[D] equipment

50. Charles has not the least ________ of giving up his research.

[A] intention [B] idea [C] play [D] desire

51. That shop doesn't have brown sugar in ________ at the moment, but they

expect to have some tomorrow.

[A] storage [B] stock [C] sale [D] demand

52. The country has a system of ________, most of which date back to the

nineteenth century.

[A] watercourses [B] rivers [C] canals [D] channels

53. The farmers had to wear heavy boots in the winter because the fields

were so wet and ________.

[A] dusty [B] earthy [C] soiled [D] muddy

54. My brother likes eating very much but he isn't very ________ about

the food he eats.

[A] special [B] peculiar [C] particular [D] unusual

55. This is the ________ piano on which the composer created some of his

greatest works.

[A] actual

[B] genuine [C] real [D] original

Section V Error-detection and Correction

Each question consists of a sentence with four underlined parts (words or phrases). These parts are labeled [A], [B], [C], and [D]. Choose the part of the sentence that is incorrect and put your choice in the brackets on the left. Then, without altering the meaning of the sentence, write down the correct word or phrase on the line following the brackets. (10 points)

EXAMPLE:

Goodmannersshould be observed whetheroneeats in a restaurant or in

ABCD

home.

ANSWER: [D] at

56. One should not talk about unpleasant subjects fora social gathering.

A

Also, we should avoid any subject that mighthurt the feelings of the BCpeople you are with.

D57.When we sit at the table, we must wait for everyonebefore starteating.

AB

Sometimes youhave to wait until the head of the family begins eating.

CD58. Bob has sat at the table for a couple ofhours and drankconsiderably

AB

morewine than is good for his health. CD59. If you had gonethere to see the match, I'm sure you

A

would have enjoyedto seethe Chinese Football Team win.

BCD60. The flour, eggs and milk should be wellmixed asit is poured into the ABC

baking pan. D

61. The names Jimmy, Billy and Bobby endin 'y' are used especiallyfor

AB

children, but they often continue intoadult life.

CD62. This book costsme five yuan. Asyou have been a good friend to me, you

AB

may borrow my book as far asyou keep it clean.

CD63. Of all the works of art shownin this exhibition hall the thing I like A

moreis the needle-workproduced by the workers of Shanghai. BCD64. Becausesome of the representativesstillnot there, the conference is ABput offuntil further notice.

CD65. You've to hurry up if you want to buy something becausethere'shardly

AB

somethingleft.

CD

Section VI Verb Forms

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of verbs given in brackets.

(10 points)

EXAMPLE:

Now our daughter is sitting next to Doris. At this time tomorrow she________(sit)next to Betty.

ANSWER: will be sitting 66. A: Is your new bus going O.K.?

B: Oh yes. Couldn't be better. It's the first minibus we ________ (have)

and we're all quite satisfied with it. 67. You haven't learnt the word-order in spoken questions yet but I'm sure

you ________ (learn) it before the end of this week.

68. Our guest ________ no sooner ________ (take) off his raincoat than

it began to rain again. 69. It is highly desirable that a new president ________ (appoint) for

this college. 70. ________ (meet) with an accident, the newspaper correspondent was not

able to send a cable. 71. That bad egg wore dark glasses to avoid ________ (recognize). 72. Rather than ________ (leave) everything to the last minute, he always

prefers to start early. 73. Don't come today, I would rather you ________ (come)tomorrow. 74. Sammy looks as though he never ________ (get) a square meal, but in

fact his parents feed him very well. 75. If I had a bike, I ________ (lend) it to you yesterday.

Section VII Chinese-English Translation

Translate the following sentences into English. (15 points) 76. 充分利用自然资源来为人类造福的愿望总有一天会实现。 77. 据我所知，到目前为止，这是他们所能想到的最好方案。

78. 随着科学与技术的普及，电子计算机已越来越广泛地在各个领域中得到应

用。 79. 通过深入的调查研究，他们终于取得了大量的第一手资料。 80. 在我们的工作中失败是常事，但我们绝不能因此而灰心丧气。

Section VIII English-Chinese Translation

Choose either of the following two passages. Only the underlined sentences are to be translated. (20 points)

(1)

(81) Electricity is such a part of our everyday lives and so much taken for granted nowadays that we rarely think twice when we switch on the light or turn on the radio. At night, roads are brightly lit, enabling people

and traffic to move freely. Neon lighting used in advertising has become part of the character of every modern city. In the home, many labour-saving devices are powered by electricity. (82) Even when we turn off the bedside lamp and are fat asleep, electricity is working for us, driving our refrigerators, heating our water, or keeping our rooms air-conditioned. Every day, trains, trolley-buses, and trams take us to and from work. (83) We rarely bother to consider why or how they run until something goes wrong.

One summer something did go wrong with the power plant that provides New York with electricity. For a great many hours, life came almost to a standstill. Trains refused to move and the people in them sat in the dark, powerless to do anything; (84) lifts stopped working, so that even if you were lucky enough not to be trapped between two floors, you had the unpleasant task of finding your way down hundreds of flights of stairs. Famous streets like Broadway and Fifth Avenue in an instant became as gloomy and uninviting as the most remote back streets. (85) People were afraid to leave their houses, for although the police had been ordered to stand by in case of emergency, they were just as confused and helpless as anybody else.

Meanwhile, similar disorder prevailed in the home. New York can be stifling in the summer and this year was no exception. Cool, air-conditioned apartments became furnaces. Food went bad in refrigerators. Cakes and joints of meat remained uncooked in cooling ovens. (86) People sat impatient and frightened in the dark as if an unseen enemy had landed from Mars. (87) One of the strange things that occurred during the power-cut was that some fifty blind people lead many sighted workers home. (88) When the lights came on again, hardly a person in the city can have turned on a switch without reflecting how great a servant he had at his fingertips.

(2)

A mineral is a material that is mined, not grown. (89) In other words mineral substances which are found on the earth must be extracted by digging, boring holes, artificial explosions, or similar operations which make them available to us. Some minerals, for example coal and oil, were originally living substances; others, like iron, never had life. (90) Coal and oil are the remains of plants and animals. Crude mineral ores and crude oil must be purified before they can be used.

(91) A stage in human civilization is often called by the name of the substance mainly used at that stage: the Stone Age, the Iron Age, and so on. The level of civilization reached by a society depends on the materials it can use, not only on those which are available. (92) The capacity to use a raw material depends on various factors, such as means of access,