Realizing that many readers find long descriptive passages uninteresting, Bruce began his story with an exciting conflict.
A. melancholy B. tedious
C. incredible D. offensive
24. One of Nike’s founders, Phillip Hampson Knight had been a top athlete when he was at the University of Oregon and he moved on to become a student at Stanford Business School, but retained his interest in sport.
A. remained B. preserved
C. continued D. restrained
25. A haphazard knowledge of several styles of a language may be worse than useless if we do not know the type of occasion on which each is appropriate or if we do not know when we are sliding from one of another.
A. causal B. disorganized
C. systematic D. unplanned
26. I contend, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of mutilation but of love.
A. respectation B. possession
C. dominance D. destruction
27. Recent border confrontations between the two countries lead credence to the rumors of an impending war.
A. conflicts B. consequences
C. conferences D. enterprises
28. You may make good grades by studying only before examinations, but you will succeed eventually only by studying hard every day.
A. in due course B. in the long run
C. in the main D. in the first place
29. Gaining acknowledgement from fellow workers and managers gives a person a sense of importance in society.
A. admittance B. permission
C. recognition D. denial
30. You should be relieving me of duty at 10:30, but don’t hurry if it’s inconvenient; I’ll hang on till you arrive.
A. turn on B. look over
C. keep on D. take over
31. Before sitting for the entrance examination for post-graduate students, many candidates try to familiarize themselves with the formula of the exam by doing _____ tests.
A. imitated B. simulated C. stimulated D. illustrated
32. Mary and John took a long time in saying good night in order to postpone the ___ of parting.
A. jealousy B. relief
C. anguish D. appreciation
33. James is very set in his ways, but Mark has a more ___ attitude to life.
A. tolerant B. flexible
C. cautious D. defensive
34. He was so mean that he couldn’t bear to ___ the smallest sum of money
for the charity appeal.
A. let out B. pay up
C. give in D. part with
35. Some one has said that a man’s history begins about one hundred and fifty years before his birth, or words ___ .
A. in any case B. to that effect
C. in a sense D. to the contrary
36. It is reported that a conference on world communications and transportation will be ___ by the British government next month.
A. subscribed to B. given out
C. presided over D. put on
37. Mario was awarded the medal for ‘displaying professional ___ of the highest order in the rescue attempts two weeks ago.
A. solution B. supervision
C. intelligence D. competence
38. The birchbark canoe is not as ___ as it appears; it is built to withstand long journeys over rough waters.
A. solid B. fragile
C. tough D. sturdy
39. Coach Green allowed John to join the basketball team although, ___, he was not tall enough.
A. economically B. technically
C. methodically D. intellectually
40. Mrs Smith thought her children went to the movies; ___ , they went to the zoo.
A. in general B. or rather
C. on the contrary D. so to speak
III. Reading Comprehension:
1
Thousands of years ago man used handy rocks for his surgical operations. Later he used sharp bone or horn, metal knives and more recently, rubber and plastic. And that was where we stuck, in surgical instrument terms, for many years. In the 1960sa new tool was developed, one which was, first of all, to be of great practical use to the armed forces and industry, but which was also, in time, to revolutionize the art and science of surgery.
The tool is the laser and it is being used by more and more surgeons all over the world, for a very large number of different complaints. The word laser means: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Light. As we all know, light is hot; any source of light---from the sun itself down to a humble match burning---will give warmth. But light is usually spread out over a wide area. The light in a laser beam, however, is concentrated. This means that a light with no more power than that produced by an ordinary electric light bulb becomes intensely strong as it is concentrated to a pinpoint-sized beam.
Experiments with these pinpoint beams showed researchers that different energy sources produce beams that have a particular effect on certain living cells. It is now possible for eye surgeons to operate on the back of the human eye without harming the front of the eye, simply by passing a laser beam right through the eyeball. No knives, no stitches (刀口缝合), no unwanted damage--a true surgical wonder.
Operations which once left patients exhausted and in need of long periods of recovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable. So much more difficult operations can now be tried.
The rapid development of laser techniques in the past ten years has made it clear that the future is likely to be very exciting. Perhaps some cancers will be treated with laser in a way that makes surgery not only safer but more effective.
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