Part IV. Cloze (20%)
Directions: Each blank in the following passages is provided with four choices. reach each of the passage and choose the best answer for each blank. Then, mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
The role of women in Britain has changed a lot in this century, __56___in the last twenty years. The main change has been __57__giving women greater equality with men. __58__to the beginning of this century, women seem to have had__59__rights. They could not vote and were kept at home. __60__, as far as we know, most women were happy__61___this situation. Today, women in Britain certainly__62___more rights than they used to. They were __63___the vote in 1919. In 1970 a law was passed to give them an equal __64___of wealth in the case of divorce, __65___the Equal Pay Act gave them the right__66___equal pay with men for work of equal value in the same year.
Yet __67___these changes, there are still great difference in status between men and women. Many employers seem to __68___the Equal Pay Act, and the average working women is __69___to earn only about half__70__a man earns for the same job. __71___a survey, at present, only one-third of the country''s workers are __72__women. This small percentage is partly__73__a shortage of nurseries. If there were __74___nurseries, twice as many women__75___go out to work.
56.A. certainly B. especially C. apparently D. practically
57.A. towards B. against C. upon D. through
58.A. By B. On C. Over D. Up
59.A. few B. less C. some D. many
60.A. Besides B. Therefore C. However D. Then
61.A. at B. to C. with D. for
62.A. lack B. enjoy C. occupy D. take
63.A. given B. deprived C. denied D. approved
64.A. rate B. value C. number D. share
65.A. but B. and C. because D. although
66.A. of B. with C. on D. for
67.A. because of B. instead of C. in spite of D. as a result of
68.A. support B. favour C. ignore D. doubt
69.A. likely B. willing C. ready D. about
70.A than B. that C. which D. what
71.A. Apart form B. According to C. Because of D. In addition to
72.A. by mistake B. by accident C. in turn D. in fact
73.A. involved in B. stemmed from C. related to D. resulted in
74.A. efficient B. advanced C. delicate D. enough
75.A. might well B. had better C. are going to D. are about to
Part V. Translation(20%)
1) Directions: In this part, there are five items which you should translate into Chinese, each consisting of one or two sentences. These sentences are all taken from the Reading Passages you have read in Part I of the Test Paper. You should refer back to the passages so as to identify the meaning of these sentences in the context. (10%)
76.In his eagerness to make money from trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.
77.Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it.
78.But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle.
79.A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel, but you would be able to go by rail or by car on a bridge, whereas a tunnel would provide a rail link only.
80.With a link over the Channel , you could buy your fish and chips in England and be able to eat them in France while they were still warm!
2) Translate the following sentences into English (10%)
81. 就业余爱好而言， 珍妮和她妹妹几乎没有什么共同之处。
82. 国庆节到了， 咱们把寝室彻底打扫一下吧。
83. 王教授， 请您赏光来参加我们星期六的英语晚会好吗?
84. 玛丽过去除了咖啡什么都不喝。
85.一辆卡车驶进了积雪覆盖的操场。
