Part I Reading Comprehension(30%)

Passage 1

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:

(S1)The development of jazz can be seen as part of the development of American popular music

especially dance music. I the twenties, jazz became the hottest new thing in dance music, much as ragtime had at the turn of the century, and as would rhythm(节奏) and blues in the forties, rock in the

fifties, and disco in the seventies.

(S2)But tow characteristics distinguish jazz from other dance music.

The first is improvisation(即兴演奏), the changing of music according to the player’s inspiration(灵感). Lick all artists, jazz musicians strive(奋斗) for an individual style, and improvised solo(独奏) is a jazz musician’ s main opportunity to display his or her individuality. In early jazz, musicians often improvised melodies collectively, thus creating a kind of polyphony (复调音乐). There was little soloing as such, although some New Orleans players, achieved local fame for their ability to improvise a solo. Later the idea of the chorus-long solo took hold. Louis Armstrong’s instrumental brilliance, demonstrated through extended solos, was a major influence in this development.

Even in the early twenties, however, some jazz bands had featured soloists. Unimprovised, completely structured jazz does exist, but the ability of the best jazz musicians to create music of great beauty during a performance has been a hallmark (特点) of the music and its major source of inspiration and change.

The second distinguishing characteristic of jazz is a rhythmic drive that wax initially called “hot” and later“swing”. In playing hot, a musician consciously departs from strict meter to create a relaxed sense of phrasing that also emphasizes the underlying rhythms. Not all jazz is hot, however, many early to play hot distinguished the jazz musician from other instrumentalists.

1. The passage answers which of the following question?

A. Which early jazz musicians most influenced rhythm and blues music?

B. What are the differences between jazz and other forms of music?

C. Why is dancing closely related to popular music in the United States?

D. What instruments comprised atypical jazz band of the 1920’s?

2. The topic of the passage is develop primarily by means of .

A. dividing the discussion into two major areas

B. presenting contrasting(对比) points of vies

C. providing biographies of famous musicians

D. describing historical events in sequence

3. The underlined word“ragtime” refers to .

A. pollution B. music C. person D. war

4. In the writer’s opinion, disco in the seventies must be .

A. pollution B. out-of-date C. children’s game D. popular

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the test?

A. Jazz is one of American popular music.

B. Jazz isn’t dance music.

C. Improvisation only can be seen in jazz.
　D. Rhythm is not important in jazz.

解析一：[生词] be seen as:被视为；especially=particularly=in particular:尤其是；ragtime:拉格泰姆爵士乐；at the turn of the century:丗纪之交；blues:布鲁斯音乐；rock:摇滚乐；disco:迪斯可；

character:性格 特色；characterise:特征；distingguish…from…:把---和---区别开；individually style:个人风格；improvesed:经改进的；opprtunity to display:展露的机会；individuality:个性；melodies:旋律；collectively:集体地；create:创造；New Orleans：新奥尔良；local：本地的；

the chorus-long:唱诗班；brilliance:杰出的;demonstrated:演示; influence:有影响力的人;featured:主演的;unimprovised:即兴表演的; structured:营造的；performance: 表演 ；source: 来源； rhythmic drive: 节奏发展趋向；initially:最初的；consciously:有意地；departs from:背离；emphasizes：强调；

解析二：[答案] 1.B 该题考的是主旨论点题，题眼在（S2）句上。

2.B 该题涉及作者写作方法的文体题。着眼点同样在（S2）句上。

3. B 这是一道词义推断题。推断依据在第一段中的三个“as”和四个“in”上。从略读中获知的文章大意

上也可判定。

4．D 这道题考的是作者的主观态度或情感倾向题。答案在第一段。

5．A 这是一道事实判断题。答案同样在第一段。

Passage2

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:

In Africa we experience enormous problems of underdevelopment, illiteracy, massive internal and external debts, population explosion, high mortality rates(死亡率), etc.(4) All these and similar problems have been known for a long time and need no restatement. What needs to be stated is that while the larger society to which one belongs is suffering from these mentioned problems, there is no way enjoyment of individual freedom and human rights will lead to self-fulfillment, to full self-realization, to a life of dignity(尊严)and self-respect, in short, to economic development. It will be no value to anyone in a society to get a Ph.D. in heart surgery(手术)when neighbors cannot control diarrhea(腹泻). There will be no point in individual families practicing family planning when the larger society is untouched by similar concerns.(S5)There will be no way a libertarian will realize his cherished values in a deprived society. Similarly, there will be no way nationalist tendencies can succeed when individual men and women are weakened. Development in Africa will have to be based on a collective(集体的)effort, David Kaulem has gotten the point, “The only thing that can further true development in Africa is unity, true common spirit; Africa will not be able to base their struggle on individual effort."

11. This passage may most probably be taken from .

A. a news report B. a life review

C. an interview D. a research paper

12. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Africa is a hopeless place

B. Unity is vital to the development of Africa

C. There are a lot of problems in African development

D. Individuality should be focused on African development

13. Why does the author mention “Ph.D. in heart surgery”?

A. To show that Ph. D is very important in Africa

B. To tell us that thee are not enough doctors in Africa

C. To illustrate that heart diseases are serious in Africa

D. to make a contrast show that basic needs are more important in Africa

14. What David Kaulem says means that .

A. collective efforts is more important than individual effort

B. individual effort is more important than collective effort

C. Africa will not succeed without individual effort

D. to further development in Africa, unity is not so important as individual effort

15. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. population control B. illiteracy

C. AIDS D. individual freedom

解析一：[生词] enormous:大量的； underdevelopment:发展中国家；illiteracy:教育匮乏； massive internal and exernal debts:巨额的内外债务；explosion:激增；restatement:重述； suffer from:遭遇；mention:提及； individual:个人的；self-fulfillment:自我满足；self-realization: 自我实现；concern:关注；libertarian:自由主义者； cherished:珍视的；deprived:贫困的； tendencies: 倾向；further:继续； unity:团结。

解析二：[答案] 11.D 这是一道文体题。判断依据在文尾的引言上。

12. B 该题考的是文章主旨。中心论点总结在文尾。

13. D 该题寻问的是作者的观点。是从间接的表述里寻求其直接含义。

14. A 这同样是推断论点题。并与考题12的表达内容相同。

15. C 这是一道细节题。用排除法较易选择。

Part II Vocabulary and Structure（30%）

16. The Prime Minister has stated that the Government does not intend to resume Supplies of arms to either side.

A. to lend B. lending C. to be lent D. of lending

答案：B resume doing : :继续做….

17. He doesn’t seem at all sorry for he has done.

A. that B. what C. which D. how

答案：B be sorry for+介宾

18. He deliberately me of the incident, hoping that I might his good memory.

A. recalled/remind B. recalled/remember

C. reminded/remember D. remembered/recall

答案：C remind sb. of sth. 提醒某人某事 deliberately有意地（=intentionally） incident:大的事件；accident:偶然的不幸的事故

19. How far was he for what had happened?

A. reliable B. responsible C. respective D. provided

答案：B be responsible for : 对…负责任

20. It seems very difficult .

A. to stop the child to cry B. restraining the child to cry

C. to stop the child from crying D. provided

答案：C stop sb.(from) doing sth. =prevent sb. from doing sth.: 阻止某人做某事

21. Let’s the problem for the time being and we can return to it later.

A. settle B. interrupt C. stop D. leave

答案：D leave :放下； interrupt: 打断（话）；settle =solve :解决（问题）

22. The purpose of this test is to measure students’ to learn instead of their present achievements.

A. capacity B. attitude C. confidence D. determinations

答案：A（能力）。 态度 信心 决心

23. Lying in hospital, the patient the outside world by watching news programs on TV every night.

A. kept in touch with B. faced up to C. turned the clock back D. slowed down 面临 减速

答案：A（和---保持联系）

24. The birth rate in a city to fall as its gross domestic product(GDP)rises steadily.

A. estimates B. anticipates C. assumes D. tends

估计 预测 假设

答案：D tend to 倾向

25. in mind as well as in body, the child needs more that medical care.

A. Sick B. to pay C. pay D. paid

答案：A.（形容词作状语）=being sick as well as = and

26. To postpone the debt will ruin our business reputation（商誉）

A. paying B. to pay C. pay D. paid

答案：A. postpone doing 推迟做…. Pay the debt 还债

27. The cost of this building to be over a million.

A. is estimated B. estimates C. has estimated D. having been estimated

答案：A. 用做被动语态。 estimate: 估算

28. He daydreams so much that he can hardly between daydreams and reality.

A. difference B. tell the difference C. show D. view

答案：B tell the difference = distinguish 区别

29. It’s impolite to others when they are talking.

A. break B. interrupt C. interfere D. stop

打破 插话 干涉

答案：B

30. It is wise to go previewing the story before reading it carefully.

A. into B. at C. after D. about

答案：D. go about 着手干；go after追求；go at努力；go into碰上；

31. In my opinion, you’d better keep silent .

A. in the course of time B. from that time on C. for the time being D. as time goes on

总有一天 从那时起 暂时 随着时间流逝

答案：C

32. We will immediately contact your family anything unexpected.

A. in the course of time B. in accord with C. in all possibility of D. in proportion to

万一；一旦 与…一致 可能性 与…呈比例

答案：A.

33. We felt very sad when we news that the manager was killed in his office yesterday.

A. respectful B. respectable C. respective D. respecting

有礼貌的 受尊敬的；正经的 各自的（在复数前） 尊敬的（作现在分词）

答案：B

34. It may rain, but I shall go out . I don’t mind the rain.

A. somehow B. anyhow C. when D. no matter

设法 无论如何 无关紧要

答案：B

35. Some of the money will be given to needs it badly.

A. someone B. whoever C. anyone D. whomever

答案：B（任何一个） badly = very

36. He was to be imprisoned life his serious crimes.

A. of…of B. to…of C. to…for D. for…for

答案：C.（to指对象；for表原因） imprison判刑； crimes罪行；

37. Be sure to your work at the end of the exam.

A. look over B. hand on C. set aside D. catch sight of

检查 稍等 留出；拒绝 瞥见

答案：A

38. Let’s hang up some paintings on these walls.

A.bare. B.empty C.hollow D. vacant （空间）空的 （中心）空的 （位子）空的

答案：B bare （表面）广的；秃的

39. They have developed techniques which are to those used in most factories.

A. more talented B. better C. greater D. superior

答案：D be superior to 优于….

40. Unfortunately, very few sheep the severe winter last year.

A. survived B. endured C. spent D. remained alive

答案：A（幸存） endured忍受 severe winter 严冬

41. Well, let’s put our heads together and find to the problem.

A. an answer B. a way C. a solution D. a method

答案：C. a solution to the problem解决问题的方法； solve a problem解答问题； answer a question回答问题；

42. It was in 1777 Vermont, threatened with invasion, declared itself an independent commonwealth.（共同体）

A. when B. that C. in which D. which

答案：B 强调句型

43. I suddenly realized that he was trying to quarrelling with me.

A. consider B. enjoy C. avoid D. prevent

答案：C avoid doing 避免做； enjoy doing喜欢做； consider doing考虑做； prevent…from doing 阻止做；

44. Henry looked very much when he was caught cheating in the biology exam.

A. discouraged B. embarrassed C. disappointed D. bewildered

灰心的 尴尬的 失望的 困惑的

答案：B

45. Susan wants to know whether the measures have been agreed .

A. to B. with C. over D. upon

答案：D agree to do agree with sb. agree upon sth.

Part III Identification(10%)

Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked A,B,C, and D. Identify the one that is mot correct. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

46. Many of the society’s wealth is controlled by large corporations and government agencies.

A B C D

答案：A. wealth =fortune 财富 ；不可数名词，many应变为 much 。

47. A gallon of ordinary sea water sea water container about a quarter of a pound of salt.

A B C D

答案：C. container n.容器；集装箱； contain v. 容纳；等于；

48. The planet Venus has been said the Earth’s twin because it is similar in size and mass.

A B C D

答案：B 应为said to be ; venus 金星；twin孪生兄弟之一；size and mass大小和质量

49. Passengers are warned not to get off a bus while moving.

A B C D

答案：D。无主语

50. It was very considerable of you to send me the information so promptly.

A B C

答案：A considerable 值得考虑的；相当多的； considerate 体谅的；体贴的；

51. Since her blood pressure is much higher than it should be, her doctor insists that she will not smoke.

A B C D

答案：D 应用虚拟语气，will该为should ;

52. There are thousand of different types of roses.

A B C D

答案：B thousands of 数以千计的;

53. As soon as the playing of the national anthem was over, the officials commenced to start the

A B C D

champion-ship game.

答案：D to start应改为starting

54. Idaho ranks first among the states in potatoes production.

A B C D

答案：D potatoes应为potato

55. The three-fields system is an agricultural method in which one field out of three is left to lie

A B C D

fallow while the other two fields are being cultivated.

答案：A three-fields应改为 three-field

Part IV Cloze(30%)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D at the end of the passage. You should choose the ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Americans are(56) of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect(57) things more than a uniform,(58) it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five-star(59). Why are uniforms so popular in the United States?

Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the(60) of most people they look more professional than civilian(百姓的) clothes. People(61) to expect superior quality from a man who (62) a uniform The television repairman who wears a uniform tends to inspire more trust than one (63) appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the skill of a garage mechanic is(64) by a uniform. What (65) way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to lose professional identity (身份) than to step out of uniform?

Uniforms also have (66) practical benefits. They save on other clothes. They save on laundry bills. They are tax-deductible(可减税的). They are often more comfortable and more durable(耐用的) civilian(67).

Primary among the argument(68) uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of individuality experienced by people who(69)wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, (70) change, until retirement. When people look(71), they tend to think, speak, and act similarly, on the job at(72).

Uniforms also give(73) to some practical(74). Though they are long-lasting, often their initial expense is greater than the cost of civilian clothes. Some uniforms are also expensive to maintain, requiring professional dry cleaning(75) than the home laundering possible with many types of civilian clothes.