B) prior to D) for the sake of
54.The potato crop of 1946 was ____ that of 1945.
A) superior than C) more superior to
B) superior to D) more superior than
55.Books are ____ to scholars.
A) indispensable C) bound to
B) indifferent D) accustomed to
56. ____ such a difficult task, we must redouble our efforts.
A) To face with C) Faced with
B) We are facing D) Facing with
57.Either of these young ladies ____ perfectly qualified to teach Greek, Latin and French.
A) were C) is
B) are D) have been
58.Your hair needed ____ ;I am glad you had it cut.
A) cut C) to cut
B) cutting D) being cut
59.Studying hard is more rewarding ____.
A) than to be lazy C) than to be like a lazy person
B) than being lazy D) than it is to be lazy
60.The Latin class had twenty students, ____ had had much
better language training than I.
A) most of which C) most of them
B) which D) most of whom
61.I wish that he ____ to the movies with me yesterday.
A) went C) was gone
B) could go D) could have gone
62. ____ , the more necessary it is to break it up into a
number of parts which the reader can visualize.
A) The more complex a subject becomes
B) The more becomes a subject complex
C) A subject becomes the more complex
D) The more subjects become essential
63.Close the door, ____ ?
A) will you C) shall you
B) do you D) don't you
64. ____ at the railway station when it began to rain.
A) Hardly had he arrived C) No sooner did he arrive
B) Hardly he had arrived D) No sooner arrived he
65.The storm ____ , they had to live in a cave.
A) has destroyed their hut C) having destroyed their hut
B) to destroy their hut D) being destroyed
66. ____ the number of paid holidays enjoyed by most employees in the company, three weeks of vacation seems generous.
A) Compared with C) Comparing with
B) Compared D) Comparing
67.It was going to be some time ____ he would see his father again.
A) since C) until
B) when D) before
68.He is younger than ____.
A) any other boy in the class
B) any boy in the class
C) all boys in the class
D) you and me as well as the class
69.The establishment of the company shall start from the day
____
the business license of the company is issued.
A) which C) in which B) on which D) whenever
70.You ____ me because I didn't say that.
A) must misunderstand C) must have misunderstood
B) must be misunderstanding D) had to misunderstand
Part Ⅳ Translation from English into Chinese (15 minutes)
Directions:
In this part, there are five items which you should translate into Chinese, each item consisting of one or two sentences. These sentences are all taken from the Reading Passages you have just read in the Reading Comprehension of the Test Paper. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.
