Part IV Cloze Test (15 minutes, 5 points) Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
Is language, like food, a basic human need without which a child at a critical period of life can be starved and damaged? Judging from the experiment of Fredrick II in the thirteenth century, it 51. Hoping to discover what language a child would 52 if he heard no mother tongue, he told the nurses to keep silent. All the babies died before 53 first year. Without good mothering, in the first year of life, especially, the 54 to survive is seriously influenced. Today no such severe lack exists as 55 ordered by Fredrick II. Nevertheless, some children are still 56 in speaking. Most often the 57 for this is that the mother is nsensitive to the signals of the baby, 58 brain is made to learn language rapidly. If these sensitive periods are neglected, the ideal time for 59 skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again. A bird learns to sing and to fly rapidly at the 60 time, but the process is slow and hard once the critical stage has passed. Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed order and at a constant age, but there are cases where speech has started late in a child who eventually turns out to be clever. 51. A. must be B. may be C. should be D. ought to be 52. A. speak B. say C. talk D. discuss 53. A. a B. an C. the D. this 54. A. power B. opportunity C. imagination D. ability 55. A. that B. what C. which D. those 56. A. advanced B. good C. clever D. backward 57. A. cause B. reason C. problem D. way 58. A. whose B. which C. where D. its 59. A. having B. acquiring C. taking D. studying 60. A. on B. just C. right D. necessary
Part V Translation (30 minutes, 15 points) Directions: Translate the following passage into English and put your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.
With the orange we do live year in and year out .That speaks well for the orange .The fact is that there is an honesty about the orange which appeals to all of us .If it is going to be bad －for the best of us are bad sometimes －it begins to be bad from the outside, not from the inside. How many a pear which presents a blooming face to the world is rotten at the core. How many an innocent-looking apple is harboring a worm in the bud. but the orange has no secret faults. Its out side is a mirror of its inside, and if you are quick you can tell the shopman so before he slips it into the bag.
Part V Writing (30 minutes, 15 points) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Reading 0selectively or extensively? You should write at least 120 words and base your composition on the outline below. 1. 有人认为读书要有选择； 2. 有人认为应当博览群书； 3. 我的看法。