英语在线测试

Section I Vocabulary （10 points ）
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
1. If you draw a(n) ______ between two things, that means the two things are different.
A. prescription B. intersection C. partition D. distinction

2. The negotiations are going well and we are confident of a successful ______.
A. outbreak B. output C. outcome D. outset

3. Batistuta went to Florence for the third year in ______.
A. succession B. series C. sequence D. session

4. You may play PC games to your heart's ______ during the winter break.
A. content B. consent C. consensus D. conscience

5. Some governments have forbidden cigarette ___and launched anti-smoking campaigns.
A. commissions B. commodities C. commercials D. commands

6. Applicants must show that they have $10,000 or more ____ for living expenses and approximately $10,000 for tuition.
A. acceptable B. advisable C. available D. applicable

7. The director often says it is difficult to design a program that will meet the ______ needs of all our users.
A. diverse B. distinctive C. distinct D. distinguished

8. ______ their differences, they are united by the common desire to transform their personal commitment into public leadership.
A. But for B. For all C. Above all D. Except for

9. The winter just ending was ____ severe, causing great hardship to the poorer people in this area.
A. exceptionally B. explosively C. extensively D. expressively

10. Computer software ______ some 70 percent of the company’s products.
A. applies for B. allows for C. accounts for D. answers for

11. According to the __________ of the contract, employees must give six months' notice if they
intend to leave.
A. laws B. rules C. terms D. details
12. The _______ meter can detect even a very small amount of gas in the room
A. sensible B. sensitive C. sensing D. sensed

13. The bank manager asked his assistant if it was possible for him to ______ the investment plan within a week.
A. work out B. put out C. make out D. set out

14. Television will provide information on prices at the nearby shops ________ news and entertainment.
A. as many as B. as far as C. as well as D. as long as

15. Jane takes an __________ interest in clothes and is very particular about what she wears.
A. exhaustive B. excelling C. executive D. excessive

16. In China, it is a serious crime to __________ancient paintings out of the country.
A. struggle B. smuggle C. sublet D. withdraw
17. The rich man was asked to pay a high _________ for his daughter who was taken away by criminals.
A. margin B. prestige C. ransom D. purchase

18. According to the International Law, the United Nations would impose economic _________against an invading country.
A. commissions B. promotions C. sentences D. sanctions

19. To ______ something will enable you to buy property without having the funds to pay for it at present.
A. donate B. guarantee C. mortgage D. finance[FS:PAGE]

20. Our university is unable to tuition fees to students who fail to complete the course.
A. rescue B. recover C. refund D. refresh

Section II Cloze (10 points)
Directions: Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Colleges and universities are beginning to change the way they do business, because the students are changing. It used to be 21 most students went to college immediately out of high school, left home for the first time to live 22 campus, and completed a degree in four years to 23 in the world of work in their chosen profession, perhaps never to return to the university again. Today, the growing college population are adult students over the age of 25 who are non- 24 , working full-time, perhaps with a family from diverse backgrounds.
25 , they expect the college or university to 26 to their time constraints and to offer courses that are more 27 than just on-campus. Frequently, they view themselves as 28 to faculty and do not want to sit idly at the knees of masters as 29 listeners. The “one-text/one-test/one-delivery-mode-fits-all” 30 to instruction is becoming less and less 31 . They are becoming more attracted to institutions like the University of Phoenix 32 greeting is, “We’re a new type of university centered 33 you, the student.”
The 34 of this new group of adult learners should not be ignored by institutions of higher education. If this group is dissatisfied, their 35 for the academy will decline. And this dissatisfaction will spread to 36 students of all types.
37 , it is becoming more and more apparent that the university’s role in developing “life-long learners” is 38 , as with the global economic changes new jobs are replacing old ones 39 such an extent that the ability to be a skillful, 40 life-long learner is a requirement to survive in the world of work.
21. A. how B. that C. whether D. when
22. A. at B. in C. on D. across
23. A. start B. propose C. eliminate D. design
24. A. professional B. conventional C. technical D. residential
25. A. Nevertheless B. Incidentally C. Consequently D. Moreover
26. A. adjust B. modify C. revise D. adhere
27. A. beneficial B. appropriate C. brief D. available
28. A. equals B. associates C. partners D. colleagues
29. A. passive B. cautious C. indignant D. attentive
30. A. method B. type C. approach D. model
31. A. considerate B. ideal C. attractive D. indispensable
32. A. that B. which C. whose D. where
33. A. after B. above C. about D. around
34. A. magnificence B. significance C. maintenance D. indifference
35. A. support B. interest C. mind D. appreciation
36. A. incredible B. industrious C. previous D. potential
37. A. However B. Further C. Therefore D. Thus
38. A. marvelous B. fatal C. critical D. optional
39. A. to B. for C. at D. in
40. A. imaginary B. negative C. conservative D. motivated

Section III Reading Comprehension ( 40 points )
Directions: Read the following passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing [FS:PAGE]
A. B. C. or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Passage 1
Publicity offers several benefits. There are no costs for message time or space. An ad in prime-time television may cost 500,000 or more per minute, whereas a five-minute report on a network newscast would not cost anything. However, there are costs for news releases, a publicity department, and other items. As with advertising, publicity reaches a mass audience. Within a short time, new products or company policies are widely known.
Credibility about messages is high, because they are reported in independent media. A newspaper review of a movie has more believability than an ad in the same paper, because the reader associates independence with objectivity. Similarly, people are more likely to pay attention to news reports than to ads. For example, Women's Wear Daily has both fashion reports and advertisements. Readers spend time reading the stories, but they flip through the ads. Furthermore, there may be 10 commercials during a half-hour television program or hundreds of ads in a magazine. Feature stories are much fewer in number and stand out clearly.
Publicity also has some significant limitations. A firm has little control over messages, their timing, their placement, or their coverage by a given medium. It may issue detailed news releases and find only portions cited by the media and media have the ability to be much more critical than a company would like.
For example, in 1982, Protect & Gamble faced a substantial publicity