61. He was caught in the act of ____.
A)setting the warehouse on fire
B)putting the warehouse on fire
C)setting the warehouse to fire
D)dropping fire on the warehouse
62. No one has lived there for nearly two thousand years—not since the summer of the year A.D 79,____.
A)to be accurate B)being accurate
C)being exact D)to be exact
63. He does not mind ____ at home.
A)to be left B)left
C)to leave D)being left
64. The shop is ____ by a group of young people.
A)operated B)run
C)handled D)dealt with
65. The kid screamed it out ____ his lungs.
A)from the top of B)on top of
C)at the top of D)from top of
66. Dickens’ writing ____ the experience of his childhood.
A)thanks to B)distributes much to
C)owes much to D)contributes much to
67. ____to depend upon her husband,she decided to find a job.
A)Wish not B)Having wished not to
C)Not wishing D)Being not wishing to
68. The doctor____ Chinese medicine.
A)suggested me to try B)suggested me trying
C)suggested for D)suggested to
69. When they met,words ____ them.They just wept.
A)betrayed B)lost
C)defeated D)failed
70. Will you please ____ that nobody touches the wet paint?
A)see to it B)be sure
C)check it D)bring forward
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