第1部分：词汇选项  (第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)

　　下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与画线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
　　1 The price of veg etables f1uctuates according to the weather.
　　A jumps     B  rises
　　C  falls     　D changes
　　2 Did you do that to irritate her?
　　A tease    B  attract
　　C annoy   D  protect
　　3 Mary looked pale and weary．
　　A ill    B tired
　　C worried D peaceful
　　4 The water in this part of the river has been contaminated by sewage(污水).
　　A polluted     B downgraded
　　C  mixed     D blackened
　　5 Her treatment of the subject is exhaustive.
　　A very boring    B very thorough
　　C very interesting D very touching
　　6 Alice is a fascinating girl.
　　A a beautiful     B a pretty
　　C an attractive    D a pleasant
　　7 Her mood can be gauged by her reaction to the most trivial of incidents.
　　A displayed    B shown
　　C proved  D assessed
　　8 The old lady let her flat to an English couple.
　　A offered    B rented
　　C provided   D sold
　　9 She stood there，crying and trembling with fear．
　　A shaking    B staggering
　　C struggling D murmuring
　　10 They strolled around the lake for an hour or so.
　　A ran    B rolled
　　C walked  D raced
　　11 The conclusion can be deduced from the premises．
　　A argued    B derived
　　C permitted    D  come
　　12  I can no longer tolerate his actions．
　　A putupwith    B accept
　　C take       D suffer from
　　13 Our plan is to allocate one member of staff to handle appointments.
　　A ask    B persuade
　　C assign    D order
　　14 She has been the subject of massive media coverage.
　　A extensive    B negative
　　C responsive    D explosive
　　15 I expect that she will be able to cater for your particular needs.
　　A supply    B reach
　　C provide     D  meet

　　第2部分：阅读判断  (第16～22题，每题1分，共7分)

　　阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息， 请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该旬提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑。
　　Eruptions of Mount Saint Helens
　　On March 27，the US Govemment scientists made a decision after theypredicted the emption of Mount Saint Helens．They telephoned all stateand local officials in the area and told them that a serious eruptionwas possible at any time,Roads were closed to every one exceptscientists and forest keepers struggled to keep curious visitors awayfrom the mountain.
　　Shortly after noon on March 27，Mount SaintHelens erupted for the first time in 1 23 years．People living north ofthe mountain heard a loud boom that shook their windows，and airlinepilots flying near the volcano soon afterwards described a thick blackcolunm of ash and steam shooting more than 2，100 meters into the sky．
　　Later,scientists found that the explosion had made a new crater(大坑)inthe top of the mountain．not far from the old crater．The north side ofthe peak now had a huge bulge(凸出部分) where rock and ice had been pushedout by the eruption．
　　A second eruption shook the mountain on March28．It，too，sent up a column of black ash high into the sky．By March29，scientists flying over the mountain saw that a second crater
　　formed about 9 meters from the first one．Strange blue flamesflickered(闪烁)inside the crater and sometimes jumped from one crater tothe other．
　　By April the mountain had erupted several more timesand the snow on the north slope of the peak was black with ash．Ashcarried by the wind had fallen on towns as far as 240 kilometers
　　away from Mount Saint Helens．
　　During the first week of April，Mount Saint Helens gave scientistssomething new to worry about：harmonic tremors(震动)recorded by scientistsshowed a big eruption would happen．All during April and into May MountSaint Helens continued to shudder(震动)and shoot out ash．By.April8, twocraters had merged to from a vast hole nearly a half of a kilometerwide and 250 meters deep．
　　Scientists'main worry during this timewas the growing bulge of rock and ice on．the north face of themountain．By May 7 scientists feared the worst．Their warnings ledWashington Governor to set up safety zones around the mounmin．Theinner"red"zone was open to scientists only．The outer"blue"zone was openonly to people who got special permits．But in spite of
　　these warnings，some people got past the road barriers and risked their lives trying to get close to the volcano．
　　16 American scientists predicted that Mount Saint Helens was to erupt soon.
　　A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
　　17 Pilots flying at the height of more than 2，100 meters saw a thickblack column of ash and steam shooting up into the air from the crater．
　　A Right    B Wrong   C Not mentioned
　　18 A new crater,which was to the south of the old one，was formed after the Second eruption.
　　A Right．    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
　　19 The quakes recorded during the first week of April in the area of Mount Saint Helens warned scientists of a new eruption．
　　A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
　　20 Two scientists lost their lives during the second eruption of Mount Saint Helens.
　　A．Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned．
　　21 Most of the dreadful eruptions of Mount Saint Helens took place in early May．
　　A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned
　　22 The eruption of Mount Saint Helens attracted a large number of foreign tourists．
　　A Right    B Wrong    C Not mentioned