Part I Vocabulary and Structure (10%)
Direction: There are 20 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. The poor lady was too and distressed to talk about the tragedy.
A. engaged B. exhausted
C. ignorant D. energetic
2. At first , the famous painting doesn't impress the audience at all.
A. glance B. gaze
C. stare D. view
3. Delegates agree to the plan in , but there were some details they didn't approve.
A. discipline B. theory
C. principle D. nature
4. I took the medicine 10minutes ago, but the bitterness is still in my mouth.
A. scattering B. felling
C. maintaining D. lingering
5. Since the of human history, human beings have been asking questions like "What is the
essence of life."
A. dusk B. dust
C. twinkle C. Dawn
6. The eldest son all the family members to discuss how to celebrate the 50th wedding
anniversary of their parents.
A. Clustered B. resembled
C. assembled D. rendered
7. I must leave now, ,if you want that book I'LL bring it you tomorrow .
A. Accidentally B. Incidentally
C. Occasionally D. Subsequently
8. My mother is a light sleeper, to any sound even as low as the humming of mosquito.
A. alert B. acute
C. keen D. immune
9. The newly built factory is in urgent need of a number of skilled and workers.
A. consistent B. conscious
C. confidential D. conscientious
10. As an outstanding scholar, he has become to the research team.
A. senior B. junior
C. indispensible C. independent
11. Sixteen days after the earthquake, 40people, in their village, were rescued.
A. trapped B. confined
C. enclosed D. captured
12. Working far away from home, Jerry had to from downtown to his office everyday.
A. wander B. commute
C. ramble D. motion
13. The finance minister has not been so since he raised taxes to an unbearable level.
A. famous B. favorable
C. popular D. preferable
14. It is unimaginable for someone in such a high in the govemment to behave so badly in public.
A. situation B. position
C. profession D. appointment
15. Information given to employees must be , clear and in easy-to-follow language.
A.convenient B.continuous
C.constant D.concise
16. John was very upset because he was by the police with breaking the law.
A. sentenced B. arrested
C. accused D. charged
17. David likes country life and has decided farming.
A. go in for B. go back on
C. go along with D. go through with
18. Jennifer has never really her son's death. It's very hard to accept the face that she'll never have a child.
A. come to terms with B. come up against
C. come out with D. come down to
19. A national debate is now about whether we should replace golden weeks with paid Vacations.
A. in the way B. by the way
C. under way D. out of the way
20. When a psychologist does a general experiment about the human mind, he selects people and asks them questions.
A. at ease B. at random
B. in essence D. in sum
In1999, the price of oil hovered around $16 a barrel. By 2008, it had 21 the $100 a barrel mark. The reasons for the surge 22 from the dramatic growth of the economies of china and India to widespread 23 in oil-producing regions, including Iraq and Nigeria's delta region. Triple-digit oil prices have 24 the economic and political map of the world, 25 some old notions of power. Oil-rich nations are enjoying historic gains and opportunities, 26 major importers—including china and India, home to a third of the world's population-- 27 rising economic and social costs. Managing this new order is fast becoming a central 28 of global politics. Countries that need oil are clawing at each other to 29 scarce supplies, and are willing to deal with any government, 30 how unpleasant, to do it .
In many poor nations with oil , the profits are being ,lost to corruption, 31 these countries of their best hope for development. And oil is fueling enormous investment funds run by foreign governments, 32 some in the west see as a new threat.
Countries like Russia, Venezuela and Iran are well supplied with rising oil 33, a change reflected in newly aggressive foreign policies. But some unexpected countries are reaping benefits, 34 costs, from higher prices. Consider Germany. 35 it imports virtually all its oil, it has prospered from extensive trade with a booming Russia and the Middle East. German exports to Russia 36 128 percent from 2001 to 2006.
In the United States, as already high gas prices rose 37 higher in the spring of 2008,the issue
cropped up in the presidential campaign, with Senators McCain and Obama 38 for a federal gas tax holiday during the peak summer driving months. And driving habits began to 39 ,as sales of small cars jumped and mass transport systems 40 the country reported a sharp increase in riders.
21. A. come B. gone C. crossed D. arrived
22. A. covered B. discovered C. arranged D. ranged
23. A. intensity B. infinity C. insecurity D. instability
24. A. drawn B. redrawn C. retained D. reviewed
25. A. fighting B. struggling C. challenging D. threatening
26. A. and B. while C. thus D. though
27. A. confine B. conflict C. conform D. confront
28. A. problem B. question C. matter D. event
29. A. look for B. lock up C. send out D. keep off
30. A. no matter B. what if C. only if D. in spite of
31. A. abolishingB. Depriving C. destroying D. eliminating
32. A. what B. that C. which D. whom
33. A. interests B. taxes C. incomes D. revenues
34. A. as many asB. as good as C. as far as D. as well as
35. A. Although B. Because C. Since D. As
36. A. advanced B. grew C. reduces D. multiplied
37. A. even B. still C. rather D. fairly
38. A. asking B. requesting C. calling D. demanding
39. A. change B. turn C. shift D. transform
40. A. for B. from C. across D. over
Part III Reading Comprehension (40%)
Direction: There are 4 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. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.
PASSAGE1.
Henric Ibsen ,author of the play"A Doll's House", in which a pretty, helpless housewife
abandons Her husband and children to seek a more serious life, would surely have approved.. From January Ist , 2008, all public companies in Norway are obliged to ensure that at least 40% of their board directors are women. Most firms have obeyed the law, which was passed in 2003.But about 75 out of the 480 or so companies it affects are still too male for the government's liking. They will shortly receive a letterinforming them that they have until the end of February to act , or face the legal consequences---which could include being dissolved.
Before the law was proposed, about 7% of board members in Norway were female , according to the Centre for Corporate Diversity .The number has since jumped to 36%. That is far higher than the average of 9% for big companies across Europe or America's 15% for the Fortune 500.Norway's stock exchange and its main business lobby oppose the law, as do many businessmen." I am against quotas for women or men as a matter of principle," says Sverre Munck , head of international operations at a media firm. "Board members of public companies should be chosen solely on the basis of merit and experience,"be says. Several firms have even given up their public status in order to escape the new law.
Companies have had to recruit about 1,000 women in four years. Many complain that it has been difficult to find experienced candidates. Because of this, some of the best women have collected as many as 25-35 directorships each, and are known in Norwegian business circles as the "golden skirts". One reason for the scarcity is that there are fairly few women in management in Norwegian companies---they occupy around 15% of senior positions. It has been particularly hard for firms in the oil, technology and financial industries to find women with a enough experience. Some people worry that their relative lack of experience may keep women quiet on boards, and that.
In turn could mean that boards might become less able to hold managers to account. Recent history in Norway, however, suggests that the right women can make strong directors. "Women feel more compelled than men to do their homework," says Ms Reksten Skaugen , who was voted Norway's chairman of the year for 2007, "and we can afford to ask the hard questions, because women are not always expected to know the answers."
41. The author mentions Ibsen's play in the first paragraph in order to .
A. depict women's dilemma at work
B. explain the newly passed law
C. support Norwegian government
D. introduce the topic under discussion
42. A public company that fails to obey the new law could be forced to .
A. pay a heavy fine
B. close down its business
C. change to a private business
D. sign a document promising to act
43. To which of the following is Sverre Munck most likely to agree
A. A set ratio of women in a board is unreasonable.
B. A reasonable quota for women at work needs to be set.
C. A common principle should be followed by all companies.
D. An inexperienced businessman is not subject to the new law.
44.The author attributes the phenomenon of "golden skirts" to .
A. the small number of qualified females in management
B. the over-recruitment of female managers in public companies
C. the advantage women enjoy when competing for senior positions
D. the discrimination toward women in Norwegian business circles
45. The main idea of the passage might be .
A. female power and liberation in Norway
B. the significance
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