单选题Some political analysts feel that the power of the northeastern United States is (on the wane).

单选题In ancient times people who were thought to have the ability to _____ dreams were likely to be highly respected.

单选题Customer benefit would be measured by its (incentive) to become smart buyers and influence the marketplace to provide products and services that anticipate, meet and even exceed their needs.

单选题To _____ people’ s hunger for adventures, they came up with many high-tech video games.

单选题The design of this auditorium shows a great deal of_____. We have never seen such a building before.

单选题I’ m afraid this painting is not by Qi Baishi. It’ s only a copy and so it’ s _____.

单选题After we made the improvement, there were only _____ as before.

单选题The management has made an irrevocable decision to meet the challenge from its opponent.

单选题From this plethora of information and recommendations they select.

单选题In the late 19th century, Jules Verne, the master of science fiction, foresaw many of the technological wonders that are _____ today.

单选题As the director can’ t come to the reception, I’ m representing the company _____.

单选题The publishers will send you a specimen copy of their new books _____.

单选题In order to obtain the needed information, you should write simply, clearly, and concisely _____the reader wants to know.

单选题We could see he felt _____ as he pointed and laughed at them.

单选题You must insist that students give a truthful answer_____ with the reality of their world.

完形填空When women do become managers, do they bring a differentstyle and different skills to the job? Are they better, orworse, managers than men? Are women more highly motivatedand 【A1】______than male managers?Some research 【A2】______the idea that women bring differentattitudes and skills to management jobs, such as greater【A3】______, an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and a【A4】______to bring emotional factors to bear 【A5】______makingworkplace decisions. These differences are 【A6】______to carryadvantages for companies, 【A7】______they expand the range oftechniques that can be used to 【A8】______the company manageits workforce【A9】______.A study commissioned by the International Women’ s Forum【A10】______a management style used by some women managers (andalso by some men) that 【A11】______from the command-and-controlstyle【A12】______used by male managers. Using this“interactive leadership” approach, “women 【A13】______participation, share power and information, 【A14】______otherpeople’ s self-worth, and get others excited about theirwork. All these【A15】______reflect their belief that allowing【A16】______to contribute and to feel 【A17】______and important is awin-win 【A18】______—good for the employees and theorganization. ” The study’ s director 【A19】______that“interactive leadership may emerge 【A20】______the managementstyle of choice for many organizations. ”

完形填空Directions: Thereare20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choice 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.From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first【A1】______, they were like newborn children, unable to use this【A2】______tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for humankind’ s future 【A3】______and cultural growth increased.Many linguists believe that evolution is【A4】______for our ability to produce and use language. They【A5】______that our highly evolved brain provides us【A6】______animate language ability not found in lower【A7】______. Proponents of this innateness theory say that our【A8】______for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually【A9】______ a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical【A10】______times for language development.Current【A11】______of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable.【A12】______, more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in【A13】______grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being【A14】______to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the【A15】______of their first language have firmly fixed.【A16】______some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been【A17】______from other human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that【A18】______with other human beings is necessary for proper language development. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to human language【A19】______than any innate capacities. These theorists view language as imitative, learned behavior.【A20】______, children learn language from their parents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child’ s language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.

完形填空Europe’ s world status had drastically changed. Its【A1】_____nations, once great powers, were dwindled—politically and militarily by the United States and the Soviet Union, 【A2】_____by them and by India and China, economically by the United States, Japan, and【A3】_____new economic powers that might【A4】_____. Europe’ s empires had been widely separate; and yet, like the rest of the world’ s rich Northern Hemisphere, it could not 【A5】_____the poor and hungry millions in the South. All the more reason,【A6】_____, for European countries to come together—not merely to hold their own political and economic superpowers but also to 【A7】_____their power to meet their wider responsibilities in the world.20th century Europe had witnessed and【A8】_____extraordinarily rapid technological changes. Computers, industrial robots, and genetic engineering are only its most 【A9】_____recent examples. The splitting of the atom had 【A10】_____magnified humanity’ s power to destroy itself. Jet aircraft, space travel, and electronic telecommunications had revolutionized the sense of 【A11】_____and scale. Radio and television, still【A12】_____the cinema, had become truly “mass media” , with satellites giving all broadcasts global【A13】_____.【A14】_____economic progress had not kept pace with technology; in a world of potential 【A15】_____and well-being, there were still both poverty and pollution. Political progress had been 【A16】_____still. International cooperation was increasing, but the basic political unit remained the nation-state. That【A17】_____from an age when the fastest means of travel have been a galloping horse. This was【A18】_____the founders of the EC, as Monnet said, were not concerned to make coalition of states【A19】_____to unite people. A united Europe along these lines, with【A20】_____rules and democratic institutions, was in his eyes a pilot plant for a united world.

完形填空Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of a(n) 【A1】______ should be made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, 【A2】______ most persons make several job choices during their working lives, partly 【A3】______ economic and industrial changes and partly to improve their positions. The one perfect job does not exist. Young people should therefore 【A4】______ into a broad flexible training program that will 【A5】______ them for a field of 【6A】______ rather than for a single job.Unfortunately many young people, knowing 【A7】______ about the occupational world or themselves for themselves for that matter, choose their lifework 【A8】______ a hit-or-miss basis. Some 【A9】______ from job to job. Others【A10】______ to work in which they are unhappy and 【A11】______ they are not fitted.One common mistake is choosing an occupation for 【A12】______real or imagined prestige. Too many high-school students—or their parents for them choose the professional field, 【A13】______ both the relatively small proportion of work vacancies in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal 【A14】______. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a white- collar job is 【A15】______ good reason for choosing it as a life’ s work. 【A16】______ , these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the majority of young people should give serious 【A17】______ to these fields.Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants 【A18】______ life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take 【A19】______ for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its 【A20】______.

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 on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Write your answers on the answer sheet.Most people would be【A1】______ by the high quality of medicine【A2】______ to most Americans. There is a lot of specialization, a great deal of【A3】______ to the individual, a【A4】______ amount of advanced technical equipment, and【A5】______ effort not to make mistakes because of the financial risk which doctors and hospitals must【A6】______ in the courts if they【A7】______ things badly.But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in【A8】______ health care is organized and【A9】______ . 【A10】______ to public belief it is not just a free competition system. The private system has been joined a large public system, because private care was simply not【A11】______ the less fortunate and the elderly.But even with this huge public part of the system,【A12】______ this year will eat up 84. 5 billion dollars—more than 10 per cent of the U. S. budget—large numbers of Americans are left【A13】______ . These include about half the 11 million unemployed and those who fail to meet the strict limits【A14】______ income fixed by a government trying to make savings where it can.The basic problem, however, is that there is no central control【A15】______ the health system. There is no【A16】______ to what doctors and hospitals charge for their services, other than what the public is able to pay. The number of doctors has shot up and prices have climbed. When faced with toothache, a sick child, or a heart attack, all the unfortunate person concerned can do is【A17】______ up.Two-thirds of the population【A18】______ covered by medical insurance. Doctors charge as much as they want【A19】______ that the insurance company will pay the bill.The rising cost of medicine in the U. S. is among the most worrying problems facing the country. In 1981 the country’s health bill climbed 15. 9 percent—about twice as fast as prices【A20】______ general.