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PART III CLOZE (15 MIN)Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Select the correct choice for each blank.Normative (规范的，标准的) ethics is concerned with criteria of what is morally right and wrong. It includes the (26)_____ of moral rules that have direct implications for what human actions, (27)_____, and ways of life should be like. The central question of normative ethics is determining how basic moral standards are arrived at and (28)_____. The answers to this question (29)_____ two broad categories -- deontological (义务论的) and teleological (目的论的). The principal difference between them is that deontological theories do not appeal to value considerations in establishing ethical standards, (30)_____ teleological theories do. Deontological theories use the concept of their inherent rightness in establishing such standards, while teleological theories consider the goodness or value (31)_____ by actions as the principal criterion of their ethical value. In other words, a deontological approach (32)_____ doing certain things on principle or because they are (33)_____ right, whereas a teleological approach (34)_____ that certain kinds of actions are right because of the goodness of their consequences. Deontological theories thus stress the concepts of obligation, ought, duty, and right and wrong, while teleological theories (35)_____ the good, the valuable, and the desirable. Deontological theories (36)_____ formal or relational criteria such as equality or (37)_____; teleological theories, (38)_____, provide material or substantive criteria, as, for example, happiness or pleasure.The application of normative theories and standards (39)_____ practical moral problems is the concern of (40)_____ ethics. This subdiscipline of ethics deals with many major issues of the contemporary scene, including human rights, social equality, and the moral implications of scientific research, particularly in the area of genetic engineering.26. A. form B. formality C. formula D. formulation27. A. constitutions B. institutions C. consultations D. instructions28. A. justified B. justifying C. justifiable D. justificatory29. A. fall out B. fall upon C. fall into D. fall for30. A. as B. when C. while D. since31. A. brought into being B. being brought into being C. bring into being D. having brought into being32. A. calls on B. calls for C. calls at D. calls up33. A. coherently B. coherent C. inherently D. inherent34. A. praises B. favors C. agrees D. advocates35. A. lay stress on B. lay down to C. lay claim to D. lay eyes on36. A. set forth B. set apart C. set at D. set down37. A. immensity B. immunity C. immortality D. impartiality38. A. in comparison B. by far C. in exchange D. by contrast39. A. for B. to C. with D. on40. A. applicable B. applicative C. applied D. applicantPART IV GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (15 MIN)There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases phrase marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose one word or that best completes the sentence.Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.41.I can't give you that for nothing. What do you take me _____?A. upB. forC. toD. after42.When Tom insulted the referee, he _____ by ordering him off the field.A. repliedB. retortedC. resolvedD. responded43.Helen Keller's _____ over deafness, blindness, and muteness was a miracle.A. improvementB. successC. advanceD. triumph44.International _____ should be reduced when this agreement is signed.A. pressureB. nervousnessC. tensionD. strain45.In spite of the heavy snow and hard rain, the buses still ran on _____.A. listB. planC. arrangementD. schedule46.Only a few people have _____ to the full facts of the case.A. approachB. admissionC. accessD. acquaintance47.Let me _____ the broken glass before someone walks on it.A. cover upB. clear upC. wash upD. spring up48.It is _____ of him to put everything in disorder in the room. He is so peculiar.A. unconsciousB. awareC. typicalD. unkind49.John was young, _____, he was equal to this important task.A. thereforeB. moreoverC. neverthelessD. hence50.Air is composed of _____ gases including hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide.A. variedB. variantC. variableD. various51.You can't let the situation get worse. You must take _____.A. decisionsB. sidesC. directionsD. steps52.It's difficult to _____ with the knowledge that he is a failure.A. feedB. liveC. stayD. get onlions of workers were on the streets in the greatest _____ of working class solidarity this country has ever seen.A. demonstrationB. explanationC. presentationD. communication54.My sister's professor had her _____ her paper many times before allowing her to present it to the committee.A. rewrittenB. to rewriteC. rewriteD. rewriting55.Scarcely had her husband arrived home _____ his wife started complaining.A. whenB. thatC. thanD. and56.Only ______ you have obtained sufficient data can you come to a sound conclusion.A. whenB. thatC. thanD. and57.I told him how to get there, but perhaps I _____ him a map.A. should have givenB. ought to giveC. had to giveD. must have given58.A body weighs _____ from the surface of the Earth.A. less the farther it getsB. the farther it gets, the lessC. less than it gets fartherD. less than it, the farther it gets59.You never told us why you were late for the last meeting, _____?A. weren't youB. didn't youC. had youD. did you60._____ it is you've found, you must give it back to the person it belongs to.A. ThatB. BecauseC. WhateverD. However61._____ for you help, we'd never have been able to get over the difficulties.A. Had it not beenB. If it were notC. Had it notD. if we had not been62._____ neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to a summer school.A. Accused ofB. Accusing ofC. That he was accused ofD. To be accused of63.The prisoner stood there _____.A. with his hands cuffedB. with his hands cuffingC. with his cuffed handsD. with his cuffing hands64.The leaders insisted on their _____ as ordinary people.A. treatingB. be treatedC. being treatedD. having treated65._____, I must do another experiment.A. Be it ever so lateB. It is ever so lateC. It be ever so lateD. So late it be everPART V READING COMPREHENSION (25 MIN)In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.TEXT ASteve Courtney wrote historical novels. Not, he was quick to explain, over colorful love stories of the kind that made so much money for so many women writer, but novels set, and correctly set, in historical periods. Whatever difference he saw in his own books, his readers did not seem to notice it, and his readers were nearly all women. He had studied at university, but he had not been a particularly good student, and he had never afterwards let any academic knowledge he had gained interfere with his writing.Helen, his wife, who did not have a very high opinion of her husband's ability as a novelist, had been careful to say when she married him that she was not historically minded.Above all, Helen was doubtful whether her relationship with Steve would work at all in the village of Stretton, to which they had just moved. It was Steve who had wanted to move to the country, and she had been glad of the change, in principle, whatever doubts she was now having about Stretton as a choice. But she wondered whether Steve would not, before very long, want to live in London again, and what she would do if he did. The Stretton house was not a weekend cottage. They had moved into it and given up the London flat altogether, partly at least, she suspected, because that she Steve's idea of what a successful author ought to do. However, she thought he was not going to feel like a successful author half as much in Stretton as he had in London. On the other had, she supposed he might just start dashing up to London for the day to see his agent or have lunch with his publisher, leaving her behind in Stretton, and she thought on the whole she would like that.66.Which of the following is true about Steve's attitude towards women who wrote love stories?A. He had a low opinion of the kind of books they wrote.B. He was afraid of being compared unfavorably with them.C. He would have liked to earn as much money as they did.D. He did not think he could write about the same subjects.67.Helen thought Steve might not be content in Stretton because _____.A. his relationship with Helen was changingB. he would not feel so important in StrettonC. he would not be able to write so well thereD. he would not be lonely without all his friends68.We learn from the passage that Steve's novels were _____.A. popular but unimportantB. serious works of literatureC. admired for their historical truthD. written with women readers in mindTEXT BWhen Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States in 1932, not only the United States but also the rest of the world was in the throes of an economic depression. Following the termination of World War I, Britain and the United States at first experienced a boom in industry. Called the Roaring Twenties, the 1920s ushered in a number of things -- prosperity, greater equality for women in the work world, rising consumption, and easy credit. The outlook for American business was rosy.October 1929 was a month that had catastrophic economic reverberations worldwide. The American stock market witnessed the "Great Crash," as it is called, and the temporary boom in the American economy came to a standstill. Stock prices sank, and panic spread. The ensuing unemployment figure soared to 12 million by 1932.Germany in the postwar years suffered from burdensome compensation it was obliged to pay to the Allies. The country's industrial capacity had been greatly diminished by the war. Inflation, political instability, and high unemployment were factors helpful to the growth of the initial Nazi party. Germans had lost confidence in their old leaders and heralded the arrival of a messiah-like figure who would lead them out of their economic wilderness. Hitler promised jobs and, once elected, kept his promise by providing employment in the party, in the newly expanded army, and in munitions factories.Roosevelt was elected because he promised a "New Deal" to lift the United States out of the doldrums of the depression. Following the principles advocated by Keynes, a British economist, Roosevelt collected the spending capacities of the federal government to provide welfare, work, and agricultural aid to the millions of down-and-out Americans. Elected President for four terms because of his innovative policies, Roosevelt succeeded in dragging the nation out of the depression before the outbreak of World War II.69.Which of the following was NOT true at the time Roosevelt was elected?A. Stock prices were recovering slowly.B. The nation was in a deep depression.C. There were 12 million unemployed workers.D. The nation needed help from the federal government.70.The "Great Crash" in the passage refers to _____.A. the end of World War IB. the Great DepressionC. high unemployment figuresD. a slump in the stock market71.We can infer that the author of this passage _____.A. disapproves of Roosevelt's "New Deal"B. thinks the Depression could have been avoidedC. blames the Depression on the "Great Crash"D. feels there was some similarity between Roosevelt and Hitler72.The best title for the passage is _____.A. The TwentiesB. The Great CrashC. The DepressionD. The End of World War ITEXT CThe three biggest lies in America are: (1) "The check is in the mail." (2) "Of course I'll respect you in the morning." (3) "It was a computer error."Of these three little white lies, the worst of the lot by far is the third. It's the only one that can never be true. Today, if a bank statement cheats you out of '900 that way, you know what the clerk is sure to say: "It was a computer error." Nonsense. The computer is reporting nothing more than what the clerk typed into it. The most irritating case of all is when the computerized cash register in the grocery store shows that an item costs more than it actually does. If the innocent buyer points out the mistake, the checker, bagger, and manager all come together and offer the familiar explanation: "It was a computer error."It wasn't, of course. That high-tech cash register is really nothing more than an electric eye. The eye reads the Universal Product Code -- that ribbon of black and white lines in a comer of the package -- and then checks the code against a price list stored in memory. If the price list is right, you'll be charged accurately.Grocery stores update the price list each day -- that is, somebody sits at a keyboard and types in the prices. If the price they type in is too high, there are only two explanations: carelessness or dishonesty. But somehow "a computer error" is supposed to excuse everything.One reason we let people hide behind a computer is the common misperception that huge, modern computers are "electric brains" with "artificial intelligence." At some point there might be a machine with intelligence, but none exists today. The smartest computer on earth right now is no more "intelligent" than your average screwdriver. At this point in the development of computers, the only thing any machine can do is what a human has instructed it to do.73.We are told that a high-tech cash register is really just _____.A. an electric instrument of sightB. a simple adding machineC. a way to keep employees honestD. an expensive piece of window dressing74.Grocery store price lists are updated by _____.A. a scannerB. a telephone hookupC. an adding machineD. an employee75.Which of the following describes the main idea of the passage?A. Computers are stupid and inefficient.B. Computer errors are basically human errors.C. Computers can help department stores update the price list.D. Supermarket price errors are often made through dishonesty.TEXT DAll R&D executives have two major responsibilities: (1) they must ensure that the company is supplied with technically successful projects, and (2) they must select the most promising schemes and ideas for the expenditure of R&D resources. This work is complicated by numerous uncertainties, inasmuch as commercial research and development must be based on market forecasts.If R&D management can provide a regular flow of new and updated products, the company will benefit in a number of ways. First of all, it will be able to make full use of expensive departmental resources, development engineering and available marketing capacity. In addition to that, a flow of new market winners will provide the business with steady growth income and profits. This can also be important psychologically, for it is often on this basis that those outside the company assess the quality of its management.The R&D department's job is made more difficult because of the length of time required to complete its research. In the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, for example, it may take five to ten years before a product is a technical success and a further six to eight years before it reaches full commercial potential.To achieve results, R&D must define both the areas that should be investigated and the objectives that should be achieved in each area. For this reason, the R&D department must take an interest in all aspects of design, application, efficiency, and use of appropriate materials. There is a difference, however, between the development of new consumer products and the development of new industrial ones. In specific need, and development is tailored to meet it. In many industrial markets, product development is the result of work down in the research laboratory. This work is often aimed at a general need, such as a new kind of medicine or higher operating speeds for machines. When the new industrial project has been developed, its performance can be analyzed in terms of customer needs.76.How long does it take in some industries before a product achieves full commercial potential?A. From five to ten years.B. From six to eight years.C. From seven to eleven years.D. From eleven to eighteen years.77.From the passage, we are told that consumer products are developed to _____.A. make use of appropriate materialsB. assess the management of a companyC. meet a specific needD. meet a general needPART VI WRITING (45 MIN)SECTION A COMPOSITION [35 MIN.]Write a composition of about 150 words on the following topic:MY VIEW ON COLLEGE STUDENTS' PAYING THE TUITION FEEYou are to write in three parts.In the first part, state clearly your viewpoint on this issue.In the second part, give one or two reasons to support your point of view.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow these instructions may result in the loss of marks.SECTION B NOTE-WRITING [10 MIN.]Write a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:It's Sunday afternoon. Your hostess is out. And you decide to go to a nearby town. You will miss your evening meal. Write a note to the hostess explaining this and anything else which is important.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.（注：可编辑下载，若有不当之处，请指正，谢谢!）。