31. Mary likes _______ very much, but she didn’t go _______ last Sunday.
A. to swim…swimming B. swimming…to swim
C. to swim…to swim D. swimming…swimming
32. More ______, less speed.
A. hurry B. rush C. quickness D. haste
33. ______ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain doesn’t seem high at all.
A. When compared B. Compare C. While comparing D. Comparing
34. The fact ______ money orders can usually be easily cashed has made them a popular form of payment.
A. of B. is that C. that D. which is
35. He is working very hard to ______ the lost time in the past 10 years.
A. make for B. make up for C. make up D. make out
36. If a child is absent ______ school for long periods, he should be given extra work.
A. at B. in C. from D. out of
37. Neither of your proposals ________.
A. make sense B. are practical C. makes sense D. make senses
38. It is obvious that there are at least two vitamins. ______ is soluble in fat; _____ is soluble in water.
A. The one…the other B. One…the other
C. One…another D. One…the another
39. It’s a good _______ to eat with the mouth closed.
A. custom B. habit C. way D. style
40. You ought not to _______ him the news that day.
A. tell B. be telling C. have told D. be told
Directions:
There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Students enrolled at least half time may borrow up to $3,000 form the government over a two-year period. Repayment of the loan begins six months after the student leaves school. These loans carry on interest until this time. The current interest rate is 5 percent. Students may borrow up to $4,500 annually from a bank, credit union, savings and loan association or other eligible lender. Repayment on these loans usually begins six months after the student leaves school. These loans carry no interest until this time. This current interest rate is 9 percent. Parents may borrow up to $300 annually for each dependent college. Repayment begins forty-five days after receiving the loan, and the interest rate is 12 percent.
61. Which of the following is the main purpose?
To remind students and their families to repay their loan.
To compare interest rates.
To inform students and parents of the various loans available.
To show that government loans charge the least interest.
62. The highest interest rate is charged to _______.
A. full-time students B. parents
C. students borrowing from a credit union D. half-time students
63. If parents had three children in college how much could they borrow annually?
A. 900 B. 3,000 C. 300 D. 9,000
64. According to the passage which of the following is true.
The government lends students enrolled at least half time up to 3,000 annually.
Students may borrow up to $4,500 annually from four sources.
Students enrolled less than half time may borrow money.
The current interest rate from banks is 5 percent.
65. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
the student’s school determines who is an eligible lender
money is available for student loans
students need not be enrolled half time to borrow money
the interest rate on student loans is increasing
41. He attempted _______ to set up a company of his own.
A. with vain B. on vain C. in vain D. of vain
42. —“I slipped on the stairs. I think my arm is broken”.
—“Oh! I _______.”
A. don’t hope B. hope not so C. do not hope D. hope not
43. The last man ______ the sinking ship was the captain.
A. left B. leaves C. to be leaving D. to leave
44. One of his many faults is that that he never ______ any thing very long.
A. decides on B. sticks to C. goes over D. makes up
45. You are worthy _______ the honour.
A. to B. at C. for D. of
46. Billing pitched so well ______ everyone cheered him at the end of the game.
A. as B. since C. that D. whereas
47. The _______ of blood always makes him feel sick.
A. sight B. view C. look D. form
48. A child learns to read by seeing the words _______.
A. properly B. repeatedly C. repeatly D. obviously
49. Our friendship is ______ and we will never again be separated.
A. restored B. reserved C. restrained D. repeated
50. He couldn’t explain the _______ of ten years in his job history.
A. gap B. interrupting C. opening D. margin
Ⅲ. Cloze
Directions:
For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices given below and marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Investors can _51_ money simply by loaning it. The money they loan is called capital. Security (担保) is an expensive item which the borrower mortgages (抵押) to the investor to show that he intends to _52_ the debt. The way investors make money on loans is to charge interest. Interest is money that _53_ pay to investors for the use of their money. Interest is usually a certain percentage of the capital. Investors sometimes _54 ten percent or more interest per year. The interest may be calculated daily, monthly, or yearly. The interest must be _55_ before the capital can be repaid. If the interest is not _56_ the agreed rate, the interest is added _57_ the capital. Then the borrower has _58_ pay interest on the unpaid interest _59_ on the capital. A debt can grow quickly this way. If the total of the capital and accumulated interest gets too high, the investor will take _60_ of the item used as security and sell it to get his money back.
51.A. get B. make C. have D. carry
52.A. repay B. leave C. get D. give
53.A. borrowers B. lenders C. peoples D. others
54.A. cost B. ask C. charge D. change
55.A. by day B. by the day C. every day D. daily
56.A. paid B. to be paid C. pay D. paying
57.A. on B. to C. for D. with
58.A. to B. on C. into D onto
59.A. or B. also C. but also D. as well as
60.A. the place B. possession C. turn D. care
