Vocabulary:

16. Talks on climate change resumed in the German city of Bonn on July 16 to combat global warming.

A. focus on                B. settle down            C. fight against                D. sum up

17. Hague was elected as the Conservative Party leader partly because of his ambiguous views on Britain’s position in relation to its partners in the European Union.

A. ambitious     B. obscure              C. appalling                 D. indifferent

18. Her story shows how gentle stubbornness and an indifference to honors and fame can lead to great achievements.

A. persuasion           B. determination          C. devotion                 D. reservation

19. We have a responsibility to ensure our nation’s continued prosperity and the most sensible way to do this is by investment in basic scientific research.

A. effective           B. efficient                        C. significant             D. reasonable

20. All information reported to or likewise obtained by the commission is considered confidential.

A. in a similar way                         B. in another way

C. in a direct way                         D. in an unauthorized way

21. I would recommend this inn highly on account of its wonderful location.

A. as a result of      B. because of             C. with regard to              D. with a view to

22. Television advertisements do more than merely reflect dominant ideologies.

A. exactly                B. faithfully                     C. repeatedly            D. simply

23. The legislative provision has a great impact on the operations of the department.

A. law               B. passage                     C. revision               D. clause

24. In spite of a problem with the faulty equipment, some very useful work was accomplished.

A. imperfect     B. temporary            C. emergency             D. reinstalled

25. Bob believes that the invasion of the marketplace into the university is undermining fundamental academic values, and that we must act now to halt this decline.

A. lace             B. plug                         C. cease                  D. digest

26. A leading British scholar has proposed translating Shakespeare into contemporary English ______ young audiences who are confused by jokes which are 400 years out of date.

A. in memory of                           B. at the cost of

C. on behalf of                             D. for the benefit of

27. The local people could hardly think of any good way to ____ poverty they had endured.

A. shake off       B. ward off             C. put off                       D. take off

28. The three branches of government --- the legislative, the executive, and the _____ ----restrain and stabilize one another through their separated functions.

A. lawful                  B. just                         C. judicial                      D. legal

29. From observers’ estimates of the brightness of the fireball, he ___ that the body in the space was between 40 feet and 260 feet in diameter.

A. deduced           B. reduced                  C. induced                     D. produced

30. They provide a means of keeping ____ of the thousands of journal papers that are published monthly or quarterly.

A. track            B. contact                        C. relation                      D. steps

31.You can use the Course Calendar to help ____ your students of important dates in the course, such as test dates.

A. warn                   B. remind                      C. convince              D. deprive

32. Among picture books for 4-8-year-olds, several outstanding works appeared that combined original stories with _____ illustrations.

A . imaginable           B. imaginative            C. imaging                       D. imageless

33. A survey of more than 1,000 philosophers, teachers and students by the authoritative Philosophers’ Magazine placed Charles Darwin’s The Origin of ____ as the third most important work.

A. Sperms                 B. Species                      C. Spectrums          D. Specimens 

34. As skies fill with millions of migrating birds, European scientists say the seasonal miracle appears to depend on a seeming ____ : The fatter the bird, the more efficiently it flies.

A. interruption          B. description             C. qualification          D. contradiction

35. The party leader justified his subsequent reelection ___ that he had brought political stability and economic development to his country.

A. in the way      B. by no means            C. on the grounds       D. to the extent

Error Detection

1. The farmer knows something that the whole civilized mankind seems
        A                                                             B
to have forgotten,namely, when the resources of life on our planet are
        C                              D
not inexhaustible.

2. Unable to see their business as a separate entity, many people fail
     A                                          B
to make a distinction between their company and them.
                                    C                                   D

3. As I looked at the carpet, I wished that it could speak, since it 
                                                                  A                  B
must witness many interesting events in the past decade.
      C                                               D

4. Twenty years in prison are a ridiculously harsh penalty for an 
                                      A
action that was, after all,agreed upon by both people involved.
            B             C                                                 D

5. The clever method was paid attention by very few technicians until the early 1970s.                                               A        B                                                        C             D   

Translation:

Another kind of distinction that can be made among works of art of is whether they were intended as objects to be looked at or to be used. The fine arts, such as painting and sculpture, involve the production of works to be seen and experienced on an abstract level. Pieces of fine art may evoke emotional or spiritual responses in us. Those who love the fine arts feel that these response are very valuable, for they expand our awareness of the great richness of life itself.

Writing:

Directions: Read the story in Chinese below, and then write a composition of no less than 150 words under the title of "The Goal of Life". Your composition should be based on the story and the following outline:

1. What have you learned from the story?

2. What is the goal of your life? If you have achieved the goal of your life, what would you do?

                                        目 标

   在英国有一位残疾青年，他双腿走起路来很困难，却凭着坚强的信念和毅力创造了一次又一次的壮举：他19岁时登上了世界最高峰珠穆朗玛峰；21岁时登上了阿尔卑斯山；22岁时登上了乞力马扎罗山。28岁前他登上了世界上所有著名的高山。然而，就在28岁这一年他自杀了。原来在他11岁时，他父母在攀登乞力马扎罗山时不幸遭遇雪崩双双遇难。他的父母在临行前给他留下了遗嘱，希望他能像父母一样，登上世界上所有著名的高山。这位残疾青年把父母的遗嘱作为他人生奋斗的目标，当实现全部目标的时候，他感到前所未有的无奈和绝望。他留下遗言：“如今，功成命就的我感到无事可做了，我没有了新的目标......”

写作提示:

1.      本篇作文题属于情景作文.

2.      主题是描写生活目标的重要性.

3.      所提供的故事作为文章论点的正反例子.