Reading Comprehension (20')
Directions： There are 4passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of there are four choices marked A),B),C),and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.
For anyone who is set on a career in fashion， it is not enough to have succeeded in college. The real test is whether they can survive and become established during their early 20s making a name for themselves in the real world where business skills can count for as much as flair(眼光) and creativity.
Fashion is a hard business. There is a continuous amount of stress because work is at a constant breakneck (高速而危险的) speed to prepare for the next season's collections. It is extremely competitive and there is the constant need to cultivate good coverage in newspapers and magazines. It also requires continual freshness because the appetite for new ideas is hard to satisfy. "We try to warn people before they come to us about how tough it is," says Lydia Kemeny, the Head of Fashion at St. Martin's School of Art in London. "And we point out that drive and determination are essential."
This may seem far removed from the popular image of fashionable young people spending their time designing pretty dresses. That may well be what they do in their first year of study but a good college won‘t be slow in introducing students to commercial realities. "We don’t stamp on the blossoming flower of creativity but in the second year we start introducing the constraints of price， manufacturability， marketing and so on."
Almost all fashion design is done to a brief. It is not a form of self-expression as such, although there is certainly room for imagination and innovation. Most young designers are going to end up as employees of a manufacturer or fashion house and they still need to be able to work within the characteristic style of their employer. Even those students who are most avant-garde(标新立异的) in their own taste of clothes and image may need to adapt to produce designs which are right for the mainstream of market. They also have to be able to work at both the exclusively expensive and the cheap end of the market and the challenge to produce good design inexpensively may well be demanding.
1.To be successful as a fashion designer you must .
A) have excellent academic qualifications
B) be able to handle business problems
C) be well established before you are 20
D) have taken an intensive commercial course
2.All fashion designers should expect to
A) work without carelessness and laziness
B) cope with continual fatigue
C) make a rapid turnover
D) endure tough competition
3.In fashion design one of the most important factors is to
A) make instant decisions
B) satisfy excessive demands
C) maintain good press contacts
D) cultivate public taste
4. Initially， many young designers have to
A) hold back their creativity
B) present an encouraging picture
C) change their personal taste in fashion
D) inform to a certain image
5.The views on fashion design expressed in this article
A) get rid of some common illusions
B) present an encouraging picture
C) contain some innovative ideas
D) discount the creative element
Part II
Vocabulary (30')
Directions： There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C),and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
21. He a sum of money every month for his old age.
A) sets back
B) sets up
C) sets down
D) sets aside
22. His handwriting is,which makes other people hard to know what he really means.
A) illegitimate
B) illegible
C) illegal
D) illiterate
23. The main road through Salisbury was blocked for two hours today after an accident 3 vehicles.
A) containing
B) significant
C) involving
D) including
24. On small farm in a dry climate one should not grow crops that need space and a lot of water to ripen.
A) considerable
B) significant
C) considerate
D) extensive
25. Unfortunately he could not the danger at that time.
A) prepare
B) presume
C) perceive
D) prevail
26. When replying to this advertisement， please a stamped addressed envelope.
A) present
B) enclose
C) contain
D) attach
27. Tom and Mary were full of as they talked of their holiday plans.
A) frustration
B) gratitude
C) presentation
D) stimulation
28. The elegant decorations the gym into a starlit ballroom.
A) reverted
B) transformed
C) sustained
D) interrupted 29. Please yourself from smoking and spitting in public places， since the law forbids them. A) restrain
B) hinder
C) restrict
D) prohibit
30. If the diver is in deep water， he must come to the surface in order to allow his body to
the change in pressure.
A) alert
B) adopt
C) improve
D) adjust
31. Two criminals had escaped from the city prison and have been so far.
A) at length
B) at large
C) at least
D) at once
32. If your coat is too large， the tailor can it to fit you.
A) alter
B) change
C) convert
D) modify
33. High in the sky a of birds was flying southward.
A) collection
B) school
C) flock
D) swarm
34. The plane was for two hours because of the heavy fog.
A) delayed
B) canceled
C) postponed
D) dismissed
35. It's usually the case that people seldom behave in a way when in a furious state.
A) responsible
B) reliable
C) rational
D) conscious
36. The report on the Canadian scientist's research stated that his to biology are original and of the greatest importance.
A) contributions
B) distributions
C) contradictions
D) constructions
37. She was very tired,and in no for dancing.
A) spirit
B) temper
C) feeling
D) mood 38. The lack of goods， services and household aids， caused by the country's concentration on heavy industry at the of consumer goods， affected women more than men.
A) charge
B) expense
C) value
D) decrease
39. When asked about the missing watch, the boy having taken it.
A) refused
B) denied
C) objected
D) rejected
40. The for the computer programming course will amount to about $370.
A) fare
B) tutor
C) guide
D) tuition
41. She prefers to have her left photographed; she says that's her better side.
A) profile
B) privacy
C) veil
D) prototype
42. This book contains a (n) of words which are comparatively seldom used now.
A) altitude
B) latitude
C) multitude
D) attitude 43. Some people are to politics and what is going on in other places.
A) keen
B) sympathetic
C) indifferent
D) curious
44. There are more and more customers who like to about prices when buying goods.
A) debate
B) consult
C) dispute
D) bargain
45. What was the doctor's of your aunt's chest pains?
A) analysis
B) diagnosis
C) dialogue
D) synthesis
46. When they saw the pile of paper on the teacher's desk， the class made the that they would have written work.
A) reference
B) preference
C) conference
D) inference
47. To look at something is to try to find faults with it.
A) strictly
B) critically
C) unfairly
D) roughly
48. Occasionally I read a passage or sentence over and over just to let the beauty of its construction in.
A) soak
B) sink
C) suck
D) stick
49. The only miner who the disaster was still in a serious condition.
A) suffered
B) survived
C) succeeded
D) faced
50. In general' the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth of the total for living expenses.
A) acceptable
B) advisable
C) available
D) applicable
Part III
Cloze (20')
Directions： There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). 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 center.
If you want to stay young,sit sown and have a good think. This is the research 51 of a team of Japanese doctor, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise-and
52 we are ageing unnecessarily soon.
With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, Professor Taiju Matsuzawa 53 measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and 54 occupations.
Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain 55 measurements of the volume of the 56 and side sections of the brain,which relate 57 intellect and emotion, and determine the human character. (The 58 section of the brain, which controls 59 functions as eating and breathing, does not 60 with age, and one can continue living without 61 or emotional faculties.)
Contraction of front and side parts-as cells die 62 -was observed in some subjects in
63 thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty and seventy year olds.
Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple 64 to the contraction normally associated with age-using the head.
The findings show in general 65 that contraction of the brain begins 66 in people in the country than in the towns. Those 67 at risk,says Matsuzawa,are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing 68 work in government offices are,69 , as likely to have shrinking brains 70 the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.
51. A) result B) outcome C) finding D) discovery
52. A) because B) as a result C) besides D) though
53. A) set about B) set aside C) set off D) set up
54. A) changing B) varying C) moving D) altering
55. A) exact B) correct C) precise D) proper
56. A) forward B) fore C) front D) ahead
57. A) to B) with C) in D) on
58. A) side B) front C) hind D) rear
59. A) same B) such C) some D) the
60. A) reduce B) decrease C) decline D) contract
61. A) intellectual B) intelligent C) physical D) intelligible
62. A) down B) off C) out D) away
63. A) its B) his C) their D) her
64. A) remedy B) way C) method D) reminder
65. A) terms B) term C) mean D) means
66. A) later B) sooner C) oftener D) latter
67. A) less B) least C) fewer D) fewest
68. A) regular B) daily C) routine D) common
69. A) therefore B) moreover C) furthermore D) however
70. A) as B) than C) like D) more
IV. Put the following passage into Chinese. (15')
New research from Australia shows that pets are good for your health. The findings of this of this new study suggest that people who have pets are at less risk from heart disease than those who do not.
The new research was carried out over three years and examined 3，000 people. They took tests that measured a variety of different factors known to be involved in heart disease- blood pressure and blood levels. Also， people were asked about their lifestyles. The 800 people who owned pets had lower levels on each of the factors measured than those who did not own pets. The study also showed that it did not matter what kind of pet was owned-a cat was as good as a dog-so the benefits could not be attributed to the exercises involved in walking a dog.
The question is just how pets manage to make their owners more healthy. The obvious answer is that they make their owners feel more relaxed and happier. The Australian scientists who organized this study commented that if a new drug was available that was as effective as simply having a pet， then this drug would undoubtedly be considered a breakthrough in the control of heart disease.
V. Writing (15')
Directions:For this part, you are to write a composition entitled No Pains, No Gains. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese.
1.一份耕耘，一分收获，不努力就不能成就大事。
2.只有自强不息，艰苦奋斗，才能获得成功。
3.无所事事者最终将一无所获。
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