Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (25 points)

　　This section consists of 3 parts. Read the directions for each part before answering the questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.

　　Part 1 Vocabulary Selection

　　In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as requires on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　1 The explanation given by the manager yesterday was not at all _____ to us.

　　A. satisfy B. satisfied C. satisfactory D. satisfying

　　2 Part of the funds will be used to ____ that old blbrary to its original splendor.

　　A. rest B. recover C. replace D. restore

　　3 This silk has gone right _____ and we have not sold a single piece of it for weeks.

　　A. out of fad B. out of pattern C. out of custom D. out of fashion

　　4 The new Personal Digital Assistance contained a large ___ of information about an individual life.

　　A. deal B. amount C. number D. account

　　5 Primitive superstitions that feed racism should be _____ through education.

　　A. ignored B. exalted C. eradicated D. canceled

　　6. _____ pollution control measures are expensive, many local governments hesitate to adopt them.

　　A. Although B. However C. Because D. Moreover

　　7. The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, _____ to the body.

　　A. the stress it is greater B. greater is the stress

　　C. greater stress is D. the greater the stress

　　8. Annie Jump Cannon, _____ discovered so many stars that she was called “the census taker of the sky.”

　　A. a leading astronomer, B. who, as a leading astronomer,

　　C. was a leading astronomer, D. a leading astronomer who

　　9. Kingdom of Wonders, _____ in 1995 in Fremont, Calif., became an industry legend for two toys: a talking bear and a ray-gun game.

　　A. find B. found C. founded D. founding

　　10. Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event _____ is equal to the probability that it will not occur.

　　A. occurring B. to occur C. occurs D. occur

　　11. Only one-fifth of Americans saw oil as the chief reason that the U.S. made a war on Iraq, but 75 percent of the French and of the Russians believed _____.

　　A. to B. so C. go D. do

　　12. Sadly, while the academic industry thrives, the practice of translation continues to _____.

　　A. stack B. stage C. stagnate D. stamp

　　13. Your blunt treatment of disputes would put other people in a negative frame of _____, with the result that they would not be able to accept your proposal.

　　A. mind B. idea C. intention D. wish

　　14. If you are an energetic person with strong views as to the right way of doing things, you find yourself _____ under pressures.

　　A. variably B. invariably C. invaluably D. invalidly

　　15. Uncle Vernon, quite unlike Harry Potter who looked nothing like the rest of the family, was large, very fat, and _____, with an enormous black mustache.

　　A. neck-less B. neck-lace C. reckless D. rack-less

　　16. Home to _____ and gangsters, officials and laborers, refugees and artists, the city was, in its prime, a metropolis that exhibited all the hues of the human character.

　　A. magnates B. magnets C. machine D. magnitudes

　　17. His _____ behavior made everyone nervous. He was always rushing to open doors and perform other small tasks, apologizing unnecessarily for any inconvenience that he might have caused.

　　A. oblivious B. observant C. obsequious D. obsolescent

　　18. He was completely __________ by her tale of hardship.

　　A. taken away B. taken down C. taken in D. taken up

　　19. Americans who consider themselves _____ in the traditional sense do not usually hesitate to heap criticism in domestic matters over what they believe is oppressive or wasteful.

　　A. pedestrian B. penchant C. patriarch D. patriotic

　　20. As technological advances put more and more time between early school life and the young person's final access to specialized work, the stage of _____ becomes an even more marked and conscious period.

　　A. adolescence B. adjacency C. advantage D. adventure

　　Part 2 Vocabulary Replacement

　　This part consists of 15 sentence in which one word or phrase is underlined. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part without causing any grammatical error or changing the basic meaning of the sentence. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　21. That boy is suffering from unrequited love and pines away.

　　A. fervent B. obsessive C. secret D. unreturned

　　22. For a long time in that vast region, this law was in abeyance.

　　A. active use B. doubt C. discussion D. disuse

　　23. A court-martial has but recently decided to acquit him.

　　A. declare he is not guilty B. upwardly mobile

　　C. excessively overweight D. privately educated

　　24. There are more people who are obese today than 20 years ago.

　　A. gainfully employed B. upwardly mobile

　　C. excessively overweight D. privately educated

　　25. As a conductor, Leonard Bernstein is famous for his intensely vigorous and exuberant style.

　　A. enthusiastic B. nervous C. painful D. extreme

　　26. When insects feed on decaying plant material in a compost pile, they help turn it into useful garden soil.

　　A. available B. organic C. distasteful D. decomposing

　　27. Researchers have discovered that dolphins are able to mimic human speech.

　　A. import B. imitate C. impair D. humor

　　28. The dichotomy postulated by many between idealism is one of the standard clichés of the ongoing debate over international affatrs.

　　A. division B. combination of two parts

　　C. disparity D. contradiction

　　29. Attempts have been made for nearly three decades to increase the amount of precipitation from clouds by seeding them with salt or silver iodide.

　　A. Devices B. Hypotheses C. Efforts D. Suggestions

　　30. Justices of the peace have jurisdiction over the trials of some civil suits and of criminal cases involving minor offenses.

　　A. supremacy B. authority C. guidance D. obedience

　　31. The feeling of competition among the students in all the classrooms where the test was going on was noticeable to everyone.

　　A. discord B. discovery C. rivalry D. cooperation

　　32. The artist spent years on his monumental painting, which covered the whole roof of the church, the biggest in the country.

　　A. archaic B. sentimental C. outstanding D. entire

　　33. Many of the electric and electronic products we purchase and consume today are what some industrial experts call “homogeneous toys”.

　　A. identical B. homosexual C. unrelated D. distinguishable

　　34. Anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff furthered her reputation as an authority on Native American culture with her study of the symbols, myths, and rituals of the Huichol people.

　　A. deserved B. retained C. renewed D. advanced

　　35. This reflects the priority being attached to economic over political activity, partly caused by a growing reluctance to enter a calling blighted by relentless publicity that all too often ends in destroying careers and reputations.

　　A. powerfulness B. unwillingness C. renaissance D. apologeticness

　　Part 3 Error Correction

　　This part consists of 15 sentences in which there is an underlined part that indicates an error. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part so that the error is corrected. There is only ONE right answer. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

　　36. An epigram is usually defined being a bright or witty thought that is tersely and ingeniously expressed.

　　A. as B. as be C. as been D. to being

　　37. Upon completing his examination over the patient, the doctor offered his judgment of her conditions.

　　A. of B. off C. about D. around

　　38. If they spend some time on Chinese history, they will be more able to predict China’s future.

　　A. more B. able C. better D. better able

　　39. When she returned back by abroad, she told us all about her experience as an illegal immigrant.

　　A. by B. back C. from D. back from

　　40. He was looking impatient at the visiting salesman, who showed no signs of getting ready to leave.

　　A. patient B. patience C. impatience D. impatiently

　　41. The recent conference on the effective use of the seas and ocean was another attempt resolving major differences among countries with conflicting interests.

　　A. resolve B. resolves C. to resolve D. being resolved

　　42. Life insurance, before available only to young, healthy persons, can now be obtained for old people, and even for pets.

　　A. before young, healthy persons available only,

　　B. available only to young, healthy persons before,

　　C. available only to persons young, but more healthy,

　　D. before young and healthy persons only available to,

　　43. Following a year of fast development, by the first quarter of this year, China has had about 1,100 e-commerce websites.

　　A. China had about 1,100 e-commerce websites by the end of last March

　　B. by the end of the first quarter of this year, China has had about 1,100 e-commerce websites

　　C. by the end of this recent past March, China has about 1,100 e-commerce websites

　　D. by the end of this first quarter, China had about 1,100 or so e-commerce websites

　　44. Sino-foreign educational program on business is popular in China now, and the demand for high level interpretation is great.

　　A. programs in enterprises / high level interpreters

　　B. programs in international business / senior interpreters

　　C. program in international biz / senior interpretations

　　D. programs of business / high-level interpretations

　　45. Many students agreed to come, but some students against because they said they don’t have time.

　　A. were against because they said they did not

　　B. were against because they say they don’t

　　C. were against it because they said they did not

　　D. were against coming because they said they don’t

　　46. While it is essential that the text covers the subject adequately, it is also important that it is neither too detailed or too complex for the intended reader.

　　A. for B. nor C. no D. not

　　47. Consumer porcelains in Jingdezhen are not selling well in export market as compared with those made in Liling, Hunan Province and Zibo, Shandong Province.

　　A. on export market B. in exporting market

　　C. in exported market D. in the export market

　　48. It is a market which sales value might be more than 10 billion yuan.

　　A. a market with a sales value that might be

　　B. a market which might be sales value

　　C. a market with sale value might be

　　D. market with sales might be a value

　　49. As an English major student, I think business English is more practical than other fields.

　　A. a English student / field

　　B. a English major student / regions

　　C. a English major / courses

　　D. an English student major / sciences

　　50. We should let more young parents and their children can enjoy scientific early education.

　　A. provide more young parents and their children to enjoy early education

　　B. provide more young parents and their children to enjoy early education and scientific

　　C. provide young parents and their children enjoy more scientific early education

　　D. provide young parents and their children with more early education services

　　Section 2: Reading Comprehension (50 points)

　　In this section you will find after each of the passage a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with 4 (A, B, C and D) choices to complete the statement. You must choose the one which you think fits best. Blacken the corresponding letter as required on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. The time for this section is 70 minutes.

　　Questions 51 — 60 are based on the following passage.

　　Social control refers to social processes, planned or unplanned, by which people are taught, persuaded, or forced to conform to norms. In every society, some punishments or negative sanctions are established for deviant behavior. Without deviant behavior there would not be need for social control and without social control there would not be a way of recognizing the boundary between the acceptable and the unacceptable.

　　Social control may be either formal or informal. Informal mechanisms include expressions of disapproval by significant others and withholding of positive rewards for disapproved behavior. Most people internalize norms in the course of socialization. This is any group’s most powerful protection against deviance, in that the individual’s own conscience operates as an agent of social control. When informal sanctions fail, formal agents of social control may be called upon. In contemporary society, such formal agents and agencies include psychiatry and other mental health professions; mental hospitals; police and courts of law; prisons; and social welfare agencies. All these formal agents function to limit, correct, and control violation of norms. Conflict theorists would also point out that social control agents and systems tend, in any society, to serve the interests of powerful groups and to enforce the norms most beneficial to those who make the rules and who, therefore, define unacceptable behavior.

　　Social control, whether formal or informal, has a dual function. First, it punishes the wrongdoer and reaffirms the boundaries of acceptable behavior. Second, and less recognized, it regulates the manner in which deviants are treated.

　　51. Social control refers to processes by which ____.

　　norms are developed B. norms are enforced

　　C. people are educated and trained D. people are rewarded and punished

　　52. Every society has its own ____.

　　A. planned systems B. controlled norms

　　C. recognized boundary D. established sanctions

　　53. Informal mechanisms of social control include the following EXCEPT ____.

　　a high level of interest in ensuring conformity

　　expression of disapproval by significant others

　　withholding of positive rewards for the deviants

　　people’s internalization of norms in socialization

　　54. The most powerful protection against deviance is ____.

　　A. negative sanctions B. severe punishments

　　C. the individual’s conscience D. unrestrained suppression

　　55. Formal agents of social control include the following EXCEPT ____.

　　police stations B. mental hospitals

　　C. welfare agencies D. vocational schools

　　56. The purpose of formal agents is to ____.

　　A. make beneficial rules B. preserve social orders

　　C. control violation of norms D. define acceptable behavior

　　57. Which statement about social control agents is NOT true?

　　They tend to serve the interest of those who enforce the norms.

　　They tend to serve the interest of those who receive a benefit.

　　They tend to serve the interest of those who make the rules.

　　They tend to serve the interest of those who are powerful.

　　58. According to conflict theorists, social control agents and systems are ____.

　　A. liberal B. partial C. neutral D. overall

　　59. In the third paragraph, “a dual function” refers to ____.

　　A. formal and informal B. rewards and penalities

　　C. approval and disapproval D. clarification and regulation

　　60. The perspective from which the author discusses social control is ____.

　　A. biological B. sociological C. psychological D. anthropological