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[A] novel
[B] remote
[C] distant£¨D£©
[D] foreign
22. My favorite radio song is the one I first heard on a thick 1923 Edison disc I ________________________ at a garage sale.
[A] trifled with
[B] scraped through
[C] stumbled upon£¨C£©
[D] thirsted for
23. Some day software will translate both written and spoken language so well that the need for any common second language could ________________________.
[A] descend
[B] decline
[C] deteriorate£¨B£©
[D] depress
24. Equipment not ________________________ official safety standards has all been removed from the workshop.
[A] conforming to
[B] consistent with
[C] predominant over£¨A£©
[D] providing for
25. As an industry, biotechnology stands to ________________________ electronics in dollar volume and perhaps surpass it in social impact by 2020.
[A] contend
[B] contest
[C] rival£¨C£©
[D] strive
26. The authors of the United States Constitution attempted to establish an effective national government while preserving ________________________ for the states and liberty for individuals.
[A] autonomy
[B] dignity
[C] monopoly£¨A£©
[D] stability
27. For three quarters of its span on Earth, life evolved almost ________________________ as microorganisms.
[A] precisely
[B] instantly
[C] initially£¨D£©
[D] exclusively
28. The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow ________________________, particularly in Western Europe.
[A] obscure
[B] obsolete
[C] optional£¨B£©
[D] overlapping
29. Whoever formulated the theory of the origin of the universe, it is just ________________________ and needs proving.
[A] spontaneous
[B] hypothetical
[C] intuitive£¨B£©
[D] empirical
30. The future of this company is ________________________: many of its talented employees are flowing into more profitable net-based businesses.
[A] at odds
[B] in trouble
[C] in vain£¨D£©
[D] at stake
Directions:
For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)
The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases ___31___ the trial of Rosemary West.
In a significant ___32___ of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a ___33___ bill that will propose making payments to witnesses ___34___ and will strictly control the amount of ___35___ that can be given to a case ___36___ a trial begins.
In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he ___37___ with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not ___38___ sufficient control.
___39___ of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a ___40___ of media protest when he said the ___41___ of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges ___42___ to Parliament.
The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which ___43___ the European Convention on Human Rights legally ___44___ in Britain, laid down that everybody was ___45___ to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.
¡°Press freedoms will be in safe hands ___46___ our British judges,¡± he said.
Witness payments became an ___47___ after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were ___48___ to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised ___49___ witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to ___50___ guilty verdicts.
31. [A] as to
[B] for instance
[C] in particular£¨D£©
[D] such as
32. [A] tightening
[B] intensifying
[C] focusing£¨A£©
[D] fastening
33. [A] sketch
[B] rough
[C] preliminary£¨D£©
[D] draft
34. [A] illogical
[B] illegal
[C] improbable£¨B£©
[D] improper
35. [A] publicity
[B] penalty
[C] popularity£¨A£©
[D] peculiarity
36. [A] since
[B] if
[C] before£¨C£©
[D] as
37. [A] sided
[B] shared
[C] complied£¨D£©
[D] agreed
38. [A] present
[B] offer
[C] manifest£¨B£©
[D] indicate
39. [A] Release
[B] Publication
[C] Printing£¨B£©
[D] Exposure
40. [A] storm
[B] rage
[C] flare£¨A£©
[D] flash
41. [A] translation
[B] interpretation
[C] exhibition£¨B£©
[D] demonstration
42. [A] better than
[B] other than
[C] rather than£¨C£©
[D] sooner than
43. [A] changes
[B] makes
[C] sets£¨B£©
[D] turns
44. [A] binding
[B] convincing
[C] restraining£¨A£©
[D] sustaining
45. [A] authorized
[B] credited
[C] entitled£¨C£©
[D] qualified
46. [A] with
[B] to
[C] from£¨A£©
[D] by
47. [A] impact
[B] incident
[C] inference£¨D£©
[D] issue
48. [A] stated
[B] remarked
[C] said£¨C£©
[D] told
49. [A] what
[B] when
[C] which£¨D£©
[D] that
50. [A] assure
[B] confide
[C] ensure£¨C£©
[D] guarantee
Directions:
Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (40 points)
Specialization can be seen as a response to the problem of an increasing accumulation of scientific knowledge. By splitting up the subject matter into smaller units, one man could continue to handle the informati