Part four Cloze Test ( 10 points )
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are 4 choices marked A. B. C and D. choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
There are five basic functions of a newspaper: to inform, to comment, to persuade, to instruct and 76 . You may think this list of functions is in order of importance but, if so, you would not be 77 agreement with the majority of the reading public. Of the two broad kinds of newspapers, the popular and quality, the former 78 millions of readers, while the latter, only hundreds of thousands. Yet the popular papers seem largely 79 for entertainment.
Their news contains 80 comment and persuasive language. The high quality newspapers 81 a much higher value on information and a much lower one on entertainment.
It is not only in content 82 the two types of paper differ. There is a difference in the style in which the articles 83 . The popular papers generally use more colorful language with a lot of word-play. Their reporters make 84 shorter sentences and avoid less well-known vocabulary. This means that popular newspapers are easier for a native speaker to understand though probably not for a non-native speaker.
In order to decide 85 a newspaper is a high quality or popular one, it is not even necessary to read it, since you can tell simply by the way it looks. Popular papers are generally smaller with fewer columns per page. They have bigger headlines and more photos. The articles are shorter and there are fewer per page.
76. A. to entertain B. entertaining C. entertain D. entertainment
77. A. at B. for C. in D. on
78. A. is B. are C. has D. have
79. A. assigned B. designed C. proposed D. programmed
80. A. a number of B. many of C. a lot of D. a few of
81. A. settle B. put C. use D. make
82. A. as B. how C. that D. which
83. A. have written B. to be written C. are written D. are written
84. A. using B. use C. to use D. use of
85. A. that B. how C. whether D. when
Paper Two 试卷二
( 30 minutes)
Part Five Writing ( 15 points)
Directions: You are to write in 100-120 words about the title “Web(网络)-shopping”( 网络购物). You should base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:
1.网上购物的好处;
2.网上购物的弊端;
3.你认为网上购物的前景如何。
