PART A: VOCABULARY

　　I. Directions: Add the affix to each word according to the givenChinese, making changes when necessary. (8%)

　　1.extricable 无法摆脱的

　　2.variant 不变量

　　3.period 周期的

　　4.play 相互作用

　　5.normal 异常的

　　6.diversify 变化;不同之处

　　7.habit 同居

　　8.rhythm 有节奏地

　　II. Directions: Fill in the blanks, each using one of the given wordsor phrases below in its proper form.(12%)

　　in relation to runfor awide range of contributeto

　　burst forth tothe tune of responseto afterall

　　cater for drawon withrespect to dojustice to

　　9. Parents oftenhave little choice ____________ the way their child is medically treated.

　　10. There is ____________opinions on house shortage.

　　11. Mary ____________the Senate and won.

　　12. Most TV setsdon’t have the sound quality to ____________ the music.

　　13. The money hehad been ordered to pay was minimal ____________ his salary.

　　14. My friendsent a ____________ my letter.

　　15. You should not feel guilty fornot helping him; ____________ you have helped him many times in the past.

　　16. The chef ispleased to ____________ vegetarian diets.

　　17. A writer hasto ____________ his imagination and experience.

　　18. Please ____________this collection of money for homeless families.

　　19. The trees ____________in spring.

　　20. They’ve beensponsoring the World Cup ____________ over a million and a half pounds.

　　III. Directions: Fill in each blank with a suitableword given below. (10%)

　　used communication together especially leaves

　　years opportunities average realized devoted

　　Perhaps more important than the lack offamily outings is the destruction of family time 21 at home. Social scientists in the 1950s could nothave 22 how much television Americans would watch in the 1980s; the 23 American watches 6 hours of TV a day.That 24 little time for the special family characteristics and traditions that 25 to be formed during long eveningstogether. The time 26 to games, songs, and hobbies—all shared activities—inthe 27 before TV is now dominated by the “tube.”And 28 damaging to family relationships is the elimination of the 29 for talking; chatting, arguing,discussing. Without such 30 , family life disintegrates.

　　PART B: TRANSLATION

　　IV. Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, eachusing one of the given words or phrases below. (10%)

　　reinforce untangle gigantic given typify

　　31.鲸鱼是海洋中一种巨大的哺乳动物。

　　32.假如有机会，我会整天都看书。

　　33.汤姆，你整理电线在行吗?

　　34.他的行为只能让我更讨厌他。

　　35.他最新的书反映了中国的传统思想，这也代表了他大部分作品的特点。

　　V. Directions: Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.(15%)

　　36. Life is acontinuous flow of experience; each act or moment of time is preceded by a previousexperience and becomes the threshold for the experience to come. If weacknowledge that an objective of life is the achievement of a continuous flowof harmonious experiences, then the relationship of spaces to one another, asexperienced over time, becomes a major design problem. When viewed in this way,architecture takes its place with the arts of poetry and music, in which nosingle part can be considered except in relation to what immediately precedesor follows it.

　　PART C: READING COMPREHENSION

　　VI. Directions: Read through the following passages. Choose the bestanswer and put the letter in the bracket. (20%)

　　(A)

　　Hundreds of thousands of residents inJapan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Russia’s Kamchatka were told toevacuate after one of the world’s strongest quakes in a century hit Chile onSaturday, killing more than 300 people. Japanese officials had warned thattsunami waves of 3 meters or more could strike the country’s Pacific coast andordered or advised around 630,000 households to evacuate. The JapanMeteorological Agency (JMA) put the country’s highest tsunami at 1.2 meters inthe port of Kuji, northeast Japan. Smaller waves hit a swathe of the countryfrom the small island of Minamitori 1,950 km (1,200 miles) south of Tokyo toHokkaido island in the north. The JMA later downgraded its warning of a “majortsunami” to a tsunami of around 2 meters, but said residents should not letdown their guard. “Carelessness could be the biggest enemy,” Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama told reporters earlier in the day. It was Japan’s first majortsunami warning in 17 years and only the fourth since 1952, the JMA said. Trainservices were halted in many areas along the Pacific coast, many highways wereclosed and there was minor flooding. Two nuclear plants in the area wereoperating normally and Japan’s Nippon Oil Corp said its 145,000 barrel-per-daySendai refinery was also functioning as usual. Police cars and fire truckspatrolled coastal roads and fishing boats, seeking to avoid any tsunami, headedout to sea under gray skies, with snow flurries in some areas. Japan is nostranger to tsunamis. In 1896, a magnitude 8.5 earthquake and tsunami left morethan 22,000 dead in northeastern Japan. Another of magnitude 8.1 hit the sameregion in 1933, killing 3,064. In May 1960, a tsunami struck the coasts ofHokkaido and other northern Pacific coastal areas after an earthquake in Chile,killing around 140 people. Since then, many harbors have had sea gatesinstalled to try to protect from tsunami and storms. The first waves to hit NewZealand were reported at the remote Chatham Islands, around 800 kilometers (500miles) east of New Zealand, with surges of up to 1.5 meters measured, the CivilDefense Ministry said. Authorities in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka regionlifted a tsunami alert after a series of small waves appeared to cause nodamage, a spokeswoman for the Emergencies Ministry said. A tsunami hit beachesin eastern Australia but there were no initial reports of damage. Officialsissued an alert for most of the east coast and eastern parts of the islandstate of Tasmania, but said there were no concerns about major inundation. ThePhilippines canceled a tsunami alert on the eastern seaboard after the threat

　　dissipated. Hawaii dodged serious damageon Saturday when a tsunami merely lapped ashore, although residents were warnedto stay away from coastal areas because the ocean could remain unsettled forseveral more hours.

　　37. What is thepassage primarily about? ( )

　　A. How toprotect against tsunami. B.The history of tsunami.

　　C. The Tsunamiwarning. D.Chile’s earthquake.

　　38. According tothe passage, all the following are true about Japan EXCEPT ______.

　　A. that Japaneseauthorities were concerned about the tsunami

　　B. that someJapanese were killed in a tsunami following a Chile’s earthquake

　　C. that the earthquake of 8-plusmagnitude struck Japan in the same area twice within thirty years or so

　　D. that manyharbors in Japan have had sea gates since the mid-19th century

　　39. Which of the following is NOT truein Japan after the officials issued a wanting of the tsunami?( )

　　A. Trains wentout of service in many areas along the coast.

　　B. Many highwayswere closed.

　　C. There wasserious flooding.

　　D. Snow flurriedin some areas.

　　40. What can be inferred from thefigures of deaths in the earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan at different times? ( )

　　A. Earthquakesand tsunamis are now less destructive.

　　B. Moreeffective measures are now available.

　　C. The Japaneseare more alert to the dangers of earthquakes and tsunamis.

　　D. The Japanesenow live in anti-seismic buildings.

　　41. Which of thefollowing countries put an end to the tsunami warning? ( )

　　A. Japan and NewZealand. B.The US and Australia.

　　C. Russia andthe US. D.The Philippines and Russia.

　　(B)

　　It could be that certain bacteria causeinflammation that can affect appetite as well as inflammatory bowel conditionslike Crohn’s disease and colitis, the researchers reported in the journal Science. In other words, the germs makeyou overeat, Andrew Gewirtz of Emory University in Atlanta and colleaguesreported. “Previous research has suggested that bacteria can influence how wellenergy is absorbed from food, but these findings demonstrate that intestinal bacteriacan actually influence appetite,” Gewirtz said. “The obesity epidemic is drivenby people eating too much, but why are people eating more?” Gewirtz said theresearch suggests that bacteria may play a role — perhaps a population ofbacteria that thrive because other competing organisms have been wiped out byantibiotics have access to clean water and other factors of modern life. Histeam stumbled on the findings by accident. “We were studying mice that had colitis,”Gewirtz said in a telephone interview. The team suspected some kind of germ wasresponsible, so they transferred mouse embryos into surrogate mothers toprevent them from being infected by their own mothers. Babies are colonized bybacteria and other micro-organisms soon after birth and the makeup of thesecolonies — which persist for life in the skin and bowels — are very similar tothose of the mother. The colitis was better but the baby mice became obese and developedmetabolic syndrome — a cluster of symptoms that include unhealthy cholesterollevels, too much fat around the midsection, high blood pressure and insulinresistance. Insulin resistance means the body does not use insulin effectivelyto break down food and Gewirtz believes this may be the key. The researchersremembered a recent study in which normal, slender mice became obese when fedgut bacteria from fat mice. They worked with that team, including Ruth Ley of CornellUniversity in New York, to see what role the gut bacteria may be playing. “Whatwe think is that the mice are prone to intestinal inflammation,” Gewirtz said.“If you have a lot of inflammatory signals about, insulin won’t work properly.”Weeks of antibiotic therapy helped, and so did diets. “If we limit their foodintake they are mostly OK; they certainly are no longer obese,” he said. “Theyare, however, insulin-resistant.” Gewirtz’s team is now working to see if theycan identify the micro-organisms involved. They are also working to see ifobese people have unique patterns of gut bacteria. Scientists know thathundreds of species of bacteria live in the gut and an average person carriesabout 5 pounds (2 kg) worth. On Wednesday, Chinese scientists reported in thejournal Nature that they found 1,000different species in human intestines. So could you treat, obesity by taking anantibiotic to wipe out the offending germs that are making people overeat? “It isvery hard to replace the bacteria that you have,” Gewirtz said. Studies alreadyshow it is difficult to treat conditions like Crohn’s disease, even with monthsOf antibiotics.

　　42. What doesthe passage mainly discuss? ( )

　　A. Influence ofintestinal bacteria on appetite.

　　B. Eating habitand obesity.

　　C. Treatment ofcolitis.

　　D. Antibioticsand obesity.

　　43. Which of the following is NOTtrue about the baby mice when their embryos had been transferred into surrogatemothers? ( )

　　A. They had ahigh cholesterol level. B.They suffered from hypertension.

　　C. They did notuse insulin effectively. D.They had been cured of colitis.

　　44. How was thediscovery made? ( )

　　A. By joint effortsof the research team. B.Completely by chance.

　　C. In a recentstudy. D.Under an antibiotic therapy.

　　45. What islikely to be one of the reasons why some people overeat? ( )

　　A. That theyhave a very good appetite.

　　B. That theyhave unique patterns of gut bacteria.

　　C. That they areinsulin-resistant.

　　D. That theysuffer from Crohn’s disease and colitis.

　　46. All of thefollowing are what scientists want to know EXCEPT ______.( )

　　A. if they couldtreat obesity by taking an antibiotic

　　B. if extremelyoverweight people have special patterns of intestinal bacteria

　　C. if hundredsof species of bacteria live in human intestines

　　D. if they canidentify the micro-organisms involved in obesity

　　VII. Directions: Read the following passage, and then fill in thetable with the information based on the passage.(10%)

　　Silver miners first discovered Mexico’ssurreal Cave of Crystals almost a decade ago. The BBC recently took a rare tourof the underground cavern that contains the world’s largest naturally grown crystals,where some selenite structures reach almost 33 feet in length.

　　See those little dots climbing thecrystals that look like ants? Those are people.

　　Casual spelunkers can’t enter the cavewithout risking their lives, unless they have the right breathing mask andcooling suit. Stifling temperatures of 122 degrees F combined with almost 100 percenthumidity posed a deadly challenge for early explorers. Such conditions meanthat every breath can lead to fluid condensing inside the lungs, which representsa less-than-ideal scenario for continued breathing.

　　But the cave’s wonders prove alluring onceyou get past the dangers. The BBC’s new series “How the Earth Made Us” accompanies Iain Stewart, a geologist at theUniversity of Plymouth in the UK, on a trip into the Naica silver mine.

　　Take a good look at the footage below,because the Cave of Crystals is destined to disappear once the mine ownersdecide to end operations and pull out their pumps. Then the mines and cave alikewill flood once more.

　　Caveof Crystals

Location	Reserves	Danger of entrance	Cause of danger	What will happen
   47  	   48  	   49  	   50  	The cave will    51  

　　PART D: WRITING

　　VIII. Directions: Write a passage (150-200 words) in English on thefollowing title. Develop the ideas according to the Chinese outline givenbelow. (15%)

　　52. My View onEnergy Crisis

　　(1)地球上可供开采利用的煤炭石油资源已越来越少：

　　(2)全球性的能源危机已经引起了人们的关注;

　　(3)我对解决能源危机的看法。