Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
Margie Bland remembers the phone call from Iraq sometime before Christmas. Her son, Army specialist Joseph Darby , a military police officer in the reserves(not full – time soldiers), was on the phone and she could tell something was wrong.
Darby , 24 , would later come out as the soldier who first alerted the world to the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US guards at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad on January 13. “I could tell in his voice he was not sleeping.” Blank , 45, recalls. “He said ‘I don’t fell good.’” Darby was feeling bad about something he thought was very wrong. “It was really hard on him”, his mother said. “He didn’t want to go against his troops, but he said he could not stand the cruelty he had discovered . He said he kept thinking , ‘What if that was my mum, my brother or my brother or my wife?’” Darby slipped an anonymous note under a military investigator’s door in January, about the mistreatment of prisoners. He later turned in a CD-ROM with 1,000 photos documenting the cruelty, according to a recently disclosed internal Army report. “I told him, ‘Your picture is in the paper, ’” Blank said. “I said, ‘Honey , you did a good thing and good always triumphs over evil ’ And he said, ‘You’re right, mum.’”
Darby grew up in western Pennsylvania, US To help his family, he worked at a fast food restaurant as a teenager and as a mechanic after graduating from high school. He thought the Army might lead to a better life—even a college education. So, like many others, he ended up in Iraq.
65．How did Darby feel when he found the abuse of Iraqi prisoners?
A．Excited B．Terrible C．Pleased D．Angry
66．Darby joined the army to________
A．travel around the world for free B．support his family
C．improve his life D．occupy Iraq
67．The purpose of writing the passage is to_______.
A．criticize the US troops for their wrong doings in Iraq
B．discuss whether Darby should disclose the abuse of Iraqi prisoners
C．tell the life about Iraqi prisoners
D．show how Darby behaved in face of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
It’s December again. In addition to the excitement about 50 down to the holidays and parties. This month is also about long study hours for thousands of senior college students in China.
According to the Ministry of Education, the number of postgraduate 51 has risen again this year. The ministry has even 52 the enrollment dates to allow for the 53 applicants. However. I do not see the point of enrolling in postgraduate study 54 after college.
Postgraduate programs are 55 on specific fields and on advanced research and study. They also require 56 knowledge you can only gain from the workplace. If your goal is to gain more skills, you should try harder to find a job. Employers want 57 . not more qualifications. Otherwise, postgraduate study straight is a 58 of time and money.
Job applicants with a master’s degree often find that their competitors hold 59 qualifications.
Ten years ago, graduates with bachelor degrees had no problem finding employment, but authorities 60 the number of university places in 1999 and now where are millions of graduates without work.
It appears that postgraduate education will 61 this history of undergraduate education.
62 , the human resources staff faced with the choice between two applicants with masters degrees will usually choose the graduate from the more 63 undergraduate school. A bachelor’s degree from a key university is more helpful than a master’s degree sometimes.
If you don’t have working experience when you graduate, you will have the same problem even though you go on to 64 a master’s degree immediately.
50．A．taking B．counting C．casting D．tracking
51．A．achievements B．admissions C．accusations D．applications
52．A．expanded B．expected C．stretched D．shortened
53．A．national B．additional C．visible D．desperate
54．A．suddenly B．curly C．straight D．far
55．A．focused B．depended C．fed D．impressed
56．A．book B．abstract C．rich D．practical
57．A．elegance B．excitement C．experiment D．experience
58．A．memory B．waste C．cement D．symbol
59．A．different B．various C．similar D．adequate
60．A．increased B．eliminated C．abandoned D．enlarged
61．A．shape B．polish C．promote D．shadow
62．A．However B．Subsequently C．Meanwhile D．Originally
63．A．well-built B．prepared C．well-known D．newly-opened
64．A．hold B．earn C．evaluate D．Deposit
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A．change B．reverse C．constant D．condition AB．Recognizing AC．Interrupting AD．Decent BC．thus BD．Follow CD．speedily |
Living one’s life is really like driving on a highway. First, the driver must carefully examine the
41 of his car, just as he cares for his health for a good life . Once he enters into the highway, he must 42 certain rules for his own safety. It can also be said that he must obey certain rules of society when living as a 43 adult. For example, on the highway, he is required to keep a 44 speed which can be compared with his continuous activities through his life. Neither driving nor living must be taken at too high a speed nor at too slow a speed. If he drives too 45 , the police will give him a ticket, just as he will be arrested when he breaks the law. Acting too conservatively, he will be called an out-of-date person 46 the others driving at the proper speed. When he wants to 47 lanes, he must give careful attention to every direction of his car . It is sometimes dangerous to change the way of life unless he can be sure of completion by doing so. He should not make any unnecessary changing of lanes which gives him only danger.
Finally, he must discover where he is now by 48 some signs appearing now and then. If he takes the wrong turning, he must return to the right path as soon as he can. But he may 49 lose time and energy both on the road and in life.
On the whole, driving on a highway and living one’s life are both hard work. But if he is careful and serious enough, they will provide him much pleasure.
40．I don’t remember how many years ago_________people began to grow pine apples here.
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A．it was when |
B．it was that |
C．was it when |
D．was it that |
39．I think you should have let him finish his speech, ________you disagreed with him.
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A．whatever |
B．no matter what |
C．wherever |
D．however much |
38．During World War II, he took many photos, ______some captured the emotions of both the soldiers and the civilians in war-torn Europe.
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A．from them |
B．of which |
C．by which |
D．among them |
