III. Cloze (30 points)

　　Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　A new came as a surprise that an elderly woman died yesterday after21 knocked down by a motorist who had made no 22 to brake (剎車). A police officer asked the driver, a man of 69, to read the number-plate of a car parked 23 the opposite side of the road. The man said this was 24, because it was foggy. In fact, it was a sunny day. After several attempts, even from a distance of two meters, the man 25 failed to read the number-plate 26. He said he had never needed 27, though he had been 28 in a similar accident 29.

　　The question of fitness to 30 comes 31 every time some medical condition relates to an accident like this. Last week two motorists died 32 blackouts (瞬間昏厥) at the wheel, With these 33 in mind, it is not surprising that accident prevention organizations are trying to 34 the government to introduce stricter controls over _ so that both drivers and people on the road will enjoy safety.

　　21. A. being B. be C. had D. has

　　22. A. attempt B. answer C. warning D. sign

　　23. A. at B. in C. on D. with

　　24. A. natural B. reasonable C. unfair D. unexpected

　　25. A. had B. still C. hardly D. ever

　　26. A. correctly B. clearly C. fluently D. actually

　　27. A. petrol B. advice C. glass D. glasses

　　28. A. hurt B. involved C. included D. avoided

　　29. A yesterday B. tomorrow C. before the day D. the day before

　　30. A. drive B. travel C. move D. entertain

　　31. A. out B. up C. over D. on

　　32. A. as a result B. as a result of C. as result of D. with the result

　　33. A. wards B. questions C. conditions D. cases

　　34. A. pursue B. permit C. persuade D. percent

　　35. A. women B. adults C. drivers D. vehicle

　　IV. Reading Comprehension (60 points)

　　Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　Passage One

　　There was a nasty (骯臟的，卑鄙的) accident in our town not long ago, and I saw it happen. I was standing near a road which was under repair, not doing anything special-just watching the men, at work. It was not far from the new motorway (高速公路) that runs past the town. It was an old road that used to be very busy-and dangerous-before the motorway was built. Today, most cars use the new “superhighway” and the old road is pretty quiet, although cars do often come off the motorway into the town faster than they should.

　　Anyway, the men were repairing part of the road and there were signs up for at least 200 meters, telling everybody that the road was narrower than usual. Most of the drivers in both directions saw the signs and slowed down.

　　Then three cars came along close together, the third one moving at a very high speed. The first one passed the workmen and wanted to turn left. Meanwhile the third car came flying past the second one. The second car stopped. I think the driver knew something was going to happen. It did. The third car had no chance of stopping. Its driver braked (剎車) and pulled over to miss the first car-and went right off the road.

　　There were four people in that car: a man, two women and a child. The child was a boy of nine. I read later that they were going shopping-just shopping, nothing more important than that. The driver was badly hurt. The little boy was hurt too. Both the women were killed immediately. One of them was the driver's wife and the other was the mother of the little boy. They never got to the shops.

　　36. The old road .

　　A. was very busy though there was a new motorway

　　B. was never very busy

　　C. was always very busy and dangerous

　　D. was very busy and dangerous before the construction of the new motorway

　　37. On the day of the accident, part of the old road .

　　A. was damaged B. was broadened to make traffic easier

　　C. was under repair D. was closed to cars

　　38. The accident was caused by .

　　A. the driver of the first car B. the driver of the second car

　　C. the driver of the third car D. both Band C

　　39. The driver who caused the accident .

　　A. drove very, very fast B. killed another driver

　　C. killed himself D. both A and C

　　Passage Two

　　“Yes, I'll be ready at nine in the morning. Goodbye, dear, and thanks again.” It had not been an easy telephone call for Mrs. Robson to make. Her daughter had been very kind, of course, and had immediately agreed to pick her up and drive her to the station, but Mrs. Robson hated to admit (承認) that she needed help. Since her husband had died ten years before, she had prided herself on her independence (獨立生活). She had continued to live in their little house, alone.

　　On this evening, however, she was standing at her living-room window, staring out at the SOLD notice in the small front garden. Her feelings were mixed. Naturally she was sad at the thought of leaving the house, as it was full of so many memories. But at the same time she was looking forward to spending her last years near the sea, back in the little seaside town where she had been born. With the money from the sale (出售) of the house, she had bought a little flat there.

　　She turned from the living room window, and looked round at the room. One or two pieces of furniture remained, covered with sheets (被單). The floor was bare boards, and all her pictures had been taken from the walls. There was a small fish-tank, with two goldfish circling in it. When asked why, her husband used to say, “It's nice to have something alive in the room.” Since he had passed away, she had always kept some goldfish, had always had “something alive in the room”.

　　The next morning, as her train was pulling out of the station, Mrs. Robson called to her daughter, “Kate, you won't forget to collect the goldfish, will you? The children will love them. It's...” “I know,” Kate interrupted (打斷) gently. “It's nice to have something alive in the room.”

　　But in the little house, the two goldfish had stopped their circling. They were floating (漂浮) on the water, in the room with its bare boards and silent walls.

　　40. Mrs. Robson .

　　A. was a very proud person B. was helpless

　　C. did not like asking people for favors D. wanted to live without her husband

　　41. On her last night in the house, Mrs. Robson was feeling .

　　A. very depressed and dismayed B. very cheerful but completely helpless

　　C. proud and sad D. a bit sad but not entirely unhappy

　　42. Mrs. Robson had lived in the house .

　　A. since she had sold her flat B. for less than a decade

　　C . since she had been born D. for more than ten years

　　43. The cause of the death of the goldfish was most probably .

　　A. lack of care B. old age C. the small fish tank D. lack of water