hey will become inactive and dull.

　　B. They will not go to cinemas as often.

　　C. They will imitate what they see in the programs.

　　D. They will forget to do their homework

　　Part II Vocabulary （10 minutes， 10 points）

　　Section A

　　Directions： In each item， choose one word that best keeps the meaning of the sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word. Mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　16. He was nominated as the best model football player of 1996.

　　A） rejected

　　B） denied

　　C） designated

　　D） asserted

　　17. The government is deliberating about what should be done to solve the problem.

　　A） regulating

　　B） diagnosing

　　C） contemplating

　　D） wandering

　　18. The Great Wall is a great tourist attraction， luring millions of visitors each year from all over the world.

　　A） attracting

　　B） serving

　　C） entertaining

　　D） receiving

　　19. The small building was established as a subsidiary of the great theatre n order to give young singers performing experience.

　　A） foundation

　　B） continuation

　　C） supplement

　　D） fraction

　　20. You must hand in your paper by the end of this month.

　　A） draft

　　B） submit

　　C） modify

　　D） revise

　　21. The essence of the priest‘s sermon was that all human beings should love each other.

　　A） purpose

　　B） destination

　　C） definition

　　D） nature

　　22. He was too honorable to have gone without paying his premium.

　　A） respectable

　　B） considerate

　　C） hospitable

　　D） liable

　　23. The teacher asked his students to try to depict realistically the Battle of Waterloo.

　　A） recall

　　B） couch

　　C） celebrate

　　D） describe

　　24. This autumn‘s electricity privatization alone is reckoned to have generated about 47 letters.

　　A） assessed

　　B） estimated

　　C） balanced

　　D） forecasted

　　25. Short， frequent practice is more effective than long， infrequent sessions， because it is less fatiguing.

　　A） deliberate

　　B） harmful

　　C） sophisticated

　　D） exhausting

　　Section B

　　Directions： In each question， decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　26. Now in China many large stores use discount coupons as _____ to attract customers.

　　A. motives

　　B. incentives

　　C. awards

　　D. rewards

　　27. He was regarded as a great _____ to the committee.

　　A. asset

　　B. profit

　　C. prosperity

　　D. interest

　　28. According to the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud， wisdom comes from the _____ of maturity.

　　A. fulfillment

　　B. achievement

　　C. establishment

　　D. accomplishmen

　　29. The fight could have been avoided if both of you had been able to _____ your anger.

　　A. hold back

　　B. hold on

　　C. hold out

　　D. hold up

　　30. In speaking， the choice of words is of the utmost importance. But too often careles s use of words _____ a meeting of the minds of the speaker and listener.

　　A. stirs

　　B. prevents

　　C. destroys

　　D. offers

　　31. He always acts on his own _____.

　　A. initiative

　　B. creative

　　C. infinitive

　　D. aggressive

　　32. Football， baseball and basketball are _____ sports– that is， only a few people actually take part in them while many more only watch them.

　　A. spectacle

　　B. spectrum

　　C. spectator

　　D. spectacular

　　33. Sally wanted to go to Florida for the holiday， but her husband thought _____， saying that they would go to New York to join his parents for Christmas.

　　A. likewise

　　B. meanwhile

　　C. likely

　　D. otherwise

　　34. We are trying to make people more _____ to the difficulties faced by the laid-off workers.

　　A. sensible

　　B. sensational

　　C. sensitive

　　D. sentimental

　　35. Several international events in the early 1990s seem likely to _____ or at least weaken， the trends that emerged in the 1980s.

　　A. reverse

　　B. revolve

　　C. revolt

　　D. revive

　　Part III Reading Comprehension （50minutes， 30 points）