15.A.potential             B.feasible        C.liable          D.inevitable

16.A.until                 B.before          C.if              D.after  

17.A.came                  B.come            C.will come       D.coming

18.A.transformation        B.transfer        C.transmission    D.shift

19.A.much                  B.little          C.less            D.more  

20.A.sticks to             B.belongs to      C.draws on        D.takes on
 
Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension  (30  points, 2 point for each item)

从下列每篇短文的问题后所给的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题卡上将相应的字母涂黑。

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage .

　　One day ,the principal came into our room and ,after talking to the teacher ,for some reason said ：“I wish all of the white scholars to stand for a moment .”I rose  with the others . The teacher looked at me and ,calling my name ,said：“You sit down for the present ,and rise with the others .”I  did not quite understand her .She repeated ：“You sit down now, and rise with the others .”I sat down puzzled and dumb. I saw and heard nothing .When the other were  asked to rise ,I did not know it .When school was dismissed ,I went out unconsciously .A few of the white boys laughed at me ,saying：“Oh, you’re  a nigger ,too.”

     I hurried on as fast as I  could to where my looking –glass hung on the wall in my own little room. For an instant I was afraid to look ,but when I did ,I looked long and earnestly. I was accustomed to hearing remarks about my beauty; but now ,for the first time ,I  became conscious  of it and recognized it .I noticed the ivory(象牙) whiteness of my skin ,the beauty  of my mouth ,the size and liquid darkness of my eyes .I ran  downstairs and rushed to where my mother was sitting .I buried  my head in  her lap and cried out：“Mother ,tell me ,am I  a nigger ?”I could not see her face ,but  I  felt her hands on my head .I looked up into her face . There were tears in her eyes and I could see that she was  suffering for me . And then it was that  I looked at her  critically for the first time. I had thought of her in a  childish way only as the most  beautiful woman in the world; now I looked at her searching for defects .I  could see that her skin was almost brown ,and that she did differ in some way from the other ladies who came to the house; yet ,even so I could see that she was more beautiful than any of them. She must have felt that I was examining her ,for she hid her face in my hair and said with difficulty：“No ,my darling ,you are not a nigger .”She went on ：“If anyone calls you a nigger ,don’t notice them .”But the more she talked ,the less was I  reassured ,and I  stopped  her by asking ：“Well ,mother ,am I white ? Are you white?” She answered tremblingly：“No ,I am not white ,but your father is one of the greatest men in the country .The best blood of the South is in you .”This suddenly opened up in my heart a fresh fear ,and I  almost fiercely demanded：“Who is my father ? Where is he ?”She stroked my hair and said ：“I’ll tell you about him some day.”I sobbed：“I  want to know now .”She answered：“No ,not now.”