外国语水平全国统一考试

　　Paper One  试卷一

　　(90 minutes)

　　Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes, 15 points) （略）

　　Part II Vocabulary (15 minutes, 15 points)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this section there are fifteen sentences , each with one word or phrase underlined . Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　I6. Courageous people think quickly and act without hesitation.

　　A. complaint       B. consideration  C. delay   D. Anxiety

　　17. I've only recently explored Shakespeare with profit and pleasure.

　　A. followed   B. evaluated    C. acted    D. studied

　　18. Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed incredible 50 yeas ago.

　　A. hard to invent     B. hard to understand  

　　C. hard to imagine         D. hard to believe

　　19. You have to pay a (n) premium for express delivery.

　　A. extra charge    B. extra price    C. extra tip   D. extra bonus

　　20. Arriving anywhere with these possessions, he might just as easily put up for a month or a year for a single day.

　　A. arrange    B. manage    C. last    D. stay

　　21. The salesman approached the house cautiously when he saw the vicious dog at the door.

　　A. carefully   B. deliberately   C. nervously    D. bravely

　　22. A new technological process may be employed to ~ this abundant supply directly.

　　A. produce       B. reserve    C. exploit       D. search

　　23. An international treaty signed several years ago bans trade in plants and animal of endangered species.

　　A. forbids       B. eliminates    C. promotes      D. protects

　　24. It is not easy to remain tranquil when events suddenly change you life.

　　A. calm       B. upset            C. steady       D. severe

　　25. When faced with doubts from some advisers on the attempted invasion, Kennedy ignored them.

　　A. failed to understand               B. put up with

　　C. stood up for                    D. refused to consider

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this section, there are ten incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four

　　choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　26. Don't _______while I'm talking. You can ask what you want later.

　　A. cut out       B. cut in        C. cut off      D. cut down

　　27. He misled management by giving it the idea that the older and more experienced men were not an _______ but a liability.

　　A. assistance       B. advantage    C. asset       D. award

　　28. In 400 A.D. Chinese children played with a fan-like toy that span upwards and fell back to earth as ______ceased.

　　A. rotation    B. suspension   C. emission   D. motivation

　　29. As a good photographer, you must develop an awareness of the world around you and the people who ______ it.

　　A. innovate       B. inhabit     C. integrate      D. inherit

　　30. Children in the United States are exposed to many influences _______those of their families.

　　A. rather than   B. better than      C. more than      D. other than

　　31. The fact that the earth's surface heats _______provides a convenient way to divide it into temperature regions.

　　A. unsteadily   B. unevenly    C. infrequently  D. irregularly

　　32. You may never experience an earthquake or a volcanic eruption in your life, but you will _____changes in the land.

　　A. adapt        B. adopt     C. witness       D. define

　　33. It is understood that the filming of Legends is almost complete and the film is not _______ to be delayed.

　　A. easy     B. available    C. great    D. likely

　　34. The first step before making any decision to

　　A. interact   B. integrate    C. intervene   D. intensify

　　35. The television station is supported by

　　A. donations   B. advertisements   C. pensions   D. accounts

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