Paper One 试卷一
Part I Listening Comprehension
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Part II Vocabulary
16. Some teenagers harbor a generalized resentment against society, which _______ them the rights and privileges of adults, although physically they are mature.
A. rejects B. denies
C. deprives D. restricts
17. There's little chance that mankind would ________ a nuclear war.
A. retain B. endure
C. maintain D. survive
18. His long service with the company was ________ with a present.
A. admitted B. acknowledged
C. attributed D. accepted
19. The story that follows ________ two famous characters of the Rocky Mountain gold rush days.
A. relates B. states
C. concerns D. proclaims
20. China started its nuclear power industry only in recent years, and should ________no time in catching up.
A. lag B. lose
C. delay D. lessen
21. His parents began to ________ a small sum of money every month for his college education when he was still a little child.
A. put up B. lay down
C. set aside D. place apart
22. You really ought to ________; all these late nights are doing you no good .
A. bring down B. slow down
C. pull through D. pass through
23. When he noticed that no one was interested, Ned ________ talking about the film.
A. left off B. worked on
C. set down D. sized up '
24.The reason he has been such a success is ________ he never gives up.
A. as B. that:
C. since D. because
25. A man escaped from prison last night. It was a long time________ the guards discovered what had happened.
A. until B. before
C. since D. when
26. No other work is more important right now ________ prevent the spread of this disease.
A. as to B. than to
C. as D. than
27.A man cannot be really happy if________ he enjoys doing is ignored by society as of no value.
A. what B. when
C. that D. all what
28. The recipe said to use butter, but as we'd run out we had to_______ with milk.
A. do away B. make do
C. make up D. make up to it
29. Its importance has been _______ me very strongly.
A. brought into action B. brought home to
C. brought to mind D. brought to light
30. Mex, a student of Chinese literature from Australia, is very_______ Beijing opera.
A. fond in B. fond for
C. keen for D. keen on
31. Age had (withered) the pretty lady's face
A. destroyed B. hurt
C. made decrepit D. Necked
32. Their request was (absurd) and consequently rejected.
A. ridiculous B. excessive .
C. feasible D. Harsh
33. He was given imprisonment without the (option of) a fine.
A. punishment B. request
C. freedom to choose D. Demand
34. It usually takes some time to (get over) the shock of sb's death
A. overcome B. do without
C. ignore D. deal with
35. They (accorded ) due praise to him for exceeding his fellow workers in production .
A. matched B. sublimed
C. awarded D. revealed
Part III Reading Comprehension
Passage 1
In 1967, in response to widespread public concern aroused by medical reports of asbestos-related deaths, the National Medical Research Council organised a committee of enquiry to investigate the health threats associated with the use of asbestos in the building industry.