Section I Vocabulary（10 points）

　　Directions：There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A，B，C，and D.   Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1

　　1. In some countries girls are still_____ of a good education.

　　A. denie　　D.   　　B. declined 　　C.  derived 　　D.   deprived

　　2. As the years passed，the memories of her childhood______ away.

　　A. faded 　　B. disappeared 　　C.  flashed 　　D.   fired

　　3. Brierley‘s book has the________ of being both informative and readable.

　　A. inspiration 　　B. requirements 　　C.  myth 　　D.   merit

　　4. If I have any comments to make，I‘ll write them in the ______of the book I’m reading

　　A. edge 　　B. page 　　C.  margin 　　D.   side

　　5. My ________would really trouble me if I wore a fur coat.

　　A. consciousness 　　B. consequence 　　C.  constitution 　　D.   conscience

　　6. When the post fell _______.Dennis Bass was appointed to fill it.

　　A. empty 　　B. vacant 　　C.  hollow 　　D.   bare

　　7. Mother who takes care of everybody is usually the most _________person in each family.

　　A. considerate 　　B. considerable 　　C.  considering 　　D.   constant

　　8. For ten years the Greeks _______the city of Troy to separate it from the outside.

　　A. captured 　　B. occupied 　　C.  destroyed 　　D.   surrounded

　　9. Other guests at yesterday‘s opening，which was broadcast______ by the radio station，included Anne Mclntosh and the Mayor.

　　A. live 　　B. alive 　　C.  living 　　D.   lively

　　10.A New Zealand man was recently _____ to life imprisonment for the murder of an English tourist，Monica Cantwell.

　　A. punished 　　B. accused 　　C.  sentenced 　　D.   put

　　11.The past 22 years have really been amazing，and every prediction we‘ve made about improvements have all come____

　　A. truly 　　B. true 　　C.  truth 　　D.   truthful

　　12.The teachers tried to ______these students that they could solve the complicated problem，however，they just didn‘t see the point.

　　A. convince 　　B. encourage 　　C.  consult 　　D.   concern

　　13.I‘m _________ to think that most children would like their teachers to be their friends rather than their commanders.

　　A. subjected 　　B. supposed 　　C.  declined 　　D.   inclined

　　14. She is under the impression that he isn‘t a ________ person for he wouldn’t tell her where and when he went to university.

　　A. genius 　　B. generous 　　C.  genuine 　　D.   genetic

　　15. The first glasses of Coca-Cola were drunk in 1886. The drink was first _____by a US chemist called John Pemberton

　　A. formed 　　B. made 　　C.  found 　　D.   done

　　16.These two chemicals ______with each other at a certain temperature to produce a substance which could cause an explosion.

　　A. interact 　　B. attract 　　C.  react 　　D.   expel

　　17. ________they can get people in the organization to do what must he done，they will not succeed.

　　A. Since 　　B. Unless 　　C.  If 　　D.   Whether

　　18. Once you have started a job，you should do it__________.

　　A. in practice 　　B. in theory 　　C.  in earnest 　　D.   in a hurry

　　19. Although they new library service has been very successful，its future is ______certain.

　　A. at any rate 　　B. by no means 　　C.  by all means 　　D.   at any cost

　　20.To my surprise，at yesterday‘s meeting he again ________the plan that had been disapproved a week before.

　　A. brought about 　　B. brought out 　　C.  brought up 　　D.   brought down Section II Cloze（10 points）

　　Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices，21 that businesses were still protecting consumers 22 the full brunt（冲击）of higher energy costs.

　　The Producer Price Index，23 measures what producers receive for goods and services，

　　24 1 percent in July，the Labor Department reported yesterday，double 25 economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from flat prices in June. Excluding 26 and energy，the core index of producer prices rose 0.4 percent，27 than the 0.1 percent that economists had 28 .Much of that increase was a result of an 29 increase in car and truck prices.

　　On Tuesday，the Labor Department said the 30 that consumers paid for goods and services in July were 31 0.5 percent over all，and up 0.1 percent，excluding food and energy.

　　32 the overall rise in both consumer and producer prices 33 caused by energy costs，which increased 4.4 percent n the month.（Wholesale food prices 34 0.3 percent in July. 35 July 2004，Wholesale prices were up 4.6 percent，the core rate 36 2.8 percent，its fastest pace since 1995.

　　Typically，increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index 37 businesses recoup（补偿）higher costs from customers. 38 for much of this expansion，which started 39 the end of 2001，that has not been the 40 . In fact，many businesses like automakers have been aggressively discounting their products

　　21. A. indicate 　　B. to indicate 　　C.  indicating 　　D.   indicated

　　22. A. of 　　B. to 　　C.  by 　　D.   from

　　23. A. that 　　B. which 　　C.  it 　　D.   this

　　24. A. rise 　　B. rises 　　C.  rose 　　D.   raised

　　25.A. that 　　B. what 　　C.  which 　　D.   this

　　26. A. food 　　B. grain 　　C.  crop 　　D.   diet

　　27. A. less 　　B. lower 　　C.  higher 　　D.   more

　　28. A. said 　　B. reported 　　C.  calculated 　　D.   forecast

　　29. A. expectable 　　B. unexpected 　　C.  expectation 　　D.   expecting

　　30. A. prices 　　B. costs 　　C.  charges 　　D.   values

　　31. A. down 　　B. from 　　C.  to 　　D.   up

　　32. A. Much 　　B. Most 　　C.  Most of 　　D.   Much of

　　33. A. was 　　B. were 　　C.  is 　　D.   are

　　34. A. fall 　　B. fell 　　C.  falls 　　D.   has fallen

　　35. A. Comparing with 　　B. In comparison 　　C.  Compared with 　　D.   Compare to

　　36. A. dropped 　　B. declined 　　C.  lifted 　　D.   climbed

　　37. A. as 　　B. so 　　C.  while 　　D.   when

　　38. A. And 　　B. But 　　C.  Yet 　　D.   Still

　　39. A. at 　　B. by 　　C.  in 　　D.   to

　　40. A. condition 　　B. situation 　　C.  matter 　　D.   case

　　Section III Reading Comprehension（40 points）

　　Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage：

　　Office jobs are among the positions hardest hit by compumation（计算机自动化）。Word processors and typists will lose about 93，000 jobs over the next few years，while 57，000 secretarial jobs will vanish. Blame the PC：Today，many executives type their own memos and carry their“secretaries”in the palms of their hands. Tim