communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.

      As almost every contact between human beings gets automatic, the emotional distance index goes up.Pumping gas at the station ? Why say good-morning to the assistant when you can swipe you credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact? Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to the clerk who lives in the neighborhood when you can put your card into the ATM?

      More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a  job meant for conversation or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn't really have time to talk. The technology devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.

      I own a mobile phone, an ATM card,a voice-mail telephone, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isn't a choice. They are great for what they are intended to do. It's their unintended results that make me upset. What good is all this gee-whiz technology if there is no one in the room to hear you crying out" Gee whiz" ?

41. The author's experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel ____.

    A.unhappy              B.funny                  C.sunny                D.wonderful

42. According to the author,human contact in a park means ____.

    A.looking at each other and saying hello when passing

    B.noticing their babies and stopping to pat their dogs

    C.talking on the mobile phone and getting connected with the other people

    D.both A and B

43. According to the author,the more connected We get in communications technology,the ___ we are.

    A.more automatic       B.easier                 C.more disconnected     D.closer

44. What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communications technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction?

   A.With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.

   B.With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.

   C.If his mom has a question, he just leaves the answer on her machine.

   D.All of the above.

45. What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author?

   A.It makes communication easier and conversation possible everywhere.

   B.It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them together.

   C.It makes every contact between human beings automatic and makes people feel connected.

   D.It makes human contacts limitless with electronic voices everywhere.

Part Ⅳ. Vocabulary and Structure(25 point)

section A

Directions:In this part there are 15 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.

46.don't think this kind of medicine has any ____?

   A. answer          B. cause               C. effect                 D.work

47.If you want to learn something, you had better pay ____ in class.

   A. care            B. respect             C. attention              D.notion 

48.The refrigerator is ____;we must buy some food.

   A. bare            B. blank               C take up                 D.empty

49.The teacher spoke so fast that it was hard for the students to ____ what he was saying.

   A. take in         B. take out            C. take up                D.take over

50.She ____ her success to hard work and strong will.

   A. owns            B. gives               C.owes                    D.regards

51.It ____ that I met one of my old classmates on my way home yesterday.

   A. took place      B.occurred             C.broke out               D.happened

52.____ all we should put the theory into practice.

   A. Beside          B. To                  C.Above                   D.of

53.Once he starts a job,he won't stop ____ it is finished.

   A. till            B. after               C.before                  D.until

54.In this factory each worker must receive a ____ training course.

   A. two-month       B. two months          C. two-months             D.two-months'

55.A lecture hall is ____ where students attend lectures.

   A. there           B. which               C. one                    D. that

56.One of the benefits of the new model is that it is easier __ than the old one.

   A. operating       B. to be operated      C. to operate             D. operated

57.Dr. Hoffman proposed that we ____ the meeting until next week.

   A. put off         B. to put off          C. putting off            D. need put off

58.We consider ____ the instrument be adjusted each time it is used.

   A. that it necessary   B. it necessary that   C. necessary that   D.necessary of it that

59."Good-bye,Miss Liu. I'm very pleased ____ "

   A. to meet you         B. having met you      C. be meeting you   D. to have met you

60.Three people, ____ , were injured in the accident.

   A. included a child    B. include a child     C. including a child    D. includes a child

Section B

Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B,C and D. You should choose the ONE answer that best completes the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the Center.

     No man can change the weather. Nobody can control the weather. But if people read correctly the signs around them,they can tell  61  the weather will be like the following day or two.

      For many centuries people have studied the weather and tried to  62  weather forecasting. Sometimes distant objects  63  hills and tall trees don't seem to be very clear. This is a  64  of much water vapour in the  65  and therefore rain will probably come.

      If some birds fly high, fine weather is coming, but if they fly near the ground, rainy or stormy weather is  66  the way. It is probably because of the insects which they are hunting  67  they fly very low.

      If a fog appears in the morning just about sunrise, then the day will be warm. Instead, if a fog appears in the evening, the next day will bring wet  68  . If the sunset is mostly red in color, then the following day will be fine. If a rainbow appears in the morning,rainy weather will probably come.

      Most of the  69  sayings have been made by people who have used their  70  and brains to make weather forecasting.

61. A. that         B. which         C. what              D. how

62. A. pick         B. make          C. carry             D. send

63. A. as well      B. and           C. as well as        D. such as

64. A. sight        B. sign          C. mark              D. shape

65. A. air          B. sky           C. heaven            D. earth

66. A. by           B. in            C. for               D. on

67. A. that         B. which         C. where             D. when

68. A. day          B. weather       C. hour              D. time

69. A. above        B. below         C. important         D. interesting

70. A. ears         B. hands         C. eyes              D. legs

Part V. Writing (15 points)

Directions:For this part,you are allowed thirty minutes to write a criminal story. You should write at least 80 words and base your story on the Chinese outline below:

1. 事情发生的时间和地点

2. 人物

3. 事件的经过