Part I Structure and Vocabulary (20%) ¡¡¡¡Directions: There are 10 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 blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil. ( )1. No doubt, a trade mark pertains to a firm's _____ assets. A) visible B) physical C) intangible D) actual ( )2. To build this highway, the investor has to come up with the traffic _____ of the prospective highway. A) size B) volume C) capacity D) output ( )3. To the disappointment of the newly arrived teacher, there seemed to be a(n) _____ of discipline in that remote county school. A) shortage B) lacking C) absence D) want ( )4. Without proper maintenance, the costly imported plants will be _____ out there sooner than expected. A) worn B) destroyed C) damaged D) exhausted ( )5. When the output is given, the investor's returns on investment is to the largest extent up to the method of ______ of tangible assets he has invested in the first place. A) appreciation B) calculation C) depreciation D) accounting ( )6. They are engaged in the research and development of a device that will be capable of _____ enemy's submarines at the deepest bottom of the sea. A£©finding B) discovering C) positioning D) detecting ( )7. The flood fighters told the reporters that they could _____ in that they had nationwide supports. A) hold out B) put out C) carry out D) bring out ( )8. He could be _____ by the traffic jam or else he would have come to me by now. A) left off B) dropped out C) got down D) held up ( )9. His wife cuts down the price of clothes she is going to buy by trying to _____ with themª± A) do away B) find fault C) come up D) fall in with ( )10. Many businesses' promotion campaigns _____ because they never fulfil what they have said in their ads. A) pass away B) get by C) fall through D) give away Part II Reading Comprehension (40%) Section A ¡¡¡¡Directions: There are 1 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 blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil. ¡¡¡¡Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage: ¡¡¡¡Do you believe that only boys do well in science? Does it seem to you that girls have better vocabularies than boys? In your opinion, are boys better at building things? If your answer to each of those questions is “Yes,” you are right according to an article in “Current Science .” There are exceptions, but here are the facts. ¡¡¡¡On the average, males score higher on tests that measure mathematical reasoning, mechanical ability, and problem-solving skills. Females show superior ability in tests measuring vocabulary, spelling, and memory. But these difference will probably not always exist. In the future, a person’s abilities may not be determined by sex. As one scientist says, “Nothing is impossible for a person to be or do.” ¡¡¡¡In several recent studies, young babies have been observed and tested to discover how different abilities are developed. A scientific team headed by Jerome Kagan, a psychologist at Harvard University, is studying the thinking ability of children 111/2 months old. The test is a simple one. The baby, while seated on its mother’s lap, watches a “show” on a theater stage. ¡¡¡¡In act I of the show, an orange-colored block is lifted from a blue box and moved slowly across the stage. Then it is returned to the box. ¡¡¡¡This is repeated six times. Act 2 is similar, except that the orange block is smaller. Baby boys do not seem to notice the difference in the size of the block, but girls immediately become excited and begin to make noises that sound like language. They seem to be trying to talk. ¡¡¡¡It is known that bones, muscles, and nerves develop faster in baby girls. Usually, too, baby girls talk at an earlier age than boys do. Scientists think there is a physical reason for this. They believe that the nerve endings in the left side of the brain develop faster in girls than in boys. And it is this side of the brain that strongly influences an individual’s ability to use words, to spell, and to remember things. ¡¡¡¡By the time they start to school, therefore, little girls have an advantage that boys do not have. Girls are physically more ready to remember facts, to spell, and to read. These, of course, are skills that are important in elementary school. ¡¡¡¡But what have the boys been doing in the years before starting school? They have been developing something called aggression. An aggressive person has courage and energy. He feels strong and independent. He is often the first one to start a fight. ( )11. According to an article in “Current Science”, which of the following is false? A) Boys do well in science. B) Girls have better vocabulary than boys. C) Boys are better at building things. D) Boys are as good as girls at science ( )12. The author of the article believes _____. A) Males, without any exception, score higher on tests that measure mathematical reasoning, mechanical ability, and problem-solving skill B) Females show superior ability in tests measuring vocabulary, spelling, and memory C) It the future, sex may be a key factor that determines a person’s ability D) The differences above probably always exist ( )13. The test made by a scientific team headed by Jerome Kagan shows _____. A) Baby boys never notice the difference in the size of the block B) Baby boys try to talk C) Baby girls seem to notice the difference in the size of the block D) Baby girls know how to use language ( )14. Concerning the difference between baby boys and girls in physical development of ability scientists believe _____. A) the nerve endings in the left side of the brain develop faster in baby boys B) an individual’s ability to use words, to spell, and to remember things is strongly influenced by the right side of the brain C) both baby boys and baby girls talk at an early age D) There is a physical reason for the difference in the development of abilities of baby boys and baby girls ( )15. The author implies in the last two paragraphs that _____. A) little girls have an advantage in elementary school B) boys are physically more ready to remember facts, to spell, and to read C) after starting school, boys begin to develop something called aggression D) girls feel strong and independent Section B ¡¡¡¡Directions: Read the following passage and then give short answers to the five questions. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. ¡¡¡¡In many businesses, computers have largely replaced paperwork, because they are fast, flexible, and do not make mistakes. As one banker said, “Unlike humans, computers never have a bad day.” And they are honest. Many banks advertise that their transactions£¨ÒµÎñÍùÀ´£©are “untouched by human hands” and therefore safe from human temptation. Obviously, computers have no reason to steal money. But they also have no conscience, and the growing number of computer crimes show they can be used to steal. ¡¡¡¡Computer criminals don’t use guns. And even if they are caught, it is hard to punish them because there are no witness and often no evidence. A computer cannot remember who used it: it simply does what it is told. The head teller at a New York City bank used a computer to steal more than one and a half billion dollars in just four years. No one noticed this theft because he moved the money from one account to another. Each time a customer he had robbed questioned the balance in his account, the teller claimed a computer error, then replaced the missing money from someone else’s account. This man was caught only because he was a gambler (¶Äͽ). When the police broke up an illegal gambling operation, his name was in the records. ¡¡¡¡Some employees use the computer’s power to get revenge £¨±¨¸´£©on employers they consider unfair. Recently, a large insurance company fired its computer-tape librarian for reasons tat involved her personal rather than her professional life. She was given thirty days notice. In those thirty days, she erased all the company’s computerized records.most computer criminals have been minor employees. Now police wonder if this is “the tip of the iceberg”. As one official says, “I have the feeling that there is more crime out there than we are catching. What we are seeing now is all so poorly done. I wonder what the real experts are doing---the ones who really know how a computer works.” 16.What is the passage mainly about? . 17. Transactions in many banks are claimed to be safe because they __. 18. The bank teller covered up his crime by ____. 19. What must the librarian do thirty days after she received the notice? . 20. According to the last paragraph, what kind of criminal are the police unable to catch? . Part III Cloze Test (20%) ¡¡¡¡Directions: Of the fifteen words given, choose ten words which best fill in the ten numbered blanks of the following passage. Each word can be used only once. Choose the form where necessary.writers with increases in musicians all accurately attract express upon combine well lie appeal say ¡¡¡¡How people first learned to invent words is unknown, (21) other words, the origin of language is a mystery. (22) we really know is that humans, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to (23) thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed (24) certain signs, called letters, which could be (25) to represent those sounds and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words. ¡¡¡¡The power of words, then (26) in their association---the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filed with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to tell us (27). ¡¡¡¡Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which (28) powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. (29) can convey meaning in words which sing like music and which, by their position and association, can move others to tears. We should, therefore, learn to choose our words carefully and use them (30), or they will make our speech silly and vulgar. (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) Part IV English - Chinese Translation (20%) ¡¡¡¡Directions: Read the following passage carefully. Then translate it into Chinese. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet. ¡¡¡¡Using international phone links, a group of West German hackers took repeated strolls through NASA computers last summer, as well as through several U.S. military networks. NASA spent three months changing passwords and clearing out "trap door" programs that the intruders had planted to give them access. Another German hacker spent nearly two years cruising through unclassified data in U.S. Defense Department and other research computers around the world until he was stopped last year. And last May, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, was invaded by hackers yet to be identified. Even companies with good security have run into a new problem: the computer virus. Like micro-organisms, these replicate and spread. They're tiny bits of software, often quickly written£¬that hide in larger programs and then pounce unpredictably.