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. The new automobile factory is expected to ______ around 30,000 to 50,000 vehicles   annually in the first three years.
A. assemble     B. service     C. supply      D. repair
2. Within the foreseeable future there may be a major _____ of species, involving from    one-third to two-thirds of all the species now in existence.
A. exhaustion  B. exhibition   C. extension   D. extinction
3. In the Chinese mind the Spring Festival is ______ with nice food and new clothes.
A. joined   B. related   C. linked   D. associated
4. Mobile phones are proved to _________ with flight instruments and have a negative      effect on flight safety.
A. interfere   B. disturb   C. interrupt   D. trouble
5. She went to Europe on vacation but her happy time ended in _________ when their hotel caught fire.
A. tragedy      B. crisis      C. drama        D.  misfortune
6. You could become a good musician, but your lack of practice is _______you _____.
A. taking.., over    B. holding.., back   C.  making.., up   D. leaving.., out
7. Retail sales volume in local urban and rural areas rose 57.8% and 46.8% ______ last year
A. individually  B. respectively       C. correspondingly   D. accordingly
8. The managing director took the _____ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.
A. guilt        B. blame            C. charge           D. accusation
9. The film         him of what he had seen in China.
A. reflected          B. reminded       C. recalled   D. recollected
10. As computers become part of modem society, computer scientists        to invent better methods of solving current problems with it.
A. strive     B. stress     C. stretch   D. strike
11. Nothing can         the young mother for the loss of her favorite daughter.
A. commemorate        B. communicate     C. compensate  D. contaminate
12. They had been quite good friends for years, until one day they ______ about a trivial matter.
A. fell out           B. fell for      C. fell back    D. fell down
13. Computer software ______ some 70 percent of the company’s products.
A. applies for  B. allows for   C. accounts for  D. answers for
14． I suppose Smith is unlikely to ______ a good idea for improving our product.
A. bring forth   B. bring into   C. bring on   D. bring off
15. The teacher asked a difficult question, and finally Todd ______ with a good answer.
A. came down     B. came along       C. came out   D. came up
16. It is often claimed that a good director is ______ to a successful film.
    A. inevitable        B. incidental      C. independent  D. indispensable
17. The ______ of the dollar can be directly linked to deterioration (惡化) of the current account of the US balance of payments.  
A. expenditure        B. depreciation         C. depression       D. deposit
18. We would like you to give our ________s an allowance of 5% to encourage them to use this article.
A. agenda          B. client          C. agent         D. debtor
19.In accordance with the terms of the contract, we will open an irrevocable letter of credit with your company as the_____________.
A. benefit          B. payer           C. document         D. beneficiary
20. Generally speaking, we call those who own a share or shares of stock in a company________.
 A. stockbrokers       B, stockjobbers       C. stockholders     D. subordinates

Section II  Cloze   ( 10 points )
Directions: Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Do you wake up every day feeling too tired, or even upset? If so, then a new alarm clock could be just for you.
The clock, called SleepSmart, measures your sleep cycle, and waits  21  you to be in your lightest phase of sleep   22   rousing you. Its makers say that should   23  you wake up feeling refreshed every morning.
As you sleep you pass  24  a sequence of sleep states -- light sleep, deep sleep and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep -- that   25   approximately every 90 minutes. The point in that cycle at which you wake can  26   how you feel later, and may  27   have a greater impact than how much or little you have slept. Being roused during a light phase  28   you are more likely to wake up energetic.
SleepSmart   29   the distinct pattern of brain waves  30   during each phase of sleep, via a headband equipped  31   electrodes (電極) and a microprocessor. This measures the electrical activity of the wearer's brain, in much the   32   way as some machines used for medical and research   33    and communicates wirelessly with a clock unit near the bed. You     34   the clock with the latest time at   35   you want to be wakened, and it   36  _ duly (適時地) wakes you during  the last light sleep phase before that.
The   37   was invented by a group of students at Brown University in Rhode Island   38    a friend complained of waking up tired and performing poorly on a test."   39    sleep-deprived people ourselves, we started thinking of  40  to do about it," says Eric  Shashoua, a recent college graduate and now chief executive officer of Axon Sleep Research Laboratories, a company created by the students to develop their idea.  ( 292 )
21. A. beside         B. near         C. for         D. around
22. A. upon         B. before       C. towards       D. till
23. A. ensure      B. assure        C. require     D. request
24. A. through      B. into         C. about         D. o n
25. A. reveals      B. reverses         C. resumes     D. repeats
26. A. effect      B. affect        C. reflect     D. perfect
27. A. already      B. ever         C. never      D. even
28. A. means      B. marks        C. says         D. dictates
29. A. removes     B. relieves         C. records     D. recalls
30. A. proceeded     B. produced        C. pronounced     D. progressed
31. A. by       B. of          C. with          D. over
32. A. familiar      B. similar         C. identical      D. same
33. A. findings      B. prospects     C. proposals     D. purposes
34. A. prompt      B. plug         C. program     D. plan
35. A. where      B. this         C. which      D. that
36. A. then      B. almost        C. also          D. yet
37. A. claim      B. conclusion    C. concept      D. explanation
38. A. once      B. since         C. after         D. while
39. A. Besides      B. Despite         C. To         D. As
40. A. what      B. how         C. whether     D. when

Section III  Reading Comprehension       ( 40 points )
Directions: Read the following passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing
A. B. C. or D. Mark your answers on  ANSWER SHEET1.
Passage 1 
    Nowadays, we hear a lot about the growing threat of globalization, accompanied by those warnings that the rich pattern of local life is being undermined, and many dialects and traditions are becoming extinct. But stop and think for a moment about the many positive aspects that globalization is bringing. Read on and you are bound to feel comforted, ready to face the global future, which is surely inevitable now.
   Consider the Internet, that prime example of our shrinking world. Leaving aside the all --to--familiar worries about pornography and political extremism, even the most narrow--minded must admit that the net offers immeasurable benefits, not just in terms of education, the sector for which it was originally designed, but more importantly on a global level, the spread of news and comment. It will be increasingly difficult for politicians to maintain their regimes of misinformation, as the oppressed will not only find support and comfort, but also be able to organize themselves more effectively.
   MTV is another global provider that is often criticized for imposing popular culture on the unsuspecting millions around the world. Yet the viewers' judgment on MTV is undoubtedly positive； it is regarded as indispensable by most of the global teenage generation who watch it, a vital part of growing up. And in the final analysis, what harm can a few songs and videos cause?
    Is the world dominance of brands like Nike and Coca--Cola so bad for us, when all is said and done? Sportswear and soft drinks are harmless products when compared to the many other things that have been globally available for a longer period of time -- heroin and cocaine, for example. In any case, just because Nike shoes and Coke cans are for sale, it doesn't mean you have to buy them -- even globalization cannot deprive the individual of his free will.
Critics of globalization can stop issuing their doom and gloom statements. Life goes on, and has more to offer for many citizens of the world than it did for their parents' generation.
( 345 words )
41. Some people feel sad about globalization because they believe it will ________________.
A. bring threat to the world peace
B. impact the diversified local life
C. disrupt their present easy life--style
D. increase the size of people speaking dialects
42. Internet was originally designed _______________
   A. to promote education              B. to distribute news and comment
   C. to relieve people of worries         D. to publicize political beliefs
43. What is the writer's attitude towards globalization?
A. Suspicious.   B. Positive.     C. Indifferent.     D. Contemptuous.
44. It is implied in the passage that Nike and Coco-cola______________.
 A. should not become dominant brands
 B. have been ignored by many people
 C. cannot be compared with drugs
 D. shouldn’t have caused so much concern
45. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?
A. Globalization Is Standardization
B. Globalization: Like It or Lump It
C. Globalization. Don't Worry, Be Happy
D. Globalization Brings Equality
Passage 2 
A quality education is the ultimate liberator. It can free people from poverty, giving them the power to greatly improve their lives and take a productive place in society. It can also free communities and countries, allowing them to leap forward into periods of wealth and social unity that otherwise would not be possible.
For this reason, the international community has committed itself to getting all the world's children into primary school by 2015, a commitment known as Education for All.
   Can education for all be achieved by 2015? The answer is definitely "yes", although it is a difficult task. If we now measure the goal in terms of children successfully completing a   minimum of five years of primary school, instead of just enrolling for classes, which used to be the measuring stick for education, then the challenge becomes even more difficult. Only 32 countries were formerly believed to be at risk of not achieving education for all on the basis of enrollment rates. The number rises to 88 if completion rates are used as the criterion.
     Still, the goal is achievable with the right policies and the right support from the international community. 59 of the 88 countries at risk can reach universal primary completion by 2015 if they bring the efficiency and quality of their education systems into line with standards observed in higher-performing systems. They also need significant increases in external financing and technical support. The 29 countries lagging farthest behind will not reach the goal without unprecedented rates of progress. But this is attainable with creative solutions, including use of information technologies, flexible and targeted foreign aid, and fewer people living in poverty.
     A key lesson of experience about what makes development effective is that a country's capacity to use aid well depends heavily on its policies, institutions and management. Where a country scores well on these criteria, foreign assistance can be highly effective.  (319 words)
46. In the first paragraph, the author suggests that a quality education can ________.
   A. free countries from foreign rules            B. speed up social progress
   C. give people freedom                       D. liberate people from any exploitation
47. Ideally, the goal of the program of Education for All is to _______ by 2015.
   A. get all the world's children to complete primary school
B. enroll all the world's children into primary school
C. give quality education to people of 88 countries
D. support those committed to transforming their education systems
48. ________ countries are now at risk of not achieving Education for All on the basis of completion rates.
A.32                B.59                C.29                D.88
49.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as the right policy?
   A. Raising the efficiency of education systems.    B. Improving the quality of education.
   C. Using information technologies.              D. Building more primary schools.
50. As can be gathered from the last paragraph, foreign aid ________.
A. may not be highly effective
B. is provided only when some criteria are met
C. alone makes development possible
   D. is most effective for those countries lagging farthest behind

Passage 3
 Some futurologists have assumed that the vast upsurge（劇增）of women in the workforce may portend a rejection of marriage. Many women, according to this hypothesis, would rather work than marry. The converse（反面）of this concern is that the prospects of becoming a multi－paycheck household could encourage marriages. In the past, only the earnings and financial prospects of the man counted in the marriage decision. Now, however, the earning ability of a woman can make her more attractive as a marriage partner. Data show that economic downturns tend to postpone marriage because the parties cannot afford to establish a family or are concerned about rainy days ahead. As the economy rebounds, the number of marriages also rise.
 Coincident with the increase in women working outside the home is the increase in divorce rates. Yet, it may be wrong to jump to any simple cause-and-effect conclusions. The impact of a wife’s work on divorce is no less cloudy than its impact on marriage decisions. The realization that she can be a good provider may increase the chances that a working wife will choose divorce over an unsatisfactory marriage. But the reverse is equally plausible. Tensions grounded in financial problems often play a key role in ending a marriage. Given high unemployment, inflationary problems, and slow growth in real earnings, a working wife can increase household income and relieve some of these pressing financial burdens. By raising a family’s standard of living, a working wife may strengthen her family’s financial and emotional stability.
 Psychological factors also should be considered. For example, a wife blocked from a career outside the home may feel caged in the house. She may view her only choice as seeking a divorce. On the other hand, if she can find fulfillment through work outside the home, work and marriage can go together to create a stronger and more stable union.
Also, a major part of women’s inequality in marriage has been due to the fact that, in most cases, men have remained the main breadwinners. With higher earning capacity and status occupations outside of the home comes the capacity to exercise power within the family. A working wife may rob a husband of being the master of the house. Depending upon how the couple reacts to these new conditions, it could create a stronger equal partnership or it could create new insecurities.   （ 393 words ）
51. The word “portend” (Line 2, Para. 1) is closest in meaning to “      ”.
 A. defy     B.signal
 C. suffer from    D. result from
52. It is said in the passage that when the economy slides,     .
 A. men would choose working women as their marriage partners
 B. more women would get married to seek financial security
 C. even working women would worry about their marriages
 D. more people would prefer to remain single for the time being
53. If women find fulfillment through work outside the home,    .
 A. they are more likely to dominate their marriage partners
 B. their husbands are expected to do more housework
 C. their marriage ties can be strengthened
 D. they tend to put their career before marriage
54. One reason why women with no career may seek a divorce is that   .
 A. they feel that they have been robbed of their freedom
 B. they are afraid of being bossed around by their husbands
 C. they feel that their partners fail to live up to their expectations
 D. they tend to suspect their husbands’ loyalty to their marriage
55. Which of the following statements can best summarize the author’s view in the passage?
A. The stability of marriage and the divorce rate may reflect the economic situation of the country.
B. Even when economically independent, most women have to struggle for real equality in marriage.
C. In order to secure their marriage women should work outside the home and remain independent.
D. The impact of the growing female workforce on marriage varies from case to case.

Passage 4  
When we worry about who might be spying on our private lives, we usually think about the Federal agents. But the private sector outdoes the government every time. It’s Linda Tripp, not the FBI, who is facing charges under Maryland’s laws against secret telephone taping. It’s our banks, not the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), that pass our private financial data to telemarketing firms.
 Consumer activists are pressing Congress for better privacy laws without much result so far. The legislators lean toward letting business people track our financial habits virtually at will.
As an example of what’s going on, consider U.S. Bancorp, which was recently sued for deceptive practices by the state of Minnesota. According to the lawsuit, the bank supplied a telemarketer called MemberWorks with sensitive customer data such as names, phone numbers, band-account and creditcard numbers, Social Security numbers, account balances and credit limits.
With these customer lists in hand, MemberWorks started dialing for dollars --- selling dental plans, videogames, computer software and other products and services. Customers who accepted a “free trial offer” had 30 days to cancel. If the deadline passed, they were charged automatically through their bank or credit-card accounts. U.S. Bancorp collected a share of the revenues.
Customers were doubly deceived, the lawsuit claims. They didn’t know that the bank was giving account numbers to MemberWorks. And if customers asked, they were led to think the answer was no.
The state sued Member Works separately for deceptive selling. The company denies that it did anything wrong. For its part, U.S. Bancorp settled without admitting any mistakes. But it agreed to stop exposing its customers to nonfinancial products sold by outside firms. A few top banks decided to do the same. Many other banks will still do business with MemberWorks and similar firms.
And banks will still be mining data from your account in order to sell you financial products, including things of little value, such as credit insurance and credit-card protection plans.
You have almost no protection from businesses that use your personal accounts for profit. For example, no federal law shields “transaction and experience” information --- mainly the details of your bank and credit-card accounts. Social Security numbers are for sale by private firms. They’ve generally agreed not to sell to the public. But to businesses, the numbers are an open book. Self-regulation doesn’t work. A firm might publish a privacy-protection policy, but who enforces it?
Take U.S. Bancorp again. Customers were told, in writing, that “all personal information you supply to us will be considered confidential.” Then it sold your data to MemberWorks. The bank even claims that it doesn’t “sell” your data at all. It merely “shares” it and reaps a profit. Now you know. （ 454 words ）
56. Contrary to popular belief, the author finds that spying on people’s privacy  .
 A. is mainly carried out by means of secret taping
 B. has been intensified with the help of the IRS
 C. is practiced exclusively by the FBI
 D. is more prevalent in business circles
57. We know from the passage that  .
 A. legislators are acting to pass a law to provide better privacy protection
 B. most states are turning a blind eye to the deceptive practices of private businesses
 C. the state of Minnesota is considering drawing up laws to protect private information
D. lawmakers are inclined to give a free hand to businesses to inquire into customers’ buying halbits
58. When the “free trial” deadline is over, you’ll be charged without notice for a product or service if    .
 A. you fail to cancel it within the specified period
 B. you happen to reveal your credit card number
 C. you find the product or service unsatisfactory
 D. you fail to apply for extension of the deadline
59. Businesses do not regard information concerning personal bank accounts as private because  .
 A. its revelation will do no harm to consumers under the current protection policy
 B. it is considered “transaction and experience” information unprotected by law
 C. it has always been considered an open secret by the general public
 D. its sale can be brought under control through self-regulation
60. We can infer from the passage that   .
 A. banks will have to change their ways of doing business
 B. privacy protection laws will soon be enforced
 C. consumers’ privacy will continue to be invaded
 D. “free trial” practice will eventually be banned

Section IV  Translation  ( 20 points )
Directions: In this section there is a passage in English. Translate the five sentences underlined into Chinese and write your translation on ANSWER SHEET 2.  
Back in 1999, at the height of the internet frenzy, Forrester, a research company, forecast that online retail sales in America could reach $100 billion by 2002. When the bubble burst a year later, lots of crazy predictions went the same way as many dotcom firms. 61. But if online sales of cars, food and travel are added to the official figures, then Forrester’s forecast, which once looked so wild, has turned out to be only about a year later. The growth continues. The 200 million Americans who now have web access are likely to spend more than $12 billion online this year. And that is only part of the story.  62. E-commerce has not only grown into a huge thing in its own right, it has done so in a way that will change every kind of business, offline as well as online, as our survey explains.
Online, offline—what’s the difference?
In America, women now outnumber men online; the average age of all web surfers is increasing; their level of education is decreasing; and their average spending is growing. In short, online consumers are rapidly becoming just like offline consumers. 63. So it should come as no surprise that, just as it was on the high street, clothing was the biggest category of goods sold online in America last Christmas. Similar trends are already evident in Europe and will no doubt spread to Asia.
64. But e-commerce involves a lot more than retail sales and services such as travel, in which more than half of all booking are expected to move online within a few years. For instance,   billions of dollars of used goods are now sold on internet auction sites. Notably on the hugely successful eBay. Second-hand cars are now eBay’s biggest category, sales that many once thought would be impossible to conduct on the internet. Some of the big American dotcoms are now finding that growth is accelerating even faster overseas: eBay’s Chinese service, for instance, is already the biggest e-commerce site in that country. 65.Then there are the billions spent on everything from pornography (色情文學, 色情描寫) to financial services—and this does not include business-to-business (B2B). services, already worth more than $1 trillion a year according to some estimates. Wal-Mart, for one, now conducts all its business with suppliers over a proprietary B2B network.
Consumers clearly love to shop on the internet. So they should: leading websites, after early teething problems now provide a superb service. Certain sites, such as Amazon, have won some of the highest customer-satisfaction scores ever seen in the retail industry. In fact, websites have had little choice but to raise service levels, often far above those of offline retailers.  Competition on the web is fierce.  ( 451 words )

Section VI  Writing  ( 20 points )
Directions:  In this section, you are required to write a composition entitled “Where do you think the graduates should work nowadays: in big cities or in rural areas?” You should write more than 150 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. 
Outline:  1. 目前，絕大多數大學畢業生選擇在大城市工作；
   2．其實，到廣大農村或西部工作也是明智之舉；
          3．對此，你作何評論。 

Section  I  Vocabulary and Structure   ( 20x0.5= 10 points )
   1--5:    ADDAA                6--10:  BBBBA        
11--15:  CACAD                16--20:  DBBDC
Section  II  Cloze  (20 x 0.5 =10 points)
21-- 25  CBAAD             26—30  BDAC B
31-- 35  CDDBC             36—40  ACBDA
Section  III  Reading Comprehension  ( 20x2=40 points )
   41--45: BABDC  46--50: BADDA  51--55: BDCAD  56—60 DDABC
Section  IV  Translation  ( 5x4 = 20 points )
61. 但是，如果把網上的汽車、食品和旅游營銷額加到官方數據里的話，一度看似離譜的福來斯特的預測結果只是晚了大約一年。
62. 我們的調查顯示，電子商務不僅憑借自身特點發展成巨大的產業，它的發展還將改變一切網絡及非網絡的商務活動。
63. 因此，美國去年圣誕節網上營銷額最大的一類商品是服裝，就像在商業街上一樣，也就不足為奇了。
64. 然而，電子商務所涉及的遠超過于零售業和像旅游之類的服務項目—— 在旅游方面，預計今后幾年內一半以上的預訂服務將轉移到網上
65. 另外，從色情到金融服務，人們在網上的消費金額已達幾十億美元，這還不包括企業之間（B2B）的網上交易（據有人估計，每年的B2B交易額已超過1萬億美元）。