Directions: There are 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

 

A college or university’s international student office is a good place ____31__getting to know the school and the country .Let’s ____32__support services for international students in the United States. Our example is the University of Southern California (U.S.C.),____33___has had the most international students in American colleges or universities ___34__      the past seven years. U.S.C. ’s Office of International Services says ____35___student this years is about seven thousand five hundred.

The Office helps _____36___student life at the university. It also organizes programs to help foreign ______37___feel more relaxed in their new surroundings. Most American colleges and universities have a similar _____38____that helps international students. These offices look for ways to get students ____39___in school life and make ____40___friends. Their job is not always easy. International students often want to ____41__thier free time with friends from their own countries. The office at U.S.C. ___42__assists family members who come to the United States with international students. The family members can take English classes and go on trips to places ______43__museums.

 India, China, South Korea, Japan and Canada _____44__the most students to the United States during the last school ____45____.Next came Taiwan, Mexico, and Thailand.

31．A．to start     B．starts C．to stop  D．stops

32．A．talk B．to talk  C．talk about D．to talk about

33．A．that B．who   C．whose  D．which

34．A．as     B．for  C．to  D．at

35．A．the number of        B．a number of C．a lot of D．a great deal of

36．A．express    B．expressing  C．explain D．explaining

37．A．college    B．colleges C．student D．students

38．A．branch    B．office   C．department   D．organization

39．A．consisted B．consisting  C．involved  D．involving

40．A．rich        B．poor  C．old  D．new

41．A．cost        B．spend C．take D．save

42．A．also        B．yet  C．already  D．thus

43．A．unlikely   B．unlike C．like  D．likely

44．A．sent   B．took   C．brought   D．carried

45．A．month     B．year  C．week   D．day

    Directions: There are 4 tasks for you to fulfill, You should read the passages below carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.

Task 1

Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements (No.46 to No.50). For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the correct choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

 

Strange things happen to time when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four time zones, one hour apart. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.

If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day, As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set  clock back; traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you cross the International Date Line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday; traveling west, it is tomorrow.

46．Strange things happen to time when you travel because _______

A．no day really has twenty-four hours

B．the earth is divided into time zones

C．time zones are not all the same size

D．no one knows where time zones begin

47．The time difference between two neighboring zones is ________

A．one day       B．twenty-five hours

C．one hour      D．twenty-three hours

48．According to paragraph 2, it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean______

A．is one time zone

B．is divided into five time zones

C．is divided into twenty-four time zones

D．cannot be crossed in five days

49．If you cross the ocean going east, you set your clock______

A．ahead one hour in each new time zone  

B．ahead one hour for the whole trip

C．back one hour in each new time zone

D．back one hour for the whole trip

50．The International Date Line is the name for ______

A．the beginning of any new time zone

B．any point where time changes by one hour

C．the point where a new day starts

D．any time zone in the Pacific Ocean

Task 2

Directions: This task (No.51 to 55) is the same as Task1

Today almost 70% of the electrical power we use comes from power plants that use fossil fuels (矿物燃料) to make electricity. Fossil fuels, such as oil, coal, and natural gas, are burned to make electricity. Burning fossil fuels releases pollution and carbon dioxide gas (CO₂) into the air. The more fossil fuels we burn, the warmer the air around Earth gets. So building fossil fuel plans is not always the best answer.

 Actually, there are other ways to make electricity without burning fossil fuels. People have been using the power of wind for centuries. Wind power won’t solve all our energy problems, but it can help meet some of the demands in certain places. Since the late 1800s, scientists have been working to turn the sun’s energy into electricity by using solar cells (太阳能电池). The problem is, solar cells are very expensive. Another way to make electricity is to use nuclear energy. It has been used for more than 50 years. Today about 10 percent of all the electricity used in the U.S.A. comes from this source.

Although nuclear power doesn’t pollute the air as the burning of fossil fuels does, there is a major drawback . The waste products from nuclear power plants are dangerous and must be stored in safe places. Many people are concerned about the safety of nuclear power.

51．The best title for this passage may be ________

A．The Importance of Electricity

B．The Pollution of Making Electricity from Fossil Fuels

C．The Advantage of Using Nuclear Energy

D．Means of Making Electrical Power

52．Which energy has damage to us according to the passage?

A．Wind power    B．Fossil fuels 

C．Solar power   D．Water power

53．We can infer from the passage that _________

A．burning fossil fuels to make electricity is widely used

B．wind power is a widespread way to make electricity

C．energy problems will soon be solved

D．nuclear energy will solve all the energy problems we are facing

54．What does the underlined word “drawback”(in Para.3)mean?

A．effect      B．advantage  C．disadvantage  D．concern

55．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Fossil fuels should be encouraged to use to make electricity

B．Not all the areas could use wind power.

C．Solar energy costs the most

D．Using nuclear energy will not produce negative effect.