单选题Tom _____ his new job with confidence.

单选题She felt suitably humble just as she _____ when he had first taken a good look at her city self, hair waved and golden, nails red and pointed.

单选题The next point Mr. Muller’ s statement which need clarification, and which in any case leaves us with no_____ whatever, is that there were foot-print of four people.

单选题In fact, the Indians took all and gave all, such as they had, with good will, but it seemed to me that they were a people very _____ in everything.

单选题Clothing made of plastic fibers has certain advantages over _____ made of natural fibers like cotton, wool, orsilk.

单选题The American society is _____ an exceedingly shaky foundation of natural resources, which is connected with the possibility of a worsening environment.

单选题_____ before, his first performance for the amateur dramatic group was a success.

单选题He cannot _____ a car, for he does not earn much money.

单选题We looked for a table to sit down, but they were all_____.A. reserved for

单选题The reinforced concrete beam has greater strength because it is _____.

单选题The truck driver was fined for exceeding the speed_____.

单选题Mr. Milton prefers to resign _____ part in such dishonest business deals.

单选题Lawyers emerged from _____ in the eighteenth century to become key members of the commercial colonies.

单选题The mayor is a woman with great _____ and therefore deserves our political and financial support.

完形填空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 thepassage.The weather may be cold and wet, but in the rich world’ sfinancial markets it is beginning to feel like August allover again. Credit spreads have widened and shares are【A1】______from gloom to elation as【A2】______look to theFederal Reserve for solace. The【A3】______is unmistakable.But this time the scare is about more than bad mortgageloans and their【A4】______effect on the credit markets.America may be falling into【A5】______. And a new fear nowstalks the markets: that the dollar’ s slide could【A6】______out of control.A full-blown dollar crisis on top of a credit crunch and aweakening economy would be【A7】______. It would sendfinancial markets reeling and【A8】______the hands of theFed, perhaps forcing it to raise interest【A9】______even asrecession looms. The sky-high euro would【A30】______further,choking off Europe’ s growth.【A11】______tensions would alsorise.【A12】______Airbus has called the dollar’ s【A13】______“life-threatening” and France’ s president, NicolasSarkozy, has given warning of “economic war”.At【A14】______, the shadows could darken further. For half acentury the dollar has been the hegemonic currency. Alarge slice of global trade is counted in dollars. Centralbanks hold most of their foreign-exchange【A15】______indollars, a boon for America that has allowed it to【A16】______debt more cheaply. That【A17】______has survived dollarslides before,【A18】______in the late 1970s and mid-1980s. But now, with the euro as an alternative, the fearis of a sudden shift in the global monetary system, withinvestors【A19】______quickly from one currency to the other.So far, this remains only a fear. Whether disaster strikesdepends on what exactly is driving the dollar【A20】______andon how policymakers react.

写作题Translating the following English into Chinese.

问答题Directions: Read each of the following sentences, try to understand its meaning, and then use a different but adequate structure to restate the same meaning. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.

语法与词汇The marine mammal most vulnerable to the effects ofoil spills is the sea otter.

语法与词汇For members of the seventeenth-century Ashanti nationin Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames wereessential items of military equipment, a method to protectwarriors against enemy arrows and spears.

语法与词汇When an aircraft travels at subsonic speeds, the soundsthat it generates extend in all directions.