Part IV Cloze Test (10 minutes, 15 points, 1 for each)
Directions: In this part, there is a passage with fifteen blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
Global warming is real. The five warmest years since good records began to be kept have all been in this decade.
If you ever 56 an average Chicago winter, a little bit of global warming doesn’t sound bad. But one of the implications of global warming is an increase in storms. Studies have reported a 20% increase in 57 storms in recent years.
Another 58 of global warming is a steady 59 of glaciers (冰川 ) around the world, and that’s well documented. Big chunks of the Atlantic ice cap are 60 and floating away; every major glacier in the Northern 61 is retreating; the icy summits of the Andes in South America are disappearing, an unpleasant circumstance for the farmers who 62 on meltwater to grow their crops.
It has been suggested that all this melting ice will raise sea levels. So it will, but there’s a more immediate problem. There’s an awful lot of real estate now 63 by human beings 64 lies only a foot or less 65 sea level; a good bit of that will be flooded.
There is also the 66 of drinking water. As the sea rises, the tides carry the salt water upstream, those tidal rivers become salty, and the water can 67 be drunk. And that’s with the minimal 10-inch rise.
Global warming may also have 68 on agriculture. In the Green Revolution that began in the 1950s, new stains of rice and other crops were so efficient at producing crops that even Third World countries could 69 plenty of food. That was truly a great things. But it wasn’t all beneficial.
These Green Revolution crops were producing lots of grains, but the grain they produced was generally 70 than the old-fashioned crops in some essential nutrients like minerals and vitamins. People were eating more, but they weren’t getting correspondingly more nutrition .There is deficiency disease.
56. [A] live in [B] live off [C] live out [D] live through
57. [A]silent [B] stable [C] severe [D] smooth
58. [A]result [B] cause [C] consequence [D] effect
59 [A]melting [B]fusing [C]collapsing [D] splitting
60 [A]breaking out [B] breaking off [C] breaking into [D] breaking through
61. [A]Space [B] Hemisphere [C] Universe [D] Atomosphere
62. [A]use [B]carry [C] rely [D]release
63. [A] uses [B] to use [C] using [D] used
64 [A]that [B] who [C] whether [D] where
65.[A] below [B]under [C] above [D] beyond
66. [A]need [B]demand [C]question [D] important
67.[A]ever [B]no longer [C] never [D] any longer
68.[A]affects [B] results [C] effects [D]defects
69.[A]grow [B]garden [C]gather [D]generate
70 [A]larger [B]lower [C] greater [D]higher
Part V Error Detection (10 minutes, 5 points, 0.5 for each)
Directions: In this section, there are 10 sentences. Each sentence has 4 underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect .
71. The more straighter the sun’s rays shine down upon the earth, the more heat they
A B C
give to the part of the earth they touch.
D
72. Critical thinkers are able to identify main issues, recognize underlying
A B C
assumptions, and evaluating evidence.
D
73. Atoms that having different atomic numbers generally behave differently.
A B C D
74. When contented, and occasionally when hunger, cats frequently make a
A B C
strange sound.
D
75. New uses for plastics were found during the 1950's and 1960's in medicine,
A B C
space, research, industrial, and architecture.
D
76. To people from the northern parts of the country, tropical butterflies may seem incredible big.
A B C D
77. My wife and I reached the agreement that everything is more important for us than building
[A] [B] [C] [D]
a solid bank account.
78. Yesterday I met Judy on the street, who wore the same coat that I wore.
[A] [B] [C] [D]
79. Health authorities estimate that as many a 60 percents of all doctor visits in the
[A] [B]
United States are due to psychological stress rather than specific illnesses.
[C] [D]
80．Making it possible for students from all cultural, ethnic, and economic groups to attend the
[A] [B]
University, financial assistance is provided to students who have been accepted for admission.
[C] [D]
