C) Women can balance a career in science and having a family.
D) Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.
Part V 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8, 2005. it took some 75,000 lives, __67__ 130,000 and left nearly 3.5 million without food, jobs or homes. __68__ overnight, scores of tent villages bloomed __69__ the region, tended by international aid organizations, military __70__ and aid groups working day and night to shelter the survivors before winter set __71__.
Mercifully, the season was mild. But with the __72__ of spring the refugees will be moved again. Camps that __73__ health care, food and shelter for 150,000 survivors have begun to close as they were __74__ intended to be permanent.
For most of the refugees, the thought of going back brings __75__ emotions. The past six months have been difficult. Families of __76__ many as 10 people have had to shelter __77__ a single tent and share cookstoves and bathing __78__ with neighbors. “They are looking forward to the clean water of their rivers,” officials say. “They are __79__ of free fresh fruit. They want to get back to their herds and start __80__ again.” But most will be returning to __81__ but heaps of ruins. In many villages, electrical __82__ have not been repaired, nor have roads. Aid workers __83__ that it will take years to rebuild what the earthquake took __84__. And for the thousands of survivors, the __85__ will never be complete.
Yet the survivors have to start somewhere. New homes can be built __86__ the stones, bricks and beams of old ones. Spring is coming and it is a good time to start again.
67. A) injured
B) ruined
C) destroyed
D) damaged
68. A) Altogether
B) Almost
C) Scarcely
D) Surely
69. A) among
B) above
C) amid
D) across
70. A) ranks
B) equipment
C) personnel
D) installations
71. A) out
B) in
C) on
D) forth
72. A) falling
B) emergence
C) arrival
D) appearing
73. A) strengthened
B) aided
C) transferred
D) provided
74. A) never
B) once
C) ever
D) yet
75. A) puzzled
B) contrasted
C) doubled
D) mixed
76. A) like
B) as
C) so
D) too
77. A) by
B) below
C) under
D) with
78. A) facilities
B) instruments
C) implements
D) appliances
79. A) seeking
B) dreaming
C) longing
D) searching
80. A) producing
B) cultivating
C) farming
D) nourishing
81. A) anything
B) something
C) everything
D) nothing
82. A) lines
B) channels
C) paths
D) currents
83. A) aside
B) away
C) up
D) evaluate
84. A) aside
B) away
C) up
D) out
85. A) reservation
B) retreat
C) replacement
D) recovery
86. A) from
B) through
C) upon
D) onto
Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write you translation on Answer Sheet 2.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答，只需写出译文部分。 |
