B) overtaking                        D) enlarging

52. The         at the military academy is so rigid that students can hardly bear it.

          A) confinement                      C) discipline

          B) convention                       D) principle

53. Doctors warned against chewing tobacco as a          for smoking.

          A) succession                        C) revival

          B) substitute                        D) relief

54. It was the first time that such a         had to be taken at a British nuclear power station.

          A) presentation                      C) prediction

          B) preparation                       D) precaution

55. The board of the company has decided to          its operations to include all aspects of the clothing business.

          A) multiply                           C) lengthen

          B) stretch                            D) expand

56. The test results are beyond         ; they have been repeated in labs all over the world.

          A) conflict                          C) bargain

          B) dispute                           D) negotiation

57. The group of technicians are engaged in a study which         all aspects of urban planning.

          A) embraces                          C) inserts

          B) performs                          D) grips

58.          that he wasn't happy with the arrangements, I tried to book a different hotel.

          A) Puzzling                          C) Perceiving

          B) Penetrating                       D) Preserving

59. His business, was very successful, but it was at the         of his family life.

          A) exhaustion                        C) credit

          B) consumption                       D) expense

60. At yesterday's party, Elizabeth's boyfriend amused us by          Charlie Chaplin.

          A) modeling                          C) following

          B) imitating                         D) copying

Part IV Cloze (15 minutes)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Historians tend to tell the same joke when they are describing history education in America. It's the one   61   the teacher standing in the schoolroom door   62    goodbye to students for the summer and calling    63    them, "By the way, we won World War II."

   The problem with the joke, of course, is that it's   64    funny. The recent surveys on  65

illiteracy (无知) are beginning to numb(令人震惊): nearly one third of American 17-year-olds

cannot even   66   which countries the United States   67   against in that war. One third have no   68   when the Declaration of Independence was   69  . One third thought Columbus reached the New World after 1750. Two thirds cannot correctly   70   the Civil War between 1850 and 1900.   71   when they get the answers right, some are  72   guessing.

   Unlike math or science, ignorance of history cannot be  73   connected to loss of international  74  . But it does affect our future   75   a democratic nation and as individuals.

   The   76   news is that there is growing agreement   77   what is wrong with the 78   

of history and what needs to be   79   to fix it. The steps are tentative (尝试性的)   80   yet

to be felt in most classrooms.

61. A) in        B) by         C) for            D) about
62. A) waving    B) nodding    C) shaking        D)speaking
63. A) in        B) up         C) after          D) for 
64. A) not       B) too        C) so             D) rarely
65. A) political B) cultural   C) educational    D) historical
66. A) convey    B) identify   C) acknowledge    D) distinguish
67. A) struck    B) attacked   C) fought         D) defeated
68. A) doubt     B) idea       C) reason         D) sense
69. A) signed    B) edited     C) marked         D) printed
70. A) get       B) judge      C) place          D) lock
71. A) Thus      B) So         C) Though         D) Even
72. A)just       B) ever       C) still          D) hardly
73. A) shortly   B) directly   C) exclusively    D) practically
74. A) community B) commitment C) comprehension  D)competitiveness
75. A) with      B) for        C) as     &

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