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to realize the pos<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sibility of making a machine with 
human-like ability.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) once we make a machine as complex as the human brain, it 
will possess&nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; intelligence<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) robots will have control of the vast, man-made world in 
space.<br>
<b>Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 
1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report; The damage and deaih toll (死亡人数) 
could have been much worse.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, 
an earthquake of similar intensity that shook America in 1988 claimed 25, 000 
victims:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles 
because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m.on a holiday, when traffic was light on 
the city's highways.In addition, changes made to the construction codes in Los 
Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city's buildings and 
highways, making them more resistant to quakes.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Despite the good news, civil engineers aren't resting on 
their successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blueprints (蓝图的) for 
improved quake-resistant buildings. The new designs should offer even greater 
security to cities where earthquakes often take place.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the past, making structures quake?resistant meant firm yet 
flexible materials<br>
, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to 
lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the 
building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations. The most 
recent designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports, 
called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an 
earthquake's vibrations. When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, 
the computer would force the building to shift in the opposite direction.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The new smart structures could be very expensive to build. 
However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged 
during earthquakes.<br>
21.One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was 
comparatively<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; low is that _______?<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) new computers had been installed in the buildings.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) it occurred in the residential areas rather than on the 
highways.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a 
holiday<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) improvements had been made in the construction of 
buildings and highways<br>
22. The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to _______.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) counterbalance an earthquake's action on the building<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) predict the coming of an earthquake with accuracy<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) help strengthen the foundation of the building<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) measure the impact of an earthquake's vibrations<br>
23. The smart buildings discussed in the passage _______.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) would cause serious financial problems<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) would be worthwhile though costly<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) would increase the complexity of architectural design<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) can reduce the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes<br>
24. It can be inferred from the passage that in minimizing the damage caused by&nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; earthquakes attention should be focused on _______.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) the increasing use of rubber and steel in capital 
construction<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) the development of flexible building materials<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) the reduction of the impact of ground vibrations<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) early forecasts of earthquakes<br>
25. The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to _______.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) compare the consequences of the earthquakes that occurred 
in the U. S.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) encourage civil engineers to make more extensive use of 
computers.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) outline the history of the development of quake-resistant 
building materials<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) report new developments in constructing quake?resistant 
building<br>
<b>Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>Even plants can run a fever, especially when they're 
under attack by insects or<br>
disease. But unlike humans, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000 
feet away?straight up. A decade ago, adapting the infrared (红外线) scanning 
technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist 
Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to 
determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely 
target pesticide(杀虫剂) spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, 
which invariably includes plants that don't have pest(害虫) problems.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Even better, Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could 
detect crop problems<br>
before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet at 
night ,an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were 
transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running &quot;fevers&quot;.Farmers 
could then&nbsp; spot-<br>
spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The bad news is that Paley's company closed down in 1984, 
after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term 
backers were hard to find.But with the renewed concern about pesticides on 
produce, and refinements in in frared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into 
operation.Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. &quot;This 
technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States, 
&quot;says George Oerther of Texas A&amp;M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired 
from the Department of Agriculture, thinks.remote infrared crop scanning could 
be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial 
backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.<br>
26. Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are _______<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) sprayed with pesticides&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
B) facing an infrared scanner<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) in poor physical condition&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) exposed to 
excessive sun rays<br>
27. In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning 
to&nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; _______.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) estimate the damage to the crops&nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) measure the size of the affected area<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) draw a color-coded map&nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) locate the problem area<br>
28. Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by _______.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) resorting to spot-spraying&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) consulting 
infrared scanning experts<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) transforming poisoned rain&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) detecting 
crop problems at an early stage<br>
29. The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; difficulties _______.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) the lack of official support&nbsp; B) its high cost<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) the lack of financial&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
D) its failure to help increase production<br>
30. Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of 
_______.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their 
produce.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on 
crops<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) full support from agricultural experts</p>
<p align="left"><b>Part III&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Vocabulary and Structure&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
(20 minutes)<br>
<br>
Directions</b>: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each 
sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer 
that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the 
Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.<br>
31. The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at _______ chemist's.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) each&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
B) some&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) certain&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
D) any<br>
32. You cannot be _______ careful when you drive a car.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) very&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
B) so&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) too&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
D) enough<br>
33. In general, the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to 
one-<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fifth of the total for living expenses.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) acceptable&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) advisable&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
C) available&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) applicable<br>
34. Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to, 
_______the&nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; color&nbsp; of his skin.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) with the exception of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
B) in the light of<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) by virtue of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
D) regardless of<br>
35. Housewives who do not go out to work often feel they are not working to 
their full&nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; _______.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) capacity&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) strength&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
C) length&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; D) 
possibility<br>
36. I hate people who _______ the end of film that you haven't seen before.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) reveal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) 
rewrite&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) revise&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
D) reverse<br>
37. He's watching TV? He's _______ to be cleaning his room.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) known&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
B) supposed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) regarded&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
D) considered<br>
38. The old couple decided to ________ a boy and a girl though they had three 
children&nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of their own.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) adapt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
B) bring&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) receive&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
D) adopt<br>
39. The government is trying to do something to _______ better understanding 
between&nbsp;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the two countries.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) raise&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
B) promote&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) heighten&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
D) increase<br>
40. The newspaper did not mention the _______ of the damage caused by the fire.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) range&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
B) level&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) extent&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
D) quantity<br>
41. The soldier was of running away when the enemy attacked.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) scolded&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; B) 
charged&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) accused&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
D) punished<br>
42. Had he worked harder, he _______ the exams.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) must have got through&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
B) would have got through<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; C) would get through&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
D) could get through<br>
43. Only under special circumstances _______ to take make?up tests.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A) are freshmen permitted&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;