Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C)and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

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Some historians say that the most important contribution of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency (总统任期) in the 1950s was the U.S. interstate highway system. It was a    62    project, easily surpassing the scale of such previous human    63    as the Panama Canal. Eisenhower's interstate highways    64    the nation together in new ways and    65    major economic growth by making commerce less    66   . Today, an information superhighway has been built-an electronic network that    67    libraries, corporations, government agencies and    68   . This electronic superhighway is called the Internet,    69    it is the backbone (主干) of the World Wide Web.

The Internet had its    70    in a 1969 U.S. Defense Department computer network called ARPAnet, which    71    Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The Pentagon built the network for military contractors and universities doing military research to   72    information. In 1983 the National Science Foundation (NSF),    73    mission is to promote science, took over.

This new NSF network    74    more and more institutional users, many of    75    had their own internal networks. For example, most universities that    76    the NSF network had intracampus computer networks. The NSF network    77    became a connector for thousands of other networks.    78    a backbone system that interconnects networks, internet was a name that fit.

So we can see that the Internet is the wired infrastructure (基础设施) on which web    79    move. It began as a military communication system, which expanded into a government-funded    80    research network.

Today, the Internet is a user-financed system tying institutions of many sorts together    81    an "information superhighway."

62. A) concise               B) radical               C) massive               D) trivial

63. A) behaviors            B) endeavors         C) inventions            D) elements

64. A) packed                B) stuck                C) suppressed          D) bound

65. A) facilitated            B) modified             C) mobilized             D) terminated

66. A) competitive         B)comparative         C) exclusive              D) expensive

67. A) merges               B) connects            C) relays                   D) unifies

68. A) figures                B) personalities       C) individuals            D) humans

69. A) and                    B) yet                     C) or                       D) while

70. A) samples              B) sources              C) origins                 D) precedents

71. A) stood by             B) stood for            C) stood against       D) stood over

72. A) exchange            B) bypass               C) switch                  D) interact

73. A) their                    B) that                  C) when                    D) whose

74. A) expanded            B) contracted         C) attracted               D) extended

75. A) what                   B) which                 C) these                    D) them

76. A) joined                 B) attached             C) participated           D) involved

77. A) moreover            B) however             C) likewise                  D) then

78. A) With                   B) By                     C) In                          D) As

79. A) contexts             B) signs                  C) messages              D) leaflets

80. A) citizen                B) civilian                 C) amateur                D) resident

81. A) into                   B) amid                    C) over                      D) toward

Part Ⅵ Translation (5 minutes)

Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.

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82. With the oil prices ever rising, she tried to talk ________________(说服他不买车).

83. ____________________(保持幽默感有助于) reduce stress and promote creative thinking in today's competitive society.

84. When confronted with the evidence, ____________________(他不得不坦白自己的罪行).

85. When people say, "I can feel my ears burning," it means they think _____________________(一定有人在说他们的坏话).

86. She has decided to go on a diet, but finds __________________(很难抵制冰淇淋的诱惑).

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