Part I Vocabulary and Structure (10%)

Direction: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

1. The poor lady was too       and distressed to talk about the tragedy.

A. engaged                B. exhausted

C. ignorant                D. energetic

2. At fist       , the famous painting doesnt impress the audience at all.

  A. glance                  B. gaze

  C. stare                    D. view

3. Delegates agree to the plan in        , but there were some details they didnt approve.

  A. discipline                B. theory

  C. principle                 D. nature

4. I took the medicine 10minutes ago, but the bitterness is still         in my mouth.

A. scattering                B. felling

C. maintaining               D. lingering

5. Since the          of human history, human beings have been asking questions like "What is the essence of life."

  A. dusk                     B. dust

  C. twinkle                   C. Dawn

6. The eldest son              all the family members to discuss how to celebrate the 50th wedding

  anniversary of their parents.

  A. Clustered                 B. resembled

  C. assembled                 D. rendered

7. I must leave now,            ,if you want that book ILL bring it you tomorrow .

  A. Accidentally               B. Incidentally

  C. Occasionally               D. Subsequently

8. My mother is a light sleeper,            to any sound even as low as the humming of mosquito.

  A. alert                      B. acute

  C. keen                      D. immune

9. The newly built factory is in urgent need of a number of skilled and              workers.

  A. consistent                  B. conscious

  C. confidential                 D. conscientious

10. As an outstanding scholar, he has become             to the research team.

  A. senior                      B. junior

  C. indispensible                C. independent

11. Sixteen days after the earthquake, 40people,        in their village, were rescued.

   A. trapped                   B. confined

   C. enclosed                  D. captured

12. Working far away from home, Jerry had to       from downtown to his office everyday.

A. wander                   B. commute

C. ramble                    D. motion

13. The finance minister has not been so       since he raised taxes to an unbearable level.

    A. famous                   B. favorable

    C. popular                   D. preferable

14. It is unimaginable for someone in such a high       in the govemment to behave so badly in public.

   A. situation                  B. position

C. profession                 D. appointment

15. Information given to employees must be        , clear and in easy-to-follow language.

   A．convenient                B．continuous

   C．constant                  D．concise

16. John was very upset because he was        by the police with breaking the law.

   A. sentenced                 B. arrested

   C. accused                   D. charged

17. David likes country life and has decided        farming.

  A. go in for                 B. go back on

  C. go along with             D. go through with

18. Jennifer has never really      her sons death. Its very hard to accept the face that shell

never have a child.

A. come to terms with       B. come up against

C. come out with           D. come down to

19. A national debate is now      about whether we should replace golden weeks with paid

Vacations.

A. in the way              B. by the way

C. under way              D. out of the way

20. When a psychologist does a general experiment about the human mind, he selects people and asks them questions.

    A. at ease                 B. at random

    B. in essence              D. in sum

Section II Close

(10%)

Directions:

For each numbered blank in the following passage ,there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the

best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 with a pencil. (10 points)

In1999, the price of oil hovered around $16 a barrel. By 2008, it had   21the $100 a barrel mark. The reasons for the surge 22    from the dramatic growth of the economies of china and India to widespread   23   in oil-producing regions, including Iraq and Nigerias  delta region. Triple-digit oil prices have   24   the  economic  and political map of the world,   25  some old notions of power. Oil-rich nations are enjoying historic gains and opportunities,   26   major importers—including china

and  India, home to a third of the worlds population--  27  rising economic and social costs.

Managing this new order is fast becoming a central   28   of global politics. Countries that need oil are clawing at each other  to   29  scarce supplies, and are willing to deal with any  government,    30   how  unpleasant, to do it .

In  many  poor  nations  with  oil , the profits are being ,lost to corruption,31  these countries of their best hope for development. And oil is fueling enormous investment funds run by foreign governments,   32   some in the west see as a new threat.

Countries like Russia, Venezuela and Iran are well supplied with rising  oil  33, a change reflected in newly aggressive foreign policies. But some unexpected countries are reaping benefits,    34 costs,  from  higher  prices. Consider Germany.  35  it  imports virtually all its oil, it has prospered from extensive trade with a booming Russia and the Middle East. German exports to Russia   36   128 percent from 2001 to 2006.

In the United States, as already high gas prices rose  37  higher in the spring of 2008,the issue cropped up in the presidential campaign, with Senators McCain and Obama  38  for a federal gas tax holiday during the peak summer driving months. And driving habits  began  to  39   ,as sales of small cars jumped and mass transport systems  40  the country reported a sharp increase in riders.

21. A. come            B. gone            C. crossed         D. arrived

22. A. covered         B. discovered        C. arranged        D. ranged

23. A. intensity        B. infinity         C. insecurity       D. instability

24. A. drawn           B. redrawn          C. retained        D. reviewed

25. A. fighting        B. struggling        C. challenging      D. threatening

26. A. and            B. while            C. thus            D. though

27. A. confine         B. conflict         C. conform         D. confront

28. A. problem         B. question         C. matter          D. event

29. A. look for        B. lock up          C. send out        D. keep off

30. A. no matter        B. what if          C. only if         D. in spite of

31. A. abolishing       B. depriving        C. destroying       D. eliminating

32. A. what            B. that            C. which           D. whom

33. A. interests   B. taxes            C. incomes         D. revenues

34. A. as many as       B. as good as        C. as far as        D. as well as

35. A. Although        B. Because          C. Since           D. As

36. A. advanced        B. grew            C.  reduces        D.  multiplied

37. A. even            B. still            C. rather          D. fairly

38. A. asking          B. requesting        C. calling         D. demanding

39. A. change          B. turn            C. shift           D. transform

40. A. for            B. from            C. across          D. Over

Part III Reading Comprehension (40%)

Direction: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.

PASSAGE1.

Henric Ibsen ,author of the play"A Dolls House", in which a pretty, helpless housewife abandons .Her husband and children to seek a more serious life, would surely have approved.. From January Ist ,2008, all public companies in Norway are obliged to ensure that at least 40% of their board directors are

women. Most firms have obeyed the law, which was passed in 2003.But about 75 out of the 480 or so

companies it affects are still too male for the governments liking. They will shortly receive a letter

informing them that they have until the end of February to act , or face the legal consequences---which

could include being dissolved.

   Before the law was proposed, about 7% of board members in Norway were female , according to the Centre for Corporate Diversity .The number has since jumped to 36%. That is far higher than the average of 9% for big companies across Europe or Americas 15% for the Fortune 500.Norways stock exchange and its main business lobby oppose the law, as do many businessmen." I am against quotas for women or men as a matter of principle," says Sverre Munck , head of international operations at a media firm. "Board members of public companies should be chosen solely on the basis of merit and experience,"be says. Several firms have even given up their public status in order to escape the new law.

Companies have had to recruit about 1,000 women in four years. Many complain that it has been

Difficult to find experienced candidates. Because of this, some of the best women have collected as many as 25-35 directorships each, and are known in Norwegian business circles as the "golden skirts". One reason for the scarcity is that there are fairly few women in management in Norwegian companies---they occupy around 15% of senior positions. It has been particularly hard for firms in the oil, technology and financial industries to find women with a enough experience.

Some people worry that their relative lack of experience may keep women quiet on boards, and that

In turn could mean that boards might become less able to hold managers to account. Recent history in Norway, however, suggests that the right women can make strong directors. "Women feel more compelled than men to do their homework," says Ms Reksten Skaugen , who was voted Norways chairman of the year for 2007, "and we can afford to ask the hard questions, because women are not always expected to know the answers."

41. The author mentions Ibsens play in the fi