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.
   
    The United States is well-known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time. ___71___ these wide modern Roads are generally ___72___ and well maintained, with ___73___ sharp curves and many straight ___74___ , a direct route is not always the most ___75___ one. Large highways often pass ___76___ scenic areas and interesting small towns. Furthermore, these highways generally ___77___ large urban centres which means that they become crowded with ___78___ traffic during rush hours, ___79___ the "fast, direct" way becomes a very slow route.
    However, there is ___80___ always another route to take ___81___ you are not in a hurry. Not far from the ___82___ new "superhighways", there are often older, ___83___ heavily traveled roads which go through the countryside. ___84___ of these are good two-lane (双车道) roads; others are uneven roads ___85___ through the country. These secondary routes may go up steep slopes, along high ___86___ , or down frightening hillsides to towns ___87___ in deep valleys. Through these less direct routes, longer and slower, they generally go to places ___88___ the air is clean and the scenery (风景) is beautiful, and the driver may have a ___89___ to get a fresh, clean ___90___ of the world.

71.
A) Although    
B) Because   
C) Since    
D) Therefore

72.
A) stable    
B) splendid   
C) smooth   
D) complicated

73.
A) little    
B) few    
C) much    
D) many

74.
A) selections   
B) separations  
C) series    
D) sections

75.
A) terrible    
B) possible   
C) enjoyable   
D) profitable

76.
A) to     
B) into    
C) over    
D) by

77.
A) lead              
B) connect          
C) collect          
D) communicate

78.
A) large     
B) fast    
C) light     
D) heavy

79.
A) when         
B) for             
C) but             
D) that

80.
A) yet            
B) still            
C) almost          
D) quite

81.
A) unless         
B) if             
C) as             
D) since

82.
A) relatively       
B) regularly       
C) respectively      
D) reasonably

83.
A) and             
B) less            
C) more           
D) or

84.
A) All              
B) Several         
C) Lots            
D) Or

85.
A) driving         
B) crossing        
C) curving         
D) traveling

86.
A) rocks             
B) cliffs          
C) roads           
D) paths

87.
A) lying           
B) laying           
C) laid              
D) lied

88.
A) there             
B) when            
C) which            
D) where

89.
A) space           
B) period           
C) chance            
D) spot

90.
A) view            
B) variety           
C) visit              
D) virtue

Part V                 Writing                         (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition about What Would Happen If There Were No Power in three paragraphs. You are given the first sentence or part of the first sentence of each paragraph. Your part of the composition should be no less than 100 words, not including the words given. Remember to write clearly. You should write this composition on the Composition Sheet.
         
1, Ever since early this century, electricity has become an essential part of our modern life.
2, If there were no electric power.
3, Therefore.