Section ¢ñUse of English

¡¡¡¡Directions:

¡¡¡¡Read the following text.Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.( 10 points )

¡¡¡¡In the past few decades, remarkable findings have been made in ethology, the study of animal social behavior. Earlier scientists had 1 that nonhuman social life was almost totally instinctive or fixed by genetics. Much more careful observation has shown that 2 variation occurs among the social ties of most species, showing that learning is a part of social life. That is, the 3 are not solely fixed by the genes.

¡¡¡¡4£¬the learning that occurs is often at an early age in a process that is called imprinting. Imprinting is clearly 5 instinctive, but it is not quite like the learning of humans; it is something in between the two. An illustration best 6 the nature of imprinting. Once, biologists thought that ducklings followed the mother duck because of instincts. Now we know that, shortly 7 they hatch, ducklings fix 8 any object about the size of a duck and will henceforth follow it. So ducklings may follow a basketball or a briefcase if these are 9 for the mother duck at the time when imprinting occurs. Thus, social ties can be considerably 10, even ones that have a considerable base 11 by genetics.

¡¡¡¡Even among the social insects something like imprinting 12 influence social behavior. For example, biologists once thought bees communicated with others purely 13 instinct. But, in examining a ¡°dance¡± that bees do to indicate the distance and direction of a pollen source, observers found that bees raised in isolation could not communicate effectively. At a higher level, the genetic base seems to be much more for an allª²purpose learning rather than the more specific responses of imprinting. Chimpanzees, for instance, generally 14 very good mother but Jane Goodall reports that some chimps carry the infant upside down or 15 fail to nurture the young. She believes that these females were the youngest or the 16 child of a mother. In such circumstances, they did not have the opportunity to observe how their own mother 17 for her young. Certainly adolescent chimps who are still with their mothers when other young are born take much interest in the rearing of their young brother or sister. They have an excellent opportunity to learn, and the social ties that are created between mother and young 18 Goodall to describe the social unit as a family. The motherª²offspring tie is beyond 19;there is some evidence to 20 that ties also continue between siblings of the same sex, that is ¡°brotherª²brother¡± and ¡°sisterª²sister¡±.

¡¡¡¡1ª±Aª±assumedBª±adoptedCª±believedDª±surmised

¡¡¡¡2ª±Aª±considerateBª±consideratedCª±considerableDª±considering

¡¡¡¡3ª±Aª±statuesBª±statusesCª±statutesDª±statures

¡¡¡¡4ª±Aª±What¬ðs moreBª±HenceCª±ButDª±However

¡¡¡¡5ª±Aª±notBª±onlyCª±butDª±solely

¡¡¡¡6ª±Aª±clarifiesBª±classifiesCª±definesDª±outlines

¡¡¡¡7ª±Aª±thanBª±beforeCª±whenDª±after

¡¡¡¡8ª±Aª±onBª±withCª±inDª±within

¡¡¡¡9ª±Aª±appropriatedBª±substitutedCª±assignedDª±distributed

¡¡¡¡10ª±Aª±variedBª±deviatedCª±differedDª±altered

¡¡¡¡11ª±Aª±fashionedBª±modifiedCª±influencedDª±affected

¡¡¡¡12ª±Aª±mayBª±shouldCª±mustDª±can

¡¡¡¡13ª±Aª±byBª±out ofCª±fromDª±through

¡¡¡¡14ª±Aª±proveBª±makeCª±turnDª±create

¡¡¡¡15ª±Aª±otherwiseBª±stillCª±yetDª±even

¡¡¡¡16ª±Aª±oneBª±soleCª±singleDª±only

¡¡¡¡17ª±Aª±lookedBª±attendedCª±caredDª±provided

¡¡¡¡18ª±Aª±guideBª±causeCª±directDª±lead

¡¡¡¡19ª±Aª±limitationBª±imaginationCª±doubtDª±expectation

¡¡¡¡20ª±Aª±adviseBª±hintCª±implyDª±suggest

Section ¢òReading Comprehension

¡¡¡¡Part A

¡¡¡¡Directions:

¡¡¡¡Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or Dª± Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1ª±(40 points)

¡¡¡¡Text 1

¡¡¡¡New figures from France,Germany and Italy¡ªthe three biggest economies in the 12 country Eurozone ¡ªsuggest the continent¡¯s economic woes may have been exaggerated.In France, evidence emerged that consumer spending remained solid in July and August,rising 1.4%and 0.6%respectively.Forecasters had generally expected the July figure to show a 0.1% slippage,with August unchanged.But the figures were flattered slightly by a down grade to the June figure,to 0.7% from1.5%.

¡¡¡¡With manufacturing in the doldrums across Europe and the US,consumer spending has been increasingly seen as the best hope of stopping the global economic slowdown from turning into a recession.The French government said the news proved that the economy was holding up to the strain of the slowdown.

¡¡¡¡Meanwhile in Germany,new regional price figures went someway towards calming fears about inflation in Europe¡¯s largest economy¡ªa key reason for the European Central Bank¡¯s reluctance to cut interest 15 states said consumer prices were broadly stable,with inflation falling year on year.The information backed economists¡¯ expectations that inflation for the country as a whole is set to fall back to a yearly rate of 2.1%,compared to a yearly rate of 2.6% in August,closing in on the Euroª²wide target of 2%.The drop is partly due to last year¡¯s spike in oil prices dropping out of the yearª²onª²year calculation.

¡¡¡¡The icing on the cake was news that Italy¡¯s job market has remained buoyant.The country¡¯s July unemployment rate dropped to 9.4% from 9.6% the month before,its lowest level in more than eight years.And a business confidence survey from quasiª²governmental research group ISAE told of a general pickª²up in demand in the six weeks to early September.But the news was tempered by an announcement by Alitalia,the country¡¯s biggest airline,that it will have to get rid of 2£¬500 staff to cope with the expected contraction as well as selling 12 aeroplanes. And industrial group Confindustria warned that the attacks on US targets meant growth will be about 1.9% this year,well short of the government¡¯s 2.4% target. And it said the budget deficit will probably be about 1.5%,nearly twice the 0.8% Italy¡¯s government has promised its European Union partners.

¡¡¡¡21ª±We know from the first paragraph that.

¡¡¡¡Aª±new figures from the three European countries show the prediction of forecasters is exactly right

¡¡¡¡Bª±European economy gets on better than forecasters have predicted

¡¡¡¡Cª±all of the forecasters expect the fully figure to show a reduction

¡¡¡¡Dª±in three European countries the consumer spending continues to rise

¡¡¡¡22ª±The term¡°in the doldrums¡±in Paragraph 2 refers to .

¡¡¡¡Aª±in the process of rising Bª±experiencing a sharp turning

¡¡¡¡Cª±in the recessionDª±rising rapidly

¡¡¡¡23ª±Which of the following statements is true according to the text?.

¡¡¡¡Aª±The reason for the ECB¡¯s unwilling to cut interest rates is inflation was actually expected to fall in Germany

¡¡¡¡Bª±In Germany consumer prices were falling

¡¡¡¡Cª±Last year¡¯s oil prices dropping out of the yearª²onª²year calculation directly leads to the drop of inflation

¡¡¡¡Dª±The European Central Bank is willing to cut interest rate

¡¡¡¡24ª±ln this passage,the word¡°buoyant¡± in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to the word.

¡¡¡¡Aª±depressingBª±gloomyCª±activeDª±calm

¡¡¡¡25ª±lndustrial group Confindustria warned that.

¡¡¡¡Aª±the attacks on US targets lead to the comparatively lower growth

¡¡¡¡Bª±the growth had been well short of the government¡¯s target

¡¡¡¡Cª±the budget deficit must be about 1.5%

¡¡¡¡Dª±the budget deficit will probably be great different from the country¡¯s promise

¡¡¡¡Text 2

¡¡¡¡Survey results indicate that smoking and alcohol and marijuana use increased among residents of Manhattan during the 5¡«8 weeks after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center which took place on September 11, 2001. Almost oneª²third of the nearly 1,000 persons interviewed reported an increased use of alcohol, marijuana, or cigarettes following the September 11th attacks. The largest increase was in alcohol use. About oneª²fourth of the respondents said they were drinking more alcohol in the weeks after September 11; about 10% reported an increase in smoking, and 3.2% said they had increased their use of marijuana.

¡¡¡¡The investigators found survey participants by randomly dialing New York City phone numbers and screened potential respondents for Manhattan residents living in areas close to the World Trade Center. Interviews were conducted with 988 individuals between October 16 and November 15, 2001. Participants were asked about their cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, and marijuana use habits before and after September 11. During the week prior to September 11, 2001, 22.6% of the participants reported smoking cigarettes, 59.1% drinking alcohol, and 4.4% using marijuana. After September 11th, 23.4% reported smoking cigarettes, 64.4% drinking alcohol, and 5.7% smoking marijuana. Among those who smoked, almost 10% reported smoking at least an extra pack of cigarettes a week and among those who drank alcohol, more than 20% reported imbibing at least one extra drink a day.

¡¡¡¡The researchers found that people who reported an increase in substance abuse were more likely to suffer from postª²traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and from depression. People who reported an increase in cigarette smoking or marijuana use were also more likely to have both PTSD and depression, while those who reported an increase in alcohol use were more likely to have depression only. Persons who were living closer to the World Trade Center were more likely to increase their cigarette smoking, but other factors such as being displaced from home, losing possessions during the attacks, or being involved in the rescue efforts were not consistently associated with increased substance use. Symptoms of panic attack were associated with an increase in the use of all substances.

¡¡¡¡Increase in substance abuse did not differ significantly between men and women or among racial or ethnic groups. Demographic factors such as age, marital status, and income seemed to play a more critical role in determining if the events of September 11th led to an increase in substance use.

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