Part II Vocabulary and Structure(30%)
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. 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 center.
16. He spent__________collecting materials for his article. A. a half year B. half year C. half a year D. half of a year
17. To succeed in a scientific experiment,__________ A. one needs being patient person B. patience is to need C. one needs to be patient D. patience is what needed
18. English is used by more people than is__________language except Chinese.
A. any B. any Other C. other D. all other
19. The dish__________terrible! I don't like it at all. A. tastes B. tasted C. will taste D. is tasted
20. She__________be ill because I saw her playing tennis just now. A'. can't B. couldn't C. mustn't D. may not
21. Sorry, officer. I__________at 80 miles but I didn't see any sign in the area telling people how fast they can drive.
A. should not drive B. shouldn't have driven C. mustn't drive D. can't drive
22. Why not__________Professor Li for help? He is kind-hearted and willing to help.
A. ask B. you ask
C. to ask D your asking
23. It is not easy__________the answer to the difficult math problem. A. to figure out B. figuring out
C. figure out D. being figured out
24. The tsunami (海啸)__________over 160, 000 people were killed was a terrible disaster for human beings. A. of that B. among which C. during that D. in which
25. Take the medicine now. I believe it will__________your pain. A. release B. relive C. reject D. relieve
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26. How can you__________her offer? I'm afraid she will feel hurt. A. turn out B. turn up C. turn down D. turn away
27. She apologized for__________to attend the meeting. A. her being not able B. her to be not able C. her not to be able D. her not being able to
28. This new coat cost me__________the last one I bought two years ago.
A. three times B. three times as much as C. three times as much D. three times much as
29. Each term our professors would__________a list of books for us to read.
A. hand in B. give away C. pass out D. write out
30. I__________my wallet when I was shopping in the store. A. must have dropped B. should have dropped C. could drop D. ought to have dropped
31. I believe you have__________your purse in the living-room. A. left alone B. left behind C. left off D. left out
32. The results of the survey are interesting and they__________more questions than they can answer.
A. bring about B. prohibit
C. project D. benefit from
33. He abandoned a career that __________ to his becoming one of the most influential people in the world. A. could have led B. would lead C. should have led D. must lead
34. The doctor's advice was that the patient __________ at once. A. to be operated B. being operated C. be operated D. operated
35. __________by the look on her face, she didn't catch what I meant. A. Judging B. Judged C. Judge D. To judge 36. By no means __________ our mistakes.
A. we ought ignore B. we ought to ignore C. ought we ignore D. ought we to ignore
37. The teacher has his students __________ a composition every other week.
A. to write B. written C. writing D. write
38. Give the books to __________ needs them for the English class and the writing class.
A. whomever B. whom
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C. who D. whoever
39. A solid is different from a liquid __________the solid has its definite shape.
A. in that B. in which
C. in what D. because of which
40. It is because he is kind and modest__________he wins the respect of others.
A. what B. which C. why D. that
41. Your mother told me that you overslept this morning, __________, ? A. didn't she B. didn't you C. did she D. did you
42. __________, he felt tired out after the long journey for eight hours. A. Strong as he is B. The stronger he is C. Strong man that he is D. For he is strong
43. They have agreed that they will __________to the policy and will not change it.
A. commit B. stick C. combine D. fall
44. The company has to __________the benefits against the costs in the last three months.
A. boast B. blame C. block D. balance
45. We've __________paper and ink. Ask Mrs. Edward to lend us some. A. run away with B. run out of C. run off D. run down
Part V Translation (20%) Section A
Directions: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passage you have just read in the part of Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.
76. They contain the quickest and the most efficient means of communicating within their respective culture.
77. Even though a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villagers to see this.
78. So, unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the
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people, the forests will slowly disappear.
79. But if all of them had worked separately and independently without division of labor, they certainly could not have made twenty pins in a day and not even one.
80. But he also took it for granted that division of labor is itself responsible for economic growth and development and it accounts for the difference between expanding economies and those that stand still.
Section B
Directions: In this part there are five sentences in Chinese. You should translate them into English. Be sure to write clearly.
81．正是那棵树在洪水中救了他们的命。
82．我们无法想象在那个遥远的星球上存在什么东西。
83．他今早上学又迟到了。昨晚他肯定是睡得太晚了。
84．父母没有预料到孩子的问题这样难回答。
85．然而，在那个国家还有成千上万的年轻人却很难找到工作。来源:考试大-国家英语三级考试
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答案
1---15 DCBBC CBDDA CBCCC
16---45 CCBAA BAADD CDBDA BAACB DDDAD BABDB
46---55 CBBAB BCBAB
56---75 BDCAA BDBBB ADCDD BCBDB
76，它们包含着各自文化当中最迅速和最有效的交流方式。
77，即使一个政府意识到了大量树木存在的重要性，它要劝说村民们也看到这点却是困难的。
78，所以，除非有好的控制体系，或者能教育好民众，否则，森林将会缓慢地消失。 79，但是如果他们分散工作，没有劳动分工，他们肯定不可能一天生产出20个大头针，也许一个也生产不出来。
80，但是他想当然地认为劳动分工本身就可以促进经济增长和发展并且以此来解释为什么有些经济体经济快速增长，而有些则停滞不前。
81，It is that tree that saved their lives in the flood.
82，It is beyond our imagination that what exits in that star which is so far away.
83，He was late again this morning. He must have slept too late last night.
84，The parents did not expect that their child’s question was too hard to give a reply.
85, However, there are still thousands of young people who are hard to find a job in that country.
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