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  Questions 31 to 35 are

  based on the following passage:

  Albert Schweitzer was born in 1875 in Alsace. At that time, it was a part of Germany. His generous spirit was first awakened through his training as a Lutheran minister. Besides gaining a reputation as a preacher, he also became respected for his ability to play the organ. He was a man of many talents. His concern for other people turned his attention to medicine. He had also acquired doctoral degrees in philosophy and music. His wife took an interest in medicine too and became a nurse. Many people thought that he should remain and lecture in Europe to have a strong impact on Western civilization. Though he listened to their suggestions, he ultimately decided to follow his own conscience. This led him to Africa. Albert had felt that all men should accept the responsibility of helping others. He felt particularly concerned for black Africans who had been exploited by white men. He earned the money he needed by performing on the organ and by lecturing. With this money he bought equipment and opened a hospital in Africa. He was a man of great strength who faced great problems with courage. The threat of war, the reality of imprisonment during World War, one as a German citizen, and the unbearable heat in Africa did not deter him at all. He believed that man could overcome these obstacles if he had a sense of idealism. He died in 1965. 

  31.Albert Schweitzer was ____. 

  A) a pianist C) a humanitarian 

  B) an African D) a nurse 

  32.He had talents for ____.

  A) training his wife to be a nurse, giving concert and lecturing 

  B) giving medical care, lecturing, playing the organ

  C) taking care of sick people, fighting as a soldier, lecturing 

  D) giving concert, making equipment, helping others

  33.In spite of people’s suggestions, Albert decided to go to Africa ____.

  A) because he was born there

  B) because he wanted to help others particularly black Africans who had been exploited by white men

  C) because he wanted to give a concert to African people 

  D) because he wanted to make money there

  34.Why did the author think he was a man of great strength? 

  A) He always faced great problems with courage.

  B) The threat of war and the reality of imprisonment during World War didn’t discourage him.

  C) The unbearable heat in Africa did not deter him at all.

  D) All of the above.

  35.Albert Schweitzer lived to be ____.

  A) 70 years old C) 90 years old

  B) 80 years old D) 100 years old

  Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

  Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people aresimilar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are atleast customary and undisputed.

  Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the nonmaterial, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposites; in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements. 

  Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with sharp dichotomies ( 一分为二). This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white counterparts. 

  36.What kind of society tends to promote social changes? 

  A) A society where people are similar in many ways. 

  B) A society where there are only white people. 

  C) A society where there are only black people.

  D) A society where there is a mixture of different kinds of people. 

  37.In a mixed society, there may be disagreement in ____.

  A) ideas C) beliefs

   B) interests D) all of the above

  38.Which of the following is not true, according to the passage?

  A) Social change is more likely to occur in the material aspect of society.

  B) Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned when they were old. 

  C) Disagreement with and argument about conditions tend to promote social change.

  D) Social change tends to meet with more difficulty in basic and emotional aspects of society. 

  39.Social change is less likely to occur in a society where people are quite similar in many ways because ____.

  A) people there are easy to please

  B) people there are less argumentary

  C) people there have got so accustomed to their conditions that they seldom think it necessary to change

  D) people there have same needs that can be satisfied without much difficulty 

  40.The passage is mainly discussing ____. 

  A) two different societies

  B) certain factors that determine the case with which social change oc curs

  C) the necessity of social change 

  D) the significance of social change

  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 centre. 

  41.The Johnsons ____ the house before they decided to buy it. 

  A) looked out C) looked after 

  B) looked over D) looked on

  42. ____ bricks, workers press clay into blocks and bake them to the requisite hardness in a kiln. 

  A) Made C) Being made 

  B) To make D) The making of

  43.I’m sorry my mother didn’t want to go to the department store with me. ____ willing to go, I would have bought her a sweater. 

  A) Was she C) Had she been 

  B) Being D) She has been

  44. It was during the 1920’s ____ the friendship between Hemingway and Fitzgerald reached its highest point.

  A) when C) before 

  B) that D) after

  45.____ dwell on her past.

  A) Little need she C) Little she needed

  B) Little did she need D) Little she did need

  46.Mr Brown is a ____ old man and all his neighbours are ____ to him.

  A) respectful…respectable C) respectable…respectful 

  B) respectable…respective D) respective…respectable

  47.At the moment each of the girls was too busy thinking about ____own personal safety to care much about the luggage.

  A) their C) her 

  B) our D) your

  48. ____ on a clear day far from the city crowds, the mountains give him a sense of infinite peace. 

  A) Walking C) If walking

  B) When one is walking D) When walking 

  49.The ice melted ____ at this temperature. 

  A) very fastly C) fastly 

  B) most fastly D) fast

  50.I remember ____ for the job, but I forget the exact amount. 

  A) to be paid C) to get paid

  B) being paid D) being received pay

  51.David’s mother seldom does her homework on Sunday.____. 

  A) So does my mother. C) My mother isn’t, either. 

  B) Nor does my mother. D) My mother doesn’t,too. 

  52. ____ he found goodness, he praised it. 

  A) However C) Because 

  B) As D) Wherever 

  53.He wondered ____.

  A) what would his wife’s reaction be B) how would be his wife’s reaction 

  C) what will be his wife’s reaction D) what his wife’s reaction would be

  54.Children never want to go to bed at the proper time. They always want to ____ late. 

  A) take up C) stay up 

  B) stand up D) set up

  55.John read the letter ____ he went along. 

  A) when C) at 

  B) as D) for

  56.He has to make a living by himself because he doesn’t have parents to ____.

  A) keep on C) rely on 

  B) depend with D) go to

  57.Let’s go to the movie tonight, ____ ? 

  A) are we C) let us 

  B) shall we D) do we

  58.He never goes to the party because he always feels ill ____ there.

  A) at the ease C) at an ease 

  B) at his ease D) at ease

  59.This dress used to be very popular, but now it is out of ____. 

  A) question C) date 

  B) order D) place

  60. ____ a fine day, I decided to go for an outing. 

  A) Being C) It being 

  B) Having been D) How

  61.Since you are feeling uncomfortable, you ____. 

  A) had better going to see a doctor 

  B) must go to see a doctor

  C) would rather go to see a doctor 

  D) might as well go to see a doctor 

  62.I desired nothing but ____ home. 

  A) go C) going 

  B) to go D) went

  63.I don’t want to ____ you in if you are what you say. 

  A) run C) make 

  B) catch D) take

  64.People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their cars, and this ____ creates further problems.

  A) after all C) in case 

  B) in turn D) in time

  65.It is said that those old houses are being pulled down to ____new office blocks.

  A) provide for C) make room for 

  B) supply D) improve

  66.This singer is always very ____ to the reaction of the audience when she gives a performance. 

  A) sentimental C) positive 

  B) sensible D) sensitive

  67.He was unable to ____ to the group what he meant. 

  A) get in C) get along 

  B) get across D) get off

  68.It was a horrible ride through pouring rain. ____, he had a puncture and for the last hour had to push the bicycle. 

  A) To make matters worse C) Even though 

  B) Actually D) As a matter of fact

  69.With the winter here you can ____ these skirts till you need them again next summer.

  A) do away with C) get rid of 

  B) put away D) give away

  70. ____ I like the colour of the hat, I do not like its shape. 

  A) While C) When 

  B) If D) Because  

  Part Ⅳ Translation from English into Chinese (15 minutes)

  Directions: In this part, there are five items which you should translate into Chinese, each item consisting of one or two sentences. These sentences are all taken from the Reading Passages you have just read in the Reading Comprehension of the Test Paper. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.

  71.A scientist who does research in economic psychology and who wants to predict the way in which consumers will spend their money must study consumer behavior.(Passage 1. Paragraph 1.)

  72.Investigations conducted at the same time in Great Britain, however, yielded results that were more in agreement with traditional assumptions about saving and spending patterns.(Passage 1. Paragraph 3.)

  73.These single parents must care for the children’s emotional and psychological needs while also supporting them financially.(Passage2. Line 16.)

  74.The threat of war, the reality of imprisonment during World War, one as a German citizen, and the unbearable heat in Africa did not deter him at all.(Passage 3. Line 17.)

  75.In a society where people are quite similar in many ways,there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for c hange because everything seems to be the same.(Passage 4. Paragraph 1.)  

  Part Ⅴ Writing (30 minutes)

  Directions: Write a short passage on “Competition and Cooperation” with about 120 words. The first sentence of each paragraph is given below: 

  1. Competition is a common phenomenon in our social life.

  2. We often find competition and cooperation at the same time.

  3. While we are advocating competition, we can not forget cooperation.

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