part of common speech
12. It is true that ____.
A. an educated person would be expected to know most technical terms
B. everyone is interested in scientific findings
C. the average man often uses in his own vocabulary what was once technical language not meant for him
D. various professions and occupations often interchange their dialects and jargons
13. In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the number of technical terms in the terminology of
A. farming
B. sports
C. government
D. fishery
14. The writer of the article was, no doubt ____.
A. a linguist
B. an essayist
C. a scientist
D. an attorney
15. The author's main purpose in the passage is to ____.
A. describe a phenomenon
B. be entertaining
C. argue a belief
D. propose a solution
Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage:
In the days immediately following hurricane Andrew's deadly visit to South Florida, Allstate Insurance hastily dispatched more than 2,000 extra claim adjusters to the devastated area to assist the 200 stationed there. Many of the reserves arrived in convoys of motor homes. Others flew in from as far away as Alaska and California. Since the storm had knocked out telephone lines, Allstate rushed to set up its own communications system. Allatate expects to pay out 1.2 billion to cover more than 121,000 damage claims as a result of Andrew.
All told, U.S. property and casualty insurers have been hit with more than 8 billion in Andrew-related claims, making the hurricane the most costly single calamity to strike the industry since the San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906 (cost: 6 billion, after inflation). With claims continuing to pour in, Andrew threatens to take a painful toll on the already battered property-casualty insurance industry and its 100 million policy-holders. The final bill, analysts predict, is likely to top 10 billion. While most well-capitalized insurers are expected to weather the storm, less anchored firms are in danger of being blown away, leaving U.S. consumers stuck with the tab. Says Sean Mooney, senior researcher at the Insurance Information Institute: "It will take years before the industry digs itself out from the wreckage left by Andrew. Some [companies] will be buried by it."
Hurricane Andrew is the latest in a string of mishaps to plague the American insurance industry this year. In April an overflowing Chicago River flooded the city's downtown district, costing insurers 300 million in claims. A month later, Los Angeles was rocked by the worst civilian riot in the U.S. since the Civil War. The insurance toll: 1 billion. Then came a series of major hailstorms in Texas, Florida an Kansas. They cost insurers a combined 700 million. And two weeks after Andrew, another lethal hurricane, Iniki, smashed into Hawaii, causing 1.4 billion in damages. In all, property and casualty insurers have paid out a record 13 billion in claims so far this year, far surpassing the previous high of 7.6 billion in 1989, the year of Hurricane Hugo and California's Bay Area earthquake. Just as in that year, when those catastrophes were followed by substantial increases in insurance premiums, insurers are already lobbying for rate relief.
16. According to the passage, "Allstate Insurance" most likely refers to ____.
A. one of the property and casualty insurers in the U.S.
B. the only insurance company responsible for the damage claims by Andrew
C. the insurance industry as a whole
D. the biggest insurance company in the U.S.
17. As is stated in the second paragraph, the result of Hurricane Andrew is likely to ____.
A. lead to inflation throughout the U.S.
B. make the largest insurers suffer the most
C. put the industry in Sough Florida out of action
D. cause insurers with insufficient funds to go bankrupt
18. Using context clues, we may infer that "stuck with the tab" most probably means ____.
A. "caught in the hurricane"B. "exposed to natural disasters"
C. "trapped in financial difficulties"
D. "extremely vulnerable to further damages"
19. The end of the passage implies that, to compensate for their huge loss, the insurers will ____.
A. resort to a very big increase in insurance premiums
B. ask for subsidies from the federal government
C. reduce their insurance coverage thereafter
D. require a higher interest rate from the bank
20. The main purpose of the passage is to ____.
A. show the severe damages and heavy losses caused by Hurricane Andrew
B. suggest that U.S. insurers are virtually unable to cover the damage claims any more
C. tell about the difficult situation faced by the insurers throughout the U.S.
D. prove that disasters tend to cause ever worsening devastation as time goes on
Part II Vocabulary and Structures
21. For Soviets, clothing is the ____ of greatest complaint, housing follows, and food is last.
A. source
B. problem
C. cause
D. reason
22. As a student of Chinese literature, she enjoys giving ____ of poems by her favourite poets.
A. recreations
B. recitations
C. repetitions
D. rehearsals
23. Professor Allington asks his students to read the newspapers to keep ____ of current events.
A. watch
B. observation
C. track
D. information
24. More waste materials have to be ____ of, which cause pollution of the land, sea and air.
A. detached
B. deserted
C. dismissed
D. disposed
25. Fred was ____ in the alley last night, and all his money was taken away.
A. held back
B. held up
C. held off
D. held on
26. The doctor carefully examined the driver who suffered ____ all over his body in a car accident.
A. scars
B. scratches
C. bruises
D. wrenches
27. Since a circle has no beginning or end, the wedding ring is a symbol of ____.
A. constant
B. infinite
C. prolonged
D. eternal
28. Dick, who had failed the Maths test, was sitting on a bench in the corner, ____ over his disappointment.
A. brooding
B. apologizing
C. meditating
D. complaining
29. It is hard for us to realize what ____ lives men led in the Middle Ages.
A. grave
B. grim
C. greedy
D. gross
30. Recent psychological studies have shown that many children develop fears of ____ dangers.
A. imagination
B. imaginary
C. imaginable
D. imaginative
31. In the garden bees moved, humming thoughtfully, from ____ flowers to purple ones.
A. colourful
B. prosperous
C. scarlet
D. brilliant
32. At last I ____ the article that I had been looking for in the University library.
A. ran down
B. run into
C. run out
D. run off
33. The police officer assures us ____ will be taken to guard against the recurrence of such incidents.
A. prevention
B. prediction
C. preparation
D. precaution
34. They ____ on a cure for tuberculous while they were doing research on something else.
A. founded
B. stumbled
C. fumbled
D. tripped
35. In the darkness, Mrs. Warren ____ her way into the kitchen and switched on the light.
A. gripped
B. groped
C. guided
D. guarded
36. The mother separated the quarrelling children, and gave each of them a sharp ____.
A. punch
B. puppy
C. pinch
D. pumpkin
37. Last week the seamen's strike led to the ____ closure of the whole vast dock area.
A. virtual
B. factual
C. local
D. actual
38. George Gallop has brought all his polling strategies together to ____ and analyze what he calls future force.
A. synthesize
B. standardize
C. identify
D. demonstrate
39. I prefer badminton to squash tennis. It's not so tiring ____.
A. to tell the truth
B. to be frank with you
C. for instance
D. for one thing
40. You will find it worthwhile to keep ____ good terms withthe supervisor of your department.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. to
41. Soccer is the most truly international team sport, but there is still some question ____ whether it should be called a game or open warfare.
A. due to
B. as to
C. in addition to
D. owing to
42. Scarcely ____ now without some sort of incident involving the old lady.
A. a day passes
B. passes a day
C. does a day pass
D. has a day passed
43. If the dog hadn't barked loudly, we ____ caught red-handed.
A. won't have been
B. needn't have been
C. mustn't have been
D. shouldn't have been
44. It's ____ I've bought plenty of money: it's more expensive than I expected.
A. just as well
B. rather
C. may as well
D. preferred
45. ____, but I still like him.
A. Selfish though he is
B. Selfish as he is
C. Selfish he may be
D. Whether he is selfish or not
46. ____, China's large and medium-sized state enterprises need to improve their management right now.
A. As it should be
B. As it must be
C. As it is
D. As it were
47. He worked seven days a week, and six of ____ until one o'clock at night.
A. that
B. those
C. which
D. them
48. The suspicion that the servant is dishonest has proved ____ true.
A. all too
B. too all
C. much too
D. too much
49. The budget they made is unrealistic ____ it disregards increased costs.
A. for that
B. for which
C. in that
D. in which
50. The newly developing science of artificial intelligence aims at programming the computer to think, reason and react ____ people do.
A. by the same way as
B. in much the same way that
C. with the same way as
D. as much as the same way that
Part III Error Correction
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