III.Cloze Test (20 points) Read the following paragraph and choose the correct word for each blank from the three alternatives.

　　Man cannot go on __1_ his numbers at the present rate, In the _2_ 30 years man will face a period of crisis. __3_ experts believe that there will be a widespread food_4_. Other experts think this is 5__ pessimistic, and that man can prevent things _6__ worse than they are now. But _7__ that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now.

　　One thing that man can do is to limit _8__ of babies born. The need _9__ this is obvious, but it is _10_ to achieve. People have to _11__ to limit their families. In the countries of the population __12__, many people like big families. The parents think that this __13__ a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look __14__ them in old age.

　　Several governments have _15__ birth control policies in recent years. __16__ them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some _17___ the results have not been 18__. Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People __19__ to limit their families. The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per year to about 17.0 per year _20__.

　　( )1.A increasing B to increase C and increase D with increasing

　　( )2.A second B recent C next D late

　　( )3.A Any B Some C More D All

　　( )4.A need B want C absence D shortage

　　( )5.A so B much C too D enough

　　( )6.A getting B from getting C to get D get

　　( )7.A remember B remembering C to remember D remembers

　　( )8.A an amount B a number C the amount D the number

　　( )9.A for B in C of D about

　　( )10.A not easy B no easy C not easily D no ease

　　( )11.A persuade B be persuading C be persuaded D persuading

　　( )12.A bursting B explosion C raising D extension

　　( )13.A takes B brings C makes D earns

　　( )14.A upon B for C into D after

　　( )15.A adjusted B created C adopted D presented

　　( )16. A Of B Among C Between D Out of

　　( )17.A exceptions B examples C events D cases

　　( )18.A success B succeeded C successful D succeeding

　　( )19.A were encouraged B encouraged C are encouraged D encourage

　　( )20.A presently B at present C in time D on time

　　IV. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese: (10 points)

　　Rummaging through the fruit and veg section of my local supermarket, reading the country of origin labels, I am bewildered by the geography of it all. That the fruits of the earth should all be laid out on tidy shelves in this provincial corner of Britain would have been unthinkable a few years ago, yet now it is taken for granted.

　　Once strange and exotic fruits that only the rich could afford, if not now part of everyone’s diet, are certainly part of our everyday shopping experience. So much so that instead of focusing on the novel, I am drawn to the commonplace. Here, among the “humble” vegetables, something strange and disturbing is going on.

　　V. Translate the following sentences into English: (10*3points=30points)

　　1. 女孩横穿马路时被汽车撞倒.(to knock over).

　　2. 这群年轻人听了这则笑话哄堂大笑.(to roar with).

　　3. 她很不善于见什么人说什么话.( to have no knack for).

　　4. 驾驶员违反交通规则,除了罚款之外,还有别的处罚办法吗?(alternative to)

　　5. 为了安全起见,车上每个人都必须系上安全带.(for the sake of).

　　6. 我们费了九牛二虎之力将门弄开.(to have …job to do).

　　7. 这个沙发一拉开,就可变成床.(to convert into).

　　8. 成年人学习外语的困难之一是母语的干扰.(to interfere with).

　　9. 许多困在山洞里的人在救援队赶到之前就死了.(to trap).

　　10. 我突然明白他原来是想帮助我.(to dawn on).

　　VI. Reading Comprehension (38 points)

　　Passage 1

　　I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. I have managed to convince myself that it weren’t for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the country. But how realistic is the dream?

　　Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of flats. Children become aggressive and nervous—cooped up at home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the rest of the world. Strangely enough whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don’t even say hello to each other.

　　Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the existing and important events that take place in cities. There’s little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go on and expedition to the nearest large town. The city-dweller who leaves for the country is often oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet.

　　What, then, is the answer? The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city breeds a feeling of isolation, and constant noise batters the senses. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the center of things, and that life doesn’t come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found (or rather bought) a compromise between the two; they have expressed their preference for the “quiet life” by leaving the suburbs and moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities. They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind— they are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the villages.

　　What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring “morning” to the locals as they pass by? I’m keen on the idea, but you see there’s my cat, Toby, I’m not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass, I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm? No, he would rather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening.

　　1. We get the impression from the first paragraph that the author

　　A used to live in the country B used to work in the city

　　C works in the city D lives in the country

　　2. In the author’s opinion, the following may cause city people to be unhappy EXCEPT

　　A a strong sense of fear B lack of communication

　　C housing conditions D a sense of isolation

　　3. The passage implies that it is easy to buy the following things in the country EXCEPT

　　A daily necessities B fresh fruits

　　C designer clothes D fresh vegetables

　　4. According to the passage, which of the following adjectives best describes those people who work in large cities and live in villages?

　　A Original B Quiet C Arrogant D Insensitive

　　5. Do you think the author will move to the country?

　　A Yes, he will do so B No, he will not do so

　　C It is difficult to tell D He is in two minds

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