CLOZE［15 MIN.］
    Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your ANSWER SHEET.
    In the People’s Republic of China the odd pre-quake behavior of horses and other animals___26___ successfully to warn people that earthquakes___27___. Recently, a group of American geologists and geophysicists visited China and listened with great interest___28___ scientists there who explained how they have been able to predict many earthquakes in the past three years. The American scientists compared the___29___with the unique Chinese program___30 ___the impact of Chinese acupuncture ___31___Western medicine.
    The Chinese scientist use ___32 ___but they also monitor strange signals such as various ground noises, the fluctuation of well-water levels, and the strange behavior of animals. The results are quite interesting. Chinese seismologists, for example, ___33 ___predicted two magnitude 6.9 quakes near the China-Burma border on May 29, 1976. The seismologists ___34 ___that their predictions have been so precise that they were able to evacuate many of their people before an earthquake occurred, thus ___35___thousands of lives.___36___, the Chinese experts also admit that there have been some false alarms.
    American scientists___37___stories of unusual pre-quake animal behavior before, but they ___38___them too seriously until their recent visit to China.“Maybe there’s something to it.” said Jack Everndon, a California scientist. “We need some kind of short-term warning. We need something.”
    He didn’t mention the kind of research he may be considering, “Some of us are thinking it’s ___39___enough to give it a serious look,” he commented. “Two years ago we ___40___that.”
    26. A. have usedB. have been usedC. has been usedD. will be used 
    27. A. is about to occurB. are about to occurC. have occurredD. has occurred 
    28. A. withB. atC. toD. in 
    29. A. impactB. affectC. resultD. with 
    30. A. toB. withC. ofD. by
    31. A. ofB. onC. withD. from
    32. A. a modern electronic equipment
    B. modern electronic equipments
    C. the modern electronic equipments
    D. modern electronic equipment
    33. A. succeedB. successC. successfulD. successfully
    34. A. sayB. tellC. speakD. talk
    35. A. savingB. killingC. savedD. killed
    36. A. In one wordB. On the other hand
    C. Generally speakingD. In another word
    37. A. have listenedB. have saidC. have toldD. have heard
    38. A. never tookB. did takeC. tookD. are taking
    39. A. worthB. worthyC. worthwhileD. worthy of
    40. A. had saidB. could have said
    C. wouldn’t have saidD. mustn’t have said
    PART ⅤGRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY［15 MIN.］
    There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence.Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
    41. One cause of the civil war was economic and political rivalry between the ____South and the industrial North.
    A. prosperousB. cultivated
    C. old-fashionedD. poorly organized
    42. The sudden change of weather ____our holiday plan.
    A. damagedB. destroyedC. sabotagedD. spoiled
    43. Mary is as ____as a peacock and always wants to be the focus of attention.
    A. beautifulB. smartC. slenderD. vain
    44. Can you find ____at the hotel for the night?
    A. lodgingB. accommodationsC. placesD. houses
    45. The White House spokesman didn’t____any details concerning the disarmament talk.
    A. exposeB. discloseC. encloseD. impart
    46. That winter was quite long and farmers who had failed to store up enough ____for their cattle almost went bankrupt.
    A. fodderB. foodC. grassD. grain
    47. Tension within a family is often relieved or eliminated when the family as a whole is threatened by ____ force.
    A. internalB. externalC. intensiveD. extensive
    48. On the top of some very high mountains snow____throughout the year.
    A. insistedB. perseveredC. persistedD. kept
    49. The United States has some strange laws. For instance, the government permits cigarette companies to advertise their products in magazines and newspapers, yet it ____cigarette commercials on TV.
    A. leavesB. allowsC. demandsD. bans
    50. Really, Edwin is afraid of Angela, but the ____is also true: Angela is afraid of Edwin, too.
    A. inversionB. insertionC. versionD. reverse
    51. The nurse was____caring for the sick and wounded in the war.
    A. attributed toB. dedicated to
    C. seen toD. attached to 
    52. To prove their theories, scientists must____an adequate amount of data as evidence.
    A. stimulateB. reproduceC. reserveD. accumulate
    53. You’d better hang up this oil-painting on that ____wall.
    A. emptyB. blankC. vacantD. bare
    54. Let’s put our heads together and I am sure that we will certainly find a (an) ____to the problem.
    A. answerB. solutionC. keyD. way
    55. Much to the students’ relief, the mid-term exam was ____.
    A. let offB. taken offC. left offD. cut off
    56. During the heavy fog in the city, the traffic ____.
    A. came to a standstillB. came to an end
    C. came to a conclusionD. came to no result
    57. The story you told me the other day has yet to be____.
    A. confessedB. confirmedC. conqueredD. conformed
    58. I amin no ____this evening to listen to popular music.
    A. moodB. attitudeC. tendencyD. spirit
    59. It is usually argued that the earliest influences ____up-children will most likely have the strongest effect on their personalities.
    A. exertedB. exertingC. exercisedD. exercising
    60.Gathering of more than three persons were prohibited, supposedly in the name of ____.
    A. the law and the orderB. law and order
    C. the order and the lawD. order and law
    61. It was____of you not to play the piano while your brother had a bad headache.
    A. considerableB. considering
    C. consideredD. considerate
    62. He failed once again in his experiment, but he didn’t feel____.
    A. frustratedB. encouraged
    C. puzzledD. endangered
    63. Try some of this tobacco. You will say it’s____.
    A. second to noneB. the second to none
    C. best of noneD. the best of none
    64. ____every other member of the team, John wore an official uniform in the victory parade.
    A. AsB. Just asC. LikeD. So
    65. Supported by sufficient evidence, his argument seems to have a great deal of ____.
    A. vividnessB. validity
    C. terminologyD. propagation