4. Statue of Liberty is ________.

A) a gift from the people of France B) a huge statue in Central Park C) a symbol of justice

D) a chapter in the Constitution of the United States 5. New York City is ________.

A) the only big city with a Chinatown C) home to many ethnic groups

B) the largest city in the world D) the richest city on earth

Passage Two

Questions 6-10 are based on the following passage:

The camel is a slow-moving creature. But what it lacks in speed it gains in endurance. This veritable beast of burden can walk 30 miles a day carrying a load that weighs half a ton.

The kangaroo, with its long, muscular hind legs, is a marvel of fitness. Weighing about 200 pounds, it can thrust its heavy body into the air and clear a fence nine feet high. While airborne, this leaping athlete uses its thick tail as both a counterbalance and a steering wheel.

Never underestimate the strength of an insect. The tiny ant can move a burden 50 times its weight. And the brawny bee, when tied to a small load on wheels, is able to haul up to 300 times its own weight.

The elephant is a monument to muscles. Its trunk alone, which can do everything from pulling out a tree to delicately picking up a pin, contains about 70 times the number of muscles in your body.

One of the world‘s longest leapers is the flea: it can jump 13 inches — about 350 times its own length. For a person six feet tall, this would be like jumping approximately 2,000 feet, or seven football fields. No one yet has leaped even as much as 30 feet.

A seemingly inexhaustible jumper is the Oriental rat flea: it can jump 600 times an hour for three whole days without stopping.

The fastest muscle movement ever recorded belongs to the mighty midge. This tiny, agile insect can beat its wings 133,000 times a minute, about 100 times faster than a human can blink an eye — which takes all of one twenty fifth of a second.

By land, air or sea, birds are masters of motions. The ostrich outruns any animal on two legs, carrying its 300-pound body at 30 miles an hour. The flight of the Indian bird sometimes exceeds 100 mph. And the gentoo penguin, by at least one account, can swim 22 mph. At this speed, the penguin keeps pace with one of the fastest-swimming marine mammals, the dolphin. 6. It can be learned from the passage that ________.

A) the camel cannot cover 30 miles a day with a heavy load B) the kangaroo cannot jump high with its heavy body

C) the elephant‘s trunk is both flexible and mighty

D) the brawny bee has incredible strength when it is fastened to a tree 7. Which of the following figures is NOT correct?

A) The weight of a normal kangaroo is about 200 pounds. B) The flea is the world‘s greatest high jumper. C) No one can jump 30 feet so far.

D) The oriental rat flea can jump for three days nonstop.

8. The fastest muscle movement champion belongs to a kind of ________. A) marine mammal B) huge-tailed animal C) mighty beast D) small insect 9. It can be inferred from the passage that ________. A) an animal‘s size decides its physical power B) human beings can hardly jump as high as fleas C) ostrich is kind of bird

D) the penguin swims faster than the dolphin

10. It seems that the author of this passage intends to ________. A) compare animals with human athletes

B) introduce some gifted animal athletes

C) show the underestimated strength of some animals D) demonstrate the law of ―survival of the fittest‖

Section Two Vocabulary & Structure

Directions: There are 12 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. 1. ________, she was trying her best to save her child from severe illness. A) Frankly B) Apparently C) Directly

D) Specifically

2. Her remarks were considerate and very ________ to the situation.

A) appropriate B) apparent C) sensitive D) sensible

3. In some cultures, a man is ________ to speak to his mother-in-law. He must not look at her either. A) forbidden C) prohibited

B) prevented D) stopped

4. As a result, people from one culture often think the foods that people from another culture eat are ________ or nauseating. A) disgusting B) sicking C) vomiting D) heartening

5. Such a diet is widely believed to offer ________ against a number of cancers. A) protection C) promotion

B) provision D) prediction

6. The food was fairly good and the proportions were ________ large to please the men. A) anciently B) sufficiently C) deficiently

D) efficiently

7. If you need advice, you have only to ________ the phone, or come to us. A) draw up B) pull up C) set up

D) pick up

8. Food likes and dislikes do not always seem ________ to nutrition.

A) tied B) bound C) associated D) related

9. Raw spinach (菠菜) is especially ________ because it contains many of the substances needed

for life and growth.

A) delicious B) pleasing C) nutritious D) tasteful

10. There is some evidence ________ some ancient Egyptians did not eat port. A) which B) where C) that

D) why B) support D) exploration B) taboo

D) customary

11. There is some ________ that some ancient Egyptians did not eat pork. A) evidence C) witness A) sacred C) holy

12. Death is still a ________ subject for many people.

Section Three Translation from Chinese into English

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English. 1. 这就是我不愿意加入这个足球队的原因。

2. 因为海伦拒绝了他晚餐的邀请，约翰很失望。

3. 多亏了他的帮助，我在工作中取得了突破。（breakthrough） 4. 学生们都盼着假期去旅行。

5. 女性职员占这个公司的三分之一。

6. 这部电影很有意思，人人都对它感兴趣。（interested） 7. 科学家们指出，野生动物应得到合理保护。 8. 我正是在这个小山村里长大的。（it is … that）

Section Four Writing

Directions: For this part, you are required to write a composition on the topic Dining Customs in

China. You should write at least 150 words.

Unit 7 Culture

Section One Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are 2 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions

or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A)，B)，C)

and D).

Passage One

Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage:

Early in the development of agriculture, men discovered how to make alcoholic drinks from grapes and corn. The ancient Egyptians drank both wine and beer, and the Greeks carried on a lively trade in wine throughout the Mediterranean. The vines of grapes are all of a single species, Vitis vinifera, although there are hundreds of varieties adapted to different soils and climates. Wine is the fermented juice of fresh grapes. The juice of the wine grape contains sugar, and the yeast converts the sugar to alcohol, when there is no air present, by process called fermentation. Red wine is made from dark grapes, and white wine from white grapes or from dark grapes whose skins have been removed from the wine press at an early stage.

The most famous wine-growing countries are France, Germany and Italy. Wine was made in England in the Middle Ages, but the climate is not really suitable for grapevines. Wines must be drunk quickly once they are opened, otherwise bacteria will use the air to convert the alcohol to vinegar. The bacteria are killed by a higher alcohol content than is found in wine and that is why sherry and port, the specialties of Spain and Portugal, are fortified by the addition of spirits to make them last longer.

Beer is made from sprouting barley grains (malt), which is fermented with yeast to produce alcohol; hops are added for flavour. Ale, the most common drink in England in the Middle Ages, was also made from barley, but without hops; the ale of today is merely a type of beer. In Japan, beer is made from rice.

Spirits have a higher alcoholic content than beer and wine and are made by distillation from a base of grain or some other vegetable. Gin and Vodka can be distilled from a variety of ingredients, including potatoes; gin is flavoured with juniper berries. Scotch whisky is obtained from a base of fermented barley, and brandy from the distillation of wine. Rum is derived from sugar cane by fermentation of molasses, a by-product in refining sugar. Cider is made from apples. South American Indians make alcoholic drinks from cactus leaves and the shoots of certain palm trees.

1. The earliest alcoholic drinks were made from ________. A) rice and potatoes B) grapes and corn C) grains and barley D) apples and berries 2. The colour of the red wine comes mainly from ________. A) the juice of wine grapes

B) the juice of red grapes

C) the skin of wine grapes D) the skin of dark-coloured grapes 3. ―Fermentation‖ in the second paragraph refers to ________. A) a container to keep air from entering the wine B) a kind of yeast to change sugar into alcohol

C) a method to produce wine through chemical reactions D) a machine to obtain juice from grapes 4. The purpose of using hops is to ________.