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Passage Twelve
The Red Cross is an international organization which cares for people who are in need of help. A man in a Paris hospital who needs blood, a woman in Mexico who was injured in an earthquake, and a family in India that lost their home in a storm may all be aided by the Red Cross. The Red Cross exists in almost every country around the globe. The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent, the Red Mogen David, the Sun, and the Red Lion. All of these agencies share a common goal of trying to help people in need.
The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and wounded during a war started with Jean Henri Dunant. In 1859, he observed how people were suffering on a battlefield in Italy. He wanted to help all the wounded people regardless of which side they were fighting for. The most important result of his work was an international treaty called the Geneva Convention. It protects prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, and other citizens during a war.
The American Red Cross was set up by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the Red Cross in the United States provides a number of services for the public, such as helping people in need, teaching first aid, demonstrating water safety and artificial respiration, and providing blood. 216. A good title for this selection is ____. A. The International Red Cross C. Clara Barton and the Sun
B. Safety at Home and School D. The American Red Cross
217. The word “aided” in paragraph 1 means ______. A. reported
B. understood
C. caught
D. helped
218. The author really tries to make the reader see that this organization ______. A. costs very little money
B. helps any people in need
D. gets into trouble
C. teaches first aid if necessary
219. The person who started the idea of this organization was ______. A. Cross
B. Barton C. Dunant
D. a prisoner of war
220. The American Red Cross aimed at ______. A. helping people in need
B. teaching first aid, demonstrating water safety and artificial respiration C. providing blood for the sick and wounded D. all of the above III. Cloze
Directions: There are 6 passages in this part. Each passage has 10 blanks. For each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You
should choose the ONE answer that best completes the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Dr. William C Stokoe, Jr., was the chairman of the English Department at Gallaudet University. He saw the way deaf people communicated and was extremely 221 . He was a hearing person, and signs of the deaf were totally new to him. Dr. Stokoe decided to propose a study of sign language. Many other teachers were not interested, and though Dr. Stokoe was 222 to think about studying sign language. Even deaf teachers were not very interested in the project. However, Dr. Stokoe did not give up. 223 , he started the Linguistics Research Program in 1957. Stokoe and his two deaf assistants, worked on this project during the summer and after school. The three researchers made films of deaf people signing. The deaf people in the film did not understand 224 the research about and were just trying to be nice to Dr. Stokoe. Many people thought the whole project was silly, but 225 agreed with Dr. Stokoe in order to please him.
Stokoe and his team studied the films of signing. They 226 the films and try to see patterns in the signs. The results of the research were 227 : the signs used by all of the signers followed certain linguistic rules. Dr. Stokoe was the first linguist to test American Sign Language as a real language. He published the 228 in 1960, but not many people paid attention to the study. Dr. Stokoe was still 229 —he was the only linguist who 230 that sign language was more than gestures. He knew it was a language of its own and not just another form of English.
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221. A. ashamed 222. A. idealistic 223. A. Otherwise 224. A. what 226. A. made 228. A. results
225. A. strongly 227. A. dissatisfying 229. A. anxious 230. A. wished
Passage Two
Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Widespread 231 of written language would not have been 232 without some cheap and practical material to write 233 . The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and 234 . Together with the printing press, paper 235 an important way to spread knowledge.
Paper was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very 236 used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a type of paper 237 from a glasslike water plant; Europeans used a writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat 238 many hundreds of years. We have learnt some of the most important facts of European history from records or documents still 239 in good condition. The Chinese first made paper about 2,000 years ago. China still 240 pieces of paper which were made as long ago as that. It was made from the hair-like parts of certain plants. 231. A. use 232. A. active 233. A. by 234. A. divided 235. A. offered 236. A. always 237. A. made 238. A. at 239. A. protected 240. A. has
Passage Three
When I was a boy, children always objected 241 wearing school uniform but teachers were 242 on it because they said all of us looked 243 . Otherwise, they said children could compete with 244 and the poorer children would be unhappy because people would see how poor they were. In recent years, however, many schools have 245 the idea of making children wear uniform but funnily enough, now that children can wear 246 they like, they have adopted a uniform of their own. When some journalists visited a London school, they found that all the boys and girls were dressed in jeans. One girl said she would rather die than wear a coat instead of a jersey because 247 wants to look different 248 the other children in the class. Parents may not be as happy about this as children, but they 249 to be, because this new kind of uniform is one that the children like, not something they have forced to wear, and it is also 250 cheaper than school uniform used to be. 241. A. against 242. A. warm 243. A. same 244. A. each other 245. A. waited for 246. A. that
B. to B. eager B. like B. another B. taken off B. which
C. for C. keen C. as C. themselves C. put out C. what
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D. on D. interested D. alike
D. others D. given up D. as
B. account B. positive B. on B. spread B. granted B. usually B. making B. for B. preserved B. holds
C. access C. possible C. in C. scattered C. supplied C. commonly C. consisted
D. application D. possibility D. with
B. bored B. crazy
C. interested C. smart C. that
C. Additionally C. willingly C. released C. surprising C. alert
D. involved D. normal D. Afterwards
B. Instead B. why
D. which D. merely
D. analyzed D. resolutions D. disappointing D. alone D. decided
B. hardly
B. advertised B. alarming
B. consequences C. endings B. reasoned
C. believed
B. afraid
D. distributed
D. provided
D. generally
D. consisting D. during D. looked after
C. in C. cared for C. prefers
D. favors
247. A. anyone 248. A. than 249. A. ought 250. A. a lot
B. no one B. that B. should B. very
C. none C. from C. would
D. someone D. to D. had
D. a lot of
C. more
Passage Four
When the guests sit down at a dinner table, it is customary for the men to help the ladies by pushing their chairs under them. Some Americans no longer do this, so the visitor must notice 251 do and do 252 . Until the meal is 253 , if the dinner is in a private home, a guest may avoid embarrassment by leaving the talking 254 someone else. Some families have a habit of offering a prayer of thanks before they eat. 255 . If a prayer is offered, everyone 256 quietly with bowed head until the prayer is over. If the family does not 257 the custom, there is no pause in the conversation.
258 dinner, guests usually stay for two or three hours, 259 the thoughtful person is careful not to overstay his or her welcome. The host and hostess may 260 a guest to stay longer in order to be polite, but most dinner parties break up at about 11 o’clock. 251. A. that others 252. A. likely 253. A. in the way 254. A. for
255. A. So do other families
C. Other families do not
B. which others B. alike B. on the way B. to
C. others C. likewise
D. what others D. unlikely
C. under way D. out of the way C. with
D. about
B. The same is true of other families
D. Nor do other families
C. is not seated C. adjust
D. sit D. characterize
256. A. does not sit 257. A. follow
B. sits B. reserve
258. A. Being followed by B. Finished 259. A. nevertheless 260. A. decline
C. Following D. Having been finished
D. despite
D. urge
B. but C. however B. suggest C. emphasize
Passage Five
There are times when you find yourself unable to work out a problem. It is at this 261 that the way in which you use your teacher is important. With a good teachers such times should be less frequent than with a bad one, so the 262 the teacher, the more responsibility you have for your success! Whatever your luck in this 263 , one thing is most significant and stays the same, whatever the quality of teaching you 264 : if there is something you don't understand, you must ask, again and again if necessary, until you do understand it fully. 265 as this may seem, it is almost unbelievable how many people would rather sit in silent ignorance than admit not understanding. To behave in such a way is the only truly 266 thing a student can do: it's a false form of pride, which is the most useless, damaging quality anyone can have, to say 267 of a student! Therefore, regard your teacher as a guide or even a friend and do not sit 268 wondering what he's going on about. You may also ask a friend or classmate for help. Remember, there's always someone who is better than you in your class. And many newspapers and magazines set the special 269 for students, you can write to them and get replied in time. Listen to the radio, watch good TV 270 more often, maybe at a certain moment you'll find your question is being explained there and then. 261. A. course 262. A. bad 263. A. field 264. A. offer 265. A. Negative 266. A. safe
B. point B. better B. period B. describe B. Obvious B. simple
C. thought C. worse C. respect
D. chance D. good D. direction
C. arrange D. receive C. Difficult D. Suitable C. strange D. stupid C. nothing D. none C. separately C. sections
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D. gently
D. covers
267. A. something B. anything 268. A. quietly 269. A. books
B. honestly B. editors
270. A. sports
B. news C. speeches D. programs
Passage Six
The relations between men and wives are changing too. A majority of working women remain 271 their home; they come back at night to the cleaning, washing, and cooking that 272 their second career. But more and more husbands are sharing the burden and willingly 273 chores that their fathers would have rejected as unmanly, and as too much mysteriously difficult anyway. 274 such cases, man and wife become equal partners, both working outside, both pushing their vacuum cleaner. 275 , the number of husbands who do help in that way is much smaller than the number of those who accept the idea in theory, 276 the equal partnership is a fact, it does not always work well. The marriage can be destroyed when the wife is more successful in her profession 277 her husband in his, particularly when she earns more than he does. Sociologists see in this situation one of the main reasons for the increase in divorce rate, another reason 278 the husband’s refusal to help with the housework or the care of children. A third reason could be the growing awareness of the professional women 279 she does not have to remain married 280 she is too unhappy. 271. A. in full charge of
B. in the full charge of C. the charge of
D.taking charge
272. A. are accounted for B. consisting of C. are formed D. make up 273. A. taking in 274. A. On
B. taking on C. taking up B. Under
C. In
D. taking for D. At
D. Actually
D. even if D. contrary to
275. A. What’s more B. Most importantly C. Although 276. A. and when 277. A. than 278. A. is
B. when C. as if B. and
C. comparing to
D. is why
B. is that C. being
279. A. when B. whom 280. A. despite
IV. Dialogue Completion
B. until
C. what D. that C. unless D. if
Directions: There are 20 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the
answer that appropriately suits the conversational context and best completes the dialogue and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
281. Woman: Bob, do you think you can lend me fifty dollars? Bob: Let me see. ________
A. You know I have no money at all. B. Sorry, I don’t think I have much about me. C. I don’t think you should do it. D. Oh, I have quite a lot. 282. Client: hello. May I speak to Mr. Turner? Secretary: ________
A. Speaking, please. B. Hello. Who’re you please. C. Sorry. He’s at a meeting right now. D. Hello. Thank you for calling. 283. Jackson: Hi! Frank. Thank you very much for your helping me get out of the trouble. Frank: ________
A. It’s a pleasure. C. That is what I should do.
B. I’d like to do so.
D. That’s a very small trouble.
284. Lily: Hello, John! What was the weather like yesterday? John: ________
A. I like nice and bright weather. B. You don’t like cold weather, do you? C. That was a favorable weather. D. Nice and bright, not too cold.
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