[A] novel

[B] remote

[C] distant（D）

[D] foreign

22.  My favorite radio song is the one I first heard on a thick 1923 Edison disc I ________________________ at a garage sale.

[A] trifled with

[B] scraped through

[C] stumbled upon（C）

[D] thirsted for

23.  Some day software will translate both written and spoken language so well that the need for any common second language could ________________________.

[A] descend

[B] decline

[C] deteriorate（B）

[D] depress

24.  Equipment not ________________________ official safety standards has all been removed from the workshop.

[A] conforming to

[B] consistent with

[C] predominant over（A）

[D] providing for

25.  As an industry, biotechnology stands to ________________________ electronics in dollar volume and perhaps surpass it in social impact by 2020.

[A] contend

[B] contest

[C] rival（C）

[D] strive

26.  The authors of the United States Constitution attempted to establish an effective national government while preserving ________________________ for the states and liberty for individuals.

[A] autonomy

[B] dignity

[C] monopoly（A）

[D] stability

27.  For three quarters of its span on Earth, life evolved almost ________________________ as microorganisms.

[A] precisely

[B] instantly

[C] initially（D）

[D] exclusively

28.  The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow ________________________, particularly in Western Europe.

[A] obscure

[B] obsolete

[C] optional（B）

[D] overlapping

29.  Whoever formulated the theory of the origin of the universe, it is just ________________________ and needs proving.

[A] spontaneous

[B] hypothetical

[C] intuitive（B）

[D] empirical

30.  The future of this company is ________________________: many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.

[A] at odds

[B] in trouble

[C] in vain（D）

[D] at stake

Section II  Cloze Test

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 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)

The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases ___31___ the trial of Rosemary West.

In a significant ___32___ of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a ___33___ bill that will propose making payments to witnesses ___34___ and will strictly control the amount of ___35___ that can be given to a case ___36___ a trial begins.

In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he ___37___ with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not ___38___ sufficient control.

___39___ of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a ___40___ of media protest when he said the ___41___ of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges ___42___ to Parliament.

The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which ___43___ the European Convention on Human Rights legally ___44___ in Britain, laid down that everybody was ___45___ to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.

“Press freedoms will be in safe hands ___46___ our British judges,” he said.

Witness payments became an ___47___ after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were ___48___ to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised ___49___ witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to ___50___ guilty verdicts.

31.  [A] as to

[B] for instance

[C] in particular（D）

[D] such as

32.  [A] tightening

[B] intensifying

[C] focusing（A）

[D] fastening

33.  [A] sketch

[B] rough

[C] preliminary（D）

[D] draft

34.  [A] illogical

[B] illegal

[C] improbable（B）

[D] improper

35.  [A] publicity

[B] penalty

[C] popularity（A）

[D] peculiarity

36.  [A] since

[B] if

[C] before（C）

[D] as

37.  [A] sided

[B] shared

[C] complied（D）

[D] agreed

38.  [A] present

[B] offer

[C] manifest（B）

[D] indicate

39.  [A] Release

[B] Publication

[C] Printing（B）

[D] Exposure

40.  [A] storm

[B] rage

[C] flare（A）

[D] flash

41.  [A] translation

[B] interpretation

[C] exhibition（B）

[D] demonstration

42.  [A] better than

[B] other than

[C] rather than（C）

[D] sooner than

43.  [A] changes

[B] makes

[C] sets（B）

[D] turns

44.  [A] binding

[B] convincing

[C] restraining（A）

[D] sustaining

45.  [A] authorized

[B] credited

[C] entitled（C）

[D] qualified

46.  [A] with

[B] to

[C] from（A）

[D] by

47.  [A] impact

[B] incident

[C] inference（D）

[D] issue

48.  [A] stated

[B] remarked

[C] said（C）

[D] told

49.  [A] what

[B] when

[C] which（D）

[D] that

50.  [A] assure

[B] confide

[C] ensure（C）

[D] guarantee

Section III Reading Comprehension

Directions:

Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (40 points)

Text 1

Specialization can be seen as a response to the problem of an increasing accumulation of scientific knowledge. By splitting up the subject matter into smaller units, one man could continue to handle the informati