Most institutions provide courses which 20 new students to develop the skills they need to be 21 listeners and note-takers. 22 these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which 23 learners to practise these skills 24. In all cases it is important to 25 the problem 26 actually starting your studies.

　　It is important to 27 that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills 28 in college study. One way of 29 these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the academic year. Another basic strategy is to find a study partner 30 it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.

　　16. A.attributing B. contributing C. distributing D. explaining

　　17. A. assignments B. information C. content D. definition

　　18. A. suspects B. understands C. wonders . D. convinces

　　19. A. what B. those C. as D. which

　　20. A. prevent B. require C. assist D. forbid

　　21. A. effective B. passive C. relative D. expressive

　　22. A. Because B. Though C. Whether D. If

　　23. A. enable B. stimulate C. advocate D. prevent

　　24. A. independently B. repeatedly C. logically D. generally

　　25. A. evaluate B. acquaint C. tackle D. formulate

　　26. A. before B. after C. while D. for

　　27. A. predict B. acknowledge C. argue D. ignore

　　28. A. to require B. required C. requiring D. are required

　　29. A. preventing B. withstanding C. sustaining D. overcoming

　　30. A. in that B. for which C. with whom D. such as

　　III. 难句释义。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填在答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共10小题，每小题1分,共10分)

　　Choose the closest paraphrased version for each of the sentences or italicized parts.(10 points)

　　31. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they can’t be replaced.

　　A. The sands that a person has in his hourglass can never be replaced.

　　B. If a person’s watch goes wrong, it can never be repaired.

　　C. If a person has got no sense of time, he will never be successful.

　　D. Once a day in our life is gone, it will never come back again.

　　32. But overindulging children with material things does little to lessen parental guilt.

　　A. But overindulging children with material things can really help parents to lessen their guilt.

　　B. But overindulging children with material things can’t release parents from feeling guilty.

　　C. Parents really want to use the material things to content their children and get rid of their guilt.

　　D. If the parents overindulge children with few material things, parents can not lessen their guilt at all.

　　33. Our business is to show the world as we see it, not to make it better.

　　A. Our business is to paint the world and make it look better than the real world.

　　B. Our work is to reflect the real world, not to beautify it.

　　C. Our work is to show the world to others to make it better.