D) None of them.
38. What does the word “jubilant” mean according to the context?
A) Upset. B) Filled with great joy.
C) Disappointed. D) Accurate.
39 . What is the main idea of the passage?
A) Though Mount Etna erupted as European volcanologists predicted, it was just a coincidence.
B) Scientists succeeded in finding the instruments to predict eruption.
C) Lots of scientists witnessed the Eruption of Mount Etna.
D) Scientists predicted accurately the eruption of Mount Etna.
40. What's the possible title for this passage?
A) The Volcanologists Succeeded.
B) Mount Etna's Eruption.
C) Right on Schedule—Mount Etna Makes Scientists Look Smart.
D)Prediction of Eruption in History.
Part Ⅲ
Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
41. __, I couldn't find the way to the post office.
A) However hard I tried B) However I tried hard
C) However hard I try D) Whatever I tried hard
42. There was a __drop in support for the Union in the 1988 election.
A) delicate B) distinct C) distant D) downward
43. Only if I can understand what you are listening to, __write it down correctly.
A) I shall B) shall I C) I can D) can I
44. A lot of __ can be mentioned as essential for explaining the puzzling phenomenon.
A) factions B) facades C) factors D) sides
45. Some confusion has __about who can do this job.
A) retained B) lifted C) raised D) arisen
46. It was very hot and people crowded __the air-conditioner.
A) about B) in C) on D) to
47 . The programmer was always busy in an __way, spending hours accompanying nothing.
A) ineffectual B) eventual C) efficient D) unskilled
48. The flood __ the townspeople __from the rest of the world.
A) cut...out B) cut...away C) cut...down D)cut...off
49. Mary washed her face__.
A) cleanly B) cleaned C) cleaning D) clean
50. The foreign guests, __were scientists, were warmly welcomed at the train station.
A) most of them B) most of whom C) most of that D) most of those
51 . Tom __ my letter; otherwise he would have replied before now.
A) ought not have received B) shouldn't have received
C) has been received D) couldn't have received
52. I'd just as soon remind __ those important documents with you.
A) that you won't B) your not taking
C) please don't D) you didn't take
53 . The train is traveling __a speed of 120 miles an hour.
A) with B) on C) in D) at
54. Any living thing __ die without the sun.
A) would B) may C) might D) will
55 . Some scientists think that there is no better __ for mother's milk.
A) alternative B) equivalent C) exchange D) substitute
56. In his speech the Minister of Industry said that industrial exports went up for three __years.
