A) essentialB) potentialC) substantialD) influential
58. When it began to rain hard, I took in the doorway of a building.
A) departureB) refugeC) screenD) coverage
59. The Prime Minister’s government was on the brink of collapse.
A) faintB) fragileC) furiousD) fatal
60. In his spare time, he liked to the Web looking for interesting web sites.
A) browseB) scrutinizeC) bruiseD) scramble
61. The decision will give renewed to the economic recovery of the country.
A) motiveB) aspirationC) impetusD) glitter
62. We a loss in the stock market by selling our shares early, before the stock fell.
A) divertedB) convertedC) invertedD) averted
63. The smartest man in the world is not to the depression that can accompany severe disabilities.
A) immuneB)sensitiveC) alertD) pertinent
64. Success that comes easily makes people more to failure when real challenges arise.
A) inevitableB)earnestC) timidD) prone
65. Thousands of workers on strike into the central square, demanding higher wages and better working conditions.
A) mobilizedB)surgedC) invadedD) soared
66. Thinking is any mental activity that helps us or solve a problem, make a decision, or fulfill a desire to understand.
A) duplicateB)simulateC) formulateD) verify
67. The country’s economic situation is as the statistics indicate that unemployment is increasing, prices rising and exports falling.
A) shrinkingB) lingeringC) deterioratingD) swelling
68. At Christmas, most families will set up their Christmas trees in a
place of their home and decorate them with fancy ornaments.
A) prominentB) dominantC) outstandingD) fantastic
69. He had studied Spanish, and had grown up in New York City—the most culturally place in America.
A) conspicuousB) diverseC) obscureD) dizzy
70. We need more people to their blood because there are so many injured men and women in the disaster.
A) injectB) denoteC) diagnoseD) donate
Part Ⅳ Error Correction(15 minutes)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and be sure to put a (/) in the blank.
Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something
to the public. Not only he want to say it well, but he wants it S1
to be something that has not said before. He hopes the public will S2
listen and understand—he wants to teach them, and he wants them
to learn from him.
What visual artists like painters want to teach are quite easy to make S3
out and difficult to explain, because painters translate their experiences S4
into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain